Something's different...

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:22

The "before shot"

One little intercooler...

One little GT28 Turbo :cool:

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:24

A bit dirty....

Rusty pipes... And the drain pipe from the turbo to sump.

Looking good!

Car gets tuned tomorrow (ECU remap etc...). And I'm putting new brakes on Friday (makes sense when you have more power

).

My bike's going to get lonely!!!

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:37

Well at the moment probably around 190+... Which is 50 more than I have (stock is 140bhp). Later, I'll be going for bigger injectors and a new ECU which will see me to around 230 or so... but one thing at a time!

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:42

Mk2 MX5 1.8is.

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:44

I am coming to the RR day

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:46

Firestar_3x said:
Was checking out the FM site before tea, they are redoing the turbo kits at the moment, superchargers look good but turbo is prob the way to go, wouldn't mind knowing the cost of the bits then fitting and mapping and who did it for you, e-mail add in trust if you don't want to post it

There are still lots of kits still available, I'd keep away from the BBR kits though.

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:47

Goliath said:
Have you changed the exhaust/manifold to improve the breathing, or is that a future mod?

It's changed down to the CAT. I will be doing a full exhaust system in due course. But one thing at a time eh?

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:02

austinpowers said:
Oh yeahhh..

Those before and after pics are clearly not of the same car

Stand by it with a piece of paper with your name on

Looking good Will, it's going to be quick

I hope so!

And don't you bloody well start with that nonsense, you know I borrowed your portable sun!

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:40

Gilly said:
About time

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:15

agw_01 said:
Looking good.

How much did it set you back to the conversion? Much more fun to drive?

I don't know what it's like to drive yet (well I do really: the car is awesome standard

)! It'll be back on the road Friday after the new brakes are fitted. The ECU is being mapped tomorrow hopefully too.

As for cost well I got a pretty good deal it's going to be around £2.5k when all is done, so to be honest, not bad at all.

Oh and the insurance has only gone up by £65 for the year

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:12

Old?!

Well the chassis was so over engineered (as was the engine really) that it can easily cope with a lot more power, and to be honest I don't understand why they didn't manufacturer them in Europe with a turbo as standard.You/I'll still be able to have lots of fun at legal speeds - that's part of the fun, yanking it round a roundabout or a series of tight bends. The only this is now I'll have an extra a little bit of power to get me going again

I can't wait... Friday isn't going to come quickly enough!!

Freefaller · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:32

Rotty said:
smashing job , just what it needs

race you when it's finished ?

If I'm on my bike ok

You're still faster than me in your huge macho car

Though you won't disappear into the horizon as quickly anymore

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 00:14

Gilly said:
Wonder who'd be quicker round a track now. You have slightly superior power now and you have rwd, but mine's a whole lot easier to drive quick being FWD and I think I'm a bit lighter.

Would be interesting.

Yeah it would. You're about 60kg lighter which helps. But power to weight ratio is in my favour now (well without me in it anyway

).

Both the clio and mx5 are reknown for their cornering ability - but maybe there might be a bit of an advantage with less potential understeer of the mx5?

Obviously I'd be quicker cos I'm better than you

Seriously though it would be interesting to get an "expert" to try them both.

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 00:14

Rotty said:

You'd prboably still beat me.... somehow...

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 10:20

Some of it is a bit bespoke, most of the kit comes from "flyin' miata" from the States (nice and cheap - well until they tax you here

) There are some specifically designed parts like the exhaust manifold, the downpipe and the air intake setup for example as well as a few other bits and pieces. However it uses a garett turbo, trackdog racing intercooler and a few other "standard" bits. Though obviously a lot of the bits are specifically designed around the mx5

The CR doesn't need to be lowered - for a start you need new pistons, and the internals are good for 250bhp without any extra work on them.

As for getting it Dyno'ed I'm not sure if the guy who's doing the ecu tuning will or not. As for estimated power - I'm hoping around 190, which would relate to around 170 lbft - which is a significant improvement on the standard 130 lbft it has, it's just an estimate using my crude mathematics

The car weighs (without me in it) around 1047kg.

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:03

TomO said:
any reason for the GT28? seems a bit overkill for the power you are looking at running and a smaller turbo would be more responsive.

Truthfully: it was recommended to me. And from what I have read on it, it seemed reliable and trustworthy. Furthermore, in due course I probably will increase the performance. If it ends up being too much of a PIA performance wise I can always sort it out later I guess. I haven't it found too laggy - it seems to get up to speed by 3.5k rpm - but we'll see when it's back from the tuners!

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:09

You know you wanna

Thanks Will - yeah I've got the bug now

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:43

jpmonkey69 said:
have you got teeth for it?

You need teeth for it now that it's a little monster

GRRRRRRRRR

That was a mk1 n00b.

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:48

saitrix said:
You can get mk2's with teeth though.

Yes but he replied to my post stating it's a MK2 with a picture of a mk1

Had he posted a mk2 with teeth, it would have still been gay, but more correct

Freefaller · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:55

saitrix said:
Surely that would mean the teeth would suit you more then?

Fancy a ban?