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OK, Best bet will be to try Tim http://www.rxmotors.co.uk/  you can tell him I sent you

Ok thank you. Tim rebuilt my fd block a few years ago, didn't cross my mind to ask him. I'll give him a ring in a few days.

Sorry to hear you have had this happen.

Unless you know the plates and housings are really really dead, If you would like to post up the parts we can have a look to see what may be able to be salvaged.

I have spoken to garagereg about trying to save it. There's a small chance the irons would be salvageable, although they have some significant step wear. The housings are dead. The rotors are pretty beat up from an apex seal having a wonder around. I was going to try and source another engine before throwing money at this one trying to save it.

Any chance anyone is looking to sell a series 5 N/A 13b? I bought one for a project of mine that was supposedly rebuilt but turned out to be completely knackered. Ideally looking for one to be in known good condition, although it will be rebuilt and ported before I use it.

Wow, this is a bittersweet moment for me. I've been keeping half an eye out for this thread and then during a boring night shift spent wandering the web, BOOM here it is! Made me realise how much I miss the old girl!

She's looking well though, and I'm glad she's gone to someone who has the time to look after her needs and give her the TLC she deserves.

I have to say that I'm a little disappointed to see some of the things you.found on her, WGT is the only place that's done any work on the engine, and I paid handsomely for it, so to see the bodge on the rats nest irked me somewhat. I honestly had no idea about it but it does make sense looking back regarding the way she was running toward the end.

I bought myself an NA MX5 shortly after you took her away, doesn't quite give me the same buzz as the old girl did, but it's RWD and has pop up lights!

Well enjoy her mate, and most importantly, look after her! I hope she puts as many smiles on your face as she did mine, and if you decide you want to get rid at any point, you know where I am! I politely request first dibs! 

Hi John, how's it going? Hope you got the house sorted as I remember you were renovating it when I came to view the car?

I'm glad you've seen the thread and are happy to see how the cars going. I've put a lot of time into her to keep her to the standard you kept her in.

I was also surprised to see what I found after knowing you only had the car looked after by WGT but I've unfortunately been hearing less and less good things about them.

I certainly will continue to enjoy and look after her. Easily one of the best cars I've owned and absolutely love it. I do remember you requesting first dibs if I do ever sell, although everything is for sale for the right offer

Took the car out tonight. Used the opportunity to get a few photos.









And before anyone asks the tyre marks weren't me. Looks like someone had fun before I got there though.

You not liking the wheels then?

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Got the trim finished for the defi gauges. Bit more of a Matt finish than I wanted but it will do.



Also got the correct fittings for the water temp sensor. Got that installed and working.





Then Finished off getting it in place above the head unit.

Now  its shiny and looking splendid..well half of it....those crashing thoughts are creeping into my mind...i may not go on track at JDM combe, ill decide on day or decision will be made for me if it fails mot on summit....i need to dial it in been quite a few changes and will be fresh alignment and a packed show is not the place to push a bad set up.
If its raining no way atall...ha ha.

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Yeah first drive out at a busy show probably isn't the best idea. Your car is looking very nice now.

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Wheels looking good against the red

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Your interior is very nice mine is not ha ha gaffer taped in places to stop bits falling out on track...

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Haha nothing wrong with a bit of gaffer tape. I'd be too worried about crashing mine to take it on track

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New red looks good! I think the wheels will go well with it

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Looks great that. Very oemish.

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Thanks. That's what I was aiming for. I'm finishing it off today so I'll get some pics up of it finished.

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Got a defi din gauge set up to replace the existing gauges and tidy up the interior. I want to get rid of the pillar mount I have at the moment and wanted something that looks almost standard, as personally I'm not a fan of gauges mounted everywhere.



Comes with everything needed to fit it.



Decided to tee the water temp sensor in the throttle body coolant hose. Been reading online where to fit it and it seems a popular way too do it on the American forums. Plus it's tidy and hides the sensor out of the way. Ordered the wrong size fittings though so haven't got that sensor fitted yet. Car already had a oil temp gauge so reused the existing oil pedestal adapter for the new sensors.



Wired it into the CD player loom so it's easy to remove if I ever need to and saved cutting up the cars original wiring loom.





Can't find a plastic trim anywhere to fit the gauges so figured I'd make of out of mdf and spray it black to match the plastics.



Got the mdf in primer just need to pick up some paint tomorrow to finish it off.

So I finally got the car running! After speaking to injector tune who cleaned the injectors it turns out they can stick closed after cleaning. So after putting power to it and tapping the metal body it freed up. Put the car back together and it fired up at last!

https://youtu.be/HgQL4XvqSp8

Everything seems ok so far. The idle is a bit high but I think the IAC valve is sticking. I have improved it since the video but still needs a bit of work to get it perfect.





Cleaned up the intake pipes as well. Still want to clean the whole bay up more but I'm happy with how it is at the moment.

Ok mate cool...can you unstick yourself? Reverse flow..remove 12 v and blow in reverse?

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I was wandering if I could unstick it tbh. Although I didn't want to risk damaging it. Figured it was best to send it back to injector tune as they flow tested it the first time and let them sort it.