charlie's na6

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:56 pm

Charlie

Saw the beast this morning! Took my NA for a run down that way, love that exhaust!!

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:16 pm

bruce wrote::
I think it was inevitable that your car would come under police scrutiny.

It would almost be insulting if this car wasn't pulled over.

Never a dull moment in this thread - keep it up

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:10 pm

Gotta admit. I made it pretty far without getting done

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:12 pm

I'd have been more concerned about that lowered VW!!!

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:23 pm

Update:

Hey guys. So after the big trip to sydney theres been some maintenance to do

First port of call was the manifold. We decided to make a new collector and get it done properly so it doesn't break. Also fabbed up some braces to give support to the collector part of the manifold so hopefully nothing like that happens again

Manifold bolted up w//braces

New collector

All off again to get ceramic coated

Other things on the list was the centre console which i had to break to get to my window switch to see what happened, oil change and filter and fix a couple of cracks in the exhaust when the exhaust bottomed out

That all will be done this week so it shouldnt be long till i have my car back on the road.

Got the Garage Star rear tow hook in the mail yesterday as well. As soon as i opened it i knew it was quality. Beefy as hell and was gonna look good. Went and fitted it up and couldnt be happier.. With the bumper cut i thought it might sit low but im really happy with the height. Its strong enough to jack up from and looks cool

Once again an awesome product from Ken @ Garage Star. Could not be happier.

AUZJDM · Postby **AUZJDM** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:39 am

I love the fact that some drivers out there still build there cars to there own spec, regardless off all the laws and the policing....well done Charlie!! cars are a lifestyle!

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:02 pm

You have got a great attitude as some people would be totally peeved about the police attention.
That collector and bracing looks good.
I reckon if you left your big wing off your police worries would go away.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:38 pm

bruce wrote::
I reckon if you left your big wing off your police worries would go away.

You think they wouldn't notice the flared guards and number plate???

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:48 pm

I really think the number plate is just as bad. Having personalized plates was probs a bad idea haha

might sell them soon.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:00 pm

^
But then you would no longer be:

itrungs · Postby **itrungs** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:32 pm

charlie_91 wrote:I really think the number plate is just as bad. Having personalized plates was probs a bad idea haha might sell them soon.

Having any personal plates thats got something to do with the cars character is a bad idea, especially if the cars been modified to the extent like yours.

Maybe you can trick the cops by putting something like GRANNY LOLOLOL ... jokes

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:47 pm

keep the plates and just get normal ones for the road.

Suspense · Postby **Suspense** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:03 pm

itrungs wrote:Maybe you can trick the cops by putting something like GRANNY LOLOLOL ... jokes

I know a guy who (with a combo of letters and numbers) has GUILTY as his plates. Needless to say he's lost a LOT of points from his licence...

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:04 pm

charlie_91 wrote:So to try and get something that will read out everything and have an analog tacho i found the STACK cluster. it will display speed, tacho, boost, oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, voltage and also has a lap timer built in.. The beauty with this cluster is that its all standalone so makes it easy to install Also being able to display 4 readings at once and with a button to flick through makes it a lot easier and safer for me to know whats going on.

How do you propose to do the normal warning lights (indicators, high beam, lights, alternator etc) when you install your dash? If you haven't solved this problem let me know as I'm considering the Racepak dash. Anyway I'm going to start discussing this with MX5 Plus and the possible solution, however it would be silly to do this as a seperate exercise considering your plans.