I am not sure but seem them go into a the Mira chassis L200, L500, L600
Really not sure on the sirion
How big of an improvement do the Hyundai shocks make? Is it worth the drama or should I look into something else?
ok so back to sqare one with the rear end, turns out the one at the wreckers is AWD!!!
The body isnāt so great though, has some weird stripe decals on it and a sunroof which im worried will make the body more flexible than it already is, so im looking at swaping everything into the red one including transfer box and rear axle.
Another problem is the AWD model has over 200,000k on the clock, so I hope it has a good service history 
but I guess a running motor with a lot of ks is still 100 times better than a motor that looks like a war zone on the insideā¦
I should be taking a look tomorrow so ill post some pics.
On another positive note, today I was speaking with the TĆV inspector who roadworthys our cars at work and he has confirmed what Koni said, the strut inserts will pass TĆV, and he will also pass extractors, and a custom exhaust with a high flow cat, so long as it passes an emmisions test. But unfortunately for the copen front brakes and applause rear disc conversion I either need a letter from a Daihatsu dealership saying these parts will fit or I need to have an engineer check it over 
Germanyā¦ you can register a gokart or a quadbike for driving on the road but to upgrade your brakes you need approval from an engineerā¦ I still cant figure out how they decide on the laws here, makes no sense to me 
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How on earth does the inspector know a part has been changed? Visually if a part stands out it will attract attention, yes. If you put a new rotor on, even the correct one and itās not visually possible to see a number on it, do they measure it or pull it off to find the number? What numbers do they go by? And if the numbers on a casting for a caliper are only manufacturer info can they look this up? A hundred black dirty parts under a car in good nick and a caliper that has the Daihastu logo embossed in the casting that would be picked by as wrong? Sirion and Copen are both single spot sliders, would be of interest to see how different the identification markings were between the two.
On my L200 I reckon Iād get nicked by Qld Transport if inspected and a std caliper was painted red, but an inspector would not notice anything amiss with the black dirty M100 ones on it now (no extra brackets or adaptors so nothing looks amiss)
Well thatās the thing, normally they wouldnāt notice something like front brakes from a copen, but the rears would stand out because originally they are drum brakes, thatās what Iām worries about. And then thereās the problem if I have an accident and kill somebody the car will be checked by mechanics and engineers and insurance investigators and this is Germany, these guys have probably studied for 4 years how to spot something that shouldnāt be there.
I will do the copen front brakes but its the rears that I really need to look into, when I do something like this and donāt get approval, even if its perfectly safe it gives the insurance company an excuse not to pay or the police a reason to charge me ect. ect. ect
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Completely understood. I certainly donāt want to lead anyone into advice that gets them into trouble. Thanks for helping give me the big picture.
We are not allowed to vent air to atmosphere from a turbo blow off valve It has to be plumbed back into the intake system.
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Yeah this I can understand, especially if the PCV is plumbed into the intake. Not sure about the other states but when I was living in the NT they never did emissions check we used to get cars passed with hollowed out cats, blanked egr valves and all sorts of capers. Here in Germany you get an emissions check every 2 years with the roadworthyā¦
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Ok looks like the awd conversion might not be so straight forward, the mounts fro the rear axle are further forward on the car, there is a bracket for the panhard bar and some holes must be drilled to mount the centre bearing bracket for the tailshaft. All the mounts are butt welded on and drilling out the welds and welding the mounts onto the other car is not a problem and really not so much work but the problem will beā¦ wait for itā¦ you guessed it!! TĆV haha
My Boss seems to have a lot of interest in the build which is nice and he has offered to make some enquiries for me about how to go about getting it registered. He has a lot of pull in the automotive community and knows a lot of people here in Bremen because he is always doing stuff for the community, he is an assessor for the final exams for apprentice mechanics and we do a lot of training at our workshop for apprentice mechanics from eastern European countries. I think having him on side will be a big help with all this tuv shit and im sure he could push them a bit to get everything passed.
Anyway here are some photos
blue and red sitting side by side 
here is the bracket for the panhard bar and then where this bracket would need to go on red
Here are the rear axle mounts AWD and then FWD
here is the centre bearing and where some holes would need to be drilled to mount it
There are some other minor differences such as shift linkage and fuel tank but all this will bolt straight in. So im going to offer a couple of hundred bucks for the blue car then if Its ok for rego to swap the awd into red then woohooo otherwise ill just do a motor swap and jobs done.
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Man Iām so jealous of your workshop thereā¦ So different to my tiny garage where I do everything hahahah
yeah im lucky the boss is a super cool guy, ive worked at a couple of places where they wont let you do private work in the workshop
ahh I forgot to mention the flanges on the diff for the drum brake backing plates look like they are the same as the 2wd flanges, so I think applause disc conversion is still on the cards
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Wow your build just got a lot more complicated, 2wd to awd in a country that sold the awd version, be more economical to find a good m111s chassis.Your a brave man Mick following with interest.
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remember Mx5 are same caliper casting as Appluase but bigger bore.
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yes well I would like awd although its not necessary. I could handle using the blue car as is even though its ugly as hell but unfortunately it has a sun roof and I think the car is not so rigid because of this. It would be awesome to just buy an awd model and be done with it but they are all in south Germany and all the ones ive seen have a lot of rust. so now I have a good body that looks nice and has no rust and it would be a shame to buy the blue one just for the motor and have the awd system go to waste. Its a very round about way of doing things I know but im willing to give it a shot
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yes I have the part number at work for the mx5 calipers with the 35mm piston
Mr G here is a photo if the transferbox, it looks like it just bolts onto the standard trans. I know youll be interested in this 
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Mick are the rear chassis rails the same i know the rear floor pan has the same part number as the 2wd version but the rails donāt, they also look a little different in the wheel well, i have always thought of doing the conversion but bringing in a rear cut is very expensive however if its just the mounting points thatās a little different.
You will have to let us know if it runs a different cv shaft on the front. I dont get how they bolt up but probably because ive not had much to do with 4wdās in general ( i wont tell you how we have a nissan xtrail in the driveway hahaha)