Nice one Chris.
I gave up trying to fit that bl00dy massive airbox in!

I nearly did as well, a proper little puzzle.:)

A wee bit of a tight fit there Chris..:eek:
I didn't even attempt to try and fit that lot as I thought it was not possible. Once again Chris you are the exception....:D
So doing away with a lot of the black plastic is good or bad for the engine? Like whats the "Dynamic chamber" for?

Is that speedo cable drive still from a Toyota, looks like you will still need to trim the PPF bracket to get it pointing in the right direction.

Good job once again,,,,Johno:)

I can only imagine it's a bad thing! I can't help thinking the clever guys at Mazda knew what they were doing when they designed it.
and I've got a sneaking suspicion we'll find out the resonant chamber thingy was there to iron out a massive flat spot in the midrange!

Or they might have done that to reduce intake noise.

Don't really know why it's there, was thinking of leaving it out but as I needed the plastic housing for the idle air I decided as there was space to put it back in. I was thinking it was there to stop the MAF housing plate from fluttering but that might be a load of bollox. :shrug:

The adapter from Ozzy1, (Steve) which has no part numbers should allow me to not have to modify the gearbox, but it will go up rather than down which is probably more useful due to ground clearance etc.

I'll post a pic later but flickr's down at the mo'.

So came out of hibernation early yesterday afternoon. Cleared out the garage rolled the car out and finished the steering column. Managed to get a straight run from column to rack without any clearance issues.

I am not sure a straight run from column to rack is a good thing. I think its a safety issue:confused: