Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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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!
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Been wanting to debadge the bonnet since I fitted the new bumper,
so this morning I popped the badge off using a plastic body filler scraper
to reveal this.
Next up I hit it with some soapy water, TF-90 electrical contact cleaner and my thumb to remove the sticky residue, then some safe cut to bring the colour back. My plan was to use red electrical tape that had been holepunched to create two perfect dots to cover the holes, it was completly the wrong red though! So off to Hobbycraft to find some sticky stuff of the same colour, ending up coming back home with these buttons,lol
I think it has the desired effect though, and will do till it gets done properly :D
might have to attack the back now :wink:
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lol you are ridiculous sometimes
(in a good way)
