I have a question sleeper

When you've figured out how to attach the new wide arches to the car.....are you going to fill the joints and make it all smooth with a respray so that its all the same colour?

most likely i wont mold em to the car,since bumper removal would be impossible.
however,when the budget is bigger (probably next year) the whole car will get a respray to color match everything...this year i might have to just settle for plastidip to make it look ok since the respray is atleast 3000£

I'm not sure what the prices are like over there dude but what about a full wrap? I've seen places over here that will wrap a full car in 1 colour for around £700-£800.

yeah its roughly 1500-2000£ for a full wrap here (a good one atleast)

Inc new pics and updates during this winter and onwards.
The Engine is otw out for a full rebuild,forged everything + porting and other goodies.
Body will be fitted with full A-spec kit and get a full respray !

Hopefully we will hit the 270bhp mark NA before april next year

would be nice to get that number, i'm curious when you are done.

270bhp would be awesome, whats it running now?

We figured it would land on around 235-240 but never got to dyno it because of the compression issues.
So 270 will be a very achievable goal with the work some of the guys over here does

How did you achieved the 235 number? which mods did you do?

Headers/full fujitsubo exhaust/DW fuelpump/klg4 fuel rails with 310cc injectors/Cai/fpr/race cams/ DTA S80 Standalone/ coilpack..think thats about it and Pip tuning it ofc

Which cams do you use now? and are you running on a EDIS coilpack? or something else?
could you share some pictures?

Atm im making new cams for this high comp build,the cams i used before are the 218/363 ones.
Borsch Coilpack.
Will share more pictures once i get started up the next few months

Really looking forward to seeing the arches fitted chap, I know they're a bit marmite, but I kinda like 'em, not like you have much choice running those rims anyway

Well that whole project has been dropped after alot of measuring,it would be to much hacking to make it work.
So its gonna be full A-spec on the outside with hopefully some mazdaspeed wheels

Anyone who is intrested in following my build progress with pictures and other info/discussions can req a pagejoin on FB

SBH Mazda Tuning Garage.

Quite a few there allready,makes updates on the go easier for me

parts starting to show up!
should be starting some work come new year / mid january.

Brembo BBK, Forged rods , Forged high comp pistons etc etc join my FB build thread if you want

Wiseco 11.5:1 comp forged pistons check
Forged rods check
Quaife diff check
Fidanza Flywheel check
Southbend stage 2 clutch check
Evo 8 brembo brakes check
Race cams check
Fujitsubo exhaust check
70/200 pound valve springs check

Alot gonna happen from now on next months,feel free to see the progress on my FB page "SBH Mazda Tuning Garage"
For pics and stuff on the fly

some expensive stuff right there!! Either your minted or extremely good at 'acquiring' parts from the backs of lorries

Male prostitution has never been better bro

lol this had made my day

Look forward to seeing the progress mate

Heads delivered today for some serious mods.
Full Race spec portwork,Race spec valves,Race spec valve guides.
Polishing cam journals etc the full works...will be a slow progress as this is anything but cheap,but the guy was extremely optimistic about porting it as the ZE heads shows alot of potential with some good work

Ps: oversized valves !

Sleeper I have a question!

Have you ever totaled up the amount of money you've spent on this car? I did for mine the other day and while it was actually less than I thought I wondered how much other people had spent....

To be perfectly honest im not sure down to nickles and dimes,but when im all set and done with the car like i want it... 30.000£ wouldent be an exaggeration i guess.

But i try convincing myself its money well spent lol

All in all over all the years I had mine (resprays, service parts, parts bought to try etc etc) I had just less than 10k on mine.

I know when I've spoken with stuz in the past he has over 10k on his as well

Yeah things are a little worse price whise over here,respray is 3500-4000£ alone.
My latest additions ran me a whopping 5500£
Not to mention all i had into from before...and im not even on machine work for the engine and gearbox yet

I will tally it all up in the end,just to see how much whiskey i need to consume afterwards to make it all look ok

Yeah mine also included the engine rebuild and head work and brake upgrade but again I didn't go as far as you have

Yup,i really didnt see how much the "Final" steps of NA would cost until now

Its a pretty expensive hobby indeed. I've gone nowhere near the work you did but including all extra costs for renting equipment I've spend about 7k on mine. That's only simple things such as exhaust and coilovers and mostly maintenance although I've had my fair share of that.

Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us next!

Probably the "next" thing in line after then engine is built will be a custom suspension setup by òhlins...but that wont be this year as a set is 4500-4800£.
My BC's will have to do another year or so before that becomes a reality...or until i get sponsored (which seems unlikely)

Bride seat rails came today,csn finally fit my Bride Low max seats now...reeeeally been looking forward to this mod