egads' classic red na6 eunos roadster

[slug_dub]

Thats heaps to keep ya busy

How thick is your new radiator? I have an ARC chamber as well, and in there with the stock radiator I look at it and wonder if a bigger rad would ever fit

Jealous of your wheels too, a good looking car mate.

[egads]

Thanks. Yeah I went the 42mm one, hope it will all fit. How hard was it to install the arc? I had to take out the radiator fan, and loosen the ac one. So fiddly and tight.

[slug_dub]

It is a very tight fit yeah, but I managed to slot the ARC in without removing the fan, and I don't have AC so there was more space on that side. I had more trouble getting the stock one out from memory, its very weirdly shaped!

[egads]

So some good news and some bad news.

Having removed my old plastic cracked window soft top months ago, I was content with just a hard top and the nice spacious rear section that the soft top left. But as summer approached and the skies grew blue I knew I needed a new soft top.
I picked up an nb soft top with glass window yesterday, came with rain rail , frame, top and those brackets that hold the rain rail in place. Dropped it in and all was well until I went to open it up. Glass window hitting my Mazdaspeed 4pt roll bar. Great. So for the love of roadster life I ripped out the roll bar and went off for a drive, top down.





Roll bar will be for sale soon, perhaps after new years.

[egads]

Another pic of the soft top in better lighting.




Finally got around to dropping in the new radiator, a 40mm unit from ASI. Was abit of a tight fit getting it in there, wasn't perfect but managed to work it out. Only real problem I had from it was the fact that the fan mounting points spaced the fans back a lot more than necessary. Meaning my ARC intake could no longer fit. Sucks but better a nicely cooled car than a slightly more flowing one.

[slug_dub]

Sorry to hear about your roll bar and the ARC chamber, thats a real bummer

Good to have a new top and to have no worries about your cooling

[egads]

thanks slug_dub.


looks like more bad news =(

ASI radiator has a leak, i can see one of the rows has some green coolant on it. Thinking it might be overflow from when i filled it, i wiped it off, only to find more the following day. Sent ASI an email with some pics, hopefully i can get this sorted via warranty.

pics





also the jdm speaker covers dont fit my door card. only suits mx5s with whole door cards, unlike mine which has a separate speaker section. i think its '93 onwards that have this door card.



my door card



later model door card



with speaker cover



so sad. will be putting up a for sale thread shortly with a bunch of stuff that i dont need or no longer fits lol.

[two40]

Love the red fabric door handle.

[Bauer]

looking good. I love that style of fuel lid. Where did you score that? Its on my "to get" list.

and its a shame that all you bought doesnt fit. Ive done that too. But someone will take some bits off you Im sure.

[egads]

i picked up the zoom eng. fuel lid off the forums, but ive see you can pick it up new from one of the sponsors.

http://www.rev9autosport.com/zoom-retro-fuel-lid.html

[slug_dub]

I think you should look for some new door cards rather than sell the speaker covers!

[Mr nanotech]

Hey what type of black is your hard top and pillars? I've been meaning to repaint mine like that since forever now and finally have a guy to do it (though not for a few months). The finish on yours looks fantastic, is it satin black?

[egads]

Not quite sure what black it is as it was like that when I got it. Pillars seem to be just a standard gloss black and as for the hardtop, it's like a matte/crackle finish?

[egads]

Update:

New (used) rims for the mx. Work equip 01. And yes I know, needs moar lows.

[Nemo]

01's look good, 14's? Plans for the meshis/mk3?