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Mazda MX5 Turbo
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:00 pm
by hoodedreeper
Hello!
Some may remember me posting on here years ago about my little red Micra that i was thinking of putting on the track. Long story short,went to turbo it,ran out of money,sold the turbo bits,bought another car.
Heres a little bit of History about the car,most is cosmetics but its always worth showing its progress in the past 12 months i've owned her.
Mazda Eunos Roadster
Registered 1991
Imported to UK 1998
1.6L
The Day i got her
Next was Coilovers,Mini Superlites 13x7j ET-7 and some camo graphics (to hide the bad paint work)
Then it was off to Norfolk Arena for my first Drift day!
A Slight issue with the battery
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:05 pm
by Ben
Come on man, post faster - waiting for the shark
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:11 pm
by hoodedreeper
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:15 pm
by hoodedreeper
Dished Wheel,Sparco Sprint V Bucket Seat,Sparco 4pt Harness and TR LANE Roll Cage,soft top removed
Superlites resprayed,carbon ducktail bootlid,hard top spoiler
Made some carbon door cards
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:30 pm
by hoodedreeper
Graphics removed and painted on Sharks Teeth
New wheels... XXR 530 15x8.25j ET0 195/45/15s
Carbon boot lid removed and sent back (had moisture under the clear coat) KG Works Boot Spoiler fitted
Next up was the Turbo Conversion (it was inbetween a few of the previous photos)
Garrett T25 Turbo
Greddy Manifold
Custom Downpipe
Intercooler & Pipes
Megasquirt ECU
RX8 420cc Injectors
Innovate MTX-L Wideband
Depo 52mm Boost Gauge
HKS Turbo Timer (not fitted yet)
Blitz BOV
Air Con Removed
Currently running 0.6 bar,unsure of power output as havent had it dyno'd yet
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:58 pm
by Stuart
The car has come a long way Chris and you've bought some really nice parts for that too
Would you still drift it in that spec or do you have the old wheels to swap it back etc?
Great effort with the project
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:59 pm
by russ979
Blimey! One whole build thread done in one evening!:cheers2::D
That looks like a real hoot! Also looks like you were having a blast at the arena.
Ok i prefer the white car with the graphics.
Good luck.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:09 pm
by Rob S
Awesome effort, and I love the way you've adapted the car as you've gone along.
Did you do the turbo conversion yourself?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:03 pm
by hoodedreeper
A month or so ago the welded diff went bang,so got another viscous diff back on (needed one on to get the car mobile again ready for the turbo).
I'd like to do a taster session at Snetterton before i go back into drifting. Although i love drifting (and i done the conversion to help with it),i love driving the car 'normally'.
Me and a friend fitted the parts on my drive over 2 months and someone from the MX5 forum came over to fit the ECU and map it. I'm just waiting on my data cable to come through the post,then its lots of reading up on how to use Tuner Studio
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:03 am
by john B
MX5 Turbo !!!! Another one........I can relate to that what a hoot It's smiles per hour......
