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Worked on some pieces, fuel tank mounts, scuttle and shocks. Perry suggested I contact Dennis Brunton, we chatted back and forth a few times, fantastic guy to deal with. I used his chart (online) to customize the shocks. In the end decided to go with GAZ shocks, 450# front springs, 200# in the rear, there will be some track event I want to take part in, mostly around town. Currently working on mounting the rear shocks, I'll post a few pics when completed. I'm happy with the quality of the shocks, they look good.
Started on the scuttle as well, it's held on by using riv-nuts. I like the idea of having a service friendly unit, 1 or 2 main plugs for everything.

Wow, appears haven't updated my build log in a while. After a visit (w/blownmiata91) to Perry's Locost 7 factory, he gave me some pointers/clarification on front suspension setup. In a matter of minutes, he built a mockup of my suspension and everything became clear, it was a great visit. Thanks again Perry!!
Then last weekend, blownmiata91 invited me out to visit another guy who's also building a 7, he's been building for a while but almost done, some wiring and inspections and he's on the road. Gives me alot of motivation to keep plugging away on mine. Awesome to see there's several guys around the Edmonton area. I'll post some pics when there are some that are worth sharing.

Hey Mike my reward is when we'll be able to cruise ending up at Tim's for an Ice Cap.
(If we were in the States we'd be ending up at Dunkin Donuts for a Frozen Mocha Coffee Coolatta) same same cept up North here our don't melt so fast!

Keep posting pics, else Gonzo gonna harp on me for not keeping up on all the build logs.

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Perry

'If man built it, man can fix it'
"No one ever told me I couldn't do it."
"If you can't build it safe, don't build it."

Perry's Locost Super Che7enette Build
Perry's TBird Based 5.0L Super 7 L.S.O
Perry's S10 Super 7 The 3rd
Perry's 4th Build The Topolino 500 (Little Mouse) Altered
Perry's 5th Build the Super Slant 6 Super 7
Perry's Final Build the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle

Shoot... I wouldn't do that... I can't play no harp...

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JD, father of Quinn, Son of a... Build Log
Quinn the Slotus:Ford 302 Powered, Mallock-Inspired, Tube Frame, Hillclimb Special
"Gonzo and friends: Last night must have been quite a night. Camelot moments, mechanical marvels, Rustoleum launches, flying squirrels, fru-fru tea cuppers, V8 envy, Ensure catch cans -- and it wasn't even a full moon." -- SeattleTom

Add a vent tube in the upper corner with a tiny bulkhead fitting and the wasted tank space will serve as expansion space to prevent fuel from coming out the vent after filling up.

Consider rubber mounting the radiator to prevent cracking. Fit 1/2" id grommets to the frame and cut bolt spacers from 1/2" tubing to allow you to tighten the bolts properly without loosing the usefulness of the grommet, or mount the radiator with pins through grommets secured with a washer and drilled for a standard or reusable/spring cotter pin.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
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360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

Hello, it's update time! Thank you for heads up Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F, I'll make sure to keep that in mind. Made some progress over the summer, time to catch you guys up... finished the Version 2.0 upper control arms. I wasn't happy with the way they looked, so decided to rebuild and upgrade. Here's a couple of pics...

Started on the scuttle a while back, it's been on hold for a bit, but here's a couple if pics. With the help of a plasma cutter, it made things alot easier. The firewall is 14 gauge, heavy enough to bolt a heater box etc. It'll be the home for the ECM, nice and dry. The scuttle still needs some attention, but it gives me the lines of the car.

It's standing on its own! Front suspension anyway... Super happy to get to this stage... Pics!

A picture of the car & my girls. The car has been sat in 100's of times already, can't wait to take them for a ride!

Exhaust, something I was looking forward to, never done any exhaust work other than remove and replace. Decided to buy a box of bends (1.5") from Summit racing. It arrived in a giant box, took it to the garage and this is what I ended up with, pile of bends, that's where doubt set in... anyway mocked up a couple setups, using gearclamps to hold it all together. There will be exhaust wrap from the header to the collector, to hide the ugly welds, obviously. Isn't that what it's for?

Since the OEM intake from the AE86 is gigantic and way too tall to clear the 7's hood/bonnet, it was high time to create a custom intake. Like the exhaust, I've never designed anything like it. After some reading, a page was taken out of Mr.Wellwood's book and loosely followed what he did. Made a flange that will mate to the cylinder head, cut holes to exactly match the intake ports in the head. Used 2" exhaust pipe and made them fit into the flange.
Next up was the intake body, took 3' pipe and cut it in 1/2. The lines match the frame of the car, thought it looked good. Filled in the rest using sheet metal and made sure of proper welds. AKA no leaks. Made a location for the cold start injector, plus vacuum port for fuel pressure regulator etc. The air filter will be close to the fire wall, it'll be sealed and have it's own intake via louvers in the hood. Utilizing the rice rocket intake the car came with, think it turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think...

Nice build...lots and lots of similarities to my car. I do need to make up a remote shifter like you have. Right now, I have an extension which lives in the tunnel but the motion is really long and weird.
Yet another winter project...
What ECU do you plan to use with that motor?

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Parts left out cost nothing and cause no problems!!

Wow, it's all looking really, really good. Don't take so long between updates. We need out "Locost pseudo-porn" photos [LOL].

It won't be long before we see that start-up video.

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

Build Log: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5886

Mike
That intake looks great
If you find that you need more low end torque from the 4AGE without the stock TVIS system, try running 3 to 4* intake cam advance. It will make a noticable improvement.
Dave W

Looking fanf**kingtastic!! That exhaust manifold looks awesome. Should post that on weldingporn.

We just call him miataV8.

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