Thanks guys, I haven't forgotten the project it's just uni work has been catching up with me lately.
Bizi wrote:Andrew, will you be fabricating a 626/Probe/RX7 FC brake setup? The FC 4 piston / VW Corrado 280mm vented rotor setup looks the goods if anyone needs bigger than NA8 and I noticed some people use Probe V6/626 bits, so if you had access to a 626/Probe donor...
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=301815
I sold the donor car a few weeks ago and the brakes went with it
though I imagine custom fabricated brake caliper brackets would be difficult/impossible to get engineered. I think I'll be fine with NB8A brakes front and rear. I want to keep the stock daisies so that limits larger brake choices.
Basically since the last update I've just been doing little things on the car. I've made all the oil/fuel/vacuum hoses, wrapped all the wiring, put new exhaust studs on the manifolds, new studs on the inlet manifold for the throttle body and ported out the lower section of the intake manifold.
The biggest issue I have at the moment is that the underdrive pulley STILL hasn't arrived, even though it was shipped from the USA on the 1st of this month. My V-band exhaust flanges and clamp arrived, I didn't realise it was such large diameter. I'm having a tough time finding a spot to put it in the exhaust. I can't have the manifold extend too far back or it becomes impossible to install, but there's very little room for the v-band until you move past the bellhousing... I'll take a few pictures next time I'm working on the car.
I've got a few exams over the next two weeks so updates might be a bit sparse. As soon as the underdrive pulley arrives I'll try to make the 36-1 trigger wheel and get the car fired up. I hope starting the engine will give me the motivation to get it finished ASAP.
