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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 9:29:45am |
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Well I thought I start a post so I can make a build diary.
This is about an hour after picking her up
Literally 2 hours before someone reversed into it
Come back the next day to this!!
Behind drivers seat. Not to bad I hope
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 9:35:34am |
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My Capp next to the car that reversed into me. 1500 for a new bumper for his 5door civic. Whoops
That bloody oil leak. Looks a good job but hasnt lasted long
Some dodgy looking rust appearing
Drivers side. Had work done before. Huston. The pigeons have landed |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 9:37:10am |
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Front bumper support. Looking healthy lol |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 9:38:12am |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 9:46:20am |
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And this is the garage within a garage iv made for her to keep the damp out over the winte
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 12:33:54pm |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 12:45:15pm |
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| That's got to be one of scores outings.... |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 12:51:11pm |
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| Yea it was. A couple years ago now. Came down to Cornwall and did a two day run I beleive. |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 1:15:10pm |
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Its very unusual to see that many cappos together these days. I think most cappo owners are shy creatures now  . Your cappo doesn't look in too bad order. Your going to do some performance upgrades by the sound of it  ... |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 2:44:12pm |
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| Yea a few bits. Going to tidy her up and use her untill September when the mot is out. The. Take her off the road for the winter and strip her down. Send the body in to have all the floor and other bits done. And hopefully by jan-feb time start rebuilding her back to new standard. well that's the plan anyway. Also getting te engine stripped ad checked and then hopefully tune her to a healthy 100hp. That's what I'm aiming for. Some more bottom end grunt is what I'm after |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 9:43:06pm |
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She looks very clean. Like she's had a re spray at some point. The floor needs looking at. Looks like a new Fuel line and cover at some point.
Shame about the wing. Like mine when I had mine!
Sounds like you have serious plans for it!! |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 11:46:50pm |
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| Cheers lord. Yes she's clean. Had two new wings. Rear quarter panels and drivers door 8 months ago and then a complete respray. Just a putty about the rust underneath and the floor. But that will get treated for the time being and sorted out in the winter. Any idea if you can get new floor pans?? Steve |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 11:53:37pm |
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| Sadly Suzuki stopped producing floor pans some time ago. Apparently MX5 floor pans can be adapted to fit though. |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 11:58:36pm |
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| Hmmm. Handy to know. Il find out a price tomorrow me thinks. Cheers Andy |
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| Cappo_Ash |
| Posted on: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 12:22:12pm |
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| Hi steve - I had to have mine cut out completely and new ones fabricated out of sheet a few years ago....pretty much the whole underside of my car had new metal at the same time.....just dont ask how much it cost!!! Worth it in the end though mate |
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| ycming |
| Posted on: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 12:39:10pm |
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I have heard about the Mx5 floor pan, but where do you buy them ? And what Mk of Mx5 or it doesn't matter?
And i take it they are also double skinned like the cappo?
Thanks
Ming |
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| ycming |
| Posted on: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 12:53:06pm |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 9:25:52am |
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Ok. Few more pics from yesterday's mission. I simple oil change. Ha. Nothing simple on this. Was leaking oil from the sump about 1" above the drain plug hole. Some one previous
Had what looks like araldite to fix the repair and was leaking behind it. Let's just say I touched it with a screwdriver and the whole repair fell off :0. In typical cap style the sump had rusted so bad that there where a couple pin holes where it was rusted through. A thorough clean up and half a tin of brake cleaner later it was ready for some devcon. Ally putty. Left under 40 deg heat for four hours and away we go. Heres a few pics along the way. |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 9:31:34am |
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After the repair fell off
Cleaned up a little with wire brush ad some elbow grease |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 9:37:50am |
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Cleaned up ready for some devcon
Oil and genuine filter
Also tried fitting a oil pressure gauge. Had to remove alternator. Two bolts. Relatively easy to get to. Removed the inlet hose and water heater hose from inlet manifold.
Should there be oil resedue in the inlet??
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| steve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 10:18:42am |
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| Wow that sump pans a rusty little sucker. The engine breather vents into the inlet system. Its probably worth taking the intercooler and other parts down stream of the throttle body and give them a good clean out. A lot of owners have vented the engine breather system into a separate catch tank this cures the problem. |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 10:45:14am |
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| Those bits are very rusty indeed. fair play for addressing it sits a fiddle job. you have a lot of work on your hands there so persevere. might be worth getting a spare one of someone. |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 10:50:12am |
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| Yea just bought another cap yesterday for £500 with a 40k mile engine so will be using that after the winter project |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 8:31:35pm |
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Spent a bit of time on her today. Sorted out the windows. Another exhaust. Sorted out the gauges and relocated the stereo in the glove box
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 8:33:45pm |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 31st, 2012, 11:11:52pm |
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Had a bit of a mess about today. Trying to get things ready for our road trip in the Cappo for a week next week. Removed the air box ready for steves new one. Also took wing off to try and to a temp repair until one turns up.
Removed air con ready for big intercooler
Broken headlight
Red led primed
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 31st, 2012, 11:22:13pm |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 3:41:19pm |
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| Ricou |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 4:33:10pm |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 5:20:14pm |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 7:33:28pm |
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I have to say... the standard form cappo looks really good!!
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 9:04:19pm |
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| Cheers lord. I think the same. Just need some decent shocks and some wider tread. Oh and a stiffer anti roll bar. That should sort the handling |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 9:13:56pm |
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| BC Coilovers is the way to go.. or some lowering springs! |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012, 9:31:47pm |
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| Yea. That's next on my list |
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| steve |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 12:00:12am |
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Well done mate. Very committed driving  .... |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 8:56:41am |
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| Wait till you see the on board footage of me spinning out at 65 mph lol |
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| mitogeri |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 1:41:54pm |
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can't wait to see that
Nice pictures!! |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 6:49:12pm |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 7:51:27pm |
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| Cracking video! What do you use to do that then? |
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| Capposteve |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 10:37:42pm |
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| Track addict app for the iPhone. Just remember to put it landscape. That way when you watch it back you can watch it without a crooked neck |
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