jerjozwik

time for a project page!
i bought my nc i lovingly refer to as "go-kart" june of last year.

i took photos of it.



and then i canyon ran it.


and then i smashed it.


then i had some special time with it.


then i took the meep-meep out of it.


then i bought some wheels and tires for it.




then i got ideas for it.



and then i canyon ran it again.


then i worked on ideas for it.



and then i grill painted it.




now i just drive it. but soon i will hard top it and roll cage it.

then i shall track it

morr

I'm diggin the intake and foglight location. How much air actually reaches the intake though?

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sacredauto

everytime i see a even slightly modified NC it makes me want one. looks good for sure

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jerjozwik

good ol mazda engineers. i did not touch that.... though now that you mention intake...

morr

Huh, I never knew it was there. Guess you could use one of the stock fog holes and route some tubing from there to the intake.

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jerjozwik

spent some time with the car last night.
managed to properly install the fog light switch into the blanks.




also took off the motors wool coat.

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Blackbird

I approve

Moti

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jerjozwik

picked up my hard top.

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demonsnake

I took my girl for a local miata run last weekend. That was her first time face to face with an NC and she instantly told me that she wants one, only in red, lol.
Good looking NC you have there, keep up the work and good luck with the rest of mods.
BTW, I saw an NC with M3 hard dog roll bar with the petty bar recently, looks like a great choice for a track day, unless you have a passenger.

jerjozwik

well... you wont be getting any updates from me for a while

so ill fill in the photo blanks.
cut a whole for the fog switch. one day ill route the wires in a cleaner way then the damn door.





did my own [very first] oil change along with swapping out the transmission fluid for motorcraft brand transmission honey.



rut-row...



took off the engine lipstick too


ordered some 5mm spacers for the rears. for what ever reason my car has always had the front wheels push more out than the rears. and with the wider tires it just looks goofy. it will be a while before i install these since ill need the fenders rolled...


last full photo before it left the nest.


oh yah...

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Joker

Nice, Keep it up!

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PatBroChill

those little bits of metal on the tranny drain plug are completely normal, dont worry.

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monkey.magicx

How involved is removing the soft top? My dad has been wanting to remove his for months.

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jerjozwik

nc? the plastic parts are the worst of it. MANY little hidden finger pop screws. and kind of a pain to wedge out of where they sit.

as for the top mechanism itself... well you will have to wait for moti to chime in.

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jerjozwik

oh right... forgot to add this photo

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jerjozwik

could not help but to take some photos of my car tonight.
soon i will take some worthy of motis fine work

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monkey.magicx

LOVE IT.

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Mexican_Guy

so you cut the panel doors?
how its going to be cover?
your hardtop it the goodwill rancing one?

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jerjozwik

yes, they are cut. looks bad ass from inside. and... thats the only time i really care.

the bare interior? not 100% yet, but i was just going to get some carpet layed out there.

yes. fits right, light as anyone could hope for. i got some plastic dip to give it a temp UV block while i prepare to get the thing painted for real.

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jerjozwik

MOOAAARRR PHOTOS!

the hard part

door bars

rear view

seat travel, awesome


needs more low...




im still building up driving impressions since the install. right away i noticed how much more the horrible los angeles freeway system build quality is being dealt with. pavment gaps, expansions joints and bumps are now non-events. prior to the half cage all those things would trigger reactionary wheel adjustments.

the only downside is it showed me how out of whack my alignment is.

strangely go peddle stabbing is also much better then i initially though. on-ramps just seem more... forceful than before. and 5k surging feels rock solid compared to the previous state.


oh, and the diagonals make for a great right hand resting spot for reversing!

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Mexican_Guy

question!

the hardtop, in picture 4, shows no seals, are you planing to leave your car inside?
how much weigh cut/gain you got?
how good is the rear view now?

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jerjozwik

of course you got more

hardtop has no seals or brackets of any kind. i was lucky and got one of brians that he took to miatas of laguna seca. which, had some brackets. at some point ill make my own version for the rear attachments.

i had bought several feet of 1x1 rubber adhesive backed strips that i am going to install around the windows and the rear edge of the top. i dont know how easy it will be to take off so i am going to wait until i temp paint the top. when i really paint the top i will more than likely just buy more of the rubber. rear window i have a plan for but have not done anything...

i was mocking up the rubber in this photo. sorry... its the only one i got showing the strips.


hard top is something like 20lbs. moti figured the roll cage would be about 55-65lbs. OEM soft top and frames are FREAKING HEAVY, still need to get a weight off those. the shape was too awkward for me to get a real weight the last time i tried. and i got a garage full of interior trim bits. as well as the OEM roll noodle.

that photo looking out the back of the car is pretty much the rear view. works fine in traffic. the only annoyance i have found is that when driving around during sunrise / sunset the cage reflects and shines on the dimmer plane in the mirror. this is super nitpicking here, its fine. really.

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Ben/brg

I love this nc. First of many with a proper rollbar

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Stockish.

Blackbird

Jeremy, the final weight on the roll bar was 59 Lbs.
I also weighed it without the door bars and it was 48 Lbs.

Moti

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Mexican_Guy

well you know me! the ultimate mx5 n00b



but what about the factory seals? you know, the ones for the regular hardtop, they fit? is possible to adapt it?

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jerjozwik

factory seals... im sure they will fit. i think brians guy just molded a factory top for the CF one.
but! shit is expensive.
http://onlinemazdaparts.com/parts/20...iagram=5427570

the rubber seal at 15 feet was $30...
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/118/3471/=i6kioi

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Mexican_Guy

fuck... :s

way too expensive, oh well, lets see how you finish xD

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jerjozwik

playing with ideas to try to lower interior temps with the hard top installed.
got some space blanket material that seems to do a good job, also ordered a few feet of gold reflective film. mclaren f1 style


also plastic dipped the top... didnt turn out so nice, but it is only temporary to keep the UVs out while i save for real paint.


and installed the weather stripping to the window frames around the top, tried to get the back underside of the top with the same material but it proved to be too thick.

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Mexican_Guy

:O

orale, so now whats the plan?

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jerjozwik

springy bits, building hard top brackets, finding out what its gona take to paint the top, and try out different materials for heat management with the black top.

oh... and get that fucking crack fixed!!!

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