S373N's New Mazdaspeed7 :p

[S373N]

Mazdaspeed7 (http://img248.imageshack.us/g/file0112.jpg/):)

Needs a bit of work, but hopefully be on the road within a month

[karamello]

what does the 7 stand for?

[S373N]

just a nickname for myself

[bourbon]

congrats on the purchase...

*moved to the right section* just keep updating this thread with progress of work on the car :D

[S373N]

oh great thanks! now I gotta keep up work on the darn thing! :p
i'm really happy with the purchase, regardless of the fact it desperately needs a touchup in many, many places!

[70NYD]

congrats man looking forward to updates

[project.r.racing]

omg, a hectic blue pod filter. :p

at least a few mods are already done for you.

[S373N]

haha might be routing the pod elsewhere though

[Pattax]

Turbo it

[S373N]

nah, not til at least another year or two

[S373N]

may be working on an electric supercharger to aid speedy take offs on green lights, that's the only benefit i see in those crappy things

[70NYD]

if its the one of ebay, please dont waste your money.. you will end up spending more power on the electricity neded to run that inefficient piece of sht.. jsut looking at the photoes you can see the gaps between the wall and blades, useless. serius save your money for something wiser ;)

[S373N]

ah yes, but i have already planned to caulk it all up myself and ^ the voltage or replace motor in the fan ;)

just a little experiment for the time being.

thank you for your concern though

[70NYD]

well if you want to lower the clearances, a little bit of shaped balsa will do the trick just fine, get it as thin as you can so the blades just miss, then epoxy in place. ofcourse you will have to cut the balsa to the width of the housing (by having a circle with a hole in the middle sort of thing)

[S373N]

bit of chrome spraypaint should shape up quite nice also hehe
im a clown!

[S373N]

oh yeah.. servied today and according to stock specs my brake pads were too small in the back so got some from supershoit, went for ferodo's as opposed to double priced dba's

[S373N]

okay, also, mechanics who serviced my vehicle did a quick roadworthy check..
apparently, a dilemma is "airbox not secured" i can see where bolts are supposed to be to mount it, but haven't got the darndest how or where and how it can be mounted.
has someone taken a "box" off or something?
the intake is very much loose and i can imagine it shaking around whilst i'm driving.
i can't understand, cause all the other pics i've seen on here is just the silver resonators

[S373N]

bump. anyone?

[mussing]

lol at 6 hour bump.

Maybe build a bracket and secure it to the chassis or something? Don't know.

[-dc-]

ah yes, but i have already planned to caulk it all up myself and ^ the voltage or replace motor in the fan ;)

just a little experiment for the time being.

thank you for your concern though


sounds like alot of money and effort for NO gain in power! these things are an epic fail and look pretty useless!

U might aswell save the money and spend it on mods that actually do something to aid the engine.

my 2c..

[chicaboo]

okay, also, mechanics who serviced my vehicle did a quick roadworthy check..
apparently, a dilemma is "airbox not secured" i can see where bolts are supposed to be to mount it, but haven't got the darndest how or where and how it can be mounted.
has someone taken a "box" off or something?
the intake is very much loose and i can imagine it shaking around whilst i'm driving.
i can't understand, cause all the other pics i've seen on here is just the silver resonators
Since the stock airbox has been removed, the mountng points for it have no relevance to the pod filter. I used a left over bracket from a Simota CAI to secure my pod filter in the Laser. Dam, you could even just zip-tie down your pod filter since it's leaning on the ledge down to the wheel well. Have a look and get creative, like MacGuyver. :p

Gav.

[S373N]

okay, i've got an extension cord, a box of matches and a can of deodorant
in i go!

[S373N]

alrighty.. planning on a new exhaust.
now i dont know but i really want a nice sounding high flow.
would this not be worth it? i mean will i not have enough power for it to sound decent?

[S373N]

screwed my afm when i pulled the intake up a bit, no idle. took the 'D' shape off and resoldered the contacts, working now.

[S373N]

new 205/45/16s on yesterday, so now all tyres are same size lol
getting horn in next week

[RibZe]

I like the darkened tail lights, they should the colour of the car.

Rims are good too, not over the top.

[RibZe]

I like the darkened tail lights, they should the colour of the car.

Rims are good too, not over the top.

[S373N]

okay, been a while since I've updated this.
single horn from a 70's or so subaru 4wd wagon (lol) has been mounted and is working, not too loud, just perfect.
applied astinagt.com decal on top of back window, little bit off center but looks awesome!
strapped the afm to the chassis where the bolts are already protruding. hopefully this will pass the rwc!
rocker gasket is leaking but a lot of cars can do that for many years before it presents itself a problem, so before inspection for now I'm just going to give it all a wipe with a rag.
still haven't got the rwc as these few little things needed to be done.

also fixed the windscreen water squirters as they were no longer mounted and went all over the place, toughened them up with some little rubber gaskets I had lying around.

all in all its been a decent few weeks.

wish me luck in the inspection!

next is the catback! ;)

[S373N]

did roadworthy inspection this morning, passed first go.
just got back from service tasmania, car is registered!
lowered springs going in on friday!
:)

[S373N]

may need to purchase new strut mounts before i go anywhere near the springs, are they supposed to be hard??

[S373N]

Purchased some 'custom' Fibreglass pillar molds on eBay for $100 on Wednesday.
Mazda valve caps, boss kit and momo wheel next week

[S373N]

Oh and it's been a few weeks since new front shocks and bumpstops were put in, got springs in back done too. Now on rear bumpstops, my bad! Guessing the rear shocks will follow soon.