DIY: exposed cam gears and painted cam cover (56k beware)

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Postby ben wilson » Sun May 04, 2008 11:52 am

zoomzoom wrote:Nothing compares to a BDA. You don't get to see them often though...
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Realistically, except for unreliability and high cost, they have got nothing over a Japanese twin cam 4 cylinder.
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Postby green_comet » Sun May 04, 2008 5:48 pm

fastfreddygassit wrote:Did ya notice my new relocated oil filter next to the throttle body? :mrgreen:
no more skinned knuckles.


Thats right no more skinned knuckles, just missing fingers from those exposed gears!! :?

I does look good though.. :mrgreen:
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Postby stevesports » Sun May 04, 2008 8:55 pm

mmmm...quad throttle bodies. Yummy.
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Postby Okibi » Sun May 04, 2008 10:14 pm

naww that ones got agricultural BBQ intakes.
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.
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Postby Hammer » Mon May 05, 2008 2:37 am

fastfreddygassit, great job on the mods. Very cool. 8)
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Postby Fatty » Mon May 05, 2008 10:29 am

after seeing this in person i am even more impressed, it looks like it came out of the mazda factory this way.
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Postby Steampunk » Tue May 06, 2008 8:45 am

I wanna be like Mike :mrgreen:
Very well done Mr Fast Freddy
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Postby Blue94t » Tue May 06, 2008 8:57 am

Top effort Mike,
Can't wait to see it in the flesh.
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Postby Boags » Tue May 06, 2008 11:02 am

Blue94t wrote:Top effort Mike,
Can't wait to see it in the flesh.
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It looks (and sounds) oh so sexy in the flesh... 8)

A very neat car FFG! Pity it's an NA... :mrgreen:
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Postby irwin83r » Wed May 07, 2008 2:12 am

wait a tick.. so the astina valve cover has exposed gears from factory?
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Postby Blue94t » Wed May 07, 2008 9:43 am

The astina has a plastic cover with a metal backing plate to cover the timing belt.
Because Mazda wanted to make the MX5 motor look like a classic style engine (Lotus Twincam) they changed the cam cover design to incorporate the timing belt cover.

Boags,
shouldn't that be pity it is na, not an NA. It does sound good, I can normally hear him 4kms from my house when he drops in.
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Postby Boags » Wed May 07, 2008 10:24 am

Blue94t wrote:Boags,
shouldn't that be pity it is na, not an NA.


Nope, I got it right... :P :mrgreen:
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Postby wun911 » Wed May 07, 2008 11:23 am

Man you can get plastic ones...

Has anyone done this to the NB8B with coil over plug. What car did you rip the cam cover from?
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Postby Blue94t » Wed May 07, 2008 4:12 pm

You Canadians, no taste at all :lol:
The original is definately the best ;)
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Postby Boags » Wed May 07, 2008 4:15 pm

:mrgreen:
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