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Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 1:20 pm
by 93SOHC
that is the beefiest mani i've seen in a while, hope you get your fitment issues resolved. Oh and those rims are NICE!
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 6:21 pm
by 10secSim
Don't get discouraged man it's only normal your gona have to get the flanges milled down....Keep it up man i want to see some crazy vids on youtube soon
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 9:18 am
by hotsiit
...awesome wheels. nice progress.
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:29 pm
by Shades
Thanks guys... yeah, I'm just stressing over the flanges. It's just that I might have to take time off work to go machine them, or pay someone to do it.
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 9:42 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
It is common practice to surface all flanges after welding. Looks like it's going to be really tight routing that down pipe. Very nice tho. You should clean up the welds and coat that biotch.
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: February 1st, 2009, 9:07 pm
by solo_ryder
CRAZY.
Are you going to use a half rad? Is that rad gonna work with that honking turbo right up against it
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 2:31 am
by Shades
It should work as is... I like the stock rad as it is very efficient at removing heat from the system. I just have to notch that top tab on the rad and she's set...
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: February 2nd, 2009, 9:34 am
by Ryan
I definately admire your build.
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: February 6th, 2009, 7:09 pm
by Shades
Mmmhmmm...
Who's hiding?!
Oh and some new fan cause the other one ain't gonna fit with no room... might have to make it a pusher rather than a puller.
More Pictures...
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: March 8th, 2009, 10:45 pm
by Shades
Oh wow...
MOVIE TIME!
Hmmm... this is what you get when you have a plumber help you... home made exhaust stack with O2 sensor port!
Re: Shades - 1996 MX-3 RS
Posted: March 8th, 2009, 11:09 pm
by Ryan
I read 80% of your worklog over on CP. took me an hour.
Your build is a perfect example of what I want to do when I'm out of school, with decent income (say, 7 years?)
Absolute sex. Thats better than anything you can buy new. Its an entire aftermarket motor. You still have the stock crank, thats about it. BP cranks are awesome, so who wants an aftermarket one anyway?
How far are you going with this setup? I saw your suspension/subframe job. Going with any serious chassis work? Power isn't you're issue, its going to be keeping your wheels going the same speed as the pavement below it, and avoiding the understeer caused by wheels spinning in corners. Beefy swaybars, good bushings, and maybe consider chassis stiffening.
I love it.
