Tesco's NB8B

tescoking · Postby **tescoking** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:44 pm

Lokiel wrote:
tescoking wrote::
If I can blow through both end, does that mean I will need a valve? Or something I will need to do with the hose?
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Yes, you'll need a one-way check valve if you can blow through both ends. I got mine from Repco.

Thanks, I will have a look later. I hope that has a one way check valve in it.

tescoking · Postby **tescoking** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:57 pm

Thank you for everyone's warm advise and now I have put the valve from the old hose into the new one.

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speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:15 pm

This may be a silly question but, what does the one way valve do? Lets the air/pressure go from the intake manifold to the brake booster but not back the other way?

XMX555 · Postby **XMX555** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:46 pm

speed freak wrote:This may be a silly question but, what does the one way valve do? Lets the air/pressure go from the intake manifold to the brake booster but not back the other way?

It lets the vacuum go to the booster so you have brake boost even when there is no vacuum in the manifold at the time of breaking

speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:50 pm

XMX555 wrote:
speed freak wrote:This may be a silly question but, what does the one way valve do? Lets the air/pressure go from the intake manifold to the brake booster but not back the other way?

It lets the vacuum go to the booster so you have brake boost even when there is no vacuum in the manifold at the time of breaking

Cheers

tescoking · Postby **tescoking** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:18 am

After 2 years of owning my 5. It is now time to list out all the things that I have done to the car and plan ahead with what I will be doing to the car in the near future.

Things I have done to the interior.
- new glass cloth soft top
- new complete carpet
- re-trimed the seat with leather and silver stitching
- leather wrapped centre console and glove box
- chrome interior parts
- all red lighting changed to blue
- custom sub-woofer in boot
- new pioneer door speakers
- pioneer double din touch screen DVD player

Things I am planning.
- bracket seat
- Nardi steering wheel
- custom gauges
- KG cluster panel
- start button

Things I have done to the exterior.
- short antenna
- HID headlights
- LED parklights and foglights
- clear reflectors
- clear indicators
- front grill in bumper
- tow strip
- chrome fuel lid

Things I am planning to do.
- cutting rear bumper
- carbon fibre mirror
- carbon fibre boot lid with third brake light deleted
- carbon fibre / fibreglass door if available
- clear tail lights
- chrome headlamps
- re-paint the whole car

Things I have done to the performance.
- 6spd short shifter
- K&N cold air intake with custom heat shield
- 15x8 lightweight wheels
- HD clutch and chrome lightweight flywheel
- FM crossflow radiator with stage 2 fans
- Vmaxxx xtreme sport coilover and FM sway bars
- high performance NGK spark plugs and leads
- unnecessary parts removed from engine bay
- new silicone hoses removed
- de-power steering rack
- R4S brake pads
- AGI roll cage and door bars

Things I am planning to do.
- Racing beat endlinks
- Hi flow exhaust system
- standalone ECU
- strong engine internal
- turbo

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sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:04 am

Just a heads up, you know there is a few items on your planned list that will make the car not road legal?

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Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:24 am

Yeah i'm not a fan of deleting the rear brake light on the boot lid. With Perth's bad drivers you really don't want to give them a reason to drive into the back of you, especially if the modification will void your insurance.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:51 am

tescoking wrote::
Things I have done to the interior.
:
Things I am planning.
- start button

Things I have done to the exterior.
:
- front grill in bumper

Food for thought:

Do a few Miata/MX5 forum searches regarding the Start button. The general consensus is that the novelty wears off quickly and is not worth the hassle of the installation.

Are you aware that the font grille significantly reduces airflow to the radiator?
It's not an issue for DD but you definitely don't want to compromise your cooling on the track, especially if you plan on turbocharging your car so will have an intercooler in front of the radiator too.

tescoking · Postby **tescoking** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:55 pm

OMG, I really don't know delete the third brake light on the boot lid with causing so many issues.

So lets update the list.
- carbon fibre boot lid

tescoking · Postby **tescoking** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:00 pm

Lokiel wrote:
tescoking wrote::
Things I have done to the interior.
:
Things I am planning.
- start button

Things I have done to the exterior.
:
- front grill in bumper

Food for thought:

Do a few Miata/MX5 forum searches regarding the Start button. The general consensus is that the novelty wears off quickly and is not worth the hassle of the installation.

Are you aware that the font grille significantly reduces airflow to the radiator?
It's not an issue for DD but you definitely don't want to compromise your cooling on the track, especially if you plan on turbocharging your car so will have an intercooler in front of the radiator too.

I am thinking to get a S2000 start button, but I have never heard about the wear issue? Can you tell me more about that please?

About the front grill. Isn't it better to have one instead of letting rocks and sharp object to fly in and hit the radiator? I heard about the air flow issue, but people said that didn't make much difference.