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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! mrpham's Avatar
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    Powder Coating - http://omgpham.com/powder-coating

    Last week I dropped off some brackets, head-light assembly and sway bar at the powder coaters, got them back today and everything looks awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrpham View Post
    Decided on the engine bay colour, this is Audi's Aviator Grey.

    Love the colour choice for the engine bay! Looks a bit like the factory primer colour you see in the front wheel wells. I think it will be great. Good luck with the build.

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    Received an update from J&D Quality Smash Repairs on Friday!

    Pretty happy with the schedule and I'll be dropping in whenever I can to take photos for everyone


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    Love how one of the guys names is Disco Dave. Such lol.

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    Paint Shop Update 1 - http://omgpham.com/paint-shop-update-1

    Dropped by J&D Quality Smash this afternoon and gave the boys a visit to see how everything was going Very happy with their progress and quality of work.



    In the final process of stripping.



    Engine bay cleaned, prep and primer will be next.



    Front windscreen and hardtop glass removed.




    I purchased 2nd hand bonnet to replace my hail damaged one, the paint on this was in great condition so it'll be sanded and primered. Same goes with the boot lid.




    The front bar getting a bit of love and in final stages of prep before primer.

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    Paint Shop Update 2 - http://omgpham.com/paint-shop-update-2

    Quick visit today A lot of work has been done, the guys have stripped most of the panels and are now finishing off repairs. The next update will probably see the car in etch primer.




    The guys started taking panels back to bare metal because the factory paint was so bad, just part way through getting everything smooth and flat. There were a few dents here and there.



    I also chose to have the factory "stone guard" removed. Never liked it too much.



    So bare.



    The front quarters, bonnet, front and rear bars have received primer and just waiting to be blocked back.



    Lots and lots of repairs and prep to go...



    A few common rust areas on the MX-5 getting repaired.

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    Paint Shop Update 3 - http://omgpham.com/paint-shop-update-3

    Hell yeah another update! The guys finished all the repairs and high build primer has been applied. This will need to cure for a few days to let the solvents evaporate. So about mid next week they'll start blocking the primer to get everything flat and make sure there are no imperfections.



    Both doors, I had them remove the factory "stone guard".



    So happy seeing the car in primer, a sign of progress



    The guys at the shop made the decision to paint the door jams too.



    The area just in front of the boot had a lot of dents, probably from dropping the hardtop.



    Repairs to a rusted area in the pillar.



    Another before and after of rust repairs.

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    Looking good! The detailed pics are appreciated. This is going to be one awesome miata when done!
    Just another cracka azz cracka with an Old Beat up '97

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    wow this car is just crazy the amount of work you have put into it. its gonna look great though!

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    this is the sort of paint job I am wanting to do to my car one day. completely strip it like you are, and paint it like it came from the factory.
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    The red is sexy as hell. Would hate to be walking around the car admiring the interior only to see a tan dash. Kinda like seeing a hot chick and finding a dick in the middle.

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    Thanks guys! I seriously can't wait to get the car back for assembly Really miss driving it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cxmoney View Post
    this is the sort of paint job I am wanting to do to my car one day. completely strip it like you are, and paint it like it came from the factory.
    Better than factory I hope

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    Factory mazda white paint jobs from the early cars sucks lol always a fan of your build(s). Your car is definitely a roadster muse for my shitty white one.

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    I like the yellow turn signals and wow that's a perfect example of serious bodywork.
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    This & That - http://omgpham.com/this-that

    Been stuck in bed with the cold most of this week, so spent my time doing a few small jobs for the Mazda.

    First off I sanded my APR carbon fibre mirrors so that they could be sprayed with a clear coat, the original finish was ageing pretty bad. I used a combination of 400, 600 and 800 grit sand paper



    Gave the transmission a quick clean and replaced the front seal and gasket on that front cover.



    Couple weeks ago I bought myself a dial gauge and mount, decided I'll degree the camshafts myself this time around. And I have a degree wheel I purchased a few years back. Since I wasn't able to do much work today, I decided to have a play around with the tools



    Mounted the degree wheel and dial gauge set up with the magnetic mount.



    A quick exercise was to find true Top-Dead-Centre. I'll do it using the piston-stop-method but with a dial gauge instead of a piston stop tool. Basically.... on the upstroke to TDC, roughly 10mm before it reachs TDC, take note of the dial gauge measurement and the reading on your degree wheel in reference to a single point. Than take it past TDC and on the downstrok stop as soon as you reach the same measurement on your dial gauge, now take note of the degree on your degree wheel.

    Mine happen to be 180deg and 108deg. To calculate the true TDC, simply take the average of those two readings. This happens to be 144deg on my degree wheel. From that you can loosen the degree wheel and zero it with your marker line.




    Do this a few time to double and triple check your work, and just a quick visual inspection to confirm.


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    Engine Assemlby - http://omgpham.com/engine-assembly

    While the engine was out of the car, I removed my built head and sent it off for a quick check-over. Unfortunately for me, I was told that all the intake valves were damaged, the likely cause being poor air filtration (will expand on this at a later stage). So all intake valves were replaced, and decided to swap some new camshafts in.

    Head all freshened up and the new billet camshafts (intake & exhaust).



    The lifter bores had to be heavily modified for the new camshafts.



    Re-built bottom end and genuine Mazda head gasket. Deck was surfaced, bores re-honed, *and new bearings/rings.

    http://omgpham.com/engine-rebuild-part-1
    http://omgpham.com/engine-rebuild-part-2
    http://omgpham.com/engine-rebuild-part-3
    http://omgpham.com/engine-rebuild-part-4




    The valve train fitted and ready to be degreed.



    Using the "Lift @ TDC" method, basically the amount of lift on the camshafts at TDC on the overlap stroke.



    All degreed, but I'll go through the whole process again to double check. I did the measuring off cylinder no. 4 lobes at TDC, I'll do it again measuring off cylinder no. 1.


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