Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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Agreed yeah I will have to try and make a stainless steel one of those, when the Turbo comes along :wink:
might rip it of soon or replace it with another standard one, as that one has been eaten lower down!!!
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sexy rims! i want them :)
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They are well cheap for an 8inch deep dish rim! be interesting to see how much they weigh :)
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Little bit more engine pimpage today, by way of this spiral hose wrap.
Found this stuff from a scubadiving supply shop.
and this one is UV reactive and comes from a PC modding website.
Made a mistake with the rocker cover bolt size, it should be M6 x 40, not 45, as the original bolts are 45 but a have the last 5mm machined off into a peg, I didnt really want to have to do that to a 45 bolt, so I found the 40's cheap enough from this seller beauty*max , they were £8 for 12.
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Received my newly painter rocker cover from Paul (mx3gulf)
this morning, more than impressed with his great work on this, and tbh I wasnt expecting anything else :D Thanks!
Wil have to wait a week or so to fit it as I promised myself a little break
from any work 8)
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WOW thats is gorgeous!
Good colour choice and nice work gulfy!
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that looks the nuts :D
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Looks great. Can't wait to see it on.
Ps I started my "youdirtyfox" style bumper today. Doing well so far. Just struggling to get a good finish on the the body filler in the top vent though.
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I left that final fill for the bodyshop to sort out as I just dont have the patience for it.
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Couldnt resist a cheeky peak this afternoon.
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they are gonna look the DB's when they are on :D lush rims
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Very nice wheels!
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They dont weigh as much as I thought they might! One 3SDM Dare deep dish alloy is 7.5kg.
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Major expansion pipe failure today on the way back from Kent, leaving
us stranded 10 miles from home! as the temp shot up to the top of the guage I pulled over straight away (thought I had heard a pop,lol) Had to phone the mother-in-law to come pick us up and take us home, so I could get another piece of hose and some clips and go back in the wifes car to fix 'er up again> had tried to bodge it back together with a biro and some fingers of a latex glove tied together, but it didnt hold.
Neeedless to say the hose is not suitable for a cooling system, replaced with some pukka black coolant hose now…
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Installed my new Gulfy rocker cover this morning along with a new gasket, NGK spark leads, purple anodised bolts (used red rubber grease in the bolt holes) & washers and a black MX5 lead holder. was warned off using the alu. lead holder I made on the banzai forum as using metal to seperate spark leads is a bad idea! it can cause flash-over and destroy an engine…
I used http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDSFztSNcdI as an installation guide, all went well no leaks so far :D
Anyway so here's an obligatary picture 8)
Now the pulley wheels are exposed Im thinking of some kind of spiral/propeller paint job for them
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Being a 1.6 mx5 engine I have seen the pulleys exposed before, maybe worth getting a pair of new ones and get those painted or chromed and do a cambelt and pulley change :wink:
Loving the rocker cover :D
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Looks good :wink:
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@b59c7bca4b=djmarcopolo:
Being a 1.6 mx5 engine I have seen the pulleys exposed before, maybe worth getting a pair of new ones and get those painted or chromed and do a cambelt and pulley change :wink:
Thats the plan mate :wink:
@b59c7bca4b:
Looks good ;)
goes well too :D
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Thats going to look the shizzle in 2 weeks time :D
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Its a shame thats the date I would of have Archenemy round to roll my arches so I could fit the new wheels!