ThePog

Ah it was that sultry look you cast in my direction, set my heart all a flutter... full of OS luvvies

Ha I was like 'hmm tidy chevette, looks like it has some wide steels or something - must be OS...' BOOM

Yea that was me, was there talking to Damon about design work...

Chur

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Cycling/Parts-accessories/Tools-repair-kits/auction-320360310.htm One of those....

any of youse have one lying around?

Yea I got the X1/9 rear arms done at HBI, a bit spendy but worth it.

I love these, but it looks like something a lot of money could get lost in if it went wrong. Cut your losses and give it to me.

Had a trestle fall on it during the earthquake, scraped the side a bit but nothing to serious. Crank seal is sealing the crank - Huzzah! Taking it for a drive tomorrow if it isn't raining.

Yes I have been thinking along those lines as a resort, we have some spare M20 rod at work..

Sounds like you are setting up the NZ branch of Scimitars-R-us

Anyone have any? It is for a good cause honest.

Need internal spring compressors so I can cut the fronts without removing them which looks to be a mission. The height and wheels on this are working for me;

Yea super keen for the dirt too.

Stop that shit. I have been distracted all day now. Have done some research now, cutties in the front, wind down the self levelling in the rear - done.

So I replaced the wiper assembly, all sweet. While there i missioned the drainage system, fuck the romans and their aquaduct bullshit this was epic compared to that shit. So then it rained and fuck me if there was not EVEN MORE water in the frigging footwell. Much much unhappiness and a serious poke around revealed a patch of floor consisting of entirely underseal devoid of any actual metal metal right by the throttle pedal mount, which without the carpet and shit holding it in place was flailing around like a male strippers cock at a hen night. The beauty and justice of it is that the improved drainage was now directing ALL of the water runoff right into the car through the hole rather than just some of it. Fortunately the hole was localised in this area and I cut a 75mm square hole to get rid of the rust and welded in a new patch in a fucking trice. All is mint so far. I also went to Tekapo with the family this weekend gone which driving-wise was mostly uneventful. A small issue with a surge at road speed was the only worry, but not enough to stress about. Overtaking is epic in this thing, it just chocks down a gear and you are doing 140kph before you have even got alongside whatever you are passing. Must be devastating for those on the receiving end of that shit. Achieved a rather pleasing 25.2 miles per gallon. Here is proof that I tell no lies - a truly average cellphone pic highlighting very few of the things I love about this car while artfully positioned aligned to the paint marks in a carpark in Tekapo itself.

Why dont all Mx5's look like this? Makes me want one.

More rain, more water. Fortunately considerably less than previous so my repairs have been 75% effective. Windscreen wiper mech is fucked, dude i bought it off had 'fixed' it. Still works but makes a bad sound when wiping and sort of jams. Bought another off TM $125 will sort it this weekend + bonus silicone around the windscreen and drains while all the plack shit is off for the wiper replacement action. Still pulling water out of it with the dehumidifier every night, I expect there is some little gremlin cunt who lives in the spare wheel or something who puts the hose through the window at 4am just to piss me off.

You must be gagging for this to be finished before summer... Keep up the awesome posts, I for one really enjoy seeing a project done by someone prepared to put serious time, money and enthusiasm into it.

The mighty X1/9 will waste you all!!! (in the corners, maybe)

Bang on the money there, it will not be a race day - all of the above would apply. Just as fast as you want to go, no stupidity/pissing contest etc. The track days that I have been to the rules are that if the marshalls see anyone being a dick then they get black flagged and get a talking too. No one got black flagged when I was there though as everyone was sensible. If you have not done it before then I can probably organise driver training sessions, this is of great benefit.

It is really up to the organiser, but if it has a legit WOF there should be no problem. I can vouch for the fact that track days are fucking tough on cars, so if you take a shitter out then it will break and you will have wasted your time. Brake fade is a major issue on road cars when on the track, so that and the suspension is what needs to be in top nick.

There is one on the 9th of august - am hoping to tag along to that as part of the learnings for the OS one.

I think 25-30 cars would be about right - any more then it gets crowded/actual track time drops. I would like to think that there would be enough people interested to keep it within OS but if we need numbers to make it economical then for sure. Have been talking to the man who organises the Uni Motosoc track days, he is going to give me a run down of the deal.

Has to have a NZ/Aus safety standard tag inside. Pretty much any motorcycle helmet sold new in NZ will be fine.