My FE3 progress thread

[FE3-323]

start of the mainhoop..... credit going to JPmotorsports!~~

[madtownmazda]

Ohhhh yessss TITS MCGEE is starting!!!!

[bogaut]

mmm

[Mazda_Powered]

center mounted sex swing? good call sir.

[FE3-323]

Painted the rear lower tie bar/ transmission cross member/rear trailing arms & 6 MX3 traction bar assemblies...

bent up the frame rail metal portion- welding the frame rail tomorrow.

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

That paint, or whatever, look hella thick.

Rust proof to the max?

[Racerboy]

That paint, or whatever, look hella thick.

Rust proof to the max?

I agree. Looks very thick

[FE3-323]

POR-15 off brand "chassis saver®" its good stuff

[FE3-323]

A/C bracket prototype!!

prototype bracket was cut today...... final revision tomorrow.

Credit to Ftjandra for helping me whip up the cad drawings pushing this through to fruition - Many thanks ferdi!!! without your help i couldn't complete such fancy parts of excellence

and credit to ACE for supplying me with a bad A/C unit for mockup.

[Mr N4SA]

The design on the plate looks nice.

I know this is the prototype, but what thickness are you going to use on the final product?

[FE3-323]

1/8" or 3.175mm thick plate--- slightly reinforced between the block mounting points, which is overkill anyhow.

With all things considered- the prototype plate is holding all of the weight currently with minimal deflection. so the final thickness will be plenty sufficient.
I made one final change to thicken up the area to the block bolt pattern. which should allow this piece to remain 100% for many years without worry of issues

[Mr N4SA]

Ok, that should be more than adequate then. The flex in the plate was my main reason for asking, but you got that well sorted. Since this is a once off item, an overkill is better then no kill at all.

just as a point of interest, in South Africa the A/C is the first to the bin in a most conversions......lol!

[FE3-323]

A/C actually works in this 323!!!! First BG i can say that i've owned with working A/C. short of that, theres HEAPS of room with the FE3 & the way i have my turbo positioned - might as well make good use of it

[Mr N4SA]

I don't know much about BG's, since we never got them in SA. In SA the BF was produced untill 2003/2004, and I got a 98 model with a FE motor in ( 2l 8V carb fed) and on my car there is plenty of room for the A/C. So I can only imagine that the BG must have relatively the same engine bay capacity.

I like your idea with sticking with the luxuries of a car, which tells me that you are planning on day to day FE3-T.

[FE3-323]

yes i will be daily driving the 323. I've never used air-conditioning in the past. im actually not fond on anything cold (i currently live in a snowy climate)

more so if i ever get a pansy female in the car who can't handle the heat