KP's MX Track Car aka 'Reddy'
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Nice! These were already off since I had my new sills in, but I've still got the rear-rear spats to do. I think then it'll be spoiler and the wing mirrors (if I can get the b*stards off!)
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On a technical issue, I'm looking to have a short "quick" fix for an air filter. This year I'm hoping to get my hands on a DE/ZE so don't want to fork out £100's on a K8 CAI. My plan was to remove the N/S foglight, cover it with gauze and wire mesh, and run a tube from there to the engine.
Will this work? I'm not bothered about the extra noise.
Cheers.
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good idea, run a cold feed from the front to the airbox and try a piper filter.. did this on a calibra v6 and it worked wonders to say the least i saved loads also..
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Nice! Cheers for that. Does running it from the airbox mean that I don't have to worry about moving the sensors?
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@6ad27eb9d0=kp81:
Nice! Cheers for that. Does running it from the airbox mean that I don't have to worry about moving the sensors?
just run a cold feed to the original airbox and replace the filter with a high flow one say from piper..
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As always, appreciate the knowledge Rainey :lol:
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Nice work on the plastics mate, satin black looks fookin amazing on a car.
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Cheers Lori. Saw a wicked Focus and Aston at the Ring last year and thought it'd look the bomb on my '3!!
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The new Ford Focus RS limited edition is matt/satin black, while I hate the car, it does make it look like a angery beast on teh road.
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when you put in a ZE you have to use the JE50 VAF (airflow sensor) from the K8 engine anyway.
So the filter you buy would still fit on the ZE, just put it in place of the airbox.
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Got bored at the weekend, so continued my "Satin Black" look…
The spoiler's really come out well, and considering all I had was Halfords kit I'm pretty impressed! Thinking about painting the rest of the car, but leaving the front splitter red, give it a racing look! 8)
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looking good
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NIce, got a side on view of the car so I can see what the mirrors look like. I've been toying with doing mine black for a while (matt or gloss though).
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NightStalker…will get pics on here tonight. As the car's red, they do stand out like a sore thumb at the mo, but see what you think.
On aside, does anyone have any experience with rear strut braces? There's one at corksport http://www.corksport.com/corksport-rear-strut-bar.html and then some on eBay http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?LH_AvailTo=3&_nkw=mx-3+rear+strut&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A2471&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=15&_sc=1#item27b1a0d4a5. Are there any major differences, with exception of about £40? 8)
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A strut bar, strut brace, or strut tower brace (STB) is a mostly aftermarket car suspension accessory usually used in conjunction with MacPherson struts on monocoque or unibody chassis to provide extra stiffness between the strut towers.
With a MacPherson strut suspension system where the spring and shock absorber are combined in the one suspension unit, the entire vertical suspension load is transmitted to the top of the vehicle's strut tower, unlike a double wishbone suspension where the spring and shock absorber may share the load separately. In general terms, a strut tower in a monocoque chassis is a reinforced portion of the inner wheel well and is not necessarily directly connected to the main chassis rails. For this reason there is inherent flex within the strut towers relative to the chassis rails.
A strut bar is designed to reduce this strut tower flex by tying two parallel strut towers together. This transmits the load of each strut tower during cornering via tension and compression of the strut bar which shares the load between both towers and reduces chassis flex.
Personally i will be fitting one on Wes as an addition to assist the rear loads on the towers..
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Great description Rainy, thanks!! :D
I was also just wondering if there were any differences between the ones found on eBay, and that on Corksport? Could save myself a few bob, but don't want to pick up something useless!
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tbh i feel i would need to see both in the flesh before making a decision on performance when tested and quality of goods…thats just me,, im currently looking to source a rear brace but may look to get front and rear as a set for comestic reasons..
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Fair enough. A front brace came with the car when I bought it, and now the rear seats are out I'm thinking I will need to stiffen it up.
As always, cheers for the advice mate. :)
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Removing the rear seat will now doubt create more flex between the towers as there no support from the rear bench…
Have a look at this site for a good explantion on how flex and braces work...
http://www.e30m3project.com/e30m3performance/myths/Strutbar_Theory/strut_bar_theory.htm
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Ok, so I've been really lax about keeping this up-to-date with my recent activities.
I eventually went for the Corksport Rear Strut brace and it arrived looking all shiny and new :D (picture will be added later) so that's now on and ride has tightened up something chronic!! WOO HOO!! 8)
I've also been busy spraying the car Satin Black. I haven't completely finished so won't post up any pics for the time being, but I'm going for the Porsche GT3 look…red spoiler, wing-mirrors and grille and black everywhere else. I'm also looking into getting a nice red decal for both sides to read "MX-3" rather than "GT3" which should look the nuts.
Finally, after much deliberating (and cash organisation) I've planned out my upgrade route. It's as follows:
Hopefully that will see me to my 'Ring trip in September, however afterwards I'd really like to try and commit myself to a date when I can do an engine swap. I've yet to contact Nippon (they seem like the "main" provider) as I know I'll just say, "yeah deliver me one in a fortnight" and that's bad!! :oops:
More to come…