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

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 09, 2012 1:07 pm

hahaha so happy with it!

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Wed May 09, 2012 1:36 pm

I thought it was an american until i saw it here the budweiser threw me off

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 09, 2012 1:44 pm

I convinced Dad to try Budweiser (before I turned 18) now we both buy it! It's cheap but still nice

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Wed May 09, 2012 3:09 pm

chris wrote:I convinced Dad to try Budweiser (before I turned 18) now we both buy it! It's cheap but still nice

Its pretty damn good, tried it for the first time at sprsta's place and have had a few boxes since ha

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 09, 2012 3:41 pm

Over several weekends i have been doing....plus a recon engine etc. etc.

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 09, 2012 4:52 pm

Over several weekends i have been doing....plus a recon engine etc. etc.

Looking good!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Wed May 09, 2012 5:07 pm

Born_disturbed wrote:
chris wrote:I convinced Dad to try Budweiser (before I turned 18) now we both buy it! It's cheap but still nice
Its pretty damn good, tried it for the first time at sprsta's place and have had a few boxes since ha

Hahah it's probably one of the few beers I don't drink. Tastes funny :p

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Wed May 09, 2012 5:09 pm

WideOpenThrottle wrote:Over several weekends i have been doing....plus a recon engine etc. etc.

Wish I had the time, patience, skills and equipment to do these sort of things.

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:12 pm

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WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:25 pm

Angreal wrote-Wish I had the time, patience, skills and equipment to do these sort of things.

Its a labour of love mostly...& not setting unrealistic finishing dates,rather just enjoying the journey!

Having learned alot first time round means less stress & worry that i might cock-up!... [its gonna happen anyway!

].

Just hope i never run out of things to do!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:29 pm

chris wrote:
Over several weekends i have been doing....plus a recon engine etc. etc.
Looking good!

Cheers Chris! and white is alright on the night!

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:42 pm

i know i sound like a broken record here but.....

when you remove the air con pump bracket you MUST replace the front bolt that goes through the front alloy housing with a shorter bolt. that front bolt clamps the oil pump to the block. if you dont fit a new bolt you are asking for a big oil leak or an engine failure (or both)

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:47 pm

SLYDIT wrote:i know i sound like a broken record here but.....

when you remove the air con pump bracket you MUST replace the front bolt that goes through the front alloy housing with a shorter bolt. that front bolt clamps the oil pump to the block. if you dont fit a new bolt you are asking for a big oil leak or an engine failure (or both)

Cheers slydit-done that years ago!

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Wed May 09, 2012 8:08 pm

where does the thermo stat go?
under the rear housing?

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 09, 2012 8:46 pm

SLYDIT wrote:where does the thermo stat go?
under the rear housing?

Yep thats right-both the housing & the thermostat comes off the front of the engine and is a straight fit.

I had my local welder fit the old heater tube that came off the original rear housing & then i threaded the ID for the hose barb.He blanked off the sensor hole as you can see in the earlier pic.

Actually the crankshaft pulley is off a gtx-they split in two allowing to discard the front half [which i dont need as i dont have air con or power steer]....just a bit more unnecesary weight loss.

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Wed May 09, 2012 9:57 pm

WideOpenThrottle wrote:Over several weekends i have been doing....plus a recon engine etc. etc.

you need to take the heater hose barb BEFORE!!!!! the thermostat
or you will not have any flow to the mixing manifold (or through the engine)when the thermostat is closed

when i did it i used the begi diy coolant reroute spacer
http://www.bellengineering.net/product_ ... b187e7274e

heres a link to help make it easier
http://revlimiter.net/blog/2011/05/coolant-re-route-1/

here is mine on

i removed my heater and plumbed the heater hose back to the top radiator hose (takes longer to warm up but supposedly keeps it cooler)

i spent ages trying to find the correct hose and eventually Born_desterbed found it at Bunce for me

and here it is finished

cheers

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Wed May 09, 2012 10:07 pm

chris wrote:
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YESSSSSSSSSS I have some of those too!!!!!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:13 am

Hi Sprsta

Funny thing is i have copied the gtx set-up as i remember it plus from that site you mentioned it says....

"quote"
Moving the coolant exit back to the rear of the head (re-routing it, if you will) puts the system back to how it was originally engineered in the 323.

And also it says....

"quote"
and lets water flow to the heater core before the thermostat opens.

So does it matter about the heater core not being heated until the thermostat opens?
I was always under the impression the thermostat was designed to stay closed when cold to bring the motor up to temp quicker & then open to give circulation to prevent overheating?

I cant see why it shouldnt work but i will investigate further to be sure!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:47 am

Hi sprsta

This is why i have done it this way

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRharubfD1E

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P7VrnggCCk

We cant both be wrong??

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:20 am

Sprsta wrote-or you will not have any flow to the mixing manifold

If you dont turn on your heater then you get no flow anyway[or at least thats what i know}The mixing manifold is there purely just to re-mix the heater water circuit.

There are cars around that have the heater removed so i cant be important to the engine?

{need to find a place to hide just in case i get flamed badly!!

]lol.

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:42 am

WideOpenThrottle wrote:Hi Sprsta

Funny thing is i have copied the gtx set-up as i remember it

the gtx has the heater coming out of the intake manifold not the back of the head IIRC

"quote"
and lets water flow to the heater core before the thermostat opens.

the heater core is always open in a MX5 (ever noticed your feet hot even with heater off?) it is used to keep movement of the coolant in the block untill the thermostat opens

"quote"
I was always under the impression the thermostat was designed to stay closed when cold to bring the motor up to temp quicker & then open to give circulation to prevent overheating?

without any flow past the thermostat, it wont open till the coolant that is right next to it gets hot enough even though the coolant at no1 cylender is boiling

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Thu May 10, 2012 10:43 am

the spacer also has ports for the temp sensors
so the fans turn on at the correct time and the ECU sees the correct temp when its warming up

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 2:22 pm

sprsta wrote:the spacer also has ports for the temp sensors
so the fans turn on at the correct time and the ECU sees the correct temp when its warming up

I havent got to the stage yet of re-fitting both sensors as i was going to put the engine back in first to see where's best to put them.

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 2:34 pm

Sprsta wrote....the heater core is always open in a MX5 (ever noticed your feet hot even with heater off?) it is used to keep movement of the coolant in the block untill the thermostat opens

Ok then to be safe i shall tap into this unused water outlet that is before the thermostat & use the grommet to plug my brass one!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu May 10, 2012 8:13 pm

so today...

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