NC 20BPP Time Attack / Track Car - Build Thread

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:17 pm

Very nice bling :mrgreen:

AJ · Postby AJ » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:49 pm

can that swivel mount handle the shuttle discovery type thrust???...........or will it give up at the 60 ft mark & fold in to flap against the window?? :lol:

SPy vs. SPy · Postby **SPy vs. SPy** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:12 pm

IH8 wrote:I seriously love this thing.
I may have asked before, but what colour is the car going to be? Same blue?

First few pages of the thread will show it doing its best "pheonixing"

besides all real MX-5s are Blue :mrgreen:

Postby **orx626** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:25 am

IH8 wrote:I seriously love this thing.
I may have asked before, but what colour is the car going to be? Same blue?

Hi Jace, I haven't 100% decided on a colour scheme for the car. However it will involve Winning Blue and Sunlight Silver.

Cheers,
Danny

silvermiata · Postby **silvermiata** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:10 am

any progress with the car Danny? its been too long

Postby **orx626** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:55 pm

silvermiata wrote:any progress with the car Danny? its been too long

Yes, far, far too long....no tangible progress to report till now.

Remember this item?

Well here is the finished item.

With the oil pressure and oil temperature senders installed.

....and fitted onto the engine.

Next step is to get the oil lines between the engine and supercharger drive made up. Even though time on the car has been extremely limited over the past three months, I have made key decisions and acquired more parts.

Cheers,
Danny

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:17 pm

awesome danny.. well done mate

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:45 pm

Thats what kids do Danny

take up all your time and money :lol:

and I wouldn't change it for the world either.
Cheers
Dale

mann · Postby **mann** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:08 am

Greetings from the US...watching this thing for a while hope to see it running around the track soon

Postby **orx626** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:31 pm

Old Dude wrote:Thats what kids do Danny take up all your time and money and I wouldn't change it for the world either.
Cheers
Dale

It's not so much the kids as it is work which has kept me rather occupied!

mann wrote:Greetings from the US...watching this thing for a while hope to see it running around the track soon

So do I!

Postby **orx626** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:48 pm

Once again I haven't been able to find any time to do anything directly on the car since last December.

However, additional to the supercharger I purchased for the NC I also put my hand up for one of the "Hymee Enhanced" production kits for my own daily dríven RX-8. Due to the fact that I'm local to Performance Design Australia (http://www.performancedesign.com.au/) and a pretty keen Mazda rotary enthusiest, I offered my assistance (product development) to finalise the RX-8 supercharger kit's "bill of materials" and installation media whilst undertaking the installation of my unit. As of last night, the kit installation has been completed with no oil or water leaks, and with just a dyno tune to go. :twisted:

Here's some piccies of the kit installed

....and a short vid....

The items that are transferable to the NC are as follows:

(1) Oil Take-off Block (as previously shown)

(2) Supercharger Oil Supply Line - Just different length - refer above piccie....it's the stainless steel braided line

(3) Remote mounted engine oil filter and lines

(4) Vacuum/Boost Lines (Schematic - not shown)

I've continued to acquire other parts and components over the past few months that I'll refer to as they make their way onto the car.

I'm really looking forward to getting a taste (and some driving experience) of the performance that a screw type supercharger can deliver when coupled to a high revving rotary engine in a superb handling chassis (especially one that will be over 300kg lighter and up to 60 hp more). :twisted:

Cheers,
Danny

ps. Hopefully the next installment won't be too far away.

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:10 pm

Danny ...you are a power junkie :lol:

that looks awesome, I imagine that after all the "tinkering" you have done and are doing on your other Mazda's that the CX9 must feel a bit ordinary in comparison :?:

or is there some "Tinkering to be done to that when it comes out of warranty

Cheers
Dale

Postby **orx626** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:00 pm

Old Dude wrote:Danny ...you are a power junkie that looks awesome, I imagine that after all the "tinkering" you have done and are doing on your other Mazda's that the CX9 must feel a bit ordinary in comparison or is there some "Tinkering to be done to that when it comes out of warranty

Cheers
Dale

haha Dale....I'm more of a Torque junkie! :wink:

I love the torque profile of a positive displacement blower!

Nah the CX-9 is safe from my clutches for at least another couple of years...but an exhaust would be nice. :mrgreen:

Cheers,
Danny

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:44 pm

saw this in the flesh on saturday and its factory quality work. really really nice and will hopefully go like stink for a long time.

greggtr · Postby **greggtr** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:55 am

Just a quick question, what do you intend to use to power the calipers... what type/size of master cylinder and are you going to keep the booster?

G.