Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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Been a bit slow on the car work front, been concentrating on more flat renovations in time for the big family chrimbo day! And a little invention
that we are looking into getting patented say I cant say too much yet…Wheels are now sitting in the kitchen on a brand new tiled floor. Tires are off and the strip back has started ready for paint 8) Bought new locating spigot rings for them too (70.1>54.1)
Finally decided on the Turbo exhaust pipe flange, after looking at many options I think this is the best one. From Himni racing coming soon.
3" Oval holed stainless flange, coupled with 3" oval to round transition pipe
which will then need a 3" > 2.5" cone made to get to the downpipe which is going to need some tight radius 90 degree bends buying.
That will give a really nice collector space for all the gases to disapear down :D
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@d3b6e37cc1=youdirtyfox:
And a little invention that we are looking into getting patented say I cant say too much yet.
Expect to see you on on dragons den soon??!!
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Well we have a working prototype and now own the .com and .co.uk domain name for it, but I have no idea what our 4th year projections are going to be! :lol:
All shall be revealed once we have some sort of protection on it, weather it be just trademarked and design registered or a full blown patent if that's even viable I don't know
I reckon Peter Jones would be all over us though 8)
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Oh you tease!! :lol:
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Gave Her that one winter clean up finally Gulfy ;) nice & clean now so went out and took some pictures last weekend that I had spotted the oppurtunity for a while back, glad I did for the deluge hit this weekend!
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Like the first picture :cheers:
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Yeah that seems to be everyone's favourite photo so far :D
On a side note our invention is looking less likely to be able to be granted a patent so we are just going to run with it ourselves as quickly as possible to flood the market. Will be finishing off the two working prototypes we have and getting the video footage of what we have been up to and what our "Gizmoov" can do out there sooner rather than later!
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Gold metallic enamel paint on order for the wheels to be painted in, got to sort out my mums garage first so there is some space to spray in.
Got these MS centre caps bought aswell.
Started looking at new tyres> Kumho ecstas seem to have rave reviews for the price as Eagle F1's are £100 each in 215/40/16 size.
Got to dial in some negative camber too by way of slotting the hubs also before I fit the new wheels up.
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Wheel refurb. started as I'm back at work I could use the turning lathe to
sort out one of the edges. Could of done with some weld filler, but our welder
might have gone back to Poland for good! So I just mad do with emery cloth.
Next stage was to remove all the wheel weight and associated goop with a wire brush drill attachment.
Then onto a 80 grit flap wheel to remove old debris and brake dust.
Then a final going over with a scotchbrite wheel to remove the shine from paint
and a good wash out with hot soapy water, then flushed with plain water from the hose.
Next step Paint!
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Well my Gold paint has been lost in transit via Hermes (not surprising!) currently waiting on a refund, so while I was bored and on ebay purchased a pair of RX-7 side repeaters to see how much of an issue they would be to fit.
Think they are a lot more sleeker than standard ones, and less obvious than
the universal oval ones. Have Photoshoped crystal clear ones on there and they just stuck out like a sore thumb on a red car, so gone with the amber.
Test fit , they going to need a bigger hole making in the wing, I found an MX-6 in the breakers yesterday so traced the hole needed and also took the plugs for the repeaters.
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Here is a little more teasing of what our new venture involves, although not just limted to cars as this was filmed this afternoon with a Gopro hero 2 camera and animated as a .gif in photoshop. Do wish I could show you the 'real' footage, but we got to keep it a secret for a while longer I'm afraid.
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Haha, cool! What ya make of the GoPro? Been thinking about buying one of the new ones.
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Really like it so far very easy to use interface and image quality is very good (when sunshine is added and not compressed as a .gif) Will come into its own I expect when we take it out surfin/skating/DH mountain biking etc…
Fisheye lense not that great underwater though as I tried it in the aqaurium, Think the Hero 3 has a flat screen meant for proper underwater filming though.
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Bought a 323 Turbo manifold from the Canada! Its been properly crack tested with none this time and has new studs fitted, one less thing to worry about I guess :D So if anyone wants a crack fixed one for cheaps (NO Guarentee)
let me know…
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Got me some new seats coming! Something I should of done along time ago,
well look forward to making these fit..Celica VVTI uber comfiness:
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Nice :cheers:
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Oooh fancy. Looks like they'll sit well!
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What really sealed the deal was the Wife yakkin up on the passenger seat Friday night! The stench wont go away so the old seat has to go,lol
Yeah my workmate has the leather vvti seats in His Celica so a quick measure up shows the mount points are similar enough to make some brackets up and use the Toyota sliders.
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@b3c328a668=youdirtyfox:
What really sealed the deal was the Wife yakkin up on the passenger seat Friday night!
That shit never comes out.. good choice.
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So far we have tried: Fairy liquid, bleach, fabreze, steam cleaning & dry shampoo! Nada.
Women > know your limits!!! :bigok:
