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Personal Fittipaldi steering wheel in black leather

Momo Retro steering wheel

Momo Race steering wheel

Stock steering wheel

[DarkAngel]

Washiest Mighty car mods... Lend us a ride.... hmmmmm

Can't say that I have seen that show, sounds like they had a blast though 

I just found a used Madza Miata T2 Torsen LSD for about AUD $500... That's something I could use    I just hope it's still available for another 2 weeks or so.

[chrispoe]

BP is a different motor, its atleast a inch longer.

Actually the BP motor is less than an inch longer then the B6 engines.  When measured from the end of the engine block where the tranny mounts to the end of the crank pulley, the difference is 20.5mm give or take .1mm.

Yes they should fit the stroke isn't different on a BP only the bore, that's why the piston is larger.

The B6’s stroke is 83.6mm and the BP has a stroke of 85mm, but the rods still do interchange.

[WashiestSnake]

Washiest Mighty car mods... Lend us a ride.... hmmmmm

Can't say that I have seen that show, sounds like they had a blast though 

I just found a used Madza Miata T2 Torsen LSD for about AUD $500... That's something I could use    I just hope it's still available for another 2 weeks or so.

That LSD wont work unlss you chop out the whole rear suspension and go AWD like Matt. Only Miata motor stuff work with Capris, other then that its a completely different monster.

[DarkAngel]

Right yeah... I think it was late and I was caught up in the joy of finding a used cheap LSD...

Update

I have been looking into 6mm perspex LED lit up engraved rear wind blocker... check out my signature image and you'll get an idea of where my design is going...

Oh, I almost forgot to mention the South Korean heated seat pads I found, they slide in under your seat fabric and connect to a rocker switch  Hi - Off - Low... thinking of hooking them up to the dual battery.

There 's an upholsterer here PROSEAT which does a product called 'reborn leather'... only $330 AUD for front seats and matching door card, console, and gear boot... I'm thinking of getting black solid leather trim with black air leather on the seats where the heater panels are.

[DarkAngel]

Got the car on the road...



Still have lots of work to do

[WashiestSnake]

Looking great!

Did you get my pm?

[greywolf27030]

I'll second that, looking good.

Jack

[azgtx]

The Laser is our Merc Tracer in BF form and later it is our Escort in BG form. Whereas the TX3 is an awd Laser/Tracer so not a rebadged GTX. Australia did get the BFMR  Mazda 323 GTX as well as the BG GTX and the GTR as well as the GTae competition variants.

[chrispoe]

Reborn leather..AKA..bonded leather

[WashiestSnake]

The Laser is our Merc Tracer in BF form and later it is our Escort in BG form. Whereas the TX3 is an awd Laser/Tracer so not a rebadged GTX. Australia did get the BFMR  Mazda 323 GTX as well as the BG GTX and the GTR as well as the GTae competition variants.

Intresting, but wasnt the Capri based off the Laser which intern was based of the 323? Most of the Aussies ive talked to said that the Laser TX3 was 90% the same as a GTX. I must of been talking to the wrong people, thanks for correcting me! 

[DarkAngel]

Looking great!

Did you get my pm?

Yes, I got your PM... I'm a little busy now with end of year diploma work... maybe late November.

Hey everyone, apologies for my absence... life has been a little hectic.

I'll continue to post images as I get things done.

I've discovered the hunter valley capri club and joining in on a run up to Coffs harbour, NSW at the end of August.

Btw: decided to go with 16x7 rims with fatter tyres

[azgtx]

The Laser is our Merc Tracer in BF form and later it is our Escort in BG form. Whereas the TX3 is an awd Laser/Tracer so not a rebadged GTX. Australia did get the BFMR  Mazda 323 GTX as well as the BG GTX and the GTR as well as the GTae competition variants.

Intresting, but wasnt the Capri based off the Laser which intern was based of the 323? Most of the Aussies ive talked to said that the Laser TX3 was 90% the same as a GTX. I must of been talking to the wrong people, thanks for correcting me! 

Only the floor pan for the awd tx3. The rest of the car is the same as our Tracer then the Escort.

[DarkAngel]

Alpine Sounds

Nearly finished the audio system install... 50w rms x5 speakers (plus 2 tweeters) running 100db s/n ratio.
Powered with an ABR sidewinder 140 amp dual battery system with 12v 450 cc amp battery

stay tuned for photo updates reposting here



Headunit
Alpine iva d501e - flip out screen, fiber optic out
Setup on a dedicated switch to deny battery drain

Aux
Miracast audio / video wireless unit for android / ios
Project tablet apps to headunit, eg copilot GPS, music, GPS speedo etc...
Charging 5v 1amp micro usb output for tablet
Also setup on a dedicated switch to deny battery drain



Amp
Alpine Mrd f35 - surround sound amp, dolby pro logic,
fiber optic input x1, ai net input x2, speaker output x5, subwoofer output x1
Remote power on from headunit, powered from dual battery

Speakers
Alpine SBS 05DC center 50w rms speaker
Alpine ddlinear component 50w rms speakers 6.5", solid state crossovers, tweeters
Polk Audio 5x7 rear 70w rms speakers

[DarkAngel]

Ok, uploaded photos above, spent a good part of the day trying to poke thick speaker cables through the door looms...

Next project is to remove dash to get to door conduit from inside, and create new hole in firewall for dual battery lead and engine watchdog sensor, I'm going for a 1x3" rectangular hole as there's nice grommits you can buy.

I'll need to allow for turbo boost control wiring too !

Ok, here's another look at the headunit with a remote velcroed onto the centre console (I went with the simplest remote to suit my headunit), there is a green and red switch under the steering wheel to turn on off the headunit and aux miracast system

[WashiestSnake]

Nice job Angel! Love seeing the progress!!!     (I can't wait to start on my car)