Andrew's '93 NA6 - KL V6 swap

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:54 pm

911 turbo....HELLLOOOOO!!!!!!
$200K vs $10K with a bit of blood & sweat....

There is always someone who's faster & with bigger balls

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:32 pm

StanTheMan wrote:911 turbo....HELLLOOOOO!!!!!!
$200K vs $10K with a bit of blood & sweat....

There is always someone who's faster & with bigger balls

I have no doubt that a turbo LS1 powered Silvia will be quicker than a 911 turbo

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:27 pm

I reckon if I hang a massive turbo off my SR20 5', I reckon I will find myself in the trees!

speed · Postby **speed** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:35 pm

Is good to hear that you are bringing your 5 back to life.

So the V6 conversion never sold?
I thought it was a bargain.

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Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:35 pm

bruce wrote:I reckon if I hang a massive turbo off my SR20 5', I reckon I will find myself in the trees!

Probably, haha

speed wrote:Is good to hear that you are bringing your 5 back to life.

So the V6 conversion never sold?
I thought it was a bargain.

I'm so excited to drive it again, but yes nobody bought the V6. it has a few issues but if someone is seriously interested I'd still let it go.

Thanks to my wonderful girlfriend, the BP is in!

A mammoth 9 hour day saw the V6 fully disconnected, wrenched out of the MX-5, a new flywheel and clutch put on the BP and the whole lot installed!

All that's left is to re-wire the engine bay for the BP and new ECU, hook up the exhaust, alternator, intake piping and starter motor. So close!

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:29 am

Wow. That's a big effort.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:49 am

Your Girl is a keeper.
she helped you with what looks like an injured hand as well.

Impressed

Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:19 pm

bruce wrote:Wow. That's a big effort.

Sure was! Did not expect to get it all done in one day, let alone starting at 11:30 or so.

StanTheMan wrote:Your Girl is a keeper.
she helped you with what looks like an injured hand as well.

Impressed

Yup! She fell over yesterday and still wanted to help, definitely a keeper

She even spent the whole of yesterday helping me wire in my new ECU! So now I have an EMS Stinger 4424 in the car which a good mate of mine donated to the project.

I also knocked up this bracket on my CNC plasma to hold a set of LS1 coil packs at the rear of the head. They clear the bonnet and the firewall easily and even allow you to put on the electrical plugs with the brackets fully installed.

I will be manufacturing and selling these once I have the design finalised. They'll be made from aluminium and come with stainless hardware.

speed · Postby **speed** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:31 pm

The new bracket looks great. Good work!

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Beelzeboss · Postby **Beelzeboss** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:19 pm

speed wrote:The new bracket looks great. Good work!

Thanks mate!

Big day today on the MX-5. I finished my coolant reroute:

I also made a 36 tooth trigger wheel for the crank on the CNC plasma, which I tacked onto the pulley (I'll pin it with some M4 bolts before I run it in anger), along with a CNC'd VR sensor bracket

Now I just need to make a lower coolant mixer (I don't have a stock one and my radiator is a bit different to stock) and a throttle cable bracket. All the rest of the stuff is EASY!