mrpham's summer build

wozzah1975 · Postby **wozzah1975** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:30 am

looking very good bud, received your box of goodies today, that manifold looks brilliant. Will be in touch in a few days, I am out racing this weekend, so this week is car prep, but after that I'll be into it,

Love your work,
Cheers
Woz

Postby **mrpham** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:55 am

wozzah1975 wrote:looking very good bud, received your box of goodies today, that manifold looks brilliant. Will be in touch in a few days, I am out racing this weekend, so this week is car prep, but after that I'll be into it,

Love your work,
Cheers
Woz

Thanks Warren!

Postby **mrpham** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:49 pm

Build Update Part 5 - http://omgpham.com/build-update-part-5

So I got all my nut/bolts back from the zinc plating shop, and I'm so farking happy with the results. They charge $1.30/kg to clean and zinc plate, awesome value!

Everything looks brand new

Also received my hydraulic lug crimper, awesome for doing starter motor, alternator and battery wiring. Produces 12tonnes of force to crimp the big lugs.

Pretty awesome stuff

So this is where I'll be mounting my fuse/relay panel, it's a 15mm thick piece of polypropylene. It'll be covered and sit under the carpet, and the additional flip panel gives more protection and allows pretty easy access when needed.

A.Chen89 · Postby **A.Chen89** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:38 pm

man thats a pretty intense crimping tool!

Postby **mrpham** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:24 pm

ITB Build Part 6 - http://omgpham.com/itb-build-part-6

I spent the last couple of days building my custom fuse/relay panel. I've been looking forward to this part of the build

I went to the local plastics engineering shop and got them to cut out a piece of polypropylene for me. This is what I used for the panel part, got it pretty thick to make sure it was sturdy and adequately insulated from the car body.

I laid down some masking tape and marked where the parts would go and where to drill.

The parts attached to panel and quickly test fitted in the foot well for clearance.

The injector and coil +12v cables were installed first.

Slowly more wires were added, still looking neat and organised for now...

The completed fuse/relay panel, it got a bit messy where the large terminal block is. The purple Deutsch connector at the bottom powers the injector and coil +12v and the braided cable go into a ECU connector for power and various outputs for fuel pump and fans etc...

A successful test fitting!

Si.G · Postby **Si.G** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:41 pm

That wiring should be framed, it is like a piece of art work. I wish I had the tools and the know how.
Si.

Postby **mrpham** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:00 am

Si.G wrote:That wiring should be framed, it is like a piece of art work. I wish I had the tools and the know how.
Si.

Thanks mate

In other news, work has begun on my cylinder head. Shipped it down to Warren Heath Performance down in Melbourne.

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slug_dub · Postby **slug_dub** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:56 pm

Just read through this thread and made the connection that I have seen this car and met you on the monthly drive a couple back... If I had known of all this work you have been doing I'd have wanted a very much closer look at your car! Such an admirable level of effort on all the work you are doing here, great stuff! I'm feeling very inspired...

Si.G · Postby **Si.G** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:36 pm

The pictures of your head all look very familar

Postby **mrpham** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:12 pm

slug_dub wrote:Just read through this thread and made the connection that I have seen this car and met you on the monthly drive a couple back... If I had known of all this work you have been doing I'd have wanted a very much closer look at your car! Such an admirable level of effort on all the work you are doing here, great stuff! I'm feeling very inspired...

thanks! gotta catch up in a month or two when the car is done, need more practice at Nebo

Postby **mrpham** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:17 pm

Warren @ Warren Heath Performance recently received my cylinder head and has started porting work already! Some photo updates are below, make sure to visit his page and check out his work.

Postby **mrpham** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:28 pm

Porting Update - http://omgpham.com/porting-update

More updates from Warren, he has started on the exhaust side and just doing more work in the take.

Postby **mrpham** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:43 pm

ITB Build Part 7 - http://omgpham.com/itb-build-part-7

Another slow week for me, didn't get to do much and haven't been able to start the engine harness because I'm waiting for some heatshrink to arrive.

So I got the engine wiring in and quickly laid it out, my spare head went on with the Toyota COPs so I can mock everything up.

The ECU side of the engine harness, blower motor back in and the AC bypass pipe.

The main power harness going back to the battery, there's multiple runs of cable because I've relocated all fusible links next to the battery. So the entire length of cables are protected, unlike the factory cables... pretty slack of Mazda.

This is the FD RX-7 fuse holder, works great and hangs right off the battery clamp.

Connected the steering column up so I could test out the body wiring. Headlights, indicators, retractors, brake lights, horns, wipers and water sprayers all worked perfectly first go!

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:47 pm

Aswesome kiddie-seat Steering Wheel mount

PLEASE get a shot of your car with a couple of plastic garden seats or kiddies chairs in there before you put the real seats back in.

- Love your work!

Postby **mrpham** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:04 am

Lokiel wrote:Aswesome kiddie-seat Steering Wheel mount

PLEASE get a shot of your car with a couple of plastic garden seats or kiddies chairs in there before you put the real seats back in.

- Love your work!

lol thanks. I have some monkey foldout chairs, will chuck those in for a photo soon