I've got access to a machine shop for the next 5 weeks or so...

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02-12-2009, 05:42 AM

StankCheeze

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I've got access to a machine shop for the next 5 weeks or so...

It's got bridgeport mills, a bunch of lathes, a CNC mill, drill presses, all the usual shop ****. All I have to pay for is the metal stock I need/destroy.

Anybody got any prototypes or ideas for me to dick around with?

02-12-2009, 05:50 AM

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make decent external wastegate manifolds and sell em on ebay!

02-12-2009, 06:04 AM

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How about body braces?

02-12-2009, 06:38 AM

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make decent external wastegate manifolds and sell em on ebay!

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How about body braces?

SHUTUP FOO'S!

how about an adapter plate to mount the RX7 transmission to the Miata?

02-12-2009, 11:03 AM

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^ VERY yes. Make 6 or 7 (10.) and also some plates to mount the tranny mounting point to the tunnel.

I guarantee there would be some buyers.

02-12-2009, 01:19 PM

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If anybody's got cad files, I'll get em machined.

Otherwise, that ain't gonna work. I don't have the time or money for R&D work right now. Body braces I'll probably look into. I could actually mill down some solid core tubing for some super stiff bracing, but I dunno if it'd end up being too brittle.

02-12-2009, 01:36 PM

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I believe Loki once said that he had the designs for a plate in Bigturbo's FD transmission thread. But I WILL find these files

02-12-2009, 03:37 PM

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A hub that bolts to the harmonic balancer and allows a common, cheap, readily available trigger wheel to bolt up to it. Also a nifty little bracket milled down to bolt the the engine and allow a cheap, common VR-sensor to bolt up to.