Build thread for MOZDA

[moz]

disclaimer... Ive read on other threads that the rio MC fits... I have yet to prove this. Dont take my word for it. yet.

[moz]

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So long Capri.
Your donations were much appreciated.
But the 10 square metres you took up were going to cost me hundreds in marriage counselling.

[defprun]

Great progress!!

[moz]

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Just picked up the top spring retainers. I'm so excited that I just HAD to post some pics!!

[moz]

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[moz]

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I'll be making some metal washers for top and bottom. Top to spread weight evenly. Bottom to prevent the perch on the shaft from biting into the Teflon.

[jawbraeka]

Looking good mate...

Are you going spruce up the Mazda engine bay and give yourself a bit more inspiration or just mount it in?

Any ideas for a colour theme or is it going in as raw as it would coming out of a $2 hooker?

These thoughts need to be considered, as I can see, your motivation will make this rocket shine and overall, be able to pull up ashphalt from a stop start .

[moz]

OOOOK!!! so my project has been in hiatus for a few months.

The car has been on stands for 2 months now. Ive got the aspire rear end in but the drums seem to be seized up hmmmmmm

Even though that is definitely on my to do list. My main concern was the previously mentioned brake booster and master cylinder issue.
I may have mentioned it earlier how i was planning to mod a MAZDA PROTEGE brake booster and MC to make it fit the car and create some more clearance for the DOHC motor to fit.

Well, as i found out, the protege mc was still a bit too long and i needed that extra bit of clearance. So i tried on a kia rio MC and even though the pushrod didnt exactly line up, I managed to modify the booster to make it all fit rather nicely.

####NOW BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER####
THIS IS COMPLETELY EXPERIMENTAL, I HAVENT HAD THE CHANCE TO TEST THIS MODS OPERATION. SO ANYONE COPYING THIS IS DOING SO AT THEIR OWN RISK.

This is by no means groundbreaking. Im just so happy with the result that I thought I'd share.

You'll also get to see the guest apprearance by my B6T who is getting quite comfortable in the engine bay. Im sure you guys will notice how tight this swap is when working with a Right hand drive car.

[moz]

Been neglecting my build and build thread for a while now.
Life seems to keep happening and leaves me little or no time to tinker.


Anyway. I've finally have the B6T sitting in the bay.
2 of 3 mounts are done.
I'm making the 3rd mount as I type this.

The timing belt side mount is the standard b3 mount with spacers, the rear mount is a modded Capri g series mount, and the front is a DW Mazda 121 mount with a custom made bracket.

Best piece of advice I got was to lower the rear of the cross member by an inch. Made a world of difference.

It took me like 20 attempts to get it to line up how it does now. But its well worth it. This is bound to be the first B6T DA Mazda 121 in australia (as far as I'm aware). I can't help but smile when I think of that.



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[moz]

I know how much you guys like pictorials, so here are some pics of my modded mounts.

Front gearbox mount bracket below. Made from scratch with angle iron and some flat bar.
My mig has been playing up, and I ran out of argon for tig. So I resorted to my good old arc.
Hence the ugly looking welds. Haven't arc welded in ages and I'm very rusty to say the least.







Below is how it looks mounted.



And here you can see the lower profile you get with the 1996-2002 DW 121 (demio) mount. Approx 35mm lower than the festiva mount.



Rear mount below:

Before and after






Mounted below:

You can see the clearance with the steering column. Pretty darn tight.




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[moz]

The other thing I got done today was my gear shifter linkages







Once again. Having a bad day with my arc welder. But bit did the job.


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[Team Lightning]

Looking good!!

[moz]

And lastly (for today). I made shifter bushes out copper tube.



I also installed my civic short shifter, but I didn't take any pics yet.

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[moz]

Looking good!!

Feeling LIKE A BOSS at the moment



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[greywolf200]

That's inspirational man...nthego: