Comin along nicely. Which reminds me, I must get my finger out.

after contemplating for a while and looking at the options for the rear diff on the mx5 I really liked the idea of talons diff cover!! thinking about heat transfer I studied the diff and thought could I bolt it in my lathe and shave 5mm and make a plate to sandwich in between so I gave it a go seems to of worked and you still use the old ali cover so correct oil level and breather are in place

Nice that's pretty much what I was talking about a while ago but my diff is already mounted so didn't bother with it. Ill know what to do if my diff gives up now though!

Cheers
Stot

Thats a nice version of Phils idea. Do you know if there is enough meat to shave 10mm off instead for a thicker plate.?

10mm should be ok if you look at my build pics there is a pic on there of the cover before i removed the arms and put it on the lathe the lip it started with was 5mm, the reason why i kept it to 5mm as phils plate is 5mm and it took six hours to make a bracket to hold in the lathe and take the 5mm off!!!:mad:

Got to apologise Dualist I had a look at the diff cover tonight and 5mm is the limit to shave it down by otherwise you would hit into the driveshaft seals

Engine mounts made
Steering shaft made
Pedal box made
Half way through the roll bar
Can't wait to get this all powder coated feel like I'm getting somewhere then!!!