Of the tén things ordered/started since the first days of the confinement, EIGHT!! weeks ago, the least funtional arrived first. Not only that; it´s the only thing arrived/done. Well, almost done; have the battery disconnected so can´t lower the window to push them in correctly.

The stuff is taking so long I am likely to be allowed out for a spin before it´s all on!! 

Right, óne stúff thing arived. The one but latest ordered 

Ah well, at least it´s one thing and I like it 

From 45mm OEM bell mouth entry now 90mm and the elbow óver the stub on the filter box instead of inside:

Before:

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Now:

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From above with the rear light fitted; clears easily:

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Néxt please!

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Three engine bay details to go.

Dogbones/subframe solid, magnets still on drain plug



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Went on an essential errant not leading to large bags to be hauled so took the MR2 out.
Just a handful of kms so no opinion on the intake save for that it adds a nice deep note.
Almost home, the phone rang. Stopped. Samu; his son had seen me on the road, if I could drop by at his workshop. That being at the industrial estate, my ´test track´, I could.
Did not do anything silly but there is no doubt that the engine revs WAY easier into the last 1K revs. 
After the MAF mod the top end seemed more ´sluggish´ because the mid range improved more. No more.
Samu had a neat piece of lightweight signpost material. Stronger than foamboard, just a bit heavier. ´For the wing side plates´ he said.
Anyway, the fatter elbow and matching bell mouth seem to be a good idea.

The foam board side plates are not weather resistant. Made new ones out of billboard; basically the same stuff but with plastic instead of paper outer layers.

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Steampunk clip.

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Steampunk clip.

¿Por que?

Quote from: shnazzle on May 18, 2020, 21:48¿Por que?

Porqué bling bolts instead of rusty ones, why the wrap of the plastic cover; because I líke the looks.
Still two more underhood things coming;  an oil filler cap for bling and a battery quick connect for practical.

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Quote from: shnazzle on May 18, 2020, 21:48¿Por que?

Porqué bling bolts instead of rusty ones, why the wrap of the plastic cover; because I líke the looks.
Still two more underhood things coming;  an oil filler cap for bling and a battery quick connect for practical.

True  

It does look quite nifty.

Quote from: shnazzle on May 18, 2020, 22:16It does look quite nifty.

Tatáááá!!!

And another bit of bling:

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I am not one for bling. But that meets with approval. Clean neat and tidy.

Swapped the crankshaft pulley.
Yet another marginal change. Marginal but noticable. Just that bit crisper.

A bit weird though; only 1 kg. less but it feels like wáy more taken off at the back. Cannot really describe it. Feels more... ´dynamic´  than the almost 20 kg off the exhaust.
Anyway, with all the mods the engine is now befitting the lighter car; the same, just more responsive.


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Went down to the coast for some shopping for the first time in three months. Combined with nice lunch at the, largely deserted, beach.

Detour down over winding local mountain roads, detour back up over sweeping provincial roads. Clos to 200 km in total.

Basically no difference at speed through sweeping coners.
Definite difference through the twisties at lower speeds and continous changes in revs. Ok, marginal but still; just that bit crisper gear changes too.

Quote from: Petrus on June  3, 2020, 17:04Went down to the coast for some shopping for the first time in three months. Combined with nice lunch at the, largely deserted, beach.

Detour down over winding local mountain roads, detour back up over sweeping provincial roads. Clos to 200 km in total.

Basically no difference at speed through sweeping coners.
Definite difference through the twisties at lower speeds and continous changes in revs. Ok, marginal but still; just that bit crisper gear changes too.

Bet there was no litter left at the beach.

Quote from: SV-3 on June  3, 2020, 19:59Bet there was no litter left at the beach.

They were still busy organising but most places had a litter basket at évery bed and the beach around the bed areas was raked as if a japanese garden.

The car behaved perfectly too.
Even had Mountain Girl produce ... euhmm.. sounds of excitement, sliding around corners. That takes quíte some doing; she was unphased when collecting flowers with her knee and even helmet visor, scraping through corners on the motorbike.

Anyway, still waiting for three bits to arrive, two of which sort of neccessary.  Looks like Schengen toursists wil beat them.

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Went for a drive with a ladyfriend from Antequera.
Coffee in Campillos and then a visit to Cortijo de las Mezquitas; a derelict farm built on to a mosque dating Xth century.
There are still two original horse shoe arcs and a dozen wall buttresses left.
Although publicly accessible, it is out in the country, some 6 km from the nearest habitation, 2 km. from the nearest road. That local road ís tarmac but so bad that the average camino is better!
In other quite understandable words; nóbody ÉVER visits the historic building.

The once grand wooden doors had fallen flat inside, the courtyard a mess of overgrown crumbled masonry. The original Mezquita layout is still easy to recognise and one of the two arcs is surprisingly well conserved for such a derelict leaking building taken over by pigeons for décades.

Antequera Girl stood in the alcove when I wanted to take a photo so ´Either you strip naked or move aside.´
Right.... some time later  ... I took the photo below.

The other is in front of the cortijo and the last one is the view at the oppsite side; the lagunas de Fuente de Piedra.
This also explains the now remote location of the mezquita/farm building. The lake is a salt lake and salt was a valuable commodity.
Today the value lies in the large flamingo colony breeding in the shallow lake.

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For something so remote it seems to have some well established tyre tracks.

Popular with locals?

Do like old buildings. For some reason doors especially.

Quote from: Ardent on June  6, 2020, 17:43For something so remote it seems to have some well established tyre tracks.

Popular with locals?
 

Agricultural vehicles such a heavy duty tractors and grossly overloaded trailers.
The caminos in that region have very recently been covered with gravel because of floods in autumn/winter making all impassable to beyond the point of dangerous.
Not a km from this track a fireman drowned in a freak accident in which he was caught under the fire truck which toppled over because of the waterlogged soil beside the track.
The tracks are now better than the tarmac roads there!
This particular track was, at the time the mezquita was established, the principal road from the salt winning, past the mezquita to the village now called Campillos and from there connected to a network of ´high ways´.


 

Quote from: Petrus on June  6, 2020, 18:29Not a km from this track a fireman drowned in a freak accident in which he was caught under the fire truck which toppled over because of the waterlogged soil beside the track.

Sad story, but illustrates/supports my statement.
When it's your time, it's your time.
I shall raise a glass in his memory.

I think youde be better of with knobblies  (rally tyres)

Quote from: 105e on June  6, 2020, 19:17I think youde be better of with knobblies  (rally tyres)

Already have two cars prepared for caminos, hence my hankering to prepare a second MR2 too for the camino network here.

With this one though, caminos are perhaps 1% of surface travelled, so maintaining OEM ride hight and being careful is enough. Well, that and maintaining the drive to my own farm :-)

Quote from: Ardent on June  6, 2020, 19:10When it's your time, it's your time.

In the perspective of the mezquita roots; insha'Allah.

Agreed. If one subscribes to the concept of a god.