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Post by fellows on Dec 19, 2017 20:33:12 GMT
Hi all, I thought I'd introduce myself. I've just bought a (fairly) rust free 1994 Eunos G-Ltd 1.8 with a view to 1) doing it up and making it it nice and solid underneath, before 2) attempting to put a Jag V6 in it using a Rocketeer kit. I will doubtless have many questions, so I'm looking forward to spending a bit of time browsing the forum. Anyway, a quick pic of my car as I picked it up, about 2 days before I started taking it apart!  IMG_2515 by Jon Fellows, on Flickr |
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Post by Horney on Dec 19, 2017 21:40:46 GMT
Welcome. I’ve been following this over on Pistonheads. Lovely car and nice plans.
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Post by FFS Corders on Dec 19, 2017 22:00:28 GMT
Welcome, big fan of the g Ltd here. Especially the seats!
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Post by atlex on Dec 19, 2017 23:29:33 GMT
Lush. Build thread linky please.
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Post by fellows on Dec 20, 2017 9:49:26 GMT
Cheers for the welcome guys. As I say, I don't know a lot about Mx5's, so everything I do has loads of questions attached to it while I research it. Its very irritating for people...! The build thread I've started on pistonheads can be found here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1709711It's definitely a two stage plan though, with the engine swap coming after I've undersealed and redone all the suspension and then got it back on the road and any kinks ironed out. I don't want to end up changing everything in one go as fault finding the inevitable problems just gets really hard. |
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Post by Rickster on Dec 22, 2017 6:17:27 GMT
Great build, personally I think the v6 jag engine is the best way to power.an mx5, nice one!
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Post by rustywheels on Dec 22, 2017 8:20:38 GMT
Love the write up on PH, and will be excellent! Can't justify the spend myself (well, not without involving a divorce!!), but fully understand why you would want to do it.
BTW that's not a rusty '5 and you'd want to do that prep work for a +20 year old car, so consider it money well invested.
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Post by fellows on Dec 27, 2017 13:24:59 GMT
Cheers for the positive comments. It’s good fun, but quite a bit different to work on than my old TVR. So a bit of a learning curve!
I’m keeping track of my costs, and I think it’s going to be quite an upsetting figure, just to get it all solid clean underneath. But it’ll be nice to know it’s done and a good basis for the conversion.
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le sigh