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Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:52 pm

BRM wrote:Getting there...

Nice! You've done the rear bumper cut. I'm thinking about it but my car isn't low enough to pull it off. And you need a shiny exhaust to compliment it.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:43 pm

Skilfil wrote:
BRM wrote:Getting there...
Nice! You've done the rear bumper cut. I'm thinking about it but my car isn't low enough to pull it off. And you need a shiny exhaust to compliment it.

I haven't seen it done on a high car...
Mine's not That low..

Yup..
Definitely needs a shine up in the rear now..
I've a few things planned

Rear section of zorst is one of them.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:13 pm

Couple from today before my camera died...

Needs a lip =\

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:27 pm

Fitment looks good man, are they +25 or 0? I'm never good with judging offset haha.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:33 pm

-5 up front and +0 at back,

Either going +10 in the rear or a slight pull....

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:40 pm

Oh nice, spacers I assume?

I'm running +0 at the rear with a slight pull, like a cm or 2 at max and I get no rub at all. Looks a bit mexi though cause I havent lowered the front and Im on 195 50s

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:47 pm

Rear bumper cut outs look awesome. I'm keen to do one but I think I'll try on a second bumper before I have a hack at mine.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:04 pm

Ah cool stuff!
Looks fine, I think.
I'm running the same.. some cheap brand starting with A..
Going for the same size in falkens for cert time..

Yeah, I need to go for a slight pull.. it's stopped rubbing now, so I guess its rubbed the tyre away or pulled it a bit.

looks good man,
More pictures?
The rear panel confuses me!

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:45 pm

Wow your sidewalls look far smaller than my ones haha, I'm on bridgestone MY01's which are okay. Will have to cert up eventually though.

The rear panel is just a trap replica, some sheet metal and some bog and I was away laughing, still needs a bit of work as you can see the line where the hole used to be.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:13 pm

Do you work in silverdale?....
like.. on the corner of a road opposite the canoe / kayak place?

Oh that's cool, doing it yourself!
Car looks good,
cool at that height

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:58 pm

I'm a casual there I guess you could say, it's my mums work I just help out occasionally.
Do you work down that area aswell?

Thanks, would love to go as low as you but it scrapes over various things as it is haha.
Yours is far tider by the looks of it though.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:21 pm

Ooohh ok,
Yeah, did.

Yeah, I know what you mean..
Just have to take some things Real slow

Shane. · Post by **Shane.** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:35 pm

Sun was shining, so I couldn't resist pulling the hardtop off and hitting some countryside backroads

chris · Post by **chris** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:00 pm

I dig the wheels on there!

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:17 pm

The clock is ticking , counting down to the SI endurance series...and still no sign of my Mishimoto Rad. (Dodsons are not the best communicators!!!!!)

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:19 pm

Flares arrived

intake plumbing pretty well sorted, some exhaust and coolant work is probably next on the cards..

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:30 pm

Looking great man. I've been watching your project thread on the oldschool forums. Will be mean to see it running!

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:45 pm

If anyone wants a rear bumper to try there cutting out skills give me a yell, I have one they cane have. Getting chucked if its not needed.

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:33 pm

Ian wrote:The clock is ticking , counting down to the SI endurance series...and still no sign of my Mishimoto Rad. (Dodsons are not the best communicators!!!!!)

Being in Queenstown have you tried A1 Radiator's alloy race radiators they make for the MX5? They regularly post an ad for it on trade me. At the very least they are easier to get a hold of either by phone or email than Dodsons.

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:01 am

mjrstar- Can you explain the reasoning behind angling your blowoff valve piping that way? Wouldn't it be better to angle against the normal airflow to avoid breaking laminar flow as much as possible? On boost the air is going to want to go up the blow off valve pipe and off boost/throttle butterfly closed it's going to tend to not want to go up that way...which seems backwards to me?

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:23 pm

I'm open do discussion on this, hey some people even mount the BOV's up against the turbo (with reasonable results). and some of that borg warner stuff comes with intergrated BOV's

short answer:
The thought was that the best way to vent is in the same direction the the source of flow comes from. you are trying to maintain compressor outlet flow direction (minimal flow reversion)

Not so short answer:

The void in behind the take off for the bov is tiny in relation to the flow rate of the turbo so not concerned about the time taken to equalise pressure in there , I'm not sure how turbulent that area will get as it build boost pressure.

not so short answer continued...

But like most under bonnet stuff it really just comes to packaging, i couldn't afford the room on the inner side of the pipe as that's where the top coolant hose will go, and i wanted to reduce the hanging weight that would be evident it if were poked on at 90 degrees.. Plus I think it looks fairly tidy in it's current position..

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:21 pm

warrior wrote:If anyone wants a rear bumper to try there cutting out skills give me a yell, I have one they cane have. Getting chucked if its not needed.

What colour? Keen

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:34 pm

Sorry once its off its gone, had a few ask for it.

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:19 pm

mjrstar wrote:I'm open do discussion on this, hey some people even mount the BOV's up against the turbo (with reasonable results). and some of that borg warner stuff comes with intergrated BOV's

short answer:
The thought was that the best way to vent is in the same direction the the source of flow comes from. you are trying to maintain compressor outlet flow direction (minimal flow reversion)

Not so short answer:

The void in behind the take off for the bov is tiny in relation to the flow rate of the turbo so not concerned about the time taken to equalise pressure in there , I'm not sure how turbulent that area will get as it build boost pressure.

not so short answer continued...

But like most under bonnet stuff it really just comes to packaging, i couldn't afford the room on the inner side of the pipe as that's where the top coolant hose will go, and i wanted to reduce the hanging weight that would be evident it if were poked on at 90 degrees.. Plus I think it looks fairly tidy in it's current position..

put it at the throttle plate. that way you keep the volume of air flowing through the intercooler and pipes. if you put it at the turbo, the air in the pipes and intercooler still stalls and has to restart again...

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:24 am

....

Gone to far...

Don't even ask how long

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