MX5 Owners in here....bring your curling tongs
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Hmmmm, tempted to come down and use it as a shakedown for going over to the Nurburgring on the 11th....
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Aha! An outlet for what weaned me off of computers when I was maturing... cars!
I had/have an MX5 - here it is in 2012:
A 1996 1.8i, manual steering, manual windows, property poverty spec. Loved it.
Here it is later that year:
I presume it's been turned into coke cans or something by now. If you drink tastes a little rusty you'll know why. Now, who can see where this is going?
Yup. A flat pack car. It was now a Westfield, with only the engine, drivetrain, brakes, wheels and wiring loom remaining from the MX5.
Then I got a little bit (more) carried away, and built a Mk2.5 bottom end with Mk2 top end engine (the VVT solenoid on the Mk2.5 wouldn't fit under the bonnet). I also fitted some GSXR throttle bodies.
This netted 165bhp. Then it got a little sillier.
It was now 260bhp. Then it got sillier again...
A 335bhp, 620kg orange bathtub. I have successfully made an MX5 even less practical
I had/have an MX5 - here it is in 2012:
A 1996 1.8i, manual steering, manual windows, property poverty spec. Loved it.
Here it is later that year:
I presume it's been turned into coke cans or something by now. If you drink tastes a little rusty you'll know why. Now, who can see where this is going?
Yup. A flat pack car. It was now a Westfield, with only the engine, drivetrain, brakes, wheels and wiring loom remaining from the MX5.
Then I got a little bit (more) carried away, and built a Mk2.5 bottom end with Mk2 top end engine (the VVT solenoid on the Mk2.5 wouldn't fit under the bonnet). I also fitted some GSXR throttle bodies.
This netted 165bhp. Then it got a little sillier.
It was now 260bhp. Then it got sillier again...
A 335bhp, 620kg orange bathtub. I have successfully made an MX5 even less practical
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You are not making it any easier for me to resist going down the Exocet route with mine.
In fact I'm sure I recognise your Westfielfd from Nutz?
In fact I'm sure I recognise your Westfielfd from Nutz?
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now thats how you turbo and add lightness, please no aero though - loved the idea of an exocet or the superlight (shame its out of production)
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If/when I do it'll stay simple. Exocet + current turbo engine. ~240bhp and <700kg is more than enough to be properly fast on a track day
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Blink are now offering a supercharger package for the nc/mk3 mx5:
http://www.blinkmotorsport.com/?page_id=420
looks nice..
http://www.blinkmotorsport.com/?page_id=420
looks nice..
A 335bhp, 620kg orange bathtub. I have successfully made an MX5 even less practical
Holy ****balls. 540hp per tonne....
You need to post this in Show Us Your Motors: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53188&page=897
I was over at the Nurburgring from the 12th - 17th with my mate in our 5s and had a cracking time. Car performed great once again and came away with a new PB of 9:01 BTG. Gutted I didn't sneak under the 9 minute barrier but got held up in a few spots and is was my first lap out on our last day so the tyres and brakes weren't up to temp for the first few km. Was really busy throughout the whole trip but had some great fun playing with some fast and very expensive machinery. Scalp of the trip was catching and overtaking a Lamborgini Aventador LP750-4 
He must have been gutted when I went round him on the outside
Need to decide what to do with it now as I really could do with more than 2 seats as our family grows but really don't want to have to sell it. A very reluctant sale may happen in the near future
Video of my fast lap (excuse the wind noise, an external mic for my GoPro is on the shopping list):
https://youtu.be/glMGlb2cgO8
He must have been gutted when I went round him on the outside Need to decide what to do with it now as I really could do with more than 2 seats as our family grows but really don't want to have to sell it. A very reluctant sale may happen in the near future
Video of my fast lap (excuse the wind noise, an external mic for my GoPro is on the shopping list):
https://youtu.be/glMGlb2cgO8
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I was over at the Nurburgring from the 12th - 17th with my mate in our 5s and had a cracking time. Car performed great once again and came away with a new PB of 9:01 BTG. Gutted I didn't sneak under the 9 minute barrier but got held up in a few spots and is was my first lap out on our last day so the tyres and brakes weren't up to temp for the first few km. Was really busy throughout the whole trip but had some great fun playing with some fast and very expensive machinery. Scalp of the trip was catching and overtaking a Lamborgini Aventador LP750-4
Need to decide what to do with it now as I really could do with more than 2 seats as our family grows but really don't want to have to sell it. A very reluctant sale may happen in the near future
Video of my fast lap (excuse the wind noise, an external mic for my GoPro is on the shopping list):
https://youtu.be/glMGlb2cgO8
Thoroughly enjoyed that.
Watching that points out to me what i found missing in Assetto Corsa - a sense of speed.
A 335bhp, 620kg orange bathtub. I have successfully made an MX5 even less practical
Winner.
Also,
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My MX5 also went into the garage today - getting the underside and chassis cleaned up and wax oiled in time for winter.
Also got a new drivers wing getting fitted as rust was coming through the old one. And I bought some chassis rail reinforcement which I'm hoping will strengthen everything up
Also got a new drivers wing getting fitted as rust was coming through the old one. And I bought some chassis rail reinforcement which I'm hoping will strengthen everything up
So, winter is coming an all that. Can anyone recommend a good place for underseal around Harrogate/Leeds? Worst case i use mx5 motors in doncaster but would be interested if there was anyone closer?
Most threads i can dig up on the subject seem to relate to businesses no longer around
Most threads i can dig up on the subject seem to relate to businesses no longer around
Not closer, but Carl at CBS autos in Nelson is about an hour away from Harrogate. He's very thorough!
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After some info on MX5's.
Considering changing the GTV and an MX5 is a car which tempts me.
I'd likely be doing 8k miles in it a year, commuting 20 miles a day and it'd be for an occasional eurotrip too.
I'd like to keep the budget to about 4k. Which mark would you suggest for this budget/purpose, and what is there to know?
TIA
Considering changing the GTV and an MX5 is a car which tempts me.
I'd likely be doing 8k miles in it a year, commuting 20 miles a day and it'd be for an occasional eurotrip too.
I'd like to keep the budget to about 4k. Which mark would you suggest for this budget/purpose, and what is there to know?
TIA
Finally got the rust arches sorted out. Only problem is the guy who did the work pointed out he went through 3 layers of paint during prep and that the car as a whole had been resprayed before in a wrong shade of red.
So on the plus side, there's no rust and it's a cracking job with the rough anti chip paint to hopefully help stop it happening again, but now there's a colour mismatch. I'll probably get it finished off and get the rest done when I have the cash.
Off to the national rally tomorrow, to no doubt spend more cash. So much for a cheap runaround!
So on the plus side, there's no rust and it's a cracking job with the rough anti chip paint to hopefully help stop it happening again, but now there's a colour mismatch. I'll probably get it finished off and get the rest done when I have the cash.
Off to the national rally tomorrow, to no doubt spend more cash. So much for a cheap runaround!