What have you done today/recently to your 5?

lee · Postby **lee** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:05 pm

Installed temporary window toggle switches. Received momentary toggle switches to replace them, once I program my Arduino to control it all...

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:53 am

Used with Arduino's much? I'd love to find the time to play with one.

lee · Postby **lee** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:35 am

I've only just started playing with it. The most constructive thing I've done so far is make LEDs flash

I'm trying to recreate the NB/NC style electric windows, where you just give the button a quick flick and it sends the window all the way down. The way I'm looking at it, I'll have to have 8 inputs and 4 outputs. It's going to be a busy arduino!

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:44 am

lee wrote:I've only just started playing with it. The most constructive thing I've done so far is make LEDs flash

That's about as far as I ever got, haha. Actually, I played with some servo motors as well. Now mine is sitting in a drawer gathering dust. Not such a busy Arduino.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:49 pm

Waited for delivery on a head gasket. :evil:

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:19 pm

Looking great!

kenson · Postby **kenson** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:22 pm

Hmm not sure where to put this so here goes.

Got my aircon regassed at Evolution R (Bentley). If you're in Perth mention the Perth-WRX special or mention the red turbo mx5 and Mao should regas it for $80.
Made a huge difference. During some spirited driving last week, the cabin started heating up and the aircon did nothing! Pretty sure this is the first regas since the factory 8 years ago.

The Mazda dealer where I got my car from Perth has also confirmed a price for a programmed, spare key. 2 x cartons of Stella :beer:

! Woo!

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:30 pm

Mao is great, he helped me out with an AFM for the people mover opening his shop specially.

aka_juffa · Postby **aka_juffa** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:33 pm

For this 5 (NA8) I have installed,

Super Pro bushes
Yellow Racing coilovers
NB Wind breaker
Kenwood DAB+, MP3, USB Head unit
Morel 6.5 split speakers
Stubby arial for DAB+ reception
FM chassis rails
Cusco three point firewall/shock tower brace

Sitting in the shed waiting to be installed.
Hairdrier and associated bits
Adaptronic ECU with NA8 plug and play loom

J.

slug_dub · Postby **slug_dub** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:51 pm

Yesterday I pulled off the midpipe and my treasured Trust muffler to swap to another midpipe and Mazdaspeed muffler. Only doing this because the midpipe I had made up when I had it on the NA6 hits against the NA8 bracing. Got as far as fitting up the bits but it appears this other midpipe won't join up properly to the Mazspeed, and I'm not sure it was actually used with that muffler grrrrr...
So today had to put the Trust gear back on and refresh my dodgy wire-that-pushes-midpipe-off-bracing. :mrgreen:

In better news I found the source of an engine bay vibration and fixed, and potentially fixed a coolant leak.

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:33 am

Drove it

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:09 am

Okibi wrote:Drove it

Looks like a plague of EVOs and WRXs there, Dave. I hope you showed them.

Black_Penguin · Postby **Black_Penguin** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:51 am

Fitted a fire extinguisher on Wednesday, only lightly grazed my knuckles with an angle grinder :oops:

.

dingmaz · Postby **dingmaz** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:51 pm

Well this week I've uncovered it, washed it a bit, shaken the floor mats, paid for 6mths rego, charged the battery, pumped up the tyres a bit, started it and dríven it for the first time in 6 mths, changed oil and filter and been driving it for 3 days now. Today I've needed to replace right rear blinker globe. Warmer weather is here and I am back home not up north or west with the 'van so it's time for freedom.

Postby **Okibi** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:00 pm

manga_blue wrote:...Looks like a plague of EVOs and WRXs there, Dave. I hope you showed them.

Nah being the only non turbo there I wouldn't be surprised if I was the slowest, at one stage I tried to catch that TMR Evo X but I had no chance. :lol: