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can you go straight out to the side? fewer bends in the intake = better.
I don't think I can if I want to run a decent filter assembly. The easiest options are to copy my old intake or copy the MFR.
I'm still not pleased about the hackjob on my rear counterweight.
In other news, my new but ported rear iron, is slightly too ported for me to be comfortable with using. The port was taken too close to the coolant seal and there's very little supporting metal (even once filled) for the corner seal. So, I bought a new S5 turbo rear iron.
I did end up filling what I could with devcon since it needs to cure for quite a while. I'll need to finish the devcon job next week when the new rear iron shows up.
While I was there, I cleaned up the casting flash in the oil pump cavities.
No major updates. Waiting on housings and my new 55mm throttle body to arrive. I should be finishing the devcon job this weekend, as life got in the way last weekend.
Since I'm switching to a 55mm throttle body, I need a new base plate for my air filter. Unfortunately, K&N doesn't make a 55mm DCOE filter assembly, the 48mm I have won't work due to hole spacing even if I drill it out, and they don't sell a blank base plate. So, I purchased a blank base plate an filter assembly from ITG. My only concern with this setup is the assembly is longer, so it may hit my FPR.
you should check out the new Aero Gray for the 2024 Mx5, its sort of close to the stock color of your car
Definitely not a bad color. I'm kind of on the fence with these pastel colors though. They look good on some cars, but I really prefer a metallic pop in something like the rx7.
Definitely not a bad color. I'm kind of on the fence with these pastel colors though. They look good on some cars, but I really prefer a metallic pop in something like the rx7.
Pastels very well could be a trend that dies off soon in automotive before a resurgence later. Your Nardo Gray and Grabber Blue solids have about made it to every type of vehicle by now which is usually when they die off in popularity.
One thing I agree on is metallic on a 2nd gen. Yes, solids look good but due to the time period they were built, they are the normal. I find the older boxy lines of the FC lend itself to less vibrant tones. Take
. It is a really tame color when painted on a boring daily commuter car however, when on the R34/35 or this FC3S (with the right accents and trim,) the color just POPS and is completely elevated!
I see this becoming more common on Porsche's PTS (paint to sample) among the Rennsport crowd. They keep taking boring legacy colors, slap them on a wild car and man it shows up.
Take Porsche's Yachting Blue Metallic. The color is a drab early 2000's blue but, give it some black accents, gloss carbon and shine it up and slap it on a
It doesn't look too far off from Mazda's own Harbor Blue paint code. Maybe it is the lack of accents on most FC builds that stops up from achieving such a modern flavor on a classic colors.
Yeah, my daily is a pastel greenish-grey. It's a decent color, but I don't love it. Pastels as a whole are interesting to see, but I don't really care for them.
My problem with Millennium Jade is that it only looks good when the light hits it. For the FC, I think the color needs to highlight the lines of the car not only in light, but in low light situations. That said, I'm tempted to give this loud, 10K RPM car, a loud paintjob too. Sure, I'm getting "too old" for that, but I think the car deserves something that really stands out considering the noise it makes. Afterall, I've owned it for 13 years. I think if I do repaint it, my three options I've identified are:
Repaint the Arctic Silver again, but with more gold flake and fix all the minor blemishes left by the last paint job
This is the most subtle option, and the least amount of work since the car is already Arctic Silver
Porsche Ruby Stone Red
I've loved this color since I was a kid, and it's very in your face
Mazda Innocent Blue Mica
I've never seen an FC in this pure blue color, so I'm not sure how it would look. It looks fantastic on an FD. Maybe add some gold flake to it, as well.
Not much for updates. Finished the devcon on the irons this weekend. Housings should arrive from NZ in a week. Still waiting on my throttle body. Then I'm out of town for 3 weeks.
I'll be putting the engine back together around the end of September,
PPRE Housings arrived late last week. I opted to get the version with the machined coolant jacket inserts.
55MM DCOE Throttle Body arrived too.
With the arrival of these parts, I've got everything I need to get the car back on the road. I picked up a complete overhaul kit for the rotors (oil control rings, apex seals, springs, corner seals, etc.), so I should be able to start putting it back together towards the end of this month.
08-17-24, 09:09 AM
