From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:21 pm

Hey snapfrozen.... what silver paint is that? looks great

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:41 pm

Started putting in a real roll bar today, fitted fender braces yerterday. Put a 21mm front sway bar on and picking up a 14mm rear bar on tomorrow. My rear torsion bar should turn up tomorrow as well. Just need to fit my poly bush kit and i cant wait to see how she handles

biff · Post by **biff** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:04 pm

Geez Brownie, I didn't realize you were so clever

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bgg846 · Post by **bgg846** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:53 pm

droped my little beast into sinco for some fab. get an intercooler and other bits n pieces done. hopefully itl run when i get it back. be a year n a half since i last drove it

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:43 pm

Sills fixed, not much left now just tidying up.

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mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:14 am

took the evo powered MX5 for it's first drive on Sunday

note poverty pack wheels off my kp on the front as the 4x114 conversion is not yet complete..

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:26 am

Evo powered

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:29 pm

Shit. Well ok. That's a twist.

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:42 pm

It's still RWD through a running an Nismo RB26 GTR clutch into a Nissan 370 Z 6 speed, carbon fibre prop shaft to evo rear diff which has been inserted into the Mx5 subframe.

engine wise it's technically it's an early vr4 block fitted with an evo 4+ head (which is a bit of a mission) but no-one cares about that so the short story is "evo powered MX5"

Still very much running it in on minimum wastegate pressure boost (9psi) so it's probably making around 140-150 wheel KW. but should really come alive when it sees 22psi down the track.

Meh TL:DR

Jesse Pinkman · Post by **Jesse Pinkman** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:58 pm

I installed a new R-package lip on the rear, I bought it from Dylan Nielson and unfortunately the smaller piece was cracked but Dylan is going to replace it so that's really awesome

I also made some new tophats for my BC coilovers so that I can finally go almost properly low, or low enough..

I made then 1 and a half inches high to go on the rear, the rear tophats I then put on the front. It really does look soo much better although I'm going to have to get the front guards pulled a little as the tires brush against the top of the guard when I'm turning and under a little bit of pressure.

Ben.Nakagawa · Post by **Ben.Nakagawa** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:22 pm

Jesse, did you cut your mud flap or lip? Looking good, tho.

Jesse Pinkman · Post by **Jesse Pinkman** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:50 am

Thanks man. Yeah I cut the mudflaps as I figured they are cheaper to replace than the lip if I ever need to.

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:40 am

mjrstar wrote:took the evo powered MX5 for it's first drive on Sunday

note poverty pack wheels off my kp on the front as the 4x114 conversion is not yet complete..

I would be VERY interested in how you're going about this 114.3 conversion.

evel · Post by **evel** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:22 pm

mjrstar wrote:It's still RWD through a running an Nismo RB26 GTR clutch into a Nissan 370 Z 6 speed, carbon fibre prop shaft to evo rear diff which has been inserted into the Mx5 subframe.

God Dam

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:01 pm

Fitted a whole bunch of bracing. Scraped over one of the bumps at botany.

I'm not even lowered yet.

Need to take it for a proper hoon to see how much a difference the bracing makes mind.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:09 pm

Weighed car...900kg with about 8 litres of fuel. Was hoping for a little less...

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 2:32 am

Haha I think quite a few of us are in that camp Ian (hoping for less weight than the car actually has).

At half tank with driver mine came to around 1048kg (with Daisies though.. I should put it on the scales with the 6ULs to see how big a difference they make).

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:10 am

SkilletKid wrote:Haha I think quite a few of us are in that camp Ian (hoping for less weight than the car actually has).

At half tank with driver mine came to around 1048kg (with Daisies though.. I should put it on the scales with the 6ULs to see how big a difference they make).

I don't think they'll make 148 kg worth of difference

It's more that they're "unsprung" mass hence why all sport bikes have upside down forks now. Drinking less beer would make much more difference in my case...

Pretty sure that my car is definitely at the heavier end of the scale though, especially after I find more random accessories I don't need

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:02 am

Angreal wrote:
SkilletKid wrote:Haha I think quite a few of us are in that camp Ian (hoping for less weight than the car actually has).

At half tank with driver mine came to around 1048kg (with Daisies though.. I should put it on the scales with the 6ULs to see how big a difference they make).
I don't think they'll make 148 kg worth of difference It's more that they're "unsprung" mass hence why all sport bikes have upside down forks now. Drinking less beer would make much more difference in my case...

Pretty sure that my car is definitely at the heavier end of the scale though, especially after I find more random accessories I don't need

I need to remind myself that the roll cage is probably as much as 50kg!!

And that was installed AFTER I last weighed the car when it was road registered at 1020kg, so effectively it has shed 170kg but gained those 50...

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 10:41 am

Cooling panel fitted today here at work,
(Quiet Saturday and no boss in today)

REDBEN ,what are the black tubes for on the screws ?

Hydro printing it came up mint

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:46 pm

SLYDIT wrote:Hey snapfrozen.... what silver paint is that? looks great

VHT flameproof 2200 degree aluminium. I used it originally for some stuff that was going to sit close to the header and loved it so kept going

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:16 pm

brownie wrote:Cooling panel fitted today here at work,
(Quiet Saturday and no boss in today)

REDBEN ,what are the black tubes for on the screws ?

Hydro printing it came up mint

Brownie,

They are interfence fit spacers to level the cooling panel out, theyre tight on the screws because you cannot get your hands inbetween the panel and bumper.

PM me if you need further assistance

Jesse Pinkman · Post by **Jesse Pinkman** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:19 pm

Fuel filter = changed. I cut the old one open and it was dirty af.
Catalytic Converter = gone. Sounds so much better and raspier and gruntier without it.

Also rolled the front guards a little more because my car is now at a stanced height.

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:07 pm

brownie wrote:Cooling panel fitted today here at work,
(Quiet Saturday and no boss in today)

REDBEN ,what are the black tubes for on the screws ?

Hydro printing it came up mint

Is that an ARC Super Intake I spy?

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:01 pm

Jesse Pinkman wrote:Fuel filter = changed. I cut the old one open and it was dirty af.
Catalytic Converter = gone. Sounds so much better and raspier and gruntier without it.

Cat a pain in the arse to get rid of?

From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

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