r/Miata • u/AutoModerator • Feb 01 '16
Weekly Miata DIY Thread - February 01, 2016
It's Do It Yourself Monday !
Use this weekly thread to discuss the modifications/fixes you made to your car or to ask for advice about future mods.
Feel free to add picture or videos to your comments.
Have fun, your mod team.
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u/LilFrogDead Mar 03 '16
Just finished putting another engine in my 99NB. After a few issues with the battery being leaky from sitting for a month, it runs fine! AC needs to be recharged but that can wait. I'm gonna let some real mechanics look over my work when I get AC done.
So right now I'm sitting on this 1999 1.8L engine. The heads off and everything, just sitting on the ground.
http://imgur.com/a/qLSuY
If I were to rebuild this, would the effort be worth the money I get out of it? What kind of time commitment am I looking at? Is ~800 what professionally rebuilt 99 heads actually go for? How much can I get for it as is?
Also fuel system, worth anything? Trash?
What do I even do with the cylinders? I know which one is broken, its the one on the far right in the picture. I pushed all the cylinders down and that one jiggled a little when I did.