Mish
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2017/01/01 18:02:55
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Not much has changed with the car lately. Mostly ive just been driving it and enjoying it as much as the weather will allow. ended up driving it at times when i wish i didn't, got stuck driving it xmas day in the 39 degree heat, which was less then ideal when stuck in traffic on the freeway.  2017 has a few upgrades on the cards if i can be motivated enough. Got a billet compressor wheel for the turbo which should liven it up a little, A set of Forged rods to replace the std items that somehow havent bent yet, a new Inlet camshaft with a little more duration to hopefully let it breath higher in the rpm range, might finally convert the front to a adj coilover setup and work to get the alignment and bumpsteer 100% and if i get really bored it may even see another set of wheels
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2017/02/07 20:31:16
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so SFS2017 was a success, typical me with less then 2 weeks till the show i decided that the BBS's had seen almost all the shows in the last 2 years so i was after something a little fresh and different. being the poor bloke that i am buying wheels was not an option on such late notice. and id been through almost all the 'common' escort wheels, superlites, saab chasers, hotwires, ghia wheels. but having seen some wheels that had been sitting for years at a mates place off another mates racecar had me thinking. 13x8 CSA Milano's a quick test fit was unsuccessful, with the rear wheels hitting the calipers. Then i found out that there were in fact 2 different offsets. swapped them around and bingo. Grabbed some tyres from the stock pile and set about cleaning them up. bit of a before and after  Final fitment and polished and ready  
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2017/02/07 21:12:27
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Wheels looked great.
Did notice the change.
How many sets do you have now????? :)
Shaun
'If I'd asked what people had wanted, they'd have said faster horses....' Henry Ford
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2017/04/25 12:59:32
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got the car out recently for a motorkhana display and passenger ride day for Toyota Australia (i know its not a toyota). Had about 20 odd people came in the car throughout the day as passengers, aside from my wastegate bolts coming loose and that pesky crank wiring had a pretty good day.   Also had the car out for our clubs good friday run, which we had a huge turn our for. 26 cars in total  Time to fix my wiring loom hopefully and get the car out for another motorkhana in May
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2019/03/31 16:38:01
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well this has been a long time coming, almost 2 years
bit of a run down.
Drove the car interstate a few times, did some motorkhanas ect.
Blew gearbox no.7
decided enough was enough
cut the floor out - immediately regrated doing that
found all the parts I had been stock piling for a strong gearbox conversion
realised I had to do a bunch on engineering work to make any of it fit/work
car sat for 6 months
2 month power build to have it done for Small Ford Sunday 2019
ill see if I can upload some pics
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2019/03/31 16:55:57
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size comparison between the 5psd mx5 box and the chev case T5  got the grinder out   T5 gearbox nose machined down to fit the std mx5 throw out bearing and fork  starting to mock up the tunnel, wanted to keep the heater core and centre console, which made it 'fun'  Tunnel done and passenger floor heat proofed to save the mrs shoes  Custom set up to utilise std mx5 fork and clutch setup  60mm+ too long on the input shaft so it was swapped for a firebird 26 spline unit and further shortened  box given the once over and finally reassembled, 2 weeks from show  new fancy clutch, all the bite  3 days before the show, got it all in and working, I will always say, bonnetless test runs are the best 
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:20:10
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Didnt realise this place was still up and about, still have the car still wasting plenty of money on it things that have happen in the last 18 months - Full rewire of both body and engine, new haltech elite ecu, dbw conversion. pdm controlling the electrics, bulkhead connectors, tefzel wire all the fancy crap.
- swap to sequential fueling and ignition. r35 gtr coils and 1150cc injectors
- New turbo, Garret GTX3071R gen2
- Back to the dyno 4 days before SFS2020, 265rwkw at 19psi
- Club road trip to SA for the RSOCsa 10th anniversary show, plenty of driving
- rona virus
- old faithful motor finally had enough, spat no.1 conrod out the side
- rona virus
- fitting up new engine i had been collecting parts for years for. 20tho block, factory crank, billet main caps, arp studs, manley rods, CP pistons, billet oil pump gears.
- fresh cylinder head from Wozzah (old one was soft) +1mm valves, big heavy springs, ported ect.
- All in and running, still havent had it back to the dyno for all the boost yet. soon
think thats the most of it. ill see how many pictures i can find
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:38:05
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Damn son! Is that all you've done?
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Mish
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:43:25
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im sure ive missed a bunch of stuff, but this is close
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:46:44
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:48:28
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New turbo, dbw setup and digital dash
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:51:06
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The old faithful motor finally cried enough, not bad putting 360 hp through a 100 hp size rod
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:53:02
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New motor in, plans for 300kw on 98, then what ever 30psi on e85 will make. my guess is more broken gearboxes...
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 17:56:50
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Just some pictures of getting out and about with it early in 2020. testing the new drag radials, RSOCvic SFS2020, RSOCvic Road trip to SA
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2020/12/06 18:11:56
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Awesome work mate, love the break it, fix it better mantra!
I remember seeing this at birdwood a few years back!
Also turbofans! how awesome more photos of those!
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