In my early days of working at a lube shop when I knew next to nothing about how to service cars other than changing the oil, I was tasked with doing a fluid flush on a Miata with a 6-speed. I asked one of the guys which bolt was the fill plug, and he pointed to one of the bolts. Turned out to the the reverse pin. Bad times were had.
It amazes me at how quickly you get all this work done. When Mike gives the rundown at the end I am so amazed when most times its 36 hour or less. My husband says that just shows you have someone that knows what they're doing. You sir are a true master!
have the same intake setup on my MSM. it is a recirc valve, it's just loud. doesn't help that the filter is right up behind the firewall on the drivers side. i like the sound personally. it's not really that obnoxious unless you're full throttle and full boost.
if anyone has seen the full episode, the turbo coming on isn't as dramatic as they sell it. own one with similar mods and it's still not that fast lol. I'm a downpipe short of FM's Little Enchilada kit, so it makes around 200 hp now. it's quick but it's not throw you back in the seat quick. Still a good episode!
That's a recirculating bypass valve not a "blow off valve" and it's very quiet already. I have this on my car. This car has the Flyin Miata LE upgrades which are very desirable.
I’m cracking up he said looks a bit like Texas because I said exactly that Just same way he did. Also I think that was the most clever fix I’ve seen on wheeler dealers in probably the length of the show’s history. Just something ingenious about it
Hey there, I enjoy watching your videos, for the viewers who are hard of hearing or deaf would be nice to have Closed Caption included with your videos
Well there's a good example of a hammer to crack a walnut! Surely the crazy amount of man hours fabricating that silencer would far out weight the price of a quieter dump valve!
I started liking the video until I came to 9:37. Common bro, we didn't get to hear the BOV with your new silencer contraption...well nah i shouldn't say contraption bcuz it was nicely made
I don't know if you should sell that car to an 18 year old. I mean miata is kind of perfect starter car, but this one is very rare, and it's in almost perfect condition, i don't know how well is this boy going to maintain this car...
They have two different methods. Ed is more a pure mechanic and tells you how to properly restore a car when cars were just about taking off a faulty bit and replacing it. Ant is more a fabricator. He adds improvements to the car and teaches you how to do it for cheap but very effectively. Which is good, 'cause sometimes mechanics also do that.
The factory one is garbage. Honestly, there are a lot of other units out there, what really needs to happen is making it recirculate as this is a MAF car. IMO, it needs a Tial.
This show seems to be running low on car ideas, they constantly repeat cars. Next week is yet another re peat car the jeep cj7 which they have already done in a previous series 😴
@@midlifebiker7424 I agree. Especially in his latest WD seasons. You don't whine when your boss gives you a car to fix and you don't complain about how broken it is. That's why a mechanic's there. And I don't like how Edd said that WD is "deadweight" now. That's so gratuitous.
The show is about saving a wreck for minimum outlay and the strategy of keeping costs down and being creative. Its nice seeing small operators still doing skilled work..
