MX-5 Project log thread

L0rdMike · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:03

How long you been waiting for them?

Howard · 13 Aug 2009 at 12:04

aproctor said:
Looks good howard,

I am going with the Koni Sports, FM rear tops and P5 bump stops.

But i may hold off a few months to save up for the bushes and have them all done in one.

949 racing does a full bush set delivered for under £200, or £250 with diff and arb bushes.

Cool

I believe I've been provided with the standard bumpstops as part of this kit. One day I might Polybush everything. Not right now though!

Mike: 8 months.

AtomicBanana · 13 Aug 2009 at 13:59

Wait a sec! Why haven't mine arrived yet!?

*cries*

Howard · 13 Aug 2009 at 14:02

Wait a sec, how's the car coming along?

Have you had emails from Phil?

aproctor · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:06

Howard said:
Cool I believe I've been provided with the standard bumpstops as part of this kit. One day I might Polybush everything. Not right now though!

Mike: 8 months.

Yeah you have them, they are £50 on there own, did you get the M2 hats?

AtomicBanana said:
Wait a sec! Why haven't mine arrived yet!?

*cries*

Have you been waiting 8 months?

Email Phil i'm sure he can give an ETA.

Howard · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:25

I've been pestering Phil weekly since December

Yeah I have the mk2 topmounts

Just been going through the huge pile of bits to make sure it's all here etc.. seems to be. I have no idea how it all goes together yet, mind

Vigoro · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:27

Thats a lot of stuff :eek:

At least it wont look like it is on stilts when it is done

saitrix · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:39

aproctor and Howard,

I would recommend going for Fat Cat Motorsport ones, only cost me £60 delivered from USA for a set and they are better than the ones sold by P5. You would want to use 36mm front and 46mm rear really for the P5 suspension setup.

aproctor · 13 Aug 2009 at 19:42

saitrix said:
aproctor and Howard,

I would recommend going for Fat Cat Motorsport ones, only cost me £60 delivered from USA for a set and they are better than the ones sold by P5. You would want to use 36mm front and 46mm rear really for the P5 suspension setup.

I've emailed FCM and he said they are not suitable on the FM top mounts.

aproctor · 13 Aug 2009 at 19:44

Howard,

Here is a link off the nutz site showing how to put together the puredrive setup, i know yours is sportdrive but i would imagine the concept is the same.

http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13562

saitrix · 13 Aug 2009 at 19:46

FM top mounts? You mean NB top mounts, and I know loads of people using NB top mounts with FCM bump stops, I don't see where the issue would be.

The setup is different in the top mount area between the sportdrive and Howards looking at more close up pics of his suspension.

aproctor · 13 Aug 2009 at 19:56

saitrix said:
FM top mounts? You mean NB top mounts, and I know loads of people using NB top mounts with FCM bump stops, I don't see where the issue would be.

The setup is different in the top mount area between the sportdrive and Howards looking at more close up pics of his suspension.

No i mean the FM top mounts.

I asked him a direct question and he said they would not be suitable.

I'll dig out the email he sent tomorrow as he sent it to my work address.

saitrix · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:03

Oh I know them, everyone uses NB mounts, probably wouldnt work with FM ones then.

quackers · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:04

Sorry to hijack the thread chaps, but i'm after some advice. I've been thinking seriously about getting an mx5, but there are so many models, imports etc.

How the heck do you tell what model, mk1/2 etc is it?

Dorje · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:07

quackers said:
Sorry to hijack the thread chaps, but i'm after some advice. I've been thinking seriously about getting an mx5, but there are so many models, imports etc.

How the heck do you tell what model, mk1/2 etc is it?

This should help, has all the limited editions iirc.

http://ox.mx5oc.co.uk/guide_mx5.htm Has the rest of the uk models.

quackers · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:09

Cheers Dorje, I'll have a proper look at that later

AtomicBanana · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:39

Howard said:
Wait a sec, how's the car coming along?

Have you had emails from Phil?

Sooooon

Not much left to do, pictures will go up in due course.

Anyway, last email I got from him was on the third saying it was almost ready to go, and he'd send me an email with my tracking number soon. That was the 3rd of August. I've emailed him today for an update. I do understand the situation, but he's had my money for months so I'm a little cagey now!

For now I'll drool over the pictures . . .

aproctor · 14 Aug 2009 at 12:17

From FCM RE. FM Tops.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your note.

Here's a wrinkle. Our bump stops will NOT probably work with the FM rear mounts. They give too much bump travel by moving the suspension pickup point upward, so you need to use their bump stop and cut it according to their recommendations.

Howard · 14 Aug 2009 at 13:42

Got all the info from Phil now so tonight I will be building up the suspension and tomorrow fitting it :cool:

Plenty of pictures will be forthcoming

Howard · 14 Aug 2009 at 22:14

Built the suspension shock/damper assemblies this evening!

One shock and spring seat

Spring with tubing attached (with the use of silicon spray) which acts as the spring cushion

Spring and shock in perfect harmony

Bump-stop and boot

Lower topmount bush

Topmount fitted

Topmount, hex nut and adjuster

Adjuster knob fitted

Tiny little ball bearings, springs and grub screw for fitting adjuster knob to hex nut (for the damper adjustment "clicks" )

Bottom eye and valve

Done!

Fitting to the car tomorrow