Pics of my car and intake!!
12-12-01, 08:15 AM
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Just an observation but isn't the hotest part of the engine bay? Over the exhaust manifold? That has got to be even hotter than behind the radiatior.
So I am guessing your plans are for a box around it with heat shielding and then the hood scoop? That is a nice set up. That air dosn't have to go far to get sucked into to the engine
James
So I am guessing your plans are for a box around it with heat shielding and then the hood scoop? That is a nice set up. That air dosn't have to go far to get sucked into to the engine
James
12-12-01, 09:52 AM
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Jordan: Nice variation on the intake. Car looks great, too. I went with this approach and fab'd a box. I'm insulating the back sides of it this spring, and either plan to feed cold air from the air dam or via a headlight cover intake.
Good luck with the motor as well.
Vince
Good luck with the motor as well.
Vince
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12-12-01, 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by easy p-cheesy
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I admire everything you've done on your car.
what did you use on your intake? when i saw that it really reminded me of the intake that a lot of people do on their mkI mr2s. anyway, I think its a very practical and smart idea. plus it looks like there's a little nook there already (would make a cold air box that much easier to build). a hood scoop would be perfect. Thinking about the schematic/drawing from an FC in a wind tunnel, that part of the hood was a high pressure area. I'll attach the picture so you can see what I mean. even if you have to just cut a hole (tastefully of course) in the hood it wouldn't look bad. what the mr2 guys do is make a lexan cover for the air filter (for rain). before messing with the hood, check to see if you have an aluminum one or not (kind of randomly got put on missmatched cars) its a difference of like 30 lbs (as I remember), so you can understand the importance.
why did you get the new radiator? were you having heating problems with your mods?
tell me a bit more about the filler, when you say it'll last a long time, what's your guess? I was thinking about doing this once I get my tII, but am planning on an expensive paint job so I wouldn't like it to crack someday. you didn't do it with the trim in there, did you (sounds like a stupid question but you never know). would you advise/encourage someone to do this? what's the risk factor with it if you aren't all that experienced with sanding?
I can understand what you did with the exhaust. if I thought it looked out of place then I probably would have done it too.
You picked some very nice wheels for that car. I think that powder coating them gunmetal would be a good idea (I like it). I know some people may not, but they don't have to live with your car. you do, so do what you think looks good.
I honestly think your car looks near to perfection as it is. a body kit could make it look even better, but then again it depends on your taste. I like the lights the way they are, but that's my opinion.
Good luck with your compression, and engine. I hope whatever turns out makes you happy. keep us updated ok?
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*right click>save as...* x4I admire everything you've done on your car.
what did you use on your intake? when i saw that it really reminded me of the intake that a lot of people do on their mkI mr2s. anyway, I think its a very practical and smart idea. plus it looks like there's a little nook there already (would make a cold air box that much easier to build). a hood scoop would be perfect. Thinking about the schematic/drawing from an FC in a wind tunnel, that part of the hood was a high pressure area. I'll attach the picture so you can see what I mean. even if you have to just cut a hole (tastefully of course) in the hood it wouldn't look bad. what the mr2 guys do is make a lexan cover for the air filter (for rain). before messing with the hood, check to see if you have an aluminum one or not (kind of randomly got put on missmatched cars) its a difference of like 30 lbs (as I remember), so you can understand the importance.
why did you get the new radiator? were you having heating problems with your mods?
tell me a bit more about the filler, when you say it'll last a long time, what's your guess? I was thinking about doing this once I get my tII, but am planning on an expensive paint job so I wouldn't like it to crack someday. you didn't do it with the trim in there, did you (sounds like a stupid question but you never know). would you advise/encourage someone to do this? what's the risk factor with it if you aren't all that experienced with sanding?
I can understand what you did with the exhaust. if I thought it looked out of place then I probably would have done it too.
You picked some very nice wheels for that car. I think that powder coating them gunmetal would be a good idea (I like it). I know some people may not, but they don't have to live with your car. you do, so do what you think looks good.
