Coolant hose leak

September 3, 2023

152406 miles

The last time at the track I smelled coolant, and the overflow reservoir was low, even though I had topped it off the night before. Thought it was the drip leak I have in the radiator. . The next day when I got home I checked again and the radiator was low and the overflow was also empty I checked the car up and I could see coolant residue underneath. Once I checked the in the engine bay above where I saw the residue I noticed that there was a hose that had a split in it so I replaced it.

Front control arm bushings

150040 miles

Sept 23, 2021

Ordered ILMotorsports control arm bushings from Moss Miata which are an upgrade to the OEM stiffness.

Used a 3 jaw puller and a little heat from a propane torch to both remove and install the bushings.

Painted the lower control arm and upper control arm white.

After install the car was totally changed. Much more stable and responsive. A more dramatic improvement than the coilovers.

Cam Angle Sensor (CAS) o-ring

150020 miles

Aug 19, 2021

Almost tore the entire front suspension apart trying to find the clunking noise. Only thing left is the lower control arm, which I didn’t want to remove since that would change the alignment. Took the car to BC Auto for the, to hopefully diagnose the noise. While the car was there asked them to change the CAS o-ring.

Well they diagnosed the noise to be coming from the lower control arm front bushing. so I need to choose and order bushings. They also changed out the CAS o-ring which they said the old one crumbled when it was removed.