The Final Mx5

.... Or mine anyway

I acquired my 7th MX5 (5 NA, 1 NC and 1ND) back in May of 2018.











I drove down south to pick it up and bar a few issues was quite happy with what greeted me.







Chaste White NA Eunos



1.8



Jackson Racing supercharger kit



Ms2 running in parallel and fitted/mapped by Skuzzle



P5 Sportdrive coilovers







And that was it!



No rust anywhere, original dimples etc







We had driven from Manchester to High Wycombe, then popped to halfords and bought a head unit to get me through the rest of the journey. From Halfords we drove 2 hours the wrong way to get a hardtop followed by a further hour even further away to pick up a Bride seat before the return leg which luckily my mate Joe did in the MX5. All this in the height of last years summer heat!





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So Unfortunately over the years i've stopped being into photography, However i'm going to make a conscious effort to take pictures.







The 10 hour day above highlighted a few issues, the most annoying being the massive bog at tip in, making it difficult to hill start or even just to drive smoothly on the road. This turned out to be an issue with acceleration Enrichment so luckily easily fixed on tunerstudio.







Progress at the end of the first day of working on it(Give or take)







Rota Grid V in 15x7 ET20



Bride seat Fitted



IRP Shifter



Nardi 350mm Deep corn Steering Wheel



Mud Flaps removed



Moss Tsi intakes



AEM Methanol injection to cool the blower (Pre charger)



GCfab GC3 (I think) Roll bar



A good hard clean!

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I removed the pedal covers don't worry!







At this stage it seemed only fair to chuck some pads in and do a trackday with Joe in his ugly Ass 328 swapped compact!


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The track day up against the E36 highlighted just how little use the supercharger was, the E36 would literally just walk away.







So I Sold the supercharger and drove back down south for a used turbo setup comprising of



650cc injectors



Begi manifold



Customer downpipe back



GT2554 off a Ca18



Decent sized intercooler

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Quick picture after the first day of trying to swap over to turbo power.











Essentially I got the car running on this setup quite well but was never 100% happy with it, Queue my mate