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Bigger Brakes

Recently I have purchased the rotors and calipers from a Series 6 RX7 FD, these will make a substantial improvement over the factory disc and Drum setup and will change the stud pattern to: Series 6> RX-7 PCD = 5x114.3 PCD Offset = +50 I've purchased the Front Hubs also and some machining of the Hub or spindle maybe required for fitment.

Cold in the Shed

It's cold in the shed being winter and progress on all things Mazda progress very slowly. I managed to convert the Fridge pump I had sitting around into a vacuum pump. I plan to use it for Vacuum bagging fibreglass and carbon fibre, the only problem I foresee is that although it can pull a reasonable vacuum the rate it can evacuate is slow. Maybe a way to boost its performance would be to have chamber that is pre-evacuated attached to it so that a majority of the initial evacuation is done by the vacuum chamber. Apart from that I've been adding to my tooling getting more Vice-Grips & welding orientated equipment and am currently looking for a reasonably priced second hand MIG Plasma cutter. I've Also been watching a large number of Youtube clips around Carbon fibre part manufacturing: And priced up a mold making kit: Small mould making kit (Epoxy resin size: 1.2L west, Epoxy hardener speed: slow, Gelcoat additive : 900ml, Gelcoat pigment 15ml: Yes, Chopped str...