Joe's NA6

[PUR157]

You know it's good when it's personally endorsed by Chip Foose...

[grump]

you can get louvres punched into your bonnet by any good hotrod shop @ about $2 a slot. Had it done to my MGB, looked the ducks nuts and kept the engine bay a lot cooler.
Damn nice looking 5 by the way.

[Jeo]

You know it's good when it's personally endorsed by Chip Foose...

You know, I didn't even click that it was Chip Foose. How sad that after all that time I spent watching almost anything car related on Foxtel...

you can get louvres punched into your bonnet by any good hotrod shop @ about $2 a slot. Had it done to my MGB, looked the ducks nuts and kept the engine bay a lot cooler.
Damn nice looking 5 by the way.

Yea, the custom made route is looking more and more likely as time goes on.
Thanks by the way


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Quick Update

Bought this hol(e)y headlight cover off xhonda_boy



Bought a db9-usb conversion cable so that my ECU can talk to my lappy

Spent a decent part of this afternoon stuffing about with drivers, com settings, etc; but eventually got it all working.

Plans for tomorrow are to do some before and after testing on both the headlight cover and the new intake system, using the intake temperature sensor/ecu/lappy.


Also two quick/crappy phone photos from the ACT MX5 club drive last week

[Jeo]

I'm not sure if this will stick or not, but here's the build process anyway. Check out this thread if you're interested, I start in on page 7.

Bare intake pipe with no filter.



Theory is to seal off the passenger side of the engine bay from the left edge of that shelf.



Cardboard = win



The parts I needed to buy; 2mm sheet aluminium and jig saw blades.



Template traced on



Test fitting







Test fitting the foam.















Test fitting the filter and silicone joiner







The hole for the joiner to go through



Test fitting the joiner and the shield together





All together, complete with 5mm heat shielding foam on both sides of the aluminium

[daffyflyer]

Also two quick/crappy phone photos from the ACT MX5 club drive last week





Wheee, i can see my mx5, its the last white one in the row (furthest..) i think.....

[PUR157]

Not to be the one to spoil your fun but...

Methinks that's a Silver NC there daffy...
I think I can tell a White Clubbie from a miiiiiile away... perks of having one for 2 odd years you know?

[daffyflyer]

Not to be the one to spoil your fun but...

Methinks that's a Silver NC there daffy...
I think I can tell a White Clubbie from a miiiiiile away... perks of having one for 2 odd years you know?

Well of course i was talk about the one *through* the NC, with my x-ray vision...
errr.. yeah. good call, now that i look back that is SO an NC

[Jeo]

The very last one is John's NB, since he was leading the run and all. His was the supercharged NB we we're perving on at the lake.

You were third or fourth back from there weren't you?

[corners]

Nice CAI design

Only thing I find is the air has no where to escape so the bonnet often gets a wobble from all the air not being able to escape...

[Hammer]

Nice CAI design

Only thing I find is the air has no where to escape so the bonnet often gets a wobble from all the air not being able to escape...

I agree. You'll need pressure differential to have air enter the vent. Otherwise you'll simply have pressure lock.

There's a couple of thread with good link to articles that talks about such topics.

[Jeo]

Nice CAI design

Only thing I find is the air has no where to escape so the bonnet often gets a wobble from all the air not being able to escape...

I agree. You'll need pressure differential to have air enter the vent. Otherwise you'll simply have pressure lock.

There's a couple of thread with good link to articles that talks about such topics.

I can see where you guys are coming from, but doesn't air leave the airbox to go into the engine?

[corners]

Nice CAI design

Only thing I find is the air has no where to escape so the bonnet often gets a wobble from all the air not being able to escape...

I agree. You'll need pressure differential to have air enter the vent. Otherwise you'll simply have pressure lock.

There's a couple of thread with good link to articles that talks about such topics.

I can see where you guys are coming from, but doesn't air leave the airbox to go into the engine?

The engine doesnt use the same amount that is flowing into the air box as such especially at higher speeds so therefore the air gets trapped and has no where to escape.

[AB7]

Joe, Im wondering if your Dynamat going to get wet.
The reason for the plastic cover sealed with the silicone is for stopping water getting into your door trim.

[Jeo]

The engine doesnt use the same amount that is flowing into the air box as such especially at higher speeds so therefore the air gets trapped and has no where to escape.

But by that logic, wouldn't that happen to any airbox with a large air feed?
And by air getting trapped, filling up the airbox and presumably increasing pressure; would that then create positive pressure at the filter head?

Joe, Im wondering if your Dynamat going to get wet.
The reason for the plastic cover sealed with the silicone is for stopping water getting into your door trim.

The Dynamat itself becomes the new water seal.



Also Update
Bought a new bonnet today. Should be fitted soon
Talked to an assortment of audio shops and the consensus is to not bother with headrest speakers. The one shop that tried to convince me, eventually let me borrow and helped to install and test a pair of 3" Polks. While they did let me get the same volume level without the need to sound like a fully sic VL, they fair ruined the quality. This convinced me away from the headrest speakers all together.

[fastfreddygassit]

Love your car!!!
It looks almost identical to mine when I first got it....black, the hyperfangs etc.
Mine has the black leather interior


mind you, I have made a couple of changes since then..........