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Wow, please don't change anything from the finished result, it's perfect. I love the look of the Series 1 FB, and your mods are just spot on. Congrats Technically the series 1 is actually an SA (SA22C) and the FB was series 2 & 3 Rims look awesome. A first gen RX7 is on my "to do" list
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Last Edit: Aug 22, 2012 6:22:06 GMT by timmy201
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Those are Performance brand mesh wheels. I don't know if they have an official name. Looks like a cool project!
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Made it to a cruise today with ausrotary.com Car went well too. Best fuel economy yet at 7.2L/100km!
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Mazda 121 tails?
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Cheers, I think I first heard of them when I was reading your thread! They hadn't listed any parts fitting a 323 though so I did some measuring and I bought the RX4 ones, but only in 1 1/2 inch. They seem to do the job nicely
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Update time again! So I found a different brand of blocks on eBay and made sure they were the right sized bolts (on the right). These are much better quality than the first brand, the blocks look like they have actually been cleaned up after casting and had all the seams smoothed. A before shot of the rear suspension I started on the right side yesterday afternoon. The new bolts were slightly bigger in diameter so I had to make the holes bigger on the saddle plate. The new bolts were 11.5mm in diameter and I only had a 10mm or 14mm drill bit. I thought the 14mm seemed like too big a hole. So I wasted an hour or so with a round file trying to get them to fit. I had to shorten the bolts too, as they are universal length. Managed to blunten the hacksaw cutting the bolts and they ended up still being too long. Jammed it all back together on the right side and gave up after a couple of hours. I had a think about it afterwards and realized that I needed the holes much bigger than the bolts anyway so that they would wiggle into place so I had a go at it this afternoon with the 14mm drill. I then decided that an angle grinder was a better solution than using a hacksaw with a blunt blade, so I had the right side fixed up in no time. The left side was then really easy as I'd ironed out all the kinks! Unbolt old bolts, lift up diff, insert blocks And bolt up with new bolts. It will be that easy if I ever need to change them in the future! Before After And compared to the front I've got to tighten the bolts now it's on the ground and then take it for a drive and tighten them again. Proper photos to come!
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I haven't been driving the wagon much for the last few weeks due to having a work pick up. The few times I have driven it recently the car has been really hard to start (which I thought must have been due to the colder mornings we've had recently), down on power when going up hills and at low revs and seems to be sucking down the petrol. It also needed lots of revs to get going. It was about time for a new batch of oil so I though I'd give it a bit of a tune to try and sort the problem. I was suspecting the distributor.. Valves were fine. I took out the spark plugs and checked the gaps. One was fine, but the other three had closed up, one of them was under 0.45mm and they needed to be 0.8mm. They were all fine when I put them in last time so it was a bit strange? I checked the points too and they had closed right up as well so I gapped them properly too (installing the electronic distributor has now jumped up the "to do" list). Chucked all the bits back together and she started up first crank. I went for a drive around to warm it up and see if it was any better. It was a huge improvement, much more go at low revs and less throttle on the highway. Came back and checked the timing warm. It was advanced about 20 degrees instead of 8 so I adjusted it back. The pickup is now much much better and the throttle is a lot more linear. I celebrated by driving my favorite country roads home Magics back!
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You weren't tempted to give it the "good old Scandinavian flick"?
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Jul 26, 2012 11:25:33 GMT
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Looks so strange with a UK plate!
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I've never like these wheels. It also just looks a bit tall at the back. I saw an old one for the first time last month on SSR reverse mesh. I was in love. This one:
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^Suzuki Mighty Boy is also very small! My next door neighbour used to love them.. My contribution...
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Jul 16, 2012 12:38:50 GMT
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That's really quite nice!
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Jul 14, 2012 16:34:14 GMT
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Ok so new shoes turned up Friday and I picked them up this morning. New cylinder first Then on go the shoes held on with the anti rattle clips My favorite part...the springs The secret is to hold the shoes as tight together as possible, I used a tie down strap and squeezed the cylinder in. It brings the spring much closer and it's so easy to get the spring on Bottom one is a breeze Then the drums go on and bleed the air out. These one person bleeders work well Wheels! The battery needed a little jump and we were back in business. Finally got the four gold rims sorted I don't seem to mind the height so much on these rims - maybe because they fill the guards a bit nicer Had quite a large grin for the rest of the afternoon zooming around
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Jul 12, 2012 13:01:03 GMT
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The second pair of wheels finished getting rolled straight so I got some tyres today The wheel cylinders came in. Apparently there were none left and they made some more, so these still had fresh paint on them I've put in both cylinders but the shoes haven't come in yet. There were no shoes at the manufacturer or any of the suppliers so they've made a fresh batch... They might be here tomorrow
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About three weeks ago whenever I turned a right corner, the brake fluid level sensor would flash as the fluid moved away to the left hand side. It happened more frequently till it just stayed on untill I filled it up at the reservoir. Didn't seem too much of a deal because I'd done 10,000km or so. Last week the same thing happened, but it was alot quicker to go from sometimes on to always on. I filled it up again. The car had been in the shed being checked out since Tuesday and I started it up this afternoon and the brake light was on again. Fluid level at MIN so where is all my fluid? Maybe it is here? And all around here and in the guards too. I couldnt get the drums off to have a look inside, they seem to be ceased. I'm guessing the brake cylinder has crapped itself, which might not be surprising given its most probably the original one. Bash bash bash with a hammer and the drum finally gave in. Might need a new set of brake pads too... And it's about time I invested in a brake pipe spanner Yuck! See all the fluid on the ground! I ordered some new cylinders and some brake pads. Also dropped off gold rims for straightening..
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Centrecaps... Fixed. They don't fall off now! And looking good
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Jun 22, 2012 11:31:53 GMT
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I'd imagine tumblr is blocked, but if not check out one run by me and a friend: dreamgarage.tumblr.com/just pictures really. Access Denied (content_filter_denied) Your request was denied because of its content categorization: "Open/Mixed Content;Blogs/Personal Pages;Web Hosting" For assistance, contact your network support team.
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Sweet. That one will keep me amused for a while!
Perhaps the most ironic thing is that the image of Ray Charles comes from a meme website, which means I can view it at work..
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