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Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:50 pm

BRM wrote:I'm going for a sigma 1.4 30 next.

Using an old Pentax atm

Exotic! Like a K200D or K20D or something?

I'm using a Nikon D600 but just won a D3200 through Nikon's Zoo Snaps competition and am considering using that as a second camera for "wild"life (mostly zoo, I suppose) shooting with the crop factored focal length. Though I don't think I'll much like it, as I started with a D3100 and absolutely hated the controls

I wouldn't mind trying the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 except that it's designed for crop sensor cameras, unlike the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 (which I'm not really a big fan of).

Staying on-topic, the 30mm f/1.4 would certainly be useful for taking photos of MX-5s though

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:59 pm

Mr. Shine wrote: Staying on-topic, the 30mm f/1.4 would certainly be useful for taking photos of MX-5s though

Nice save =P

Photos of my car are exclusively from crappy phone cameras and (embarrassingly) a speed camera =[

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:11 pm

Just think of it as an expensive panning shot

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:01 pm

siren676 wrote:Just think of it as an expensive panning shot

In the email for the request for the photo I mentioned how I may as well take home a souvenir after paying the fine.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:58 pm

Deal with it

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:01 pm

BRM wrote:Deal with it

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:45 am

needs more dragons...and maybe a Dino raptor

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:23 pm

hahaha that pic is going to be my new facebook banner

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:16 pm

Today's hard work

AN UPDATE WITH PICTURES!

Have had a productive day. Went to bootcamp this morning. Won a crossfit challenge for my team and avoided 100 burpees. Winner didn't have to do them... Sat down... Threw up all over the floor of the gym. Been hiffing all day so assume its a stomach bug. No work means car time (Cos who cares about puking on the driveway?)

Got the exhaust on, it's nothing to write home about as far as looks compared to stock but it sounds SO much better and seems to fill a gap. Also - it's about the right size for gains for an NA B6 so thats a bonus. Plus the rear section is 2 piece so I can make the exhaust tip for the track to fit over my diffuser without having to remake the entire exhaust.

Big ups to Matt for the exhaust (L)

Here's comparing them off the car..

Before:

After:

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:38 pm

We needa hear it!

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:50 pm

Tiny bit raspy from 2-3k. I think I came the first time I did a 6k rpm shift, got a tiny pop and a crackle and kept going

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:45 pm

Nice one Snapfrozen

Today I got to drive my car turbocharged for the first time, what a blast! Although this pissing down weather and $#%! tires made for a slippery drive around the block!

Crap quality video of it running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLIyP1 ... ata_player

Thank you Mark and Paul, without your help this wouldn't have happened!

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:56 pm

Theres no sound in your video! It might be because its a fresh upload though

.

biff · Post by **biff** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:43 pm

Very nice

-----Original Message-----
From: Snapfrozen [mailto:mx5talk@mx5forum.co.nz]
Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013 6:17 p.m.
To: mx5talk@mx5forum.co.nz
Subject: [MX5] Re: General MX5 Chat

Today's hard work

AN UPDATE WITH PICTURES!

Have had a productive day. Went to bootcamp this morning. Won a crossfit
challenge for my team and avoided 100 burpees. Winner didn't have to do
them... Sat down... Threw up all over the floor of the gym. Been hiffing all
day so assume its a stomach bug. No work means car time (Cos who cares about
puking on the driveway?)

Got the exhaust on, it's nothing to write home about as far as looks
compared to stock but it sounds SO much better and seems to fill a gap. Also
- it's about the right size for gains for an NA B6 so thats a bonus. Plus
the rear section is 2 piece so I can make the exhaust tip for the track to
fit over my diffuser without having to remake the entire exhaust.

Big ups to Matt for the exhaust (L)

Here's comparing them off the car..

[Image: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5541/9620 ... bae5_b.jpg ]

[Image: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/9620 ... 8054_b.jpg ]

Before:

[Image: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/9616 ... 7b71_b.jpg ]

[Image: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/9620 ... 878a_b.jpg ]

After:

[Image: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/9620 ... d3a0_b.jpg ]

[Image: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/9616 ... c397_b.jpg ]

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http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/viewtopic.php?p=63064#63064

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Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:16 pm

I've started cleaning up the spare engine parts properly.. Still undecided what I'm going to do exhaust wise. I have a spare manifold and I was originally going to build a 2.5" system but now that Matt has kindly IOU'd me his old exhaust I think I may scrap that idea for now seeing as money is scarce. I literally haven't spent a cent on the car in close to 6 months now.. Fortunately I SHOULD have a payrise and bonus coming through soon which should land me some cash..

Anyhow, pics!

Before cleaning with dremel, also removed some casting marks..

After:

Random brackety thing:

Thingy that sits on the intake manifold:

The intake manifold:

Engine mount thingys:

I want the engine as ready as can be so when summer rolls around, I can dump the old engine out, clean/paint bay and subframe, and then throw the new engine in with only a week or so of downtime.. Also plan on painting the bay gunmetal of some sort - possibly a similar colour to Joule's engine related parts and the valve cover going a pearl/candy blood red like this

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:01 pm

Good work with the Dremmel. Those parts have come up a treat. How many hours of buzzing did you have to endure for that result? Its all worth it now that its done. Good on ya.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:22 pm

I like the way you think

marcellarius · Post by **marcellarius** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:22 pm

I like the finish, what kind of paint did you use?

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 8:40 pm

Used about 5 different things...

Rough sanding disk to get rid of the bad casting marks, then a smooth sanding disk to smooth it out. Used a metal spinning file kind of tool on it to get in the tight gaps and then a wire wheel to polish up the bits like the faces that bolt to block, throttle body etc.

The paint is just vht high temp alloy, black and primed with vht high temp primer. Figure the engine areas may see a few hundred degrees in places once turbo so no harm doing it now.

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:37 pm

I must dig my spare manifold out,Bought a dremel tool to do it and throttle body gaskets,got most of it done,all smoothed and everything,been sitting in my locker at work for a couple of years now,I was thing of HPC coating it.

One of my must do projects

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:34 pm

Snapfrozens productivity encouraged me to finally get around to repainting my rocker cover. should look decent once its back on

the white bits in the red paint are just reflections of the light, just FYI

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:55 pm

MrGrey wrote:Snapfrozens productivity encouraged me to finally get around to repainting my rocker cover. should look decent once its back on

the white bits in the red paint are just reflections of the light, just FYI

Nice

TehAshleigh · Post by **TehAshleigh** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:16 pm

Kierans S-chassis Tandem from the weekend :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10 ... 1473397969

Watch it in HD

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:48 pm

You need to fire your cameraman, i feel seasick after watching that

TehAshleigh · Post by **TehAshleigh** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:07 pm

siren676 wrote:You need to fire your cameraman, i feel seasick after watching that

YOU SUCKAH GEE

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