Sleek headlight install & engine rebuild pics

Kash_ · February 24, 2006, 02:28:00 PM

Bob, an excellent job and the pictures are brilliant as it gives you an insight into what a rotary looks like from the inside out, something I have not seen before. Your progress makes a rebuild look fairly straight forward and pretty simple

Bobfish · February 24, 2006, 04:26:38 PM

Jono, its pretty straightforward. Some bits are a pain in the ass, but now ive pulled one engine out im confident i could remove another and strip it down totally in a full day.

how far is milford haven? if you need to do yours i wouldnt mind helping ya out.

Jono FD3 · February 24, 2006, 07:21:30 PM

That\'s a very fine offer there mate, but Milford Haven is prety much the opposit side of the country for you, South West Wales (25 miles west of Tenby)!!! the motor is still running fine at the moment (ahhh where\'s the wood........... Ahhhh there it is!!!!) I thought I droped a rotor tip the other day but it turned out to be the boost gauge!!!!!
What sort of money has your rebuild come to?

When I do mine I\'ll probably need new tips, housings and a full seal kit (obviously!!!)

Cheers mate hope the recontruction goes as well as the deconstruction for you....... pics make it look so easy!!!!

Jono

Bobfish · February 24, 2006, 07:29:36 PM

no probs mate, well if you need a hand to get the engine out ill be mor ethan happy to come down if you pay for my diesel (i got an economical diesel for long trips) or for my optimax and you put me up for a couple of nights i dont mind helping. Obviously youll have to provide nosh and brew but as long as you can do that i dont mind helping you pull the engine out and break it down at all. I get a week off work every 5 weeks so let me know when your planning on doing it and ill let you know when im free!

so far costs incurred are:

new housings, end plates and seal kit Â£1350 (thats cheap, youll pay that for new housings and a seal kit)
various gaskets, lambda sensor etc from mazda Â£250
various paints, chemicals, rags, tools etc probably Â£200

Its not cheap, feels like you have to continuously spend money but its worth it.

Bobfish · February 25, 2006, 03:36:58 PM

A few more:

A terrible picture of my ever helpful girlfriend helping mask up my rotor housings...

SCOOMER · February 25, 2006, 04:14:21 PM

Quote from: Bobfishhow extensively ported though? I could probably get away with it with a cat to be honest, but my reasoning is that if you port the exhaust, you are going to increase the air throughput of the engine (as it breathes better) and because its a MAP based system to car wont detect that. That = lean condition which = bang.

If anyone has any porting templates i might consider it. did you feel any power increase from your porting scoomer? becuase if you did, i dont want to do it. Dodgy logic i know lol but my reasoning is sound.

I asked for the engine to be ported as much as they could without it incurring catastrophic damage, im not sure how much it is ported (not much id expect) because the rebuild details were lost when i came to pick it up and nobody could tell me any details on it. Anyway i really cant say if their was much difference, but id talk to a few of the builders on here and see if they can help you and sort templates out.

Scott

Jono FD3 · February 25, 2006, 07:21:34 PM

Quote from: Bobfishno probs mate, well if you need a hand to get the engine out ill be mor ethan happy to come down if you pay for my diesel (i got an economical diesel for long trips) or for my optimax and you put me up for a couple of nights i dont mind helping. Obviously youll have to provide nosh and brew but as long as you can do that i dont mind helping you pull the engine out and break it down at all. I get a week off work every 5 weeks so let me know when your planning on doing it and ill let you know when im free!

Thats a very fine offer you have made ther............ one question......... does your Mrs\'s come too for the masking side of things

Looks like she does a good job!!!

I\'ll let you know, if and when mate.

Cheers Jono

Bobfish · February 27, 2006, 08:57:11 PM

getting there!

Bobfish · February 28, 2006, 09:34:18 AM

This morning i received 2x the below and 2x 9.5 wide....

Not on my car but:

Bobfish · February 28, 2006, 10:26:14 AM

better pic...shows off the colour better:

allstaruk · February 28, 2006, 10:35:30 AM

Those rims are nice mate. Re-build looks like its going well

deanflowers · February 28, 2006, 01:00:16 PM

WHERE did you get the housings and end plates from? can you break the costs down for me on these

Jovic82 · February 28, 2006, 01:23:24 PM

Wow that is cheap cheap cheap for housings

dandan · February 28, 2006, 02:04:39 PM

Quote from: BobfishThis morning i received 2x the below and 2x 9.5 wide....

I see the shippers were very careless when packaging up your wheels, somebody lost a foot!

BTW the block looks really good in black i reckon.

Bobfish · February 28, 2006, 02:32:09 PM

Thanks DanDan, i like it in black too, but only because its mine

Thanks for the kind comments guys!