Boyracer D2-R....the SE replica...write up final chapter.

Postby **Boyracer** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:33 am

Will do write up on the build when I have time...

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:05 pm

i've been waiting for this build

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:40 pm

So how long before this ones for sale? :lol:

Postby **Boyracer** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:19 pm

Everything is for sale Craig...you should know that...

Plan at the moment is to keep it till after the bathurst meeting next easter...it's first race is the 1 hour at Phillip Island in a few weeks...

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:12 pm

Looks hot. Can't wait for specs

philz · Postby **philz** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:40 pm

SPECS please

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:49 pm

lol to the hose in the background, going over the fence.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:19 pm

saw this on sunday, looks the goods

blackster · Postby **blackster** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:31 pm

Love the vented front bumper, best mod :mrgreen:

love5 · Postby **love5** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:53 pm

Looks great Lou! Best of luck at Phillip Island.....

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:02 am

One seat only no trim it looks light sick

Fuzzlet · Postby **Fuzzlet** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:09 pm

wun911 wrote:One seat only no trim it looks light sick

Yes, but just from initial looks there are a few things he could remove to save more weight, such as side reflectors, mazda logo, lip spoiler, one wiper arm etc

grump · Postby **grump** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:35 am

its cars like yours that make me think about getting an NB ,looks great Lou.

Postby **Boyracer** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:21 pm

Here goes the build write up...

Chapter 1...Boost is addictive...

So we had sold the Montego Blue NA8 race car...it was a great car but just did not have the grunt.I owned this with Robo (new member on the forum) Robo is my usual 1 hour partner...he has a lot of racing experience,Class winner at Bathurst 12 hour,Nurburgring 24 Hour...the sort of driver you want in your car...

I do my usual check of the auction sites and this little beauty turns up...looks like a SE to me.

Sure it's got a scratch or 2...my panel beating eye told me straight away that they would surely buff out(well maybe not)... I send an email to Robo..."how about we buy this and a NB shell and make a new race car"...sounds like a good plan to Robo so with a lot of help from Chris at MX5 racing we secure the rolled SE and a pretty straight and well stripped out red NB8A shell.

We get both of the cars in my garage...sitting side by side and formulate a plan to turn the red shell in to a SE replica.

Buying cars from the auctions is a real lottery,they are always sold as is,you can only have a good look and hope that the good bits are all OK....this car had a big crash so who knows...but it's was worth the gamble...when I looked at it the top of the engine had hit the ground...slight crack in the cam cover and the CAS was broken off...this is actually a good sign because the engine would have shut off when the CAS broke...potentially saving any damage...

We decide it's a good idea to get it running before we strip tthe SE out...so I put the big spanner on the front of the engine and try to turn it over...no luck...turns a bit then stops,so it's no siezed...probably full of oil from sitting upside down...so remove spark plugs and turn engine,point for anyone doing this...don't put you body parts anywhere near the space above the spark plug holes...I turned the engine about 5mm and the oil shot me straight in the forehead.

After Robo wiped the oil from my head we got back to getting the car running...so we sucked out what we could then turn over the engine and most of the oil was out...now we can connect the battery and put in some new plugs, new CAS...turn the key and off she goes...not a bad noise in site...mainly because it was pouring out a huge smoke screen, after it ran for a while and the smoke subsided we were happy to start stripping it out ready to swap bits to the new shell...