Last night I dropped the V6 out of the SkidDub and removed the S54 gearbox and bolted the E153 LSD gearbox on instead (SW20 500+ HP capable gearbox)


then fitted one of the new ST185 drive shafts into the AW11 hubs to ensure they fit.

Another update on the bonnet vent. Started off this afternoon by transferring my dummy mdf panel to aluminium and adding some paper craft style tabs.

Then cut it out

Then folded it as needed

Due to being unorganised and all the shops were closed, I used what ever I had on hand... Tek Screws...

Nothing says bogan like sheet metal and tek screws...

Followed by some 5min rub down with some 400 grit before slopping on some glossy black paint for some rattle cans I had laying around the garage.

When I get some more time, I'll get some gear together, strip the paint off, get some body filler out and smooth out and fill all the gaps and tidy it up properly before buying proper paint for it and spray it with the spray gun (no more rattle cans!). Next time, I move onto finishing the vent ducting on the car and weld up the frame and seal it all back up with chassis sealer!

Love the DIYness! So this is the one going to the big track day challenge? Will be interesting to see it completed in person!

Damn, nice work. Keep it up!

Yep, the TrackDub is the one I'm taking to the MR2 Challenge :)
Still a lot of work to be done before the big drive down to Wakefield, but looking forward to doing it.
This is pretty much a 20ft car, it looks ok if your standing 20ft back, any closer and you see just how rough it is :P
 
Anyway, threw down some more coats of rattle can glossy black and then fitted the bonnet back on the car.

Id love to do a back to back of this vs stock in the rmit windtunnel. Im planning of getting mine in there some time in the coming year

Well I threw the bonnet on the car and attended the MR2 QLD Xmas cruise on the weekend.


18 MR2's from 3 generations.


Today I found a few minutes to keep working on the bonnet before it got dark



Then later tonight I jumped on the lathe to spin up some more parts!




What next?

Since you have already gone through the trouble of cutting all those metal out, have you thought about re-angling the radiator\fans as well as putting a flat tray underneath?
 

There isn't much room to angle the radiator to where I would like it (half inside the frunk!), but I'm looking into another idea that might help do this :)

I wish I could experiment a bit on mine as well..