I honestly think your car looks near to perfection as it is. a body kit could make it look even better, but then again it depends on your taste. I like the lights the way they are, but that's my opinion.
Good luck with your compression, and engine. I hope whatever turns out makes you happy. keep us updated ok?
the car currently has tape on the underneith side of the hood so that rian doesnt get in
. I need to finish the project b/c it just doenst look real good with a hole in the hood.The deal with the radiator is that I was having over heating problems with the a/c on, then one day the radiator cracked, yeah thats right, the end tank had a small hairline crack and started to ooze fluid out. so I upgraded to the griffin hoping that would help iwth the cooling issues with the a/c on. as luck would have it, just as i got the radiator in, and testing it out with the car running for the first time, my a/c broke. so i just got mad and took all of the a/c out complelty. I mean who needs a/c in Florida anyway? hehe. The raiator cools excellently! never any overheating no matter how hard i beat on the car. 4th gear runs at 7000rpm+ for extended periods of time are no big deal. the car never overheats.
as for the filler, i dont really know how long its going to last, i was impressed wtih it when i was using it, but im no body work expert either. ive had it like this since august, and the car gets driven everyday and i have had no problems iwth it as of yet. I would reccommed haveing a body shop doing the filler. not that you couldnt do it, b/c i had NO body work expericnce before doing it and everything worked out ok. but i found out later that they only charge about 200 bucks to do it for you, and it took me several monthns to complete the project b/c i dont have all the correct body working tools and im not expericnecd. so if you ahve the extra money i would pay them to do it, but if you have the extra time knock your self out!
haha, the story with the rims rocks. i needed tires, and new tires wre about 260, and i found a guy selling those rims with tires with about 75% tread left. I picked up all for rims and tires for 250bucks!!! that was an awesome deal!
Im hoping i can finish the whole hood and front end deal soon, i just need the time. and im hoping to get some compression back soon to! i'll keep you posted
12-12-01, 06:42 PM
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Originally posted by Wankel7
Just an observation but isn't the hotest part of the engine bay? Over the exhaust manifold? That has got to be even hotter than behind the radiatior.
So I am guessing your plans are for a box around it with heat shielding and then the hood scoop? That is a nice set up. That air dosn't have to go far to get sucked into to the engine
James
Just an observation but isn't the hotest part of the engine bay? Over the exhaust manifold? That has got to be even hotter than behind the radiatior.
So I am guessing your plans are for a box around it with heat shielding and then the hood scoop? That is a nice set up. That air dosn't have to go far to get sucked into to the engine
James
12-12-01, 09:05 PM
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What materials and tools did you use to do the moulding fill in job?
You have any help or anyone to tell you how to do it? Any books or anything?
And what took so long? Just getting around to do it?
Hmmm, anyways thanks for everything
BTW, you got AIM or ICQ?
You have any help or anyone to tell you how to do it? Any books or anything?
And what took so long? Just getting around to do it?
Hmmm, anyways thanks for everything
BTW, you got AIM or ICQ?
12-12-01, 09:28 PM
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oh, i forgot to say if i went over the top of hte trim or not. where the trim could be removed from teh car i took it off. The only places where you cant take the trim off is the fron and rear bumpers b/c the trim is part of the bumper. in the rear i just went right over top of the trim and rounded everything off. up front i took a grinder and grinded off the trim (very smelly and sticky!) so that it would be easier to make everything flush. The only place that i am concerned about the filler cracking or somthing is on the front bumper, b/c in order to grind down the bumper enough I kinda wnet all the way through the bumper. I took pictures through the whole oredeal, i'll post those in later tonight.
