RX4 BridgePort Turbo

[Bob Monkhouse]

so here is the picture of when my dad set his slipper on fire from welding my car. I think before he started welding he had spilt som thinners onto his foot, common sens would dictate to GO PUT SOME BOOTS ON! but not my dad, he got the welder out and started, after thinking to himself what the hell is that burning smell?? and why is mt foot really hot, the 2 thoughts came together, shiv my foot is on fire!!!!!! run to outside tap to put it out, but take picture before hand as it is funny! :rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin:rollin
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/morephotos4709130.jpg

I had to put my leg out first though as it was getting rather burnt:flamed,a good job I keep a bucket full of water for just this purpose,I\'m surprised the photo is in focus as I was laughing that much!!!!:Hammer

[Brett]

VOSA guidelines for MOTs... Take a look on their website :wave

[Bob Monkhouse]

Will do, thanks- though our MOT man sort of wouldn\'t bother with something as trivial as a mirror, he kind of ignores the emissions :godso a mirror is a very minor thing!!!

[Grant Monkhouse]

I have just read through Clives rx4 thread and have realised how important the selection of the wheels is going to be!

Now if we manage to fit the brakes on the front of the car that we have got then I am going to have to fit a minimum of 16" wheels. I will be looming for a set of wheels with as deep of a dish on the rear as I can fit, and possibly one inch smaller on the front. (width that is)

If any body wants to make some suggestion then they are mire than welcome to, im also not too sure if they will look better in a certain colour or polished?

[shaunwil]

http://www.performancecar.co.nz/articles/1973-mazda-rx-4-no-turning-back-148#more-22916

http://ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=176740&start=0&sid=5b35f0a0ca8b2b048702aaba63c3251c

Starter for ten (googled rx4 alloy wheels)

Shaun

[shaunwil]

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2582248/1974-mazda-rx-4-sydney-au

Shaun

[Dualist]

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2582248/1974-mazda-rx-4-sydney-au

Shaun

thats just wrong :Nono!

[captainbizzaro]

Shame, get a 13B back in her she\'d be golden.

[Grant Monkhouse]

That is a total sacrilege!

[Grant Monkhouse]

Have done a little bit of work on the 4 this weekend, got the rear seats out from where they were being kept (in the back of the trans am with the cover blown off of it and getting soaked with rain!) gave then a clean and put them in the car and had a sit inside the car, old seats are really comfy!

Might strip the seats down and paint the metal bits as they look rather shabby!

There isn\'t a huge amount of head room in the car so anyone wanting to sit in the back that is taller than me is going to get a bad neck!

Also got the dashboard out to give it a clean up, now with the dash being older than me! It has seen better days, the dials, clocks and gauges are all fine but the vinyl dash in need of repair! A shame really as it would have been nice to leave it as it is, but I am going to have to repair it! With the repair it will still look rubbish so I am going to flat it off and get it flocked, like a lot of racing cars have done to stop the glare that comes off the dash, a bit different from stock but I think it will look really good!

I will get some pictures up of the dash and stuff in the next few days

[Grant Monkhouse]

Right i have been doing a little work on the car these last couple of days due to not being at work, We have been working on the rear axle by adding bottom links to stop the car getting axle tramp when i try do a burnt out or accelerat hard, here is a few pictures.
 
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4008.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4007.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4006.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4005.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4004.jpg
 
As you can see there is still a bit of work to do the axle, mainly a bit of filling on painting.
 
before people think that it has been my dad that has done this to the axle, it was me that has made the parts out of 3mm steel and my dad did the welding due to me not having any welding skills whatsoever! and then i ground down the rough bits to make it look a bit better ready for filling and painting
 
For people that dont know what axle tramp is, i will explain it as simply as i can,
tramping is when you accelerate the car and theand the axle tries to turn forwards and so causes the leef springs to twist, and when they reach a point where the leef spring will not twist any further it springs or jumps back causing the wheels to jump, the bottom links or top links/ antitramp bars hold the axle where it is and stop the leef springs twisting so that the power being delivered to the rear end goes throught the wheels rather than the springs allowing the wheels to break traction rather than breaking the leef sprigs/car.

[Grant Monkhouse]

here are a few pictures of the brakes which will going on the car once i have had some bits redrilled to a five stud pattern and made some brackets to hold the calipers in there new places.
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4011.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4010.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4009.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4003.jpg
these are the calipers and disks from the rear of an FB which we salvaged from a scrapped FB Elford rx7. These are going on the rear of the rx4 as with potentially 4 times more power than standard thid car is going to need some decent brakes on it.
 
If your wondering why most of the bits are in red, it is an antirust paint so that things dont go back to dust whilst nstored at the end of the garden.
 
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4002.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4001.jpg
 
now here are the more important stoppers for the front, as the most keen eye will see these are calipers from an FD, hence why i will need 16" wheels minimum, which we will be mounting on tha front struts once we have modified them to be a little lower as a standard rx4 sits rather high at the front, "a bit like a boat in the water" is what clive described it as.
 
Hopefully we will squeeze these stoppers onto the car and to make sure i dont over break the rear end i have a brake bias controller to reduce the braking effort on the rear end.
 
I have forgotten to take pictures of the dash board, so i will do that tommorrow, as it will be good to show the before and after shots of the dash as i am going to be getting it flocked.

[Grant Monkhouse]

I think i have forgotten to metion that the car is going to be running fuel injection rather than a carby turbo setup, far simpler in my view. I have got another apexi, which is currently on my brothers FD, which is going to be used on the rx4.
 
All i need now i think is a gear box which i have already found from kev(20B PP Cosmo) and my engine from Carl.
 
Obviously there will things like fuel line, brake line, silicone piping, oh and a radiator and some slim line fans, but i think santa might bring them.:Santa

[Bob Monkhouse]

Heres Daddy thinking the tramp Grants talking about was  his old dad and his flaming slippers!!

[drtool]

here are a few pictures of the brakes which will going on the car once i have had some bits redrilled to a five stud pattern and made some brackets to hold the calipers in there new places.
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4011.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4010.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4009.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4003.jpg
these are the calipers and disks from the rear of an FB which we salvaged from a scrapped FB Elford rx7. These are going on the rear of the rx4 as with potentially 4 times more power than standard thid car is going to need some decent brakes on it.
 
If your wondering why most of the bits are in red, it is an antirust paint so that things dont go back to dust whilst nstored at the end of the garden.
 
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4002.jpg
http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc507/grantmonkhouse/holidayandrx4001.jpg
 
now here are the more important stoppers for the front, as the most keen eye will see these are calipers from an FD, hence why i will need 16" wheels minimum, which we will be mounting on tha front struts once we have modified them to be a little lower as a standard rx4 sits rather high at the front, "a bit like a boat in the water" is what clive described it as.
 
Hopefully we will squeeze these stoppers onto the car and to make sure i dont over break the rear end i have a brake bias controller to reduce the braking effort on the rear end.
 
I have forgotten to take pictures of the dash board, so i will do that tommorrow, as it will be good to show the before and after shots of the dash as i am going to be getting it flocked.

Are you running S2 or S3 FB rear brakes? The S3 will give you vented.
 
The FD calipers should fit behind 15 inch wheels if you run the FC discs. It depends which discs you plan to run with them.