What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:38 pm

I really do love those wheels! ^

Right so got some Tophat spacers made up, 3mm thick and Waterjet cut. Got 12 made so I have some spare(Have only used 4), had to put 3 on drivers rear and one on passengers rear to get it about right.

So now the measurement is 310mm all around front and just over 320mm rear hub to fender. I think I want to lower the front a touch maybe 5-10mm as its not 100% to my liking(Will it ever be?).

Here are the spacers

Side to side

Front

Rear looks awesome

To lower the front Im thinking either thin down the locator ring or try move the perch down...

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:13 pm

Roadster has been put on the RS-Watanabe website! Cool!

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/userspage_new/mazda.htm

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:39 pm

This weekend I put 680 k's on the clock and only hit the ground once!

My exhaust pipe is very upset with me, not as much as the angry bird... Poor bugger got destroyed, but I gave the car a run down to the mount/papamoa

was good!

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:12 am

rip in peace angry bird.

mx5's are real popular in snells beach/warkworth. picked up my spare bonnet to start polishing when i get the time, also turns out the cops don't mind driving without a bonnet.

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:36 am

dylann wrote:rip in peace angry bird.

mx5's are real popular in snells beach/warkworth. picked up my spare bonnet to start polishing when i get the time, also turns out the cops don't mind driving without a bonnet.

Seriously?! You were fine driving without a bonnet...

Hmmm, Roof off, bonnet off... Seems like fun

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:00 am

chris wrote:This weekend I put 680 k's on the clock and only hit the ground once!

My exhaust pipe is very upset with me, not as much as the angry bird... Poor bugger got destroyed, but I gave the car a run down to the mount/papamoa was good!

Can't be as bad as when I hit my exhaust and snapped the bugger off
Also how does your exhaust hit anything when its so small?

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:25 am

heh I am waiting to have mine ripped off! I'm dropping half of the exhaust system out tonight, I will show you where it has been hitting.

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:00 am

yeah it was really weird, perhaps they were busy with other things but i passed 4 of them on the way there :s

speaking of exhausts .. if anyone has a spare rear half of a stock exhaust i do require one as the fart cannon really isn't doing any wonders.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:22 am

I will be selling me fujisubo axle back soon when my ss pipe shows up

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:29 am

dylann wrote:yeah it was really weird, perhaps they were busy with other things but i passed 4 of them on the way there :s

speaking of exhausts .. if anyone has a spare rear half of a stock exhaust i do require one as the fart cannon really isn't doing any wonders.

Hit me up on facebook, I might be keen for a trade

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:00 pm

Today i started my torsen diff swap (again)

Took the car down to my mechanic and got them to crack the cv nuts off.

Got home and found out that dad had taken his tool box and 29mm socket with him to work so had to wait till he got home to start on it.

After a heap of cursing at various nuts, bolts and driveshafts i finally ripped the old diff out.

Somethings missing here... i know a torsen!

More rake than Furai

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:49 pm

http://youtu.be/GGDj6djPqfA

Ignore the title. I got bored and took my muffler off.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:26 pm

Completed diff swap, about to take it for a run down the road

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:45 pm

Diff goes really well, checked what speed i was doing on my gps while the speedo was at 100k's and it was exactly 100k's. Seems like its actually a 4.3 torsen not a 4.1 like i thought

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:27 pm

Cool,
I did take a bit of a punt on the diff ratio,Not that5r easy to tell with it sitting in the cradle,Putting a couple of marks on hub and driveshaft and trying to get the count right,According to that chart link i gave you it should have been a 4.1??,I hope 4.3 is for the better.
Let me know the benefits,Might have to consider the next one from Japan for myself

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:44 pm

Yeah it still seems as revvy as the viscous was and has the same speed reading on the gps. 4.3 is awesome for me as it means i can still spin 2nd gear on the skid pan at hampton

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:47 pm

siren676 wrote:Yeah it still seems as revvy as the viscous was and has the same speed reading on the gps. 4.3 is awesome for me as it means i can still spin 2nd gear on the skid pan at hampton

What RPM were you doing at 100k?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:51 pm

nafc

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:54 pm

siren676 wrote:nafc

Thats the thing to check, the RPM sensor isnt changed but the diff ratio has. Made my speedo more accurate!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:03 pm

Speedo cable is connected to the gearbox output shaft thus measuring the outputs rpm.
If the diff ratio had changed the revs and speedo would have displayed the same but the wheel speed would have increased.

Mine was dead on with the old diff because im running massive tyres

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:44 pm

I was 3350 RPM at 100k 4.3, now its 3200

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:52 pm

pretty sure mines still 3350-3400 when the tach's playing ball

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:36 pm

New wheels fitted!

Factory option forged BBS, fronts 16x6.5" at ~6kg, rears 16x7.5" at ~6.5kg!

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:13 pm

excellent choice. OEM+ for the win. especially on a honda

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:02 pm

Got a windscreen mount for my dslr and took it for a test drive to see how still it held the camera.
Result was not very still. This is the youtube stabilised video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-JhNd9r6zQ

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