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Today is a very important day for millions of people. One of the most important people in history was born December 25th. A man who would change the world as we know it for the better.
Happy Birthday Sir Issac Newton
The father of modern day Physics inspiring me to apply a little to my MX5
When you brake, friction between the pads and discs generate heat. To aid dissipate this I thought I would add some air vents.
Wheel off...
...disc and caliper off...
...wooooo-ha-ha-haaaa...
...make a hole...
...make a duct...
...test fit...
...weld it...
...check clearance.
Not my best work but in my defense I was welding rusty metal to rusty metal covered in brake dust and crap.
The front part of the brake ducting will be addressed after lockdown 3.0
Happy Birthday Sir Issac Newton
The father of modern day Physics inspiring me to apply a little to my MX5
When you brake, friction between the pads and discs generate heat. To aid dissipate this I thought I would add some air vents.
Wheel off...
...disc and caliper off...
...wooooo-ha-ha-haaaa...
...make a hole...
...make a duct...
...test fit...
...weld it...
...check clearance.
Not my best work but in my defense I was welding rusty metal to rusty metal covered in brake dust and crap.
The front part of the brake ducting will be addressed after lockdown 3.0
Zed. said:
you're better feeding air to the centre not the outside, feed air into the centre & it draws heat away from the bearing to the outside of the disc
Rich.
It's the only place I could cut a hole without hitting the hub or other parts. Rich.
Similar to this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-mx5-brake-cooling...
...but £120 cheaper.
Lockdown means the parts I bought before Ultimate Climax are still waiting to be collected so...
...the sticky back Velcro didn't stay stuck so I've used some upholstery glue.
But before I could stick them to the doors permanently I had to paint the car...
Matte finish again due to being outside and the wrong time of year for lacquer. Besides the body is so rough in places you can strike a match off it. :-)
Simon's cat survived and the Net stencil stripe kind of worked. The headlight trims are the same green as the stripe and when I get the Superlight wheels they will be to.
...the sticky back Velcro didn't stay stuck so I've used some upholstery glue.
But before I could stick them to the doors permanently I had to paint the car...
Matte finish again due to being outside and the wrong time of year for lacquer. Besides the body is so rough in places you can strike a match off it. :-)
Simon's cat survived and the Net stencil stripe kind of worked. The headlight trims are the same green as the stripe and when I get the Superlight wheels they will be to.
Years and years ago. Before I started forum posting and that. One of my neighbors had a base model BMW X5 Diesel.
Like all base model BMW owners he went to Halworld or Motorfords and bought a cheap nasty "M" badge so he could pretend it was an X5M and drive even more like a twunt.
One night on my way home from the pub I thought it would be funny to peel off the M and stick it back on with the strongest glue I could find. I have previously stuck "M" badges on upside down but in this case I couldn't resist giving him the MX5 of his dreams.
I didn't give this any more thought until last year I spot the same X5 in a random supermarket car park with the "M" badge where I had left it.
As standard MX5 badges are a bit vegan...
...I thought I would beef mine up a tad and dedicate it to my long suffering neighbors.
Like all base model BMW owners he went to Halworld or Motorfords and bought a cheap nasty "M" badge so he could pretend it was an X5M and drive even more like a twunt.
One night on my way home from the pub I thought it would be funny to peel off the M and stick it back on with the strongest glue I could find. I have previously stuck "M" badges on upside down but in this case I couldn't resist giving him the MX5 of his dreams.
I didn't give this any more thought until last year I spot the same X5 in a random supermarket car park with the "M" badge where I had left it.
As standard MX5 badges are a bit vegan...
...I thought I would beef mine up a tad and dedicate it to my long suffering neighbors.
Nice work.Liquid Knight said:
So is the "bad idea" soon to be neatly tucked away in your garage?So time for the bumpers.
Taking the NA one off was an arse...
...Mazda truly have made a European sports car.
NB.5 front...
...cut a notch just below the side reflectors.
...put a sting between notches...
...mark with some matte Nardo grey. If you don't have any use primer...
...now cut along the line...
The same for the NA bumper but due to being curvier I had to use fine masking tape.
Not too bad...
...I then cut a strip from the NB.5 bumper and used Tigerseal to stick and fill the edge.
Plastic bumper filler goes brittle after a while so I hoped windscreen glue would be strong and flexible enough.
Sanding was more problematic than I expected. I should have keyed the edges better. But painted and refitted...
...I'm glad it's a track day not a concourse.
So the butchered back bumper got massacred while I was at it...
...full "Br-br-br-brap! Brap! Chair!" spec' innit?
Taking the NA one off was an arse...
...Mazda truly have made a European sports car.
NB.5 front...
...cut a notch just below the side reflectors.
...put a sting between notches...
...mark with some matte Nardo grey. If you don't have any use primer...
...now cut along the line...
The same for the NA bumper but due to being curvier I had to use fine masking tape.
Not too bad...
...I then cut a strip from the NB.5 bumper and used Tigerseal to stick and fill the edge.
Plastic bumper filler goes brittle after a while so I hoped windscreen glue would be strong and flexible enough.
Sanding was more problematic than I expected. I should have keyed the edges better. But painted and refitted...
...I'm glad it's a track day not a concourse.
So the butchered back bumper got massacred while I was at it...
...full "Br-br-br-brap! Brap! Chair!" spec' innit?
So the track day was yesterday and while I wait with baited breath for the "action shots" to go live I thought I would give you all a little update.
The fog light brake vent idea had a teething issue...
...the pipe I could afford was a tad too big and fouled the front wheels on full lock.
So back to that drawing board.
I added some more lightness...
...raided my shed for a bum holder.
Neither fitted so I found one on eBay for £34. :-)
Glad I kept the bonnet sticker from last time. The black gelcoat would have been hot in the Sun.
Got some tyres...
...picked the wheels up I bought before Christmas, but...
...the 21mm lugs were too big and needed to get some new ones.
If anyone was wondering why the blue spoiler...
...now you know.
I tried to adjust one of the shocks...
...but even heating the ring with a gas torch and clamping the tension from the spring wasn't enough.
So I was bump stopping again but at least I'll have brakes, tyres and an engine working properly this time.
PS
Thank you again to RS Van Hire, this is not an advert' or sponsored placement. I'm a happy repeat customer.
The fog light brake vent idea had a teething issue...
...the pipe I could afford was a tad too big and fouled the front wheels on full lock.
So back to that drawing board.
I added some more lightness...
...raided my shed for a bum holder.
Neither fitted so I found one on eBay for £34. :-)
Glad I kept the bonnet sticker from last time. The black gelcoat would have been hot in the Sun.
Got some tyres...
...picked the wheels up I bought before Christmas, but...
...the 21mm lugs were too big and needed to get some new ones.
If anyone was wondering why the blue spoiler...
...now you know.
I tried to adjust one of the shocks...
...but even heating the ring with a gas torch and clamping the tension from the spring wasn't enough.
So I was bump stopping again but at least I'll have brakes, tyres and an engine working properly this time.
PS
Thank you again to RS Van Hire, this is not an advert' or sponsored placement. I'm a happy repeat customer.
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