RX4 BridgePort Turbo

[Mir]

Thumbs up Grant . Looking forward to seeing this beast in the flesh.

[festa]

Well mine is huge, been trying to see where everything will go today. With the sheer size of it I will not get any heat soaking.

Were\'s this heading in regards to the :censored::censored::censored::censored: shaped wiring loom?
 
Looking forward to seeing how the car goes when finished, keep up the good work also got hold of a PWR chargecooler for my FC just need to fit it up
Cheers

[Grant Monkhouse]

Were\'s this heading in regards to the :censored::censored::censored::censored: shaped wiring loom?
 
Looking forward to seeing how the car goes when finished, keep up the good work also got hold of a PWR chargecooler for my FC just need to fit it up
Cheers

Hahaha when you read it that way it sounds real dodgy!! Still quite away yet but the car is getting there, everyone on here will be first to know as soon as its fired up. Looking forward to driving it especially as it doesn\'t weigh much over a tonne. Hoping to do a 10second quarter but if I don\'t I won\'t be too displeased.

[Grant Monkhouse]

got my fast reating AIT from Brent at wannaspeed this morning

[HaywardRotary]

Don\'t get the 3bar map sensor, you won\'t need it.
Regards
Carl

[Grant Monkhouse]

Haven\'t done much lately, but I have made this heart of a gear box brace!! 6mm flat bar with 8 mounting points to the car floor which were conveniently place there by Mazda! Thanks dudes.

I may add another piece a food the middle if I can workout where to bolt it too, but if this doesn\'t stop the gear box moving nothing will!



I think I am also going to make steel sandwich plate to bolt up on the inspection hatch on the bottom side of the gear box to stop any kind of twisting that I may or may not get, I will just need some longer bolts to secure the plate and cover to the gear box. It all may be a bit over kill and heavy but do it once do it right and the car doesn\'t weigh much to start with so it isn\'t going to make too much of a difference.

[Grant Monkhouse]

I went to get some bits of ally welded up today onto the CC radiator but my te guy i go to tried welding it and realised he hasnt got any gas left so it wont weld anything.
 
I came back to the car and went at something else on the long list of things to do, first i dropped the car back on the ground beacuse i had it about 2 feet in the air at the front so i could crawl under for measuring and fitting the gear box brace.it came down not as planned but luckily i didnt damage anything.
 
i wedged a box in the bay to sit my CC on so i can workout exactly what bends and reducers i need to order for the CC piping, using bits that i had previously cut off the CC i laid them in some sort of routing from the CC to the plenum to give me a pictur of what i am going to need rather than just guessing.
 

 
the piping run will be a bit straighter than that although i am not too concerned about bends as i am using 102 OD piping. Im thinking of using 2 45*bends from the 90* bend out of the CC towards the plenum.
 
from the turbo i am going to be using a 76mm 90* with a 76-102mm reducer welded on, then to a 45* 102mm, a straight piece of 102,, passed the engine front too another 90* 102mm into the CC.
 
This picture just puts into perspective how huge the CC is, when i spoke to the guys a PWR about CC sizes they said "the bigger the better" :Thumbsup!:eek:D
 
tomorrow i will be cutting some bracket to hold the CC in its place, which should be real fun!!!!! NOT.
 
I would really appreciate peoples opinions if you think i am doing it wrong, suggestions as to other ways i may not have thought of installing things, as sometimes it is good for others to point out the obvious if im being too technical.

[Grant Monkhouse]

3 x 45* 102mm = £60
1 x 90* 102mm = £20
1 x 102-76mm reducer = £16
1 x 90* 76mm = £18
1x ally rad = £120
 
I have got these prices off ebay, if anyone can get them cheaper elsewhere then let me please, thanks.

[RobbieRX-7]

Any updates?

[Grant Monkhouse]

Yes I went and bought a house 2 months ago so money went to zero:( got a few Penny\'s in the bank now so will start making things again. Glad see someone is interested in the car, once I have done some pipe work in the engine bay I will post pics and stuff.

[Casey]

Glad see someone is interested in the car...........

Hi Grant, I\'m sure there are many people like me who are watching with interest, but might not post up in the thread as we can\'t contribute much, apart from encouragement maybe. I\'ll always in awe of people who bring the old skool rotaries back to life. You are doing a grand job there, keep up the quality of the work, there is no rush or deadline to finish it.

I\'ll be waiting for the next update with interest now that your piggy-bank is recovering

[Grant Monkhouse]

Cheers, I have done a couple of things but need some better pictures of what I have done, hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will have got the CC all piped up and welded together and mounted properly

[600gaz]

Yes I went and bought a house 2 months ago so money went to zero:(

Took me 5 years to get £1 after we bought ours so you\'re doing great , lol .

[Casey]

And Grant, did you notice your thread had over 13,000 views too

[mexx]

Never have seen this great project.
Looks very very nice and cant wait to see it when its ready.
Keep up the good work mate.