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- sponsored 1997 Ford Escort

Reinigung Zimmermann sponsored this car for the BSV Luckau

on 19 Aug 2008 by bjoern

As a compensation for commuting to and from practice/games with the BSV Luckau handball team, I got [...]

It's not a pretty car and with 60hp it's not fast (despite having a turbo). But it has lots of room and gets me where I need to get. Besides, I got it for free, Diesel, tax and insurance paid, so I won't look under the gift-car's hood It has already almost 200,000 km (just [read more]

- Gauge Cluster Modifications

Adding a wood-grain touch to the gauge cluster

on 16 Jun 2004 by bjoern

For me, the roadster-look is all about wood and chrome in a car. So I found a cheap way of adding so[...]

This is how it all looked before I started: I took the cluster out and disassembled it: This, by the way, is the German cluster I used to get the speedo from and the 'real' oil pressure gauge. I took the gauge faces off to see how new faces would be installed: I took this opportunity to install a speedo that [read more]

- Audio Installation

Installing the Empeg, amps and Hakuna-style subs in the Miata

on 16 Jun 2004 by bjoern

A complete make-over of the Miata audio system. I added Kappa two-way speakers to the doors, subwoof[...]

This is the center dash before I started opening it up: This is what it looks like all open: I took the occasion to install triple VDO gauges in the space under the empeg. After it is all wired up, it's almost ready to receive the gauges and the empeg: Notice the new Kappa in the passenger door. For the subwoofers, I took [read more]

- Conservation with Mike Sander's

Applied the famous rust prevention grease

on 07 Jun 2004 by bjoern

A carefully executed preservation of the complete frame and body and all cavities are essential for [...]

It's a big messy job! Hidden cavities are made accessible by small holes. The grease is applied at approx. +90°C. A thoroughly dry car is compulsary before starting work. The grease is hot and you apply it with high pressure. It flows everywhere and no matter how hard you try, you end up being all covered in greae, hair [read more]

- The Ford Pickup Diary

all the mods and repairs in chronological order

on 04 Mar 2004 by bjoern

Every single modification and repair on the truck since I bought it and until I sold it.

I bought this car in Houston, Texas in April 2000. It's a 1988 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck with the 5.0l (302ci) V8 engine (EFI, 185hp). April 2000: The cab was in pretty bad shape when I bought it. I had to replace the floor carpet, the front seat bench and the driver's seat belt. May 2000: As one of the stock exhaust [read more]

- Sold and then almost burned up

firey alternators

on 14 Dec 2003 by bjoern

After I sold the truck to my trusty mechanic Carlos, he let me drive it for the remainng 24h I was i[...]

I had just given my trusty mechanic Carlos from Cruz Automotive the title to the truck and he had given me half the money 20 minutes ago, when I was cruising along Kirby, wondering why some idiots don't notice they're handbrake is on. A little later I noticed in the rearwiev mirror, a huge white cloud behind me. I pulled [read more]

- Shipping the Miata

No tornado can stop us!

on 18 Nov 2003 by bjoern

Despite a severe cold and several tornados throughout the area, we manage to load all my stuff and t[...]

Yesterday was the big day. Loading all the packed stuff, furniture and car into a container to be shipped off over the Atlantic to Hamburg, Germany. Of course I had to have the worst cold ever on that day. Of copurse there had to be a flood and several tornados that day: check out these other pics: crazy weather and all that on moving [read more]

- Monsterflow cold air intake

A cold air intake makes your car breath more easily.

on 27 Oct 2003 by bjoern

This article shows the pictures of the engine bay before and after the installation of a Good-Win-Ra[...]

This is what the engine bay looked like before the installation of the cold air intake: In order to install the cold air intake from Good-Win Racing, you have to relocate the cruise control servo. Evarything else is plug-and-play: take off the old crossover tube, filterbox and snorkel and then install the kit: From the side: The Monsterflow foam filter and the [read more]

- Handling modifications

improving the already outstanding handling of the Miata

on 18 Sep 2003 by bjoern

The tiny Miata is already a very nimble and zippy car. To get the last little tweaks out of the car,[...]

The shock tower brace noticably reduced cowl shake and tightened up the overall feel of the car. I expect the swaybars to significantly reduce body roll during cornering. This is what they looked like when they came in: I painted them black, so the German inspectors wouldn't recognize them right away: Installation was easy. Here are the rear ones compared [read more]

- Triple VDO gauges

three VDO gauges under the radio

on 18 Sep 2003 by bjoern

After the stock double-DIN headunit was replaced with the single-DIN Empeg, there was room under the[...]

Since the OEM Pioneer MSSS stereo died two weeks after I bought the car, I decided to install the Empeg MP3 player. In contrast to the double DIN MSSS unit, it is a single DIN unit. So I have room for a triple gauge assembly from VDO: The project in its beginning stages. This is the finished gauge pod. I think it [read more]

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