What did you do to your MX5 today ?

[sifpilsen]

Got some huge uniroyal rainsports (or was it expert), 195/65/14. Filling out the wheelarches. Nice ride comfort though.

[peteh]

Sprayed up my inlet manifold, air valve to match my rocker cover :



in the car :



Installed an inlet manifold thermal insulating gasket when I was putting the manifold back on, supposed to limit heat transfer from the head to the mainfold



Did the timing belt aswell, used a cam locking tool I got from Flyin Miata and a crank locking tool from Rennenmetal, made the job very striaghtforward for a novice diy mechanic!

[back_in_black]

Nice job.
Could have done with that locking tool a few weeks ago!

[sidewaysreilly]

Would there be any chance of scanning that tool to get one made up????

[sidewaysreilly]

Nearly ready. Out in the fresh air again after getting all her giblets put back in.
6 Speed Box.
3.9 T2 Diff.
Rear Subframe completely rebuilt/repainted.
8.8 mhz crystal mod so i can use the power available at 7500rpm.
S/h Mohair Hood which was good value.
Billstein suspension with 200 front and 160 rear springs (old fronts) .
Bipes to fit and a good wash and polish.

[fobbzy]

Well she looks gorgeous Mr Reilly..........

[charged_rs]

those fm cam ninja tools are less than useful tbh, especially if you have to replace cam seals etc, i got one from fm last month along with a crank locking tool and a crank seal installer.

The crank locking tool is worth its weight in gold.

[sidewaysreilly]

Thanks fobbsy.........

[s-mac]

Finally got around to fitting my chassis rails today, cant wait to get the car back on the road now to see what kind of difference they make

[sidewaysreilly]

me too lad.

[s-mac]

What did you do with the fuel line?
I still need to sort that, was thinking of useing the original brackets and some self tappers into the rails?

[Steve]

thats exactly how I did it, just had to bend the bracket out a little bit :

[Piers14]

The stainless steel is quite tough and it may be difficult to get a self tapping screw to work well. It may be easier to drill and tap the hole.

Thanks again for sorting this great purchase Steve. BTW, I bonded them in place with Tiger Seal which I'm hoping will add extra strength..

[sidewaysreilly]

luxury of having a MIG Welder. Roughly marked the rails in line with the origional bracket mounts. Drilled a clearance hole and tack welded a captive nut behind the rail. All mounted as origionally intended.

[peteh]

Fitted a set of similar type rails today, got mine from a group buy on nutz, nice day for it







Hopefully will notice a little difference in the handling!