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

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:47 pm

Wait... He responded so you got an opportunity to purchase from him!?

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:25 pm

First and last time.

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:44 am

The dude's an active member on here so you'd think he'd take some bloody note and up his game.

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:00 pm

Some cage progress from yesterdays work session.. Progress was relatively swift thanks to my mate who has just completed his EF civic cage this week so he has his tube notching eye in.

Kit

spare material cut from the car..

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Main hoop in.

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Back stays.

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Forward Laterals

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this is where we got to last night, so one more day should get close to sorting out the harness bar, main hoop diagonal, and door stays & gussets.

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:38 pm

Right. Brakes are almost done again - Booster is in, MC is cleaned and just getting a lick of paint to tidy up the body of it. Wiper arms, boom and cowl all repainted and back in the car. Wiper motor and fuse box to go back in tomorrow night and then clutch master.

IMAG0467 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

IMAG0471 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

IMAG0469 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:09 pm

Looking Good MRJSTAR, that is the best way to fit a cage to these cars, ditch the seat belt towers and mount on top of them!

Jarred, that bay is looking clean! What do you have in mind for Brakes?

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:58 am

For now I'm going na8 with some high quality pads, fluids and rotors and will switch it up when I out brake them. I used to keep up with the boys I raced with on factory brakes so don't want to drop 1k there until I've outgrown them.

Ducting to custom stone shields is likely to be one of the early mods once it's running again.

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:01 pm

Time to free up space - got the biggest thing ready to paint. It also means the motor can go in... (awaiting 2 gaskets and and paint for gearbox...)

Pre prep and then some faithful brakleen

Hit it with a wire brush on my drill

Hosed down and another round of brakleen

Finished off getting the last off with my dremel

She's ready for paint now. Will be using hammerite on it.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:07 pm

It's not a MX..
bit it's a mazda

RX7 has landed..

Parting out most of the stuff we're not using..
Power Fc,
HKS EVC,
hard pipe kits..
interior/exterior

Keeping the Tein Winding master with EDFC and diff,
Pretty sure it has mazdaspeed side skirts,
Going 20mm wide body
280 wide rear and 240 wide front slicks
We're hoping to get the car under 1100 kg race weight,
18x9.5 & 10.5 Works, AP brakes, at Least 500hp LS2, dry sump and tilted gear box drop everything as low as possible.
Chromoly suspension arms and drop knuckles to keep everything square.

We really like the old IMSA racing colours, so we're kinda basing it of them..

So far, we've kinda come up with this..

It's definitely a work in progress and it'll change as we go..

The plan is to run the car in endurance racing to beat the guys that we work/worked for and whose cars we built..

Like this 650hp M3 that we took to bathurst 12 hour last year.

And also running it in GT2 class as well.

XD

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:44 pm

REDBEN wrote:Looking Good MRJSTAR, that is the best way to fit a cage to these cars, ditch the seat belt towers and mount on top of them!

Yeah still in 2 minds about doing a dash bar... probably should but could be a mission sorting the dash mounting etc..

evel · Post by **evel** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:00 pm

BRM wrote:...at Least 500hp LS2...

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:08 pm

evel wrote:
BRM wrote:...at Least 500hp LS2...

Sad face to 500hp or ls?

=p

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:05 am

BRM wrote:
evel wrote:
BRM wrote:...at Least 500hp LS2...

Sad face to 500hp or ls?

=p

What he means is 600hp or nothing (my car is the nothing option)!

With that much power I think your car should have more of this type of look but htat's mainly because they've been showing it on repeat here and it's one of the few english shows I've seen for a while...

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:27 pm

That car can do at least 88mph

evel · Post by **evel** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:48 pm

BRM wrote:
evel wrote:
BRM wrote:...at Least 500hp LS2...

Sad face to 500hp or ls?

=p

LS.... but I suppose the 500hp kinda makes it a lil better.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:28 pm

Made it shiny

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Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:29 pm

A productive few days. Subframe is hammerited. Few touch ups here and there. Recommends 2 coats over bare metal with the primer, 1 coat over paint. I did 2 over paint on top, 3 on bottom as I'll inevitably scratch it. Cost about 45 a can, and about 20 for the primer. Went on, oxidised red and brushed the lot.

MAG0496 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

MAG0495 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

MAG0494 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

Also got my master cylinder tidied up. Cleaned the plastic and repainted the metal. Excuse the messy loom. It's there so the car will run then it's disappearing.

MAG0497 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

MAG0498 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

MAG0499 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

MAG0500 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:46 pm

evel wrote:
BRM wrote:
evel wrote:

Sad face to 500hp or ls?

=p
LS.... but I suppose the 500hp kinda makes it a lil better.

What's wrong with it?

evel · Post by **evel** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:47 pm

not a rotary

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:38 pm

Painted my GV eyelids:

Fair bit of orange peel but they should sand/polish up okay

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 11:45 pm

Drove from Wellington to Napier, Taupo then Auckland, and then back via the Tekuiti/Taumarunui/Ohakune side over 3 days.

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:00 pm

Got the link G4 working in mine ^_^

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:31 pm

Did gymkhana on the weekend, found out today after work that i broke it

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:27 am

More cage work today.

We Managed to sort the dash mounting and cutouts for the forward laterals then moved onto the diagonal in the main hoop with start of harness bar.

Harness bar complete.

Couple of forward lateral braces.

No windscreen bar as it was too short (should have checked it earlier I guess)

So put the car to bed early.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:48 pm

Pulled my torsen out and took the rear housing off to hopefully get it welded up

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