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  1. MRWEST
    Terrrribllleee ! haha
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    Few more bits and pieces. Picked up a EFI Hardware DBW 55mm tapered throttle body setup, have also ordered an MFR Moffat Style V2 airbox with a filter housing/intake that sits behind the front head light, so waiting for that to be delivered. Pull motor this weekend so housings can get PP'd then its off to Fab later in Sept to finish the last bits, Intake manfold, clearance the floor for diff and lowering, gearbox crossmember, pedal box etc etc. Hoping to get that all wrapped up and finish the plumbing then strip to bare shell chuck on jig and get back to painter in a couple of months time
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    Housings are going to Green Brothers for CNC PP etc next week, motor will get built later in the year (already have S5 high comp rotors, seals, gaskets, oil pump blah blah all the bits to go in it) Then back in the car and its going off in 3 weeks to get intake manifold, pedal box, gearbox crossmember to suit the tremac, bit of sheet metal clearancing in the rear end and basically finish anything fab related so i can send body back to painters. Have bought a EFI Hardware 55mm Tapered ITB setup so will mount that up as well. Lets jus say i spent the year prior to the build planning all the details haha, wanted a clean tidy shed with stuff in the right place to make working on things easy but no mess anywhere. Got a little store room off the side of the workshop area for a heap of the bigger stuff like oil drains, engine cranes etc etc. 3rd shed iv built now so slowly refined what i wanted over the years and got carried away after too many instagram shed videos . Thanks man, looking forward to getting it wrapped up and finished thats for sure. Oh good points actually hadnt thought about those, no doubt there will be a few other bits to think about i havent thought of too. Have been going over the car front to back to try pick up all the little things i need to buy/sort etc
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    Spent the last week of late nights smashing out some more on this thing trying to get the body back to the painter. Got the wheels bolted together, sealed up and tyres on to test fit on Friday night, Stoked with how thats all come together very happy with how it looks. Rear needs the diff head clearanced for the floor and some minor trimming to fit the height. Have been going over the car front to back making a list of the final things to do to get the car back to paint. List of smaller fab stuff to get done which im in the plan of getting that booked in. Assembled the freshly chromed rear bumper and mounted up to the powder coated bumper brackets for a final test fit. Chipping away at things like mounting fuel filters, plumbing etc, making a list of parts that i still need to buy. Quite alot of progress which is good!
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    Started to get into this again try get some progress going. My 15-16" step lips and barrels turned up from Pine Engineering, bloody stoked with them, has worked out 16x7 and 16x8 with 2inch lips on the front and 3 on the rear. Have bolted all together and just need to seal up and then fit some tyres to make sure all fits good but looking good. Have chipped away at a bit more of the plumbing and some minor mods to the radiator to make the EWP work/fit properly. Getting close to wiring, mount pedal box and a couple of minor fab tweaks then its ready to strip and off to paint. Also got the Tremac in, requied the shifter to be flipped 180 degrees and it comes out perfactly in the centre of the factory hole so can keep my console. Required some minor trimming to get it to fit but looks good without needing to mod the tunnel majorly so pretty happy with that.
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    yeah it bolted straight up so maybe its the space against FD chassis rail?
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    Iv got a franklin one which still fits, but may change it yet it does sit quite close to the chassis rail when right out. Billet boss make a high mount side alt that would probably fit a bit better
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    Another piece to the puzzle arrived, Now i went to the bearing support front cover in FD style i obviously couldnt run the traditional 20b/series 4/5 CAS. Ordered a Full Function Engineering Kit out of the States which turned up last week. 36-1 Trigger wheel and sensor
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    Sorry should of said have got a wilwood reverse swing and will likely do remote masters. Had been talking to GSS and they had offered the steel and alloy ones hence i was checking as had a feeling had to be steel.
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    Pedal box, thought i saw something in the thread previously but could find anything. Pedal box in road car (rx3) are there any rules around how its mounted? What size material used etc? And then bulkheads to get hardlines through the firewall do these need to be steel (presume alloy not ok?)
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    Got the gearbox buttoned up on the weekend. Had to trim part of the case to fit the starter and also cut the snout off the front bearing cover and then just bolted right up! Also got the factory mazda gearknob fitted up. All ready to test fit up in the car now and sort the mount
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    cheers man, definitely have got a bit more carried away than planned but hey here we are hahah. Nearly have all the pieces to the puzzle now so just a matter of getting it done!
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    Motorsports Electronics Water temp sensor turned up today, nice slim little sensor with a nice fly lead to work with. Will look much tidier than the Franklin Eng adaptor which has the sensor vertically out the top. Also got a fuel pressure sensor to go in the fuel reg. Also got a green brothers billet oil filter pedestal with the oil cooler feed and port for the bosch oil pressure and temp combined sensor.
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    Got a few minutes in the shed over the weekend, Test fit the front cover, and a billet pro ewp adaptor (has the water temp sensor on the underside not out the top vertically like the Franklin Eng one) . Going to look the part! Ordered water temp, fuel pressure sensors and a Full Function Engineering FD Trigger wheel kit. Another few pieces to the puzzle
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    Few more goodies ordered and underway. Have been very slowly chipping away at things like mounting coils, alternator, plumbing routes etc to get everything to fit in the engine bay. Few minor changes of things to make it all work. Decided to bite the bullet and upgrade from the FC S5 RX7 Gearbox that came with the car while its still in one piece, Looked at my options and settled on a Tremac TKX from Greens with billet adaptor and steel bellhousing (which is more slimline than the FC one so gives me more firewall clearance) including a Quartermaster 7.25" twin plate clutch. So will need to get that in, mod the xmember and driveshaft to suit. SHOULD fit without cutting the tunnel fingers crossed Also went a bit overkill on the front cover upgrade haha. Got a Billet Boss billet front cover with bearing support for the crank snout. Very nice looking bit of kit. All in all an expensive few weeks haha but not to many more parts to purchase. Focus on finishing the plumbing and then get pedal box mounted and a couple of other minor fab bits done!
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