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Got this last week so thought I'd join the site it came from. I got it off a member on dtdirl who bought it off twailbait on here who built it.
Coming from vtecs to this mental turbo is a MASSIVE learning experience, never mind the fact that the roads of Donegal wouldn't be the most suitable for massive tyre widths and low offsets. It still struggles through the humps and bumps though :p
A quick pic the first morning outside work.
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/afbe433c.jpg
I've got a good few plans for it, mainly tidying it up, so I'll be updating this as I go along and all comments, good or bad, are welcome.
First thing I did was hang the front bumper up where it was supposed to go. I had an aerosol of BMW Sepang Bronze lying around the garage so I decided to give the steelies a quick dusting over to take the rough look off them.
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They where already roughly coated in primer so I couldn't of made them much worse. I don't think they turned out too badly considering it took 5 minutes and no masking tape was used. :cool:
For those who don't know the spec, here it is from the for sale ad:
Mapped by vtec6000. The car made 205bhp and 185ftlb @ .6 bar . A lot more left in her is more power was your thing, these can take 250bhp on standard internals.
*1600cc.
*Upgraded the diff (welded)/ half shafts/ prop shaft to the stronger 1.8 units.
*New triple plate excedy paddle clutch kit.
*T28 turbo with custom manifold/elbow/downpipe/flexi and full 2.5" straight
through exhaust. (Di Motorsports).
*Custom actuator bracket.
*Artec Fabrications stainless turbo oil/water lines kit.
*Front mount intercooler with custom Di motorsports stainless pipe work and bracket.
* Innovative Motorsports Lc-1 wideband O2 sensor with gauge.
*Full standalone Megasquirt Pnp ecu with map sensor/air temp sensors.
*550cc RX7 injectors.
*Walbro 255 fuel pump.
*6 point roll cage (not currently fitted)
*Drivers Cobra fixed back bucket seat and harness (not cuurently fitted)
*Brand new track rod ends, extra lock inner tie rods, with lock spacers too.
*Brand new eibach 30mm hubcentric spacers up front.
*Hydraulic handbrake. (standard one still there and working)
*New front pads.
*Just serviced using 15w 50 fully synthetic mobil 1 motorsports oil.
*Old school hks mushroom filter mounted directly onto turbo.
* Raceland height adjustable coilovers, no problems whatso ever with them.
*Banded G60 steel wheels, 15 x 8.5 up front (195/45/15), 9 x 15 on the rear (195/50/15), with good tyres, also have spares to go with it.
*New alignment bolts for the front suspension.
*Adjustable front strut brace
*Sparco deep dish suede steering wheel in good condition.
*Gizmoo electronic boost controller, very easy to use.
*New coil pack, throttle position sensor, fuel pressure regulator.
*New denso spark plugs
*New battery
mx5ideways
13-08-12, 20:33
Very nice car, would love to have bought it if I had the money, best of luck with it, must try and organize a bit of a get together when I get my turbo mx5 back, theirs a lot of turbo mx5s popping up now
im super jelly!! was looking at it myself... must pull the finger out now and get mine done so we can all meet up
Also where are you based?? anywhere near cork??
Another LetterKenyan! Welcome along lad, good to see another rwd make its way up here. Was just thinking how much car for the money that wee thing was. Savage bit of kit and best of luck with it. Make sure you take it handy until you are well used to it!
Cheers for the replies. :wink: Kind of the opposite of Cork up here ha
Small update. Ordered these on Sunday and they arrived today.
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/4513ABBF-C215-46DF-B573-0BF0889CD14D-1731-0000025226909718.jpg
Here's pics of them on the car
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/0C556C4F-EA40-4AA7-8DA3-DF7A2BADA77C-1509-00000233BDE86254.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/5802FCEE-FEDF-4AB2-BA98-5CED217014ED-1509-00000233B5F80374.jpg
I also replaced the old steering rack with one that was provided by Aaron in the sale. Really easy job on these, all I used was a Halfords tool set and a Lidl jack. bt:)
Really made a world of difference to the handling and counter steering doesn't feel like a struggle so much any more.
I guess we won't be meeting up till the rally next year so :p enjoy it man..
change the god damn exhaust please!! used to walk out the driveway everymorning and it made me cry. haha.
otherwise, say its mighty fun now that its mapped!
do the dishes bronze aswell jason
cant wait to see this thing, you have it in letterkenny this weekend????
change the god damn exhaust please!! used to walk out the driveway everymorning and it made me cry. haha.
otherwise, say its mighty fun now that its mapped!
I'm on the lookout for some sort of exhaust at the minute, something a bit neater looking :)
It's quite enjoyable, I must say :D
do the dishes bronze aswell jason
cant wait to see this thing, you have it in letterkenny this weekend????
I might give them a quick blast, means I'll have to tape up the tyres though haha
Nah, no NCT and I'm gonna tax it next month so I wouldn't wanna chance the hassle.
Wouldn't mind a nice open space to get the hang of it though.
A few bits arrived during the week. Got small bits and pieces off an MX5 breaker in Swords
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0635.jpg
Nothing major, just a pair of mirrors to get rid of the tiny F1 style ones, a seat belt clip because the one on it didn't hold properly, windscreen washer jets and a throttle position sensor from an auto MX5.
Arrived home from work to find this lot in the front hall
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0645.jpg
6 point roll cage, Cobra bucket seat, Sparco harness, two spare tyres and a touch screen laptop for the Megaquirt (I'm using it to write this too :D )
Cage, seat and harness
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0669.jpg
Got this on eBay
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0670.jpg
There where 2 holes on the nose where it should be.