I had zero expericne with bodywork, I did read a few books on it, but they realy dont tell you much, all they say is to take your time and to sand carefully, but i kinda already figured that! I just jumped into the project. It took a long time b/c i have school and work, and could only realy work on it maybe an hour a day. but, it realy did take a VERY long time, MANY hours. I think the reason it took so long is b/c i had/have no idea what i was doing. Thats why i reccomend having a shop do it if you have the money, just b/c if you dont know what you are doing it will take a long time.
aim- rowdyreptile2006
I had zero expericne with bodywork, I did read a few books on it, but they realy dont tell you much, all they say is to take your time and to sand carefully, but i kinda already figured that! I just jumped into the project. It took a long time b/c i have school and work, and could only realy work on it maybe an hour a day. but, it realy did take a VERY long time, MANY hours. I think the reason it took so long is b/c i had/have no idea what i was doing. Thats why i reccomend having a shop do it if you have the money, just b/c if you dont know what you are doing it will take a long time.
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12-12-01, 10:23 PM
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ok, here is a pic of the damage taht my friend did driving my car. he took a corner to fast spun out and hit a fence, thats what started the whole project. you can also see where i removed the trim, and used paint stripper to get off all of the paint. somthing i didnt mention before is that i drilled 1/4 holes everwehre where the trim was filled in so that the filler would have somthing to grab a hold of.
this is the front bumper after i grined off the trim, you can see how i went through the bumper, this is the only part of the car that concerns me. but since i am plaing on a new front end soon, i dont realy care that much. i could have just went complelty over the trim but a lot more filler would have been needed, and it would have taken more time
here is the front bumper done, and dressed up in primer
here is the rear bumper done up in primer
here is the side of the car when it was alomost done, i was still working on the front end at this point. can you say two tone?
and here is a pic of the car stock when i got it, just for reference of how far the car has come along
this is the front bumper after i grined off the trim, you can see how i went through the bumper, this is the only part of the car that concerns me. but since i am plaing on a new front end soon, i dont realy care that much. i could have just went complelty over the trim but a lot more filler would have been needed, and it would have taken more time
here is the front bumper done, and dressed up in primer
here is the rear bumper done up in primer
here is the side of the car when it was alomost done, i was still working on the front end at this point. can you say two tone?
and here is a pic of the car stock when i got it, just for reference of how far the car has come along
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12-13-01, 12:09 AM
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My new wallpaper
Its a clean looking car
I've talked to the owner on the forum (obviously)
I needed to rearrange and unclutter my desktop
but the picture could be a little clearer, but its still good
my old desktop was an enfini IV (GTUs w/ 215hp 13bt and better suspension, blackish green only)
I've talked to the owner on the forum (obviously)
I needed to rearrange and unclutter my desktop
but the picture could be a little clearer, but its still good
my old desktop was an enfini IV (GTUs w/ 215hp 13bt and better suspension, blackish green only)
12-13-01, 06:56 AM
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Wow many Kudos!
on both the intake setup and the body work, we did a friends Neon like that and he is right when we took the primered car to the paint/body shop they looked at the car and asked what was different, of coarse we filled in the trim, roof rain gutters, handles, locks and what not. The we told him that it took about 2 months to do the work they said they would have shaved the trim and others for $300 and have it done in a weekend oh well it was fun to do. But I think having soem one do it rigth would be the way to go if you want it done fast.
WOw! yea I can get over how good your car looks. IMO I do think it needs a t2 wing, I think it helps balance the pouting lip of a rear bumper mazda put on (from a profile)
If your interested I'll host the how to on the intake and the body filling on my site, if your interested http://jefcard.rx7life.com
on both the intake setup and the body work, we did a friends Neon like that and he is right when we took the primered car to the paint/body shop they looked at the car and asked what was different, of coarse we filled in the trim, roof rain gutters, handles, locks and what not. The we told him that it took about 2 months to do the work they said they would have shaved the trim and others for $300 and have it done in a weekend
oh well it was fun to do. But I think having soem one do it rigth would be the way to go if you want it done fast. WOw! yea I can get over how good your car looks. IMO I do think it needs a t2 wing, I think it helps balance the pouting lip of a rear bumper mazda put on (from a profile)
If your interested I'll host the how to on the intake and the body filling on my site, if your interested
http://jefcard.rx7life.com
12-13-01, 07:11 AM
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this is what im talking about. thumbs up man, your car is beatiful! we don't need those gay 2k$ kits. are cars already look awesome. i am totally doing that with the rear,front,sides. i was only planning on doing the sides but that rocks!
major thumbs up!
major thumbs up!
12-13-01, 05:10 PM
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hahahahahah, oh my gosh, my car is on someones desktop, hahaha, that so owns. that makes all the hard work worth it.
sorry about earlier on aim node, i just hoped on to check my email real quick, feel free to IM me anytime.
oh, and i changed that pic to a jpg and saved it at super low quality so that it would load online quicker, but i do still have the high quality pic, ifyou want i can send that to you
sorry about earlier on aim node, i just hoped on to check my email real quick, feel free to IM me anytime.
oh, and i changed that pic to a jpg and saved it at super low quality so that it would load online quicker, but i do still have the high quality pic, ifyou want i can send that to you
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12-13-01, 05:21 PM
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your car is bad-*** dude! now i have a possible look for my car. hows the throttle response with that intake and how did you put that vent on your hood? what kind and how much are those rims?
12-13-01, 05:25 PM
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Originally posted by Jef Card
Wow many Kudos!
on both the intake setup and the body work, we did a friends Neon like that and he is right when we took the primered car to the paint/body shop they looked at the car and asked what was different, of coarse we filled in the trim, roof rain gutters, handles, locks and what not. The we told him that it took about 2 months to do the work they said they would have shaved the trim and others for $300 and have it done in a weekend oh well it was fun to do. But I think having soem one do it rigth would be the way to go if you want it done fast.
WOw! yea I can get over how good your car looks. IMO I do think it needs a t2 wing, I think it helps balance the pouting lip of a rear bumper mazda put on (from a profile)
If your interested I'll host the how to on the intake and the body filling on my site, if your interested http://jefcard.rx7life.com
Wow many Kudos!
on both the intake setup and the body work, we did a friends Neon like that and he is right when we took the primered car to the paint/body shop they looked at the car and asked what was different, of coarse we filled in the trim, roof rain gutters, handles, locks and what not. The we told him that it took about 2 months to do the work they said they would have shaved the trim and others for $300 and have it done in a weekend
oh well it was fun to do. But I think having soem one do it rigth would be the way to go if you want it done fast. WOw! yea I can get over how good your car looks. IMO I do think it needs a t2 wing, I think it helps balance the pouting lip of a rear bumper mazda put on (from a profile)
If your interested I'll host the how to on the intake and the body filling on my site, if your interested
http://jefcard.rx7life.com
sure im intereiested in having the how to posted. I have a few other pics of the body work, but not many, I guess if you want i can make some sort of write up and send it to you. with the intake, its the same deal, i have a few more pics but the ones i posted are the highlights. plus, it will be really hard to explain the deal with the intake without picutres through the whole process. What i could do though, I have the elbow that came off of my intake still (i bought a spare to do the inake, so just incase it didnt work i could put it back to stock), if someone wanted to buy it, i could make one and take pictures while im making it and then do a write up on it. actualy, i guess if someone really wanted for me to do it, i could make a whole intake to sell. i could sell it with a filter and adapter (for the 86-88 cars afm) and the modified intake elbow with all the couplers and such. if someone is interested speak up and i'll look into how much it would cost. I dont think it would be to bad to much though.
*note, doing that intake mod does require the removal of the bac valve, the charcoal canister, and mabye cruise control. im not sure about the cc, you might be able to sqeeze it in there, but probably not
thanks for all the comments! hehe, it makes me like my car a lot more!
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12-14-01, 10:00 AM
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Originally posted by Mazda2ndgen
Thanks!
sure im intereiested in having the how to posted. I have a few other pics of the body work, but not many, I guess if you want i can make some sort of write up and send it to you. with the intake, its the same deal, i have a few more pics but the ones i posted are the highlights. plus, it will be really hard to explain the deal with the intake without picutres through the whole process. What i could do though, I have the elbow that came off of my intake still (i bought a spare to do the inake, so just incase it didnt work i could put it back to stock), if someone wanted to buy it, i could make one and take pictures while im making it and then do a write up on it. actualy, i guess if someone really wanted for me to do it, i could make a whole intake to sell. i could sell it with a filter and adapter (for the 86-88 cars afm) and the modified intake elbow with all the couplers and such. if someone is interested speak up and i'll look into how much it would cost. I dont think it would be to bad to much though.
*note, doing that intake mod does require the removal of the bac valve, the charcoal canister, and mabye cruise control. im not sure about the cc, you might be able to sqeeze it in there, but probably not
thanks for all the comments! hehe, it makes me like my car a lot more!
Thanks!
sure im intereiested in having the how to posted. I have a few other pics of the body work, but not many, I guess if you want i can make some sort of write up and send it to you. with the intake, its the same deal, i have a few more pics but the ones i posted are the highlights. plus, it will be really hard to explain the deal with the intake without picutres through the whole process. What i could do though, I have the elbow that came off of my intake still (i bought a spare to do the inake, so just incase it didnt work i could put it back to stock), if someone wanted to buy it, i could make one and take pictures while im making it and then do a write up on it. actualy, i guess if someone really wanted for me to do it, i could make a whole intake to sell. i could sell it with a filter and adapter (for the 86-88 cars afm) and the modified intake elbow with all the couplers and such. if someone is interested speak up and i'll look into how much it would cost. I dont think it would be to bad to much though.
*note, doing that intake mod does require the removal of the bac valve, the charcoal canister, and mabye cruise control. im not sure about the cc, you might be able to sqeeze it in there, but probably not
thanks for all the comments! hehe, it makes me like my car a lot more!
-Tesla
12-14-01, 11:07 AM
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Mazda2ndgen,
How will you keep the rain out of your intake? I am very interested in doing this type of mod, but I want to be sure it's safe b4 I cut a hole in my hood for the scoop.
How will you keep the rain out of your intake? I am very interested in doing this type of mod, but I want to be sure it's safe b4 I cut a hole in my hood for the scoop.
12-14-01, 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by tesla042
Your car is sweet! I saw your intake setup, and i just knew I was going to do it to my 87.. Just one question.. You took the cc out? Did you plug the lines going to it, or what? Do you smell gas fumes? I always wanted to take that damn thing out.. It's so ugly in there!
-Tesla
Your car is sweet! I saw your intake setup, and i just knew I was going to do it to my 87.. Just one question.. You took the cc out? Did you plug the lines going to it, or what? Do you smell gas fumes? I always wanted to take that damn thing out.. It's so ugly in there!
-Tesla
as for the chacoal canister, if you dont do somthing with the lines youwill be smelling some aweful fuel smells not only in the engine bay, but somehow on my car it even worked its way in to the interior! You can kinda see in the 2nd pic that i posted what i did. I removed the charcoal canister, then got 2 pieces of hose, and put them on the two metal lines (if you look toward the firewall in the 2nd pic you can see the two hoses) then i ran them down to the fenderwell. there are many holes in the body on the fenderwell for various clips and bolts and such, so i just ran the hoses through 2 of those holes. so it vents the gases down into the passagner side wheel well. i cant smell it at all in the engine bay, or inside the car anymore. but if you get out of the car and bend down towards the passager side fender you can smell it
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Originally posted by jimmyv13
Mazda2ndgen,
How will you keep the rain out of your intake? I am very interested in doing this type of mod, but I want to be sure it's safe b4 I cut a hole in my hood for the scoop.
Mazda2ndgen,
How will you keep the rain out of your intake? I am very interested in doing this type of mod, but I want to be sure it's safe b4 I cut a hole in my hood for the scoop.
