And so it begins....323BG hatch ----> V6 powa with a few extra surprises

[Kris]

awesome!

[wheresthericego]

lookin great!

[smoke187]

this is going to be cool

[Dan [Sac]]

Today's work:

Throttle pedal mounted - the JDM car has the mount points integral to the firewall (nutserts welded to reinforced portion of the firewall), and since I didn't want to weld some nuts to a thin shell, I just took the LHD mounting bracket, trimmed it, and welded it in the proper position (there are guiding dimples in place) for RHD.





Closeup of throttle pedal bracket






Clutch M/C holes - here I thought I should avoid cutting - so I just cut out the RHD portion of the clutch M/C and used it to trace the shape - then I used the proper hole saw (1 1/4") and drill bits (25/64") to make the holes. Fits like a glove.






Pedals installed - mocked up to align the inside bracket, outside 'patch' and the mounted top brackets for the pedal assembly. As they sat like that, I tack welded the inner bracket, removed the pedals & M/C, then aligned the outer patch to match the inside and it all came together.









Outer patch stitch welded






End result - looks factory

[progt91]

very nice, coming along nicely for sure

[smoke187]

should be running in no time at the rate your going

[Mazda_Powered]

gonna patch all the holes you're not going to use now? lookin great man

[Dan [Sac]]

Yes, that's part of the cleanup process when the essentials are done.

[1992tracerlts]

You should do a wire tuck and make this look super tits.

[progt91]

i like super tits

[joeys93gt]

i like super tits

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[Dan [Sac]]

You should do a wire tuck and make this look super tits.

That's also being done. I think I mentioned it in passing on page 1. I bought a brand new mx3 wire harness, and combined with the old one I will have plenty of wire to extend it where I need, keeping the same gauge and color and plugs. It won't be a show car tuck (I'll be leaving the hydraulics mainly untouched) but I don't want no more wire spider webs either. Battery's going to trunk for more rear weight balance.


The engine appearance inspiration comes from the 2001 Mazda 626 MPS concept car - this will be the engine bay color scheme, except not as cluttered:

[progt91]

looks sweet, i think im going to get the valve covers on mine done black. so freash and so clean

[Crazy Drummer69]

but the blower motor will have to be either a universal unit or source out another one.

And I still forgot to order the manual RHD steering rack, as the GTX one is power and I can't stand the leakage and space taking and weight. Can't do a wire tuck with a bunch of PS lines taking up the room in there.

I'll sell you my GTR's HVAC stuff, I'm going for a LHD conversion (tired of the poor line of sight and left hand turns). I'll also be getting rid of my steering rack but that won't be until september. Shoot me a PM if interested.

[Dan [Sac]]

Your GT-R stuff is probably all electric and won't have the correct plugs either. Also you most likely have power steering, which I passionately dislike.