On car
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0671.jpg
Fitted the seat today as it was a handy job seeing as the adapters where already fitted to the seats.
Old
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0672.jpg
New (needs a clean)
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/IMG_0673.jpg
Also removed the stickers from the back bumper and the inside.
More to follow...
mx5ideways
27-08-12, 22:17
Nice work, if you ever want to change the tan interior let me know, I'm looking for a tan interior, that's my old bucket seat by the way :)
Nice work, if you ever want to change the tan interior let me know, I'm looking for a tan interior, that's my old bucket seat by the way :)
Have you got a black interior to exchange?
I had to take the seat out again because the steering wheel was at my chin while the pedals were miles away :p I just need to mod the bracket so the rear of the seat sits lower and I'm going to give it a good clean and spray up the brackets before I put it back in.
ha, did your man take all the bits out of the car, sell you the car, now sell you the bits back!?
martycturbo
29-08-12, 22:47
cage is a good job,, take it youre goina go skidding this then?? should be fun machine for the job!!
ha, did your man take all the bits out of the car, sell you the car, now sell you the bits back!?
Nah the bits were part of the deal but I swapped my teg Type R for it so I couldn't fit the extras in the Mazda coming up the road :p Got them couriered up.
cage is a good job,, take it youre goina go skidding this then?? should be fun machine for the job!!
I'll see what happens, shouldn't be too difficult putting the cage in so I might as well since its there. ;) The welded diff makes it a hard car to learn to tail out though, wouldn't mind giving someone who knows what to do with it a go to see what it should be capable of.
galway joey
30-08-12, 14:24
very cool motor mate, nice touchs to....
Nah the bits were part of the deal but I swapped my teg Type R for it so I couldn't fit the extras in the Mazda coming up the road :p Got them couriered up.
I'll see what happens, shouldn't be too difficult putting the cage in so I might as well since its there. ;) The welded diff makes it a hard car to learn to tail out though, wouldn't mind giving someone who knows what to do with it a go to see what it should be capable of.
ah yes makes sense now!
with regards learning to drift it, a welder will be the easiest diff to learn on so to speak.once the back is out they tend to stay out when ya lift off, where as on a lsd some cars will tend to straighten easier when off the power.
this car is capable though. here it is when it was non turbo
Juicebox x Tyteslippers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_gj83O1220)
martycturbo
31-08-12, 19:22
ill come up some evening then when you get her all sorted,:cool:,
I'll see what happens, shouldn't be too difficult putting the cage in so I might as well since its there. ;) The welded diff makes it a hard car to learn to tail out though, wouldn't mind giving someone who knows what to do with it a go to see what it should be capable of.[/QUOTE]
i took mine out for my first drift day about 3 weeks ago despite blowing the turboon the 3rd lap it was a great laugh. i was shocking id say get some good steering tires before u even bother heading out, but after a while i was getting it sorta sideways haha.alot of the pro drivers were telling learning in a car like mx5 will stand to you in future.:cool:
any pictures of your engine setup?
Big changes made this week.
Firstly, I finally got round to putting ducktail style spoiler back on after spraying it with the mirrors.
Before
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/CDA434B3-AFDF-494C-BFA0-8BE3CF580AC6-1496-000001D48AFE5D49.jpg
After
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/C887400B-AAA7-4208-90AC-C98920EECEA8-5546-000008734D11258D.jpg
I had an afternoon spare so decided to tackle putting in the half cage. Was an easy enough job, just time consuming
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/80E8B070-5636-40BE-8BCD-8DCF4781D798-5560-0000088304161AF3.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/78E57781-EE7E-4EC9-9AF5-CC4396A9BFFD-5679-000008834EEA9A2D-1.jpg
Biggest update now. Sold the banded steelies and placed an order with Driftworks on Monday. These arrived on Thursday morning (the other two came on Friday)
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/8448B7AE-2A95-4707-AF04-19AF72C8DC5A-5546-000008732E902BC5.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/2586EFE4-2C3D-49FE-909F-2C924E55382A-5546-00000873364922B0.jpg
Rota Grid Vs 15x8J ET0 front and rear :D
I had to take off the front 30mm Eibach spacers to fit them but it still doesn't rub as much as the steelies.
On car pics
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http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/42501030-981B-4300-A446-9F65DD8D0059-5679-000008835BF6958B.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/08CE9FB0-D811-4F9E-AF58-145C707F40EA-5546-0000087365C4FBC5.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/6951392F-EB11-4E20-9166-DB1EFA43E4EB-5546-0000087359B4D52C.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/E9A37F7A-50E9-43B1-8B95-8DB419C60FD0-5546-000008735FC43CF4.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/E3A5BD96-3FD6-4515-A707-BB97E44232B8-5546-00000873474DAE7A.jpg
Got a few bits done today, changed the plugs to better heat rating ones as the old ones where getting blown out sometimes on high boost.
Also fitted the new brake bleeders and bled the system. Hydro handbrake finally working.
Also decided to fire some satin black on the wiper arms and fit new blades.
Before
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/33309CD8-6993-42AE-954F-8CB3F5C01FDB-5920-000008A18D405549.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/2D975663-B321-4306-B642-3AF7C66F7FDE-5920-000008A194A0069B.jpg
After
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/59DA083D-1554-438D-953A-0F5E5F196734-5920-000008A199AD43BB.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/jsnmcclintock/46644EDD-F2D3-4F76-8574-77D1E24E3C74-5920-000008A19E9A5CD7.jpg
nice wheels!!!
just like mine.. car looks lovely :)
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu194/rhysmate/IMG_3863-1.jpg
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