Awesome work Marty, thanks for the posts, it's great to see these things getting built.
You're definitely an inspiration for me to pull my finger out.
Cheers Drew
 

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Not sure why this pic is different color

great work there mate, and an excellent build thread

Struts, after pulling them to bits and checking if bent... One was slightly less camber than the other so I put one in the press to 'straighten' it a little bit. Once that was done and they matched I welded gussets at the base to eliminate bending. After that I carefully grindered the spring platform off, next was to lower the platform about 40mm and re weld it back up , same for the other side. Doing this lowers the front by the amount the platform gets lowered .



Went looking for the rear shocks and found they was plastered in sludge and grime, but once cleaned up they checked out fine and went back in, must've been a good 15yrs since I seen the old Monroe GT gas golds !!

A bit more painting of some pieces...

Fuel pipe cover
Diff housing and shocks were next to be installed

Just a shot of the lower bulkhead to underseal

Thanks Len 👍

STD mk2 pedalbox got a rebuild and paint



I've lowered it from the rotisserie so now it's build up time..
Just had to stick the grill on for enthusiasm



Struts and brake booster frame installed, I've binned most bolts/nuts in favour of new tensile or Allen bolts where necessary



After making the front spoiler, and because I've fitted twincam arches which moved the opening forward about 30mm at the front bottom edge, I needed to trim the return edge off the spoiler and move it forwards to match the arch



Once prepped and smoothed I gave it a squirt of paint to match the car

Back on track... After work commitments.
I've had a set of retrimmed rx7 s2 seats in the mezzanine for years n years, time to dust them off and play installation..



Actually wasn't that hard, remove rx7 runners and install escort runners with a couple holes to drill, one seat is a bung shape from where the rx7 has a bulge for the exhaust so I made a mini extension from RHS to line up .. Apart from recaro, these have been the simplest chair to install..



Back to the engine for a while, this new electric dizzy turned up in the post from AccuSpark , the only issue I have had is the oil O ring was perished on arrival so bought a packet from the hardware store lol




Clutch and lightened flywheel bolted to the motor