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Postby Si.G » Sun May 09, 2010 9:14 pm

Ok,

Got the job done.

Phase 3 took a while because I had to weld some plates to the chassis, so that I have captive nuts to bolt to. Obviously this is not a job you want to mess up :D

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Unfortunately my diff mounts did not arrived in time, so I will have to take the diff back off again at some point.

I was a little worried that the brace might not make that much difference and that I was putting in a lot of effort for little change. However this is not the case! Just rolling the car over the bump at the end of our drive feels totally different, much tighter. I have not been for a long drive yet because I need the alignment doing, but I think it will be like a differnt car.

Next job -- Adjustable top arms on the rear. Going to use cam bolts, like the ones on the lower arms.

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Postby Si.G » Wed May 19, 2010 1:36 am

The diff mounts arrived, so the diff has been off the car again.

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I will be doing a sprint on Sunday, so all being well, I will stop missing 3rd and going to 5th.

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Postby Si.G » Wed May 19, 2010 11:18 pm

I was not going to fit my brake bias valve so soon, because the brake unions did not want to come undone with risking messing up the nuts. However, now that I am armed with my new flared spanners, there is not problem, so here it is - flyin Miata kit. Very easy to fit, not really dríven the car yet or set it up. Sprint on Sunday, so we shall see how we go.

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Postby StanTheMan » Thu May 20, 2010 7:20 am

ohhhhh!!!! Brace Bling. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8)
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Postby Si.G » Fri May 21, 2010 1:14 am

StanTheMan wrote:ohhhhh!!!! Brace Bling. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8)


It looks chrome, but it is gloss black - $3 a tin at bunnings :D
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Postby Si.G » Fri May 21, 2010 1:19 am

Some things are not to be missed. I was planning on spending money on more power next, but this came up $350 :shock: (unfortunately a WA club member lost their MX5 to the recent hail storm :( )

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I have given a section of it a clean, t-cut and polish and it is now the same colour as my car. There are a few scratches on the front lip and at the back but $350 :shock: I am not complaining.
(as you can see my car is all different colours anyway since some dude did a U-turn in front of me)

I think the weight will be similar or lighter than my soft top, so from a performance perspective, I think I will roughly break even. BUT - man does it make an immediate difference to the chassis stiffness - I am sure some people will disagree, but my car is 20 years old now :D It just feels different, tighter when riding bumps.

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Postby Okibi » Fri May 21, 2010 2:51 am

Good score Simon!
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.
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Postby Si.G » Sun May 23, 2010 9:49 pm

Here are some vids of today's WA sprint round. Quality is not great, they were done with a point and shoot camera fastened to the roll bar with hose clips :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0sTVzRoTxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu-eGMrdTtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnwDLTG3SGw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zo4tv0FQY0

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Postby Jeo » Sun May 23, 2010 10:19 pm

Very nice mate. Keep up the good work.
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Postby Okibi » Sun May 23, 2010 10:37 pm

I think I spotted you on Leech Hwy this afternoon about 4ish, took me a second to realise it was probably you because the car was running a soft top.
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Postby Si.G » Mon May 24, 2010 12:41 am

Okibi wrote:I think I spotted you on Leech Hwy this afternoon about 4ish, took me a second to realise it was probably you because the car was running a soft top.


Yeap - probably on my way home from the sprint event.
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Postby Okibi » Mon May 24, 2010 1:17 am

Have you had any luck with the quads? I think there was mention of a cheap ebay adaptor on clubroadster (the author did mention they had to slightly enlarge the adaptor ports to make it more efficient ) .
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Postby Nocturnal » Mon May 24, 2010 1:41 pm

Very nice diary. Love what you're doing with the car, especially with your own hands.
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Postby Si.G » Wed May 26, 2010 12:24 am

Okibi wrote:Have you had any luck with the quads? I think there was mention of a cheap ebay adaptor on clubroadster (the author did mention they had to slightly enlarge the adaptor ports to make it more efficient ) .


The adapter keeps the toyota manifold and injectors, etc. I really want to just use the throttle bodies.

Hoping to get a manifold made in the next week or so. Looked at buying a full manifold from the same company that you can get an adapter from, but the extra cost of a custom made one is not enough to take the risk on an internet part that is un-tried.

I have done some home work, and inlet plate size on the AE101 should be suit to the power I will ultimately be look for so that is good. The only other thing is runner length, but I think I might be constrained by my brake lines, so there is probably a re-route of those to think about.

Keep an eye out for more updates - unlikely to be done before the sprint event though :(

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Postby module22 » Thu May 27, 2010 7:55 pm

Such an awesome diary!!

hope to see moar. :D
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