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  1. MRWEST
    Have been using the old girl a fair bit, The Mrs got me a epic pencil drawing done for my birthday of the car last year. The brother took a mad shot of it a while back i just found again, one night. Bent a axle a couple of beach hops back some how so ended up getting some dutchman axles out of the states that were a bit beefier than standard, nice bits of kit and reasonable price Late last year had a bit of a hick up, Was jumpstarting the truck out of the boot of the Impala on a hot summers day, All of a sudden there was a huuuggeeeee bank, a cloud of steam/smoke and the car stopped. Run round to the open bonnet and found a big puddle of coolant, and a burst pipe, Turns out the fans must of tripped out for some reason, the car got so hot idling that somehow the top hose blew before the radiator or cap let go. Made a hell of a bang, and ended up on a tow truck home! Chucked a new hose on with some coolant and we were away again somehow!! \
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    Progress has been a bit slow but things are happening slowly. Have found a 4.8 ratio b1600 diff head to rob the parts to regear my 4.1 ratio B2000 which will be a heap better for the PP N/A motor. Have all the brake parts now including bundy tube to make new lines up, a mates making brackets to mount the rear calipers to my diff. Motor still being done, Toby BOP Polishers has my housings and front cover to polish and a mate has my plates to smooth and paint. Have been keeping a eye out for a OG steering wheel, unicorn shit to find and $$$$$$ usually, managed to find one that was a semi reasonable price and in decent nick so grabbed that which im stoked about.
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    Well made it to Beach Hop....Just Took it to Tauranga for a fundraising car show at Repco for a mate the weekend before, Started making weird noises an running like shit which resulted in a afternoon of mucking round on the side of the road and ending up with a tow truck ride home. Looked good before we left though! Hers a vid of it making some noise with the siren hooked up, shes bloody loud. Towed it over to Beach Hop and spent half of Beach Hop mucking round with it trying to get it to run right, After much mucking round testing, fiddling, various old boys looking at it we did a comp test, The highest cylinders were like 85psi with the lowest 2 at 35 psi & 40psi, At that point we pulled the pin on working on it and decided the 216ci dipper had met the end of its life, Got home and purchased a running 235ci Blueflame from a guy i had met at MCM last year, He pulled it out to go LS and shipped it up complete with clutch assembly, alternator and manifolds etc. He mentioned rear main leaked (as they do) and the rocker cover so decided to get a gasket kit and do the lot, Gave it a dulux recon while it was apart to and fitted my split manifolds Turns out rear mains that are 2 piece rope seals are a right prick to do, after putting it back together and not being able to turn the motor over its established i dont know what im doing haha, got a new seal arrived and waiting for someone to give me a hand so i can get it back in the car and cruising for whats left of summer.
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    Usual story broken down Fords and Chevs helping hahah. Nah some guy in his falcon got a flat battery watching the cruise on the Onemana hill so gave him a jump.
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    Went to 2020 and booked for 2021! Bring it on!!
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    Brady at BLG Engineering whipped me up a set of new coilovers for the front and camber plates Also made new 4x114.3 front hubs and mounted a set of 4 pot wilwoods. He also supplied a new wilwood master cylinder and prop valve as well as rear rotors & 4 pot wilwoods to get mounted to the diff.
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    Last minute missions for beach hop. Built the exhaust with no mufflers, Was so loud, had the bomb rap going on but bit too loud haha. So chucked a couple of mufflers in last night. Gave the old siren a bit of a birthday before it goes in the truck. Mount that and we are good to go for beach hop next week.
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    All go here this week. BLG Engineering sent up my 4 pot rear calipers, so my mate is currently making brackets for the diff for these. BLG Engineering is currently building some coilovers for the front with camber plates, and 4 pot wilwood fronts, so those should be here in the next few weeks. Also picked up a set of refurbed 15x 6.5 and 15x7 SSR Formula Mesh for the car as another option for wheels, one of the 7s has been damaged so will probably relip to 8 or so for the rear when i get too it. But for now will keep the car rolling with the new stud pattern of 4x114.3 Also had a mates car for a couple of days so test fit his Works CR01 wheels to see what that looked like, \
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    Got a few goodies on the way for this. But this week, Managed to score a old school Haynes manual off Trademe so that was a handy score. Got so much detail in it, right down to how to rebuild the motor and box Also had a clean up of shed and sorting parts out, Pic of the cleaned up S5 RX7 box the car came with. Like new, unsure on internal condition so going to strip it down before it goes in the car to save any future headaches. Thats all for today!
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    Nah i havent yet, getting mixed feedback about what to do so havent done anything haha. bit slow hahaha. needs a serious power upgrade, its tapped at 80kmh now its got the 15s on. Yeah itll get a paint one day but for now roll patina, focus on getting the rx3 built.
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    double update tonight ^ Got the factory intake and exhaust manifold off and prepped it for the fenton style split manifold Got the manifolds on and all the parts from sticky flanges to make a twin 44mm to 38mm tail pipes exhaust to get some rapping going on . Also got the leaves in the front reset 2" to get it sitting a bit better. Bit of a before and after, looks much better i think! Finish exhaust, mount the siren and we are good to go to beach hop.
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    Been driving this a fair bit, Supermarket runs, farm shop vege runs, pub runs. Its slow but fun to drive.
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    Have bought a new mazda crate motor to build 13b PP out of all new parts, hopefully get into that shortly, In the meantime have been doing a couple of odd jobs, Pushed it outside to get some daylight and inspiration haha + I pulled the factory struts and leaves out of the car, Car came with some 2nd hand coilovers in so chucked those in and wound them right down for a laugh and chucked some reset leaves and blocks in the back. Factory struts have been sent to Brady at BLG Engineering, Hes building me some coilovers, camber plates, billet 4x114.3 hubs, and setting the front up with 4 pot wilwoods and 280mm rotors. Hes also sending me some rotors and wilwoods for the rear, going to redrill the diff to 4x114.3. Should stop and handle a bit better after i get those back. Also dragged out the ROH ZS i have in the shed to see how they look sitting up on it, Thats all for now, Got a bit of motivation back again so going to try make some progress in the next wee while on it.
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    huh thats good too know! will do some looking
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    Thanks @cletus Now to decide if i want to go 4 or 5 stud then.... Cheers
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    Hey @cletus Are the storys regarding re drilling of brake rotors for stud pattern change no longer being legal correct? Car in question will need both a vin and LVVTA cert Eg 4 Pot S4/5 RX7 Calipers and rotors redrilled for 4x110 or 4x114.3 PCD. Just want to confirm before i get rid of my brake setup iv got an go find something else too use... Cheers
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    So whats my plan for this? Well. Plan at this stage is as follows: -13B PP Injected -Link ecu or the likes with built in dash (no need for aftermarket gauges this way) -Front Coilovers with S4/5 Front brakes and convert to 4x114.3 or 5x114.3 - Narrowed B2000 LSD (Has been narrowed 40mm from RX3 stock width) is currently 5x114.3 with RX8 rear calipers and rotors but may change to 4x114.3 to allow better wheel choice in 15s/16s -Reset leaves and blocks in rear - S5 RX7 gearbox -Custom exhaust, driveshaft, driveshaft hoops, gearbox xmember to suit drivetrain - Nice tidied up painted/polished/shaved/deloomed niced up engine bay Wheels TBC, got a few ideas but need to keep working through that Colour TBC. Again got a few ideas but haven't committed to anything Spent half a day going through all the boxes of bits on the weekend an working out what iv got and what i need or want to replace, Majority of stuff is there which is a good start.
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    So when i first looked at the car right before Auckland Lockdown V2 it was a bare shell on a chassis dolly, The previous owner spent a bit of time during lockdown and put the panels back on, factory suspension and steering and diff in and got it mobile again for me. He packed the car with as much as he could then when I picked it up the ute tray and back seat was chocka with bits as well for the trip home!
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    Had Carl trying very hard to sell me 20B but couldnt bring myself to part with that many clams so alas 13b it is haha
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    Not slapping it together haha. Will be a keeper so will do it once and do it properly, good parts, finish nicely etc etc. 90s throwbacks right thur haha yep not sure on colour yet, half of me wants to go a factory period colour half of me wants to not haha. Yeah bought it before Aucklands lockdown v2 and couldnt get back in to collect it so only picked up last week ha! thatd stir some people up im sure haha
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    Well the 808 made way to make way for this...... By a chance conversation at Chrome 2020 I found out about this car, 1973 Mazda RX3 Coupe. Complete car minus a motor, Cars been baremetalled, rust done and most of the prep for paint has been done which is awesome. Came with a heap of extra parts and upgrade parts including -S5 RX7 gearbox -B2000 LSD diff thats been narrowed, with RX8 Rear calipers/rotors -Front coilovers -Factory suspension and diff as well -Lots of new bushes, rack ends, lights, badges etc etc Cars been real well done this far in and perfect base to build how it want and do it once and do it properly. Tell me im crazy and iv got a big job ahead of me here haha
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    Spin some yarns in here.
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    Well thats a wrap, 808 went off to its new owner on Saturday, Got some shots of it done by a mate before it got delivered.
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    Damn man thats cool asf! Nice work. Suits those wheels and will be fun as with the Honda!
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    In other unplanned news im listing this up for sale this week! Wasnt the plan but something else has popped up which means this needs to go to make way for something news. So if you know anyone then let them know.
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