michael0008 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 new daily driver a tow car for the other one shhh 2.5 v6 klze ford laser! soo on Saturday after work decided to go get it that day, booked the tickets with in the hour got a flight to Auckland from palmy ended up missing my other flight to Tauranga from Auckland so had to wait for the next flight 2 hours and a bit later in the boring airport made it there drove it back from Tauranga no wof/reg/cert all the way to palmy about 3am on the Sunday anyway heres some pics started fixing few things on it today and took it for a wof ................ ................. .. ............... not too bad of a wof for a car that hasn't had a wof in really 3 years it goes really well with plenty of torque had a great drive on some windy roads yesterday pulls hard anyway plan is to fix it up get it certed and use as daily driver and hit the track in it once a month and the étude will still conclude but more as a full on track car lightened flywheel, GTR 4wd clutch external coil Stainless headers, 2.25" exhaust from collectors to muffler, 2.25 out 2.25" catconverter Mazda MX3 subframes , front & rear Mazda Lantis brakes front and rear Mazda MX3 brakebooster and new 3/4 mastercylinder , stops on the spot Toyota AE111 rotors (275x25) close ratio-ish LSD gearbox, max 215kmh @7.5k only front seats (GTX style buckets) back seats removed bg axle, mx3 drivers axle Enkai RP01 wheels with street tyres Advanti CPO05 wheels with semi slicks and some other stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Sweet- was it on trademe? Put up a vid of it in the hills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 yip sure was, will do a video once its certed not risking it driving it around till then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 had a bit of fun at Manfeild in the laser was great once i manged to get a full 3 laps, had brake problems at the start the rotors heated up alot and ended up touching the inside the caliper bracket i upgraded the brakes to eunos 800 twin pot calipers and the ae111 rotors been turned down to 260mm should of got another mm taken off instead took a die grinder to the calipers bracket where it was touching at the track got some sweet looks from people well doing soo.. and ended up getting overheating problems with my custom 3 core brass radiator hoping its just not bleed fully, as it would be fine one sec then not the next then fine again was crazy hot tho about 30 degs then had fans on hot to try and help cool it down was funny how many people thought it was turbo :icon_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 question with my actual project after having cooling problems with the laser started thinking im going to have to do something with the other car ones, as i cant fit any bigger radiator due to space so requires cutting would this be fine to do for cert wise and on the track, might also tubbed the guards a little depending on how well the front goes so i can run wider tyres then 205s.. any suggest or comments on whats not allowed would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Can you move them fans inboard. They look to be stopping a fair bit of flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 sadly not enough room ,the bf is going to be tweaked with a bit so really need to be able to fit a wider radiator for peace of mind too a 40mm id 3 or 4mm thick tube should be fine for the support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I think it would be ok but if you could 50 dia by 2.5 would be even better for stiffness. Vids of sounds please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 haha video still working on next time i take it to work for a wof again i will get one for you :icon_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 may be a silly question but ya fans are blowing not sucking being mounted on the outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 the fans are reversible so you can make them push instead of suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 make a shroud for the fans? if that radiator is decent then it should be easily large enough surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Try running one fan only. Unless you plan on idling for hours on end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 yea i will give it a go with one fan only and kind of make a shroud should be ok its a brass/copper 3 core one and progress for the other car started cutting to make room for bigger radiator ,more space around engine ect bit ruff but plan on removing more so doesn't matter plan to do the above with a tubed lower radiator support too and maybe another tube from the strut towers to the front of the chassis rails and then 8 point roll cage in the back then slam it some more 8-9cms and get wider tyres then 205's then hopefully start saving for some engine parts, Zetec shimless buckets ,2.0DOHC Neon titanium springs and titanium retainers+scat 347 rods and CZT 12:1 pistons should do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Are you planning to keep this on the road? because the lack of standard slam panel might mean you need a structural cert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 not too sure at the moment really might keep it on the road so i don't need a trailer how much are structural cert normally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 No idea. Go and post your questions + pics here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/17433-for-questions-regarding-wofscertsnumber-plates/page__st__1600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldspark Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 This etude is up for sale. Micheal has lost interests in this and wants to scrap it has got whiteline sway bars all new nolathane bushes for everything basically nothing has changed from his last post. the motor is a bit apart tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0R10N Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Does he want to sell the UR rear strut brace separate? Hope it still fits BF top hat bolt pattern as I recall he may have been running BG rear top hats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael0008 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 it would do but the holes had been drilled bigger to fit the bigger bolts that the camber plates have cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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