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Damn! you're throwing some big money at that! looking amazing, definitely like the look of the water pump adaptor, always bugged me those sensors up top.

love the build 8-)

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On 20/06/2024 at 08:55, dabuzz said:

Damn! you're throwing some big money at that! looking amazing, definitely like the look of the water pump adaptor, always bugged me those sensors up top.

love the build 8-)

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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12 minutes ago, sr1600 said:

What the beast this thing will be , Which side mount alternator bracket di you go with to fit the fd3s style cover?

Have u still got your 2? It's been ages - Shane.

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1 hour ago, sr1600 said:

What the beast this thing will be , Which side mount alternator bracket di you go with to fit the fd3s style cover?

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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10 hours ago, 440bbm said:

Have u still got your 2? It's been ages - Shane.

yeah still have the 2 put a willy green injected pp in it last year , Waiting for Brad to finish this thing so i can chop him.

In all serious have a 808 wagon now as well

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16 hours ago, sr1600 said:

Wonder the mounting points are the same as fd3s front cover , they state they dont fit but maybe its the engine bay space.

 

yeah it bolted straight up so maybe its the space against FD chassis rail?

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epic progress. 

whats the plan for the block build and fuel intake setup?

wheels look smooooth, going to set the car off with the way it sits and obvs whatever colour u choose to go with them should be noice.

still jelly over the shed space.

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Love this build, so well thought out, and wheels are on point 8-) 

literally a dream combo

Something random to note, but when it comes time for legalities, you'll need to find some stick on rear reflectors or something, as that bumper is 808 (USA rx3) spec and doesn't have the inbuilt reflectors, and neither do those tail lights.

 

+1 for shed jealously :grin:

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2 hours ago, 440bbm said:

epic progress. 

whats the plan for the block build and fuel intake setup?

wheels look smooooth, going to set the car off with the way it sits and obvs whatever colour u choose to go with them should be noice.

still jelly over the shed space.

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.

 

 

2 hours ago, anglia4 said:

Honestly that shed is insane haha. WHERE IS ALL THE STUFF!?

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 .

 

8 minutes ago, dabuzz said:

Love this build, so well thought out, and wheels are on point 8-) 

literally a dream combo

Something random to note, but when it comes time for legalities, you'll need to find some stick on rear reflectors or something, as that bumper is 808 (USA rx3) spec and doesn't have the inbuilt reflectors, and neither do those tail lights.

 

+1 for shed jealously :grin:

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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17 minutes ago, dabuzz said:

yea its rude how the yanks do them just slapped above the bumper, here's an example, but this one has the red bit missing.

1972_mazda_rx-3_IMG_1045-2-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536 

Terrrribllleee ! haha

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