bazzateer
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Imping along sans Vogue
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Sept 5, 2014 21:28:23 GMT
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Another Arrows car gets a new life - cool.
I'll be putting mine back on the road over the next 18 months or so ...................... hopefully!
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport
1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport
1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome
2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily)
2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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Sept 30, 2014 22:51:29 GMT
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revelation!!!!!!!!  was ripping out the interior and found some tapped holes / plugs on the door pillars for seat belts! so hopefully I can get on mounting some in soon.... not much else interesting atm... just been working out wiring really. have all the engine sensors now ready to install, also all the water hoses so should be plumbing the radiator in next |
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Nice build, loving the gauges! What colour is it being sprayed?
James
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Awesome work, I love the dashboard, keep the pics coming bud.
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luckygti
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I need to try harder!
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Top work, the mx5 engine is starting to turn up in all sorts of cars! Agreed on the gauges, they look the mutts. And the stance? Spot on |
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Cheers guys pics coming soon.... The radiator is plumbed in now so not long before I'm putting sensors all over the engine!  |
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lusciousthelock
Part of things
Who needs brakes? They only slow you down!
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Lovely What are you planning paint wise? |
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Ha I have no idea paint wise!!!! I mean I'm certain it's either going to be; real nice dark red maroon...... Or baby blue.... Or baby blue with a cream roof (a bit cliché though  ) or or baby blue with a Union Jack roof?  ? But then I see a car somewhere else in a lovely colour and I change my mind again! Haha either way it'll be a while yet, get it on the road first lol |
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Oct 25, 2014 12:13:28 GMT
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THE RADIATOR IS PLUMBED IN!!!!! I will get pics up soon, but the engine bay is coming along nicely now..... nearly at the dreaded wiring stage once the prop shaft has come out of the lathe at work! :s |
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Oct 26, 2014 13:33:12 GMT
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That is one cool build.
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Feb 16, 2015 21:50:18 GMT
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hi all..... haven't been on here in ages as ive been busy getting my daily car road worthy again! but anyway, not much has happened lately due to the dark nights after work and no lights in my works yard... but now my daily car is on the road I should have room in the garage for this little thing now! probably a good thing as it isn't very safe down the yard. I had some little curse word(s) break into it and steal about 200 pounds worth of exhaust system! thankfully they didn't touch the more expensive fuel system which was also in the boot all plumbed up!
anyway..... only thing to report ATM is the purchase of an adjustable fuel regulator... I am also looking at turbos, maybe from a Subaru or something, we'll see what ebay churns out... ha but on the topic of fuel pressure, I also acquired some rx8 injectors, and will be plumbing all this in soon... but does anyone know what sort of pressure a standard mx5 fuel rail will cope with without bursting??? the pump and regulator I now have will (If I wanted to blow myself up) go up to 8 bar, but obviously that a tad extreme hahahaha!
oh and you may have noticed the picture quality is (only just) better due to a new phone  haha I will try be more up to date now as I start working on it more.... I will also have to quickly put the rear axle back on to move the car to the garage before I go stripping down and re doing it as planned.... but a quick session slapping the car with a tape measure to check it will fit in the garage first I think  |
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Last Edit: Feb 16, 2015 22:02:44 GMT by code109
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Not sure on the pressure but, I managed to get 12psi of boost through my engine and had no fuelling issues. I just used the standard fuel pressure and celica gt4 injectors with an uprated pump! That should see about 220+ bhp and be probably why I put a rod through the side of the block eventually haha!
You'll probably be able to find the answer on turbo miata.
curse word about the exhaust stuff though.
James
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Too many projects, not enough time.
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Feb 18, 2015 18:04:46 GMT
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I'm guessing that you wanted to go so stiff on suspension to avoid having tyre contact on the arches and a very small gap there?
Personally, I think you would be better off going a bit softer on suspension and increasing the clearance to allow more travel.
On spring rates, 150lb/" for general use rising to about 300lb/" for out and out circuit use is about the usual with struts..... 500lb/" is going to give a very harsh ride. 200lb/" would give a good compromise for a fast road daily driver I reckon?
Otherwise it should make for a nice interesting and reliable car....the new instruments look to be a really good choice.
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Feb 18, 2015 20:49:25 GMT
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I'm guessing that you wanted to go so stiff on suspension to avoid having tyre contact on the arches and a very small gap there? Personally, I think you would be better off going a bit softer on suspension and increasing the clearance to allow more travel. On spring rates, 150lb/" for general use rising to about 300lb/" for out and out circuit use is about the usual with struts..... 500lb/" is going to give a very harsh ride. 200lb/" would give a good compromise for a fast road daily driver I reckon? Otherwise it should make for a nice interesting and reliable car....the new instruments look to be a really good choice. SUSPENSION IS OVERRATED TBH
the springs I have on there atm are 300lb load... although my current daily is lowered and you can't get your fingers in the arches hahaha so I'm used to no ride quality....
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Last Edit: Feb 19, 2015 16:14:55 GMT by code109
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Feb 18, 2015 21:04:32 GMT
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in other news; -I ordered a turbo which should be here Friday or just after... -But ive also been looking at upgrading the engine bay side of the fuel system... so ive started making a custom fuel rail at work from a block of aluminium
ive just started a thread in the technical section of this forum if you want to check it out, but this is a pic of the design I have so far haha; 
hopefully wont take too long to make, then I may look at getting it anodised or just polish the proverbial out of it |
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Feb 18, 2015 21:53:54 GMT
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Sweet! What turbo have you gone for? They are great fun in the wet haha.
Will You be doing anything to the rear end? Welding the diff etc.
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Too many projects, not enough time.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:05:12 GMT
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I didn't ink about it but now you've said I may have to weld it up! haha and I'm not sure on the turbo but its a fairly high pressure and it was big-ish for a 2 litre engine so on a 1.8 there should be a tiny bit of lag then all hell will break lose!
what psi did you run yours at?
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I ran mine up to 12psi. it was awesome but 8-10 was best. After 10psi I was getting trouble with detonation so I had to put lots of fuel in and retard the spark alot more.
Will you be running wasted spark with edis? Or will you use the direct coil drivers?
I'm going to modify my megasquirt so that it's running the 4 coil drivers which allows fully sequential ignition. This gives you better control on the turbo'd engine as the wasted spark on the wasted spark setup can interfere with antilag and rev cut limiters.
If you want any more info about the megasquirt just let me know. It can be frustrating at first, then all of a sudden it all comes together and the car will fire straight up!
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Too many projects, not enough time.
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This is rather lovely, although I'd vote for keeping it white with those wheels, moderate sleeper look ! :-D Exhibit A :-  Case closed. :-D |
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Last Edit: Feb 19, 2015 9:52:17 GMT by Thrasher
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Feb 19, 2015 10:56:47 GMT
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Loving this thread. It's all coming together a treat. Great work sir.
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New cars. Who needs em.....
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haha
