NC 20BPP Time Attack / Track Car - Build Thread

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:21 pm

noice I see you like Blue hehe

fattima · Postby **fattima** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:00 pm

Danny,
Fantastic work, this is going to be a great thread to follow.

Postby **orx626** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:09 pm

Once again, thanks for the positive feedback guys.

I thought some of you might be interested to see the detail Mazda now use for the front uprights.....an unboltable hub/bearing unit (same as RX-8 ). Pretty cool aye!

Back to regular programming.....

In November '07, after having the body work repaired the next step was to strip out the interior to a stage that allows my sub-conscious to start working on designing the roll cage.

The factory 'torque box' roll bar will be discarded for something a bit more substantial but not dissimilar in concept.

Bits!!!

I also then re-installed the brake booster & master cylinders...it is envisaged that the ABS system will not be part of the final brake package.

December, 2007 was a great month for progress...to be continued.....

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:30 am

I was amazed when Danny was showing me at how many things were \"bolt-on\" between the RX-8 and NC, and how many were 90% compatible.

[takes ticket, and waits patiently inline for a ride] :mrgreen:

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:54 am

This is great. I love seeing it built. Keep the pic updates coming.

Spranga · Postby **Spranga** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:33 pm

New best thread ever.... I know I have been a bit slow to catch on :oops:

Postby **orx626** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:40 pm

In early December I started giving consideration to the supercharger installation by beginning with drawing the Eaton M90 in Solidworks. Many, many hours were spent practising and working out the best way to create the model. This solid model will give me a good basis from which to design the air to water intercooler and the intake system manifolding.

I had some free time to play cars over the Xmas / New Year so I got stuck into trial fitting the powertrain. In the last container from Japan my stainless steel extractors arrived, so I took the opportunity to install them prior to dropping the engine in.

Postby **orx626** » Fri May 02, 2008 6:00 pm

Here's the engine ready to be lowered....

.....and sitting in position!

The next step was to fit-up the gearbox & see where the gearshift resided...and you gotta be happy with this!

Here's some photos showing the fit of the 13B MSP in the NC chassis. :mrgreen:

I then spent some time re-installing the standard engine bay items (eg. header tank, fuse/relay box, CAI etc.... to see how they interact with the engine.

I also threw the Flex's in the rear....

On New Years eve the NC radiator and cowling was installed.

I also had a look at what differences exist between the NC & RX-8 differentials.

As you can see the RX-8 diff is somewhat bigger.

garettb16 · Postby **garettb16** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:40 pm

wow this build is huge and very impressive!!

i cant wait to see finished pics and to hear what a weapon it is!!!!

i have seen a dark green NC with rx8 supercharged on youtube may have been built in germany or denmark from memory

type in rotary mx5

Postby **orx626** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:19 pm

garettb16 wrote:wow this build is huge and very impressive!!

i cant wait to see finished pics and to hear what a weapon it is!!!!

i have seen a dark green NC with rx8 supercharged on youtube may have been built in germany or denmark from memory

type in rotary mx5

Hi there garrettb16, yes I have seen the dark green NC from Germany. It was done by a company called Hansa in 2006. It's still naturally aspirated not supercharged. At one stage they were looking to provide to the public a drive-in/drive-out conversion. Not sure if it was a viable service for them.

Regards,
Danny

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:34 pm

unbelieveable!

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:50 am

I'm impressed!

Nice job on the solidworks drawings too! :shock:

rwf · Postby **rwf** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:41 pm

good to see a nc like this
great build up love the rx8 wheels on the nc
would look good on my car lol

look forward to seeing more danny

Postby **orx626** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:55 pm

Caffeine wrote:I'm impressed!

Nice job on the solidworks drawings too!

Thanks Caffeine

. I don't drive Solidworks for a living so I find creating solid models quite therapeutic.

Here's some more views of the Eaton M90 solid model....if you look carefully you can see some filleting detail that I just couldn't get to work

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Postby **orx626** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:58 pm

rwf wrote:good to see a nc like this
great build up love the rx8 wheels on the nc
would look good on my car lol

look forward to seeing more danny

Cheers Rob

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I still have progress summaries from Jan '08 & Mar '08 to come...when I get a chance. Didn't get a chance to work on it at all in April...had other projects that needed to be addressed

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