kseries.rookie Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 In my defense, the only pics that were displayed on the page was the painted cage!! Now they all want to load 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Its a good piece of advise for the uninitiated anyway. Although i suspect rollcage diyers will most likely be doing enough research to understand the process. I would hate to have to paint strip and repaint the would suck.. EDIT oh hey check that out.. over 30k views. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Well the interior is slowly going back in, dash was a bit of a mission with only one person, but so far no damage to the cage paintwork.. Also shoved the cars outside to do a pre-winter shed clean up.. Next up will be some door cards... and whatever else comes to mind 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Some door card progress.. Looks like it might work ok. yip rubbish photos again.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I want to drive all of your cars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Me too. What a sweet collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseries.rookie Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 That evo is tastefully modified! I also love that it has a tow bar Awesome progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Its a kind of an odd mix to be honest, they are all pretty different. Yeah the evo was a pretty mild build, cams turbo, ecu, fuelling, and brakes etc.. but did end up with a nice plate lsd conversion and a set of rather tasty aragosta suspension with inverted front struts. Towbar is a hang over from when it was my daily and it did have to complete minor towing duties.. it is still great fun to hoon on gravel (like all evos should) Could have swung the turbo falcon into the frame to complete the picture. It probably has the sketchiest torque to grip ratio of the lot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4AGEMAD Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Show off, haha. Can vouch for that Falcon, was pure beast in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Had another work session on the little Mazda not a lot of progress visually but we pulled the front subframe and extracted the sump to cure an oil leak from the mig weld I did on the turbo oil drain fitting. Also plumbed up the coolant lines for the heater and turbo, old oil was looking a tad black, perhaps from lack of water cooling on the turbo, or maybe aliens.. who knows, Made a nicer set of covers for the gearbox adaptor plate too which took some time having to drill and tap holes in-situ. Errr.. photo of hover engine.. thats the end of the run-in oil, filter is changed and its ready to pour in the 300V now that the sump goo has set. Really need to crack on with the front knuckles next... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Bit slack on the updates here, car was topped up with motul 300v and fired up to bleed the coolant system. It took ages to bleed the air out with the additional piping of the heater and turbo cooling lines. It would do about a 3 minute cycle from 70 degrees through to 95 degrees then plummet back to 70 degrees. On a test drive it wouldn't hold happy temps but with more bleeding it seems to have cured the temp cycling (now sits between 84 and 88 degrees through a temp cycle) needs another quick drive to confirm though. We have also mounted the extinguisher and installed proper mounting hardware for the seats and gearbox x-member. Car drives differently with the cage in it to what I remember, the front end feels nervous now so maybe needs a little less toe in. Or perhaps its the fact we have not considered adjusting any dampening rates or checking tyre pressures etc.. Oh yeah new hungry guy compressor wheel has softened spool by maybe 200 rpm but seems a bunch torquier (is that a word) than the old 20g comp wheel, couldn't get a proper read as the coolant temps were hunting a bit much. There is also a plan brewing on the front knuckles but more on that another day.. No pic fail but will find something to post in here at some stage... EDIT here we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 FD3S as opposed to NA MX5? The Mx5's are kind've like a scaled down setup of them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Nup, I thought FD could be a goer too and i have a set but they are way too different. GA70 Supra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Some progress on the knuckles, i needed to knock down the balljoint land thickness.... Had a struggle to get it mounted up rigid and square in the mill, not helped by forgetting to file down the mushroomed bits caused by splitting thr balljoints... ha got there in the end.. Machined versions of the toyota knuckles on the right vs the standard toyota on the left Top balljoint hole.. And bottom balljoint hole... now same thickness as the mx5 bottom balljoint mount. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Jesus, never seen how you set the Mill up, mightly impressed indeed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 That's what I thought... And I use them fairly often! Setting that up.must have been a real.cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yeah had clamps and shit crash down a couple of times whilst making adjustments.. Oh yeah goodbye 5x114.3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I can see the pixels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yeah... my welder is fitted with special pixel wire.. needs heaps of amps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hello 4x114.3 Set up On the old work mill which we added a DRO to recently. Great for doing pcd's without verniers or pen and paper.. Only had a 12mm cutter so need to poke the holes through to 14mm and press the studs in.. That 0.02mm on the z axis is the movement in the bed when you lock the bed down.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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