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Several updates

After a very very long search I've found some brake disks that fit the Mazdaspeed 6 calipers.







Powder coating several things and reinstalling














Crossmember installed




Tiebar


Whiteline swaybar

I couldn't resist anymore to buy some cusco camber plates.

After some good searches I've found a good deal on a new front set, + another deal on the rear set.

Now just to wait for them to arrive.

keep posting, I like it

Cusco Camberplates came in.
Just left; installing them.









Also created adapter rings for my new brake disks.
Next step; fitting them accordingly.

Installed the cusco's on 3 of the 4, than I had to go for an appointment.

The rears need to move the bolts from the most outer hole to one more inner, otherwise they'll hit the body.





End result





Also had to fix some rust on the passenger side. (or well, my welder)

WhiteFinish wrote:Installed the cusco's on 3 of the 4, than I had to go for an appointment.

BIG MISTAKE ! you have to turn plate 1/4 !!!3
Hope you can see what I mean here :


Camber is made by different position of the plate from outside the car to inside NOT from rear to front !!!!

You're absolutely right !
Probably after a long day i didn't realize.

Good catch, life is better when we're not on the dope.

Started rebuilding the interior after the welding is finished.








Xenon put in a 'hidden' place

wow missed these updates.. what rotors did you end up using? Like the powder coat but howld the O ring fair for the coolant transfer pipe?

I will update the Brake disk part once I've actually driven the car

Don't want to start talking about something that hasn't been proven yet.


Powder ocating that tube, I don't know. Let's see what weill happen. I think it's fine.

Of course did some more work:

Remounted new balljoints, tierods etc




From a good friend I received a set of Ford Escort ZX2 trailing arms


Mx3, measured the narrow end.


Zx2


Strange thing i don't understand yet. The Mx3 and ZX2 on top of each other. Yet the mx3 seems wider.



Master brake cilinder (millenia) where I accidently had the 2 tubes reversed.


New piece of cable to finish up the wiring of the subs.

So, my electrical stuff in the car is now finished and wired up.

The engine was in and for a moment started. Besides of a faulty TPS sensor (easy fix) I've been fighting against a coolant leak !!

Terrible !

It appear the engine had some broke bolts, one of them being the coolant piping at filling neck to the bottom end. I took a chance with gasket sealing and I failed.
Take all the timing stuff off, intake off, pullies off etc





Got a helicoil kit, fixed that leak.
Than the leak from the "feeding" pipe towards the oilfilter housing started leaking.
Replaced that O-ring and continued.



Now I'm at (I hope) my last leak. It seems either rear bank head gasket or Block heater block-off plate.

Put some UV-dye in the system to find it, but off course, now it's not leaking anymore.


Ow.. and some powder coated valve covers for the KLDE.

Great work and perseverance! Keep up the good work.

Do you think zx2 trailing arms are better?
Does it worth?