So I guess nobody wants to have a Dragon meet every third saturday of the month .I think I mentioned it before but nobody said anything .. If anyone wants to maybe we can make a new thread and get the nc and sc crowd involved to ..
:smiley_12

 

well jeremy....im interested...but i need to FIX the car enough so it can be dragonable again

 

cool maybe you can help me on sunday Lizard . An extra hand is always good .

 

same here

 

cheap manifolds dont have a wastegate port on each of the exhaust ports... just one so the wastegate has to be MUCH larger... so support thw flow of both ports ...

just get something that is known to work and not the cheap way out.

 

what about you battle cattle does every 3rd saturday of the month sound good ?

 

ummmm... i am in south carolina now for my job....

 

Soo....something bigger than a 40mm wastegate...

 

ya I'll be driveing his car,
As for seats go i've been looking closely at a set of Sparco Torino 2 Street Seats
when I do the emissions destruction i would love some help, ( as long as food and beer count as payment for help)
The sanding and painting of the car is really easy stuff ( mostly cus i have lot of exp doing that kind of work)2 days work at top

 

I think a 40 should do it... but make sure the intake and exit of the wastegate is 40mm... HKS i think is only 35mm exhaust and 40mm intake.. which makes it flow like a 35mm not a 40mm

I bought a Tial 46mm and found out i cant put it in... on this manifold

 

Mike: Food yes, beer...keep for yourself prefer dr pepper or gatoraid really.

Josh: I saw a 50mm wastegate on ebay...thought long and hard about it, but i wont make any buys until i have nearly everything i need for the setup...for now im waiting on a stock replacement.

 

Want to plan for say getting together next weekend and ripping it all out?

 

Hmmm next weekend sounds good IF i get my replacement turbo installed...
You do have all the blockoff plates ready right?

 

^_^ i'll get them in the next week, odds are i will have to get the info on which ones i need from you, ( and i'm not sure where i can get them)

 

Send a PM to RotaryResurrection(s?), that would be Kevin Landers, whom lives like 5 mins from where i work, tell em you need emissions block off plates for s4 na.

 

You're ripping all your emissions out? Mind if I have them?

 

Wouldnt hurt if we take our time....when i did mine i unscroupulously destroyed the rats nest and every nonessential vac line i could

 

i'm not going to be in any hurry, i need to re do the grounding wires
i've been getting a really bad lag at 3500-4000 rpm and last night it even had a huge jerking problem around that rpm, i'm really lucky it didnt mess anything up

 

blaaa, Does he use msn ?
and about how much does block off plates run?


^_^ i dont use aim or yahoo

 

no no, hes on the forum and his website is www.rotaryresurrection.com

 

I've sent him a email asking about the block off plates
Ok i'm off to paint my car to day, dont worry people i'll take pics for ya

 

good morning fello mazdafiends well I got the 1st gen all primed up yesterday .. It looks good , now shes ready for a good base coat .

 

The good the bad and the ugly describes my weekend

blaa ok so i started to sand with 400 grit, after just a bit i gave up rough sanded with 220
then did a rough paint job, painting outside sucks,
bugs, dust, i'm not going to lie its ugly , tho it is one color now

on a good note talked with a friend of mine and looks like i will have a shop to do my work in, just have to work out the fine details of it
its set up with normal stuff welder, most tools, generator
so if all goes well after i remove my emissions i will be redoing the paint on my car in a actual shop
and ya My5ABaby we can work some thing out, just give me a call (865)936-0050 anytime after 4 on the weekdays and anytime on the weekend

 

Ericthered what did you spray your car with ? cans or gravity gun? I should be putting the finish coats on next weekend if you want to come around and catch some pointers ..

Jeremy
Mazda Fiend CC Knox TN

 

Painting outside really does suck. Wind, dust, and bugs can ruin your paint job. Was 400 grit the finest paper you used? I think that might be your problem. Wetsanding with 1000 or finer between the primer, base, and clear application is essential to getting it to lay smooth (learned the hard way). Basically, if your primer is rough, your clearcoat is going to be rough. I ended up with deep pitting on most of my TII. If you layed your clearcoat thick enough, you might be able to wetsand it and polish it out.

I hear ya, I said the same thing when I finished my TII. "It's rough as hell, but it's all one color!" Unfortunately that one color was purple...