here is the project na6

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:16 pm

bought the car with original 118000km on it power steer and air body has been [painted b4 and was not preped properly and has crazy cracks and clear coat peeling just started pulling all the rubbers etc off ready to drop down to a painter mate whos going to strip it back to metal and respray it for me, time frame should have back in about 3 weeks, i can paint it myself but i wont have the time, if i get 3 days off to strip it i will do it myself, i will add updates

it also has a small running problem it starts but wont rev it dies and wont idle it dies it feels like fuel and i think i might need a new fuel pump any ideas to trouble shoot this?

progress so far:
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boot lid will have brake light hole welded up and spoiler holes welded. guards are getting slightly pumped and rolled, will be a custom bright blue or violet black pearl

gobsmax · Postby **gobsmax** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:47 am

wow...looks like lots of work :shock:

...good luck with it all!

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:21 am

The spark plug leads could be on the way out.
Deleting the centre brake light is probably not legal and a bit on the dangerous side.

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:34 pm

rota1300t wrote:
it also has a small running problem it starts but wont rev it dies and wont idle it dies it feels like fuel and i think i might need a new fuel pump any ideas to trouble shoot this?

Have a read of this thread on the big forum and see if it helps.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=279746

J

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:06 pm

THANKS GUYS yeah it is a bit of work but nothing like the full rebuilds of the old rotas im use to so to me this is a walk in the park, i was just thinking how nice it was not to have to do so much work mmmmmm i guess some people have different ideas of lots of work lol or maybe im just a glutten for punishment lol

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:18 pm

well got the day off today so i started stripping car im going to paint it myself, ive done almost 3 years of a panel beating appreticship so it will turn out sweet, the car had bog in places that didnt have dents it had been polyestered twice over paint that seemed ok when stripped, i think they must of done a poor job each panel had different amounts of paint, glade to be getting it all back to metal, just bonnet bottom of doors fuel flap and bumpers to go then repair and polyester it, hope to have in polyester by the end of this monday, alot of work ahead but if i can do it back on the road with in 3 weeks yep thats right 3 weeks and she will be better then new

progress made today
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Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:50 pm

Looks like progress

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:42 pm

i pic up wheels tomorrow, for the beast and roof, car will be in polyester by end of sunday ready to paint by next sunday hahahaha i will be driving it in 2 weeks pics up on sat nite

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:57 am

What wheels are you getting?

Duj · Postby **Duj** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:31 am

Yes, Please buy some tasty wheels for her,
Id hate to see some 'Wheelworx' special's on there... :wink:

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:04 pm

unfortanantly they are the same ones that were on my pink car and i also had a set of boyd billets that i picked up, this car i will be selling as i have bought a roller, do do a full race car no street mx5 for me

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:27 pm

If you have yet to sort out the running problem, fuel quality might be a good start, fresh fuel and a cup of meths (it will absorb any water in the system and then burn off).

Greg.

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:46 pm

ok boot lid rear light is all welded up, so all looks smooth, i can get the car to start but it runs for abour 7 sec then stops like it loses fuel, somtimes you can get it to rev to 4k but same thing it stops after starting after about 7 sec, i took the fuel pump out and switched it on its pumping fuel, i checked the air filter replaced the plugs took the injector connectors off and put back on, im starting to run out of ideas, any ideas?? sounds like fuel hey?????? it doesnt miss or back fire or run on so i rulled out timing or spark issues, has to be fuel, is it safe to hook up an external fuel pump see if thats the problem??

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:28 pm

Might you be able to run the pump out of a fuel churn? taking into account that it seems to be working. Do not discount the crappy fuel thing, I recently purchased a 2 year old BMW motorcycle that had enough water in the tank to swim in.

Greg.

rota1300t · Postby **rota1300t** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:03 am

i will try that tomorrow


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