Josh's 94' GS - Updated 08/11/13

[MrMazda92]

Hmm, would that mess up the beam pattern at all?

If you decide to go that route, I'd be interested in your glass lenses... Mine are plastic, and I'd be thrilled for the upgrade.

[kulluminati777]

Long live MS wings!!!!!!

Yeah i dont know if its because u have headers and a ZE or if its the sensitivity of the mic on your camera or mine but the MS back box is a little louder at idle than mine. As you rev its the same IMO. When i swap my KLZE in I WONT be using headers and its a stock cat for me as well so mine should remain the same dbs at idle.

What are your plans with the rotor type ornament and the round type. Are you mounting both on the white car?

[Josh]

Well I do not have a cat so that could be it. I did loose a little bit in the top end but that is ok. I kind of wish it were just a little bit louder but I need to be content. I know my other resonator would more than likely be louder I can always swap it out later. the plan was to run without the cat and run two resonators.

then it would only be a whisper....

[Josh]

Doing some preliminary research for my brake conversions and with swapping the rears to 02' miata sport rears, it is not worth swapping the calipers over IMO. I can only find them refurbished for about 120 each with brackets I cannot find any in the wreckers so, I think I am either going to make my own bracket, or buy the M Tuned brackets. The surface area is not that much more than the GS rears. The one benefit would be they are a little thicker in the pad department but eehh.

I included the specs below for anyone interested.

Sport rear pads


MX3 GS rear pads


M Tuned Brackets


The fronts are coming as well. I will get them all installed around mid next month.

I am swapping in a 1" master cylinder and 4 piston RX7 calipers with miata sport rear disks, and larger 12" front rotors. I am deciding on pads right now. Am leaning towards the EBC's but they are kind of touchy and need warming up but then the Hawks I had were the same way. Probably EBC's ..

[Josh]

Well slight update, started working on a few things.

Started the work on the MS cover, reinforcing the lower backside.
















What she will look like, just need paint! Actually for a test fit it is near perfect fitment. I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I need some bondo here and there but this is one of the best fitting FG covers I have ever put on. I must have gotten lucky.


My current stash


The reason I test fit now was I was tired of these ridiculous Ebay headlights, and was changing them out. for my white panted Euro glass lights!

[kulluminati777]

Wow great update!

Yeah the mazdaspeed front just makes the car look 1000000X better then the original bumper IMO

[Josh]

Wow great update!

Yeah the mazdaspeed front just makes the car look 1000000X better then the original bumper IMO

Yes I agree. The extra reinforcement will go a long ways. It has stiffened it up quite a bit. I will finish the body work on it and paint it later this month.

[Josh]

Well all brake upgrade parts are ordered and on the way. Hopefully they all will get here by Saturday but will be here Monday by the latest. My brakes will be as followed.

- 1" Milly Master Cylinder conversion

Front
- VW Corrado front rotors X-drilled
- M-Tuned hubcentric rings
- RX7 4 piston calipers
- EBC Resstuff

Rear
- Miata Sport rear rotors solid disks
- M-Tuned rear brackets
- EBC Greenstuff

I am going to have to fabricate my own front brackets but this should go smoothly.

Will update as soon as I have photos to go around

[Thefez]

seeing as ive been dailying a MS replica cover and have learned the hard way that it really needs reenforcing bad.. (ive cracked mine alot, on BS stuff like snow and small animals squirles... id put like some aluminum on the bottem beat it into shape and then fiberglass over it, just a sugestion...

[MrMazda92]

I love how this car is coming along Josh, I'm proud to have seen where it was when you first picked it up(in person), and to see ever greater improvements over time!

[Josh]

Thanks; Yeah she is about done actually, well for a while. I have a couple more things to do to her then onto the AWD car, and when that is drivable again I may do something crazy with it that I may or may not be collecting parts for already

Thefez- Running like an aluminum pipe along the inside would be ok, however I think most would be surprised on what some matte FG will do. This is more than twice as strong as it was originally, and I only wanted it on the lower end as that is what usually breaks. I am contemplating adding some undercoat to the back side. At least on the lower section. We will see, I am rather confident in how strong it is now. If you go to thick it can have the opposite effect.

[Thefez]

Thanks; Yeah she is about done actually, well for a while. I have a couple more things to do to her then onto the AWD car, and when that is drivable again I may do something crazy with it that I may or may not be collecting parts for already

Thefez- Running like an aluminum pipe along the inside would be ok, however I think most would be surprised on what some matte FG will do. This is more than twice as strong as it was originally, and I only wanted it on the lower end as that is what usually breaks. I am contemplating adding some undercoat to the back side. At least on the lower section. We will see, I am rather confident in how strong it is now. If you go to thick it can have the opposite effect.

I know how strong FG can be.. but in the end its still just FG i wasn't talking about a bar but more like aluminum sheeting. Light and thin high guage sheeting. Once spring rolls around im hitting this same project.. along with painting the car over.. (I worked in a body/custom shop) for alittle bit so i was introduced to fiber glass and how strong it actually is.

Also big fan of your car man, its really clean.

[Josh]

Thanks, what if rather than a sheet you used like a metal mesh and fiber glassed that in. I would think that should do nicely.

[Surgeonasst222]

I REALLY hate white cars, but you really opened my eyes to "white power!"

Lol jk!

Great looking car man learned a lot from your thread and from your posts in the forum... Respect...

[MazdaMan1991]

iiiiiiiiiiiiiii waaaaaannnnnnnnttttt thhhhaaaaaatttt euro bumper