The Roadster NA Journey Begins

[speed]

Hope you were wearing your adrenaline coloured undies Mark.


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[Magpie]

Yep Mission Brown coloured, possibly same colour as Gladiators MX5 will be

[chefie]

Big job, well done on commitment to finishing in tough conditions. look forward to seeing the car run in Feb

when is sandown

[Magpie]

Sandown is 21/01.

Looking forward to QR in Feb as this will be a chance to see if it was worth it.

[Magpie]

A few more extra jobs today.

When plugging the laptop in there was nowhere to rest it. Previously it was put on the passenger seat or the floor, however the floor space is now occupied by Haltech stuff...

A quick cover was bent up and attached to the aluminium seat brackets, this way the Haltech stuff has protection and there is a flat spot to rest the laptop. Will make this cover up out of lighter material in the future. Also relocated the fire extinguisher, whilst there was little chance of it crushing the wires I thought better safe than sorry. In addition the racelogic display has been put back to its original location (somebody made that suggestion and may have been right).

I'm going green, at least on the inside for the time being, but not the environmental type green
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Relocated fire extinguisher, easier to get at...
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Small change to the drivers area
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Just found this footage from WTAC 2016, car will not sound like this at Sandown look at 7m17s

[Magpie]

Car washed, still to be polished. Final check for Sandown, thanks to Randy from the Vic MX5 Car for answering my emails and phone calls. Sounds like it will be a fun day, maybe not the best place to test new brakes...

Washed and ready to go back in the shed.
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Engine bay, still room on the hot side for other things...
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No more brake booster
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The dash
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Getting gear ready
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[The American]

Still space on the hot side for ...
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Somewhere for a cat to sleep, or were you thinking a snail ?

[speed]

Space for a Flux capacitor and a Mr fusion?

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[rascal]

Engine bay, still room on the hot side for other things...
DSCN3932 by Eipeip, on Flickr

No more brake booster
DSCN3933 by Eipeip, on Flickr

On a unrelated point, are the scuff marks on the intake from the bonnet rubbing?


p.s. Looking forward to seeing this at Sandown on the 21st..

[Magpie]

On a unrelated point, are the scuff marks on the intake from the bonnet rubbing?
p.s. Looking forward to seeing this at Sandown on the 21st..

Yes Plan to fix this up on the weekend before Sandown. The airbox fits under the OEM bonnet without the rubbing, however the Garage Vary fiberglass one is a different matter. It is a real pain to take the airbox off as there are 8 small bolts that hold it on, but I want to make sure that there are no leaks in the brake lines so it is a case of need to. Maybe it is time for some more green, this time in the engine bay

[Magpie]

For MattR, this about sums up this thread

[MattR]

But why did it take you so long to get ti acceptance???

[Magpie]

Very hot day today.... Fixed the area where the bonnet rubbed on the airbox as well as tested some paint out (on the airbox), started to get 'stuff' ready for Sandown and complete the scrutineering form as a pre-check.

Paint tested was the Dupliclor Metalcast (Green) and used the base instead of polishing the airbox (too hot and too lazy).

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Stripped
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A few coast of the 'base'
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Green first coat
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Second
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Third
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Also did a piece that still had paint on it. The paint can be used over existing, hence the base, but in the end you can see where there was existing paint.
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End result. Not my choice of green, maybe with other parts in the engine bay in a similar colour (or the whole engine bay) it could look acceptable.
DSCN3954 by Eipeip, on Flickr

I also fixed (made larger) the hole in the bonnet where the air box was rubbing
DSCN3946 by Eipeip, on Flickr

[Daffy]

Every time I look at the pictures of this beastie magpie, I find that I have a little bit of drool that I need to rub from my chin

[Magpie]

Thanks Daffy, I still smile every time I start it and get the wheels rolling.