MX-5 NC with RX-8 231 Engine

Paul_13 · June 22, 2020, 09:16:11 PM

665mm from lip to lip.
There's a 25mm over hang

Paul_13 · June 22, 2020, 09:17:06 PM

Had some winning tonight.
Hook the battery up to do some testing and everything works so far apart from the rear fog light

boosted · June 22, 2020, 09:28:59 PM

Epic job! Welldone

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Grant Monkhouse · June 22, 2020, 09:59:55 PM

Quote from: Paul_13 on June 22, 2020, 09:16:11 PM
665mm from lip to lip.
There's a 25mm over hang

Thank you. Think it's just wide enough to fit a fuel cell and rad in

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Paul_13 · June 22, 2020, 11:09:11 PM

Figured out the issue with the rear fog light. Had the fused 12v feed mixed up with the switching signal.
2 wires to swap over and it's sorted

Jamie R · June 23, 2020, 05:13:21 AM

Quote from: Paul_13 on June 22, 2020, 11:09:11 PM
Figured out the issue with the rear fog light. Had the fused 12v feed mixed up with the switching signal.
2 wires to swap over and it's sorted

Youâ€™re a clever cookie

Nice one bud

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Paul_13 · June 23, 2020, 10:09:55 PM

Tonight has been a night of testing.
Plugged the battery in, ECU and PAS ECU.

Fired up Forscan and carried out a Key on engine off test. Ended up getting a fault on cooling fan 1.

Double checked the relay socket and found the switching wiring terminal loose. Popped it back in the socket and all is well.

Got the rear fog light wiring as well. That was a combination of getting wiring terminals mixed up + a dodgy fuse board terminal.

Paul_13 · June 24, 2020, 11:10:37 PM

That's the wiring tidied up and lower air box tray mounted. Just need to jiggle all of the mechanical bits to fit

Jamie R · June 24, 2020, 11:17:47 PM

10/10

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Paul_13 · June 25, 2020, 10:27:49 PM

Airbox tray mounted. Now to squeeze in the battery

clive · June 26, 2020, 06:54:37 AM

Yep, thats a squeeze

Paul_13 · June 27, 2020, 10:06:18 PM

I ended up getting some draft seal strips from screw fix which will do the job.

Made good progress tonight and then got rained off

ECU box is now mounted. I've trimmed down the battery box and it JUST fits.
Started to apply the tape to the radiator and that's when the heavens opened.

boosted · June 27, 2020, 10:11:22 PM

Great progress..the end is nigh!

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Paul_13 · June 27, 2020, 10:15:02 PM

Quote from: boosted on June 27, 2020, 10:11:22 PM
Great progress..the end is nigh!

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Yep. Next step is to fabricate a battery tray mount and fit battery. After that is for air box and undertray. Job done

Paul_13 · June 30, 2020, 12:10:22 AM

Battery mounted. Nearly there