Sam's 1.6 MX-3- LT Turbo project.

[youdirtyfox]

Car failed MOT today!

High Lambda.
Inner wear on both front tires.
Rear service brake inefficient.
Rear fog not working.
ABS light not working.

So I think the big decision has been made to take Her off the road for a few months fix those issues myself which including painting the new wheels with some new rubber , get the Celica seats & seat belts in and fit the Turbo over the Summer....

[MazdaMan1991]

Car failed MOT today!

High Lambda.
Inner wear on both front tires.
Rear service brake inefficient.
Rear fog not working.
ABS light not working.

So I think the big decision has been made to take Her off the road for a few months fix those issues myself which including painting the new wheels with some new rubber , get the Celica seats & seat belts in and fit the Turbo over the Summer....

+1 on this i still have to do new struts, new wheels, new control arm bushings, all new suspension bushings, new clutch, and finish acquiring turbo parts....

[youdirtyfox]

yeah buddie well up for it now its game on. ordering that spec clutch right up tonight.

[MazdaMan1991]

Sweet I'm going with a centerforce stage 2

[youdirtyfox]

Yea stage II here as well, rude not to for the extra few $$

[MazdaMan1991]

The centerforce stage 2 was only about 290 USD after shipping lol i figured its worth it for cheap

[youdirtyfox]

Ha that's how much the clutch is costing me, only in £££.

[youdirtyfox]

Right up date on the MOT situation:
ABS light now functioning correctly after I reconnected the split wire in the rear sensor.
OE black dials being fitted with black gauge rings and red needles.
OE CAT is not blocked nor is there any exhaust leaks, however the Lambda probe looks decidedly white in Colour, so I'm assuming silicone poisoning along the line somewhere.
Already had one part worn (6mm) 195/50/15 so I have bought another, so that's the front tires sorted.
Someone is lending me the rear brake winder tool on Monday so will get new discs and pads in the week.
Also this morning fitted a new sump plug and crush washer which has stopped the weeping and chucked in some Stop smoke treatment as it chucks out a little blue smoke in the cold mornings...

[youdirtyfox]

New rear disc/pads fitted with a new Lambda sensor and some part worn 195/50's up front I got a Pass! On a free retest too! will be able to afford road tax now
Got a few advisories: Offside rear anti roll bar linkage has slight play, service brake only just met requirements (New cables? calipers?) Different size tires fitted to front axle then rear and my personal favourite : Front tires very close to bodywork

[youdirtyfox]

Been working like a dog since it passed to get these seats and belts fitted! Made the rear brackets yesterday and another lunchtime session today making another set for my side!

Securon 500/15 red belts fitted great, few mods needed to get these to work but not a great amount.


Rear brackets: Outer.


Inner: Creates a captive bolt.


Securon buckle:

[youdirtyfox]

seats in...

[youdirtyfox]

Right back to work now after an awesome week off and they have fixed my turning lathe. As we are quite quiet at the moment thought I was a good for some homework. Time to give this car the nice & sexy wheels She deserves, so I decided to machine the dish on them, so they will have polished/machined dishes & lips with gold centers.



Only took a very light skim, have 3 more to do like this then I will reset the machine to skim the outer lip and put them on the hand lathe and blend the radius and create a nice bead on the outer edge. Will edit more pics into this post as I progress with them.

[Josh]

[DRAG323]

Nice

[youdirtyfox]

Yeahh buddie (Josh said I should do this )