Transplant underway

So - I have completely dropped the ball on the blog.  Lots of updates:

I finished most of the welding where I plan to anyway.

I wanted to include some additional heat dissipation, so I made my own heat shield spray.  I used a can of roofing elastomeric, mixed with ceramic beads that I got from a company in FL (NASA spin-off).  I used an undercoat gun from a previous project to apply it.  The results are pretty good, in terms of adhesion and look - however, it took like 2-days to completely dry.

I sprayed underneath the car, in the tranny tunnel and between the framerails.  I also applied it to the firewall inside and out, and the complete floor pan inside the car.  Under the hood, I masked off the area and only applied right behind the motor as I wasn't sure how the urethane paint would work with it - it seems to work pretty well - but the test will be with the heat.

As a backup - I installed some heat barrier padding and used aluminum tape to seal the seams.

I apparently forgot to take a picture of the engine bay empty and painted (thought I did), but anyway, I painted the engine bay black - I know, I know, I said I was painting it Blue, but I did not think I had the patients to change the car's color, given all that comes with it.  Then adding insult to injury in dealing with the govt and title issues, etc - just thought "A black roadster is pretty cool" - never owned a black car anyway...

The engine is mounted for good (I hope) and the wiring has been 90% completed, but still needs to be wrapped up and tucked away.  I sent my PCM off to be programmed (Missouri is the location - and I noticed somehow UPS routed it through Massachusetts? - how does that happen?).  I should have it back next week.  I had them delete VATS, Skip Shift and EVAP - provided the info for injectors, fuel rail, tire size, etc.

Emission compliance is the goal - but I may not make it happen.  All other functions should be operating to pass emissions, except this little jewel:
The Fuel level indicator logic that works in conjunction with EVAP.
I need to still work on the solution for the fuel level in the PCM - as it is part of the diagnostics, which may throw a DTC and prevent emissions from passing.  The problem is the PCM measures the resistance on the fuel gauge and if a change has not occurred with 79 miles of driving, the DTC occurs and the PCM defaults to empty.  So I can't just use a resistor on the signal, nor can I use the Miata fuel sending unit - as its signal is reversed/different resistance than the LS1.  Hopefully I'll find an electrical genius to help me figure out this conundrum...

Yes - it is a rat's nest right now - as I said, lots of work still in the details.

New radiator with fans mounted

So now I am working on mounting the frame rails to the car, after that, install the fuel line - and continue waiting on parts to arrive.  I decided on replacing the Koni shocks with the Vmaxx Extreme Track Pack coilovers from FlyinMiata - and will likely use the FM LBBK brake kit to finish it off.  I do have a full set of urethane bushings to install, once the coilovers arrive, I can tackle the suspension.