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It’s finally time to get the ND2 head on the car. Of course, before the new head can go in, the old one has to come out. This isn’t meant to be a step‑by‑step “how‑to,” but rather a walkthrough of what I did, along with some tips and tricks I picked up along the way.…

Full disclaimer. I do not use AI to write. Any quick read of my stuff should tell you that my writing style is 100% that of someone who does this for fun. It’s nowhere near as professional or correctly formatted in the way AI would do it. I do use AI (Microsoft Co-Pilot) to help…

I know I said this was going to be a long-term project and this is my third update in just a matter of days. But the actual swap will still be a long-term thing. However, I’ve been busy with prep and decided to lay out some thoughts on it as I learn more. First thing…

In my last post I talked about my plans and said I had an ND2 head on the way. In that time I also emailed SPS Motorsports in Germany to ask directly about them mounting an ND2 head to an ND1 while keeping the ND1 pistons. They said it was fine. All I needed was…

This will be a short one as I’m a little under the weather. Not much to report on for today. At least in terms of any drives. I had a pretty strong headache so I stayed in my room most of the day. But I did go watch the staging of the group photo. I…

Wednesday saw me drive nearly six hours to get here. Thursday saw me drive about six hours around the area. It was a lot of fun. Friday has been earmarked as a more chill day. Meaning, less driving. But isn’t the whole point of Miatas at the Gap to drive? You haven’t even driven the…

My gas tank is about to get wrecked. I should have known that coming in, but I didn’t realize how long some of these drives are. I have two planned for today. One is 40 miles and the other is 70. Those are both one way. So double that and I’m near empty rolling back…
