Popular Post MRWEST Posted June 11 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 11 Few more goodies ordered and underway. Have been very slowly chipping away at things like mounting coils, alternator, plumbing routes etc to get everything to fit in the engine bay. Few minor changes of things to make it all work. Decided to bite the bullet and upgrade from the FC S5 RX7 Gearbox that came with the car while its still in one piece, Looked at my options and settled on a Tremac TKX from Greens with billet adaptor and steel bellhousing (which is more slimline than the FC one so gives me more firewall clearance) including a Quartermaster 7.25" twin plate clutch. So will need to get that in, mod the xmember and driveshaft to suit. SHOULD fit without cutting the tunnel fingers crossed Also went a bit overkill on the front cover upgrade haha. Got a Billet Boss billet front cover with bearing support for the crank snout. Very nice looking bit of kit. All in all an expensive few weeks haha but not to many more parts to purchase. Focus on finishing the plumbing and then get pedal box mounted and a couple of other minor fab bits done! 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted June 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 17 Got a few minutes in the shed over the weekend, Test fit the front cover, and a billet pro ewp adaptor (has the water temp sensor on the underside not out the top vertically like the Franklin Eng one) . Going to look the part! Ordered water temp, fuel pressure sensors and a Full Function Engineering FD Trigger wheel kit. Another few pieces to the puzzle 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted June 19 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 19 Motorsports Electronics Water temp sensor turned up today, nice slim little sensor with a nice fly lead to work with. Will look much tidier than the Franklin Eng adaptor which has the sensor vertically out the top. Also got a fuel pressure sensor to go in the fuel reg. Also got a green brothers billet oil filter pedestal with the oil cooler feed and port for the bosch oil pressure and temp combined sensor. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted June 23 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 23 Got the gearbox buttoned up on the weekend. Had to trim part of the case to fit the starter and also cut the snout off the front bearing cover and then just bolted right up! Also got the factory mazda gearknob fitted up. All ready to test fit up in the car now and sort the mount 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted July 10 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 10 Another piece to the puzzle arrived, Now i went to the bearing support front cover in FD style i obviously couldnt run the traditional 20b/series 4/5 CAS. Ordered a Full Function Engineering Kit out of the States which turned up last week. 36-1 Trigger wheel and sensor 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted August 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22 Started to get into this again try get some progress going. My 15-16" step lips and barrels turned up from Pine Engineering, bloody stoked with them, has worked out 16x7 and 16x8 with 2inch lips on the front and 3 on the rear. Have bolted all together and just need to seal up and then fit some tyres to make sure all fits good but looking good. Have chipped away at a bit more of the plumbing and some minor mods to the radiator to make the EWP work/fit properly. Getting close to wiring, mount pedal box and a couple of minor fab tweaks then its ready to strip and off to paint. Also got the Tremac in, requied the shifter to be flipped 180 degrees and it comes out perfactly in the centre of the factory hole so can keep my console. Required some minor trimming to get it to fit but looks good without needing to mod the tunnel majorly so pretty happy with that. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted August 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27 Spent the last week of late nights smashing out some more on this thing trying to get the body back to the painter. Got the wheels bolted together, sealed up and tyres on to test fit on Friday night, Stoked with how thats all come together very happy with how it looks. Rear needs the diff head clearanced for the floor and some minor trimming to fit the height. Have been going over the car front to back making a list of the final things to do to get the car back to paint. List of smaller fab stuff to get done which im in the plan of getting that booked in. Assembled the freshly chromed rear bumper and mounted up to the powder coated bumper brackets for a final test fit. Chipping away at things like mounting fuel filters, plumbing etc, making a list of parts that i still need to buy. Quite alot of progress which is good! 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted August 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27 Few more bits and pieces. Picked up a EFI Hardware DBW 55mm tapered throttle body setup, have also ordered an MFR Moffat Style V2 airbox with a filter housing/intake that sits behind the front head light, so waiting for that to be delivered. Pull motor this weekend so housings can get PP'd then its off to Fab later in Sept to finish the last bits, Intake manfold, clearance the floor for diff and lowering, gearbox crossmember, pedal box etc etc. Hoping to get that all wrapped up and finish the plumbing then strip to bare shell chuck on jig and get back to painter in a couple of months time 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted September 16 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 16 Got the housings back from Green Brothers late on Friday, CNC PP, Enlarged spark plug holes, CNC waterjackets, CNC water jacket sealing around the PP etc. Have chucked back together to go back in the car to go get the last bits of fab finished hopefully next week. Get it back in and a few other little jobs done this week before it goes. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRWEST Posted September 26 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 26 Bit more things going down. Bought a MFR Moffat style airbox to run with a behind headlight panel filter feed as well. Cars getting loaded up tonight to get dropped off to Rocket tomorrow (Did a heap of Tim Woods car) for a list of things - Gearbox xmember to suit Tremac - Clearance floor and tunnel for diff and lowering - Change rear diff shock brackets to suit BC Gold - Intake manifold - A "quiet"exhaust running a dual muffler setup under the boot floor now its flat floor - Mount pedal box and reservoirs - Few minor small bits and pieces to finish it off \ 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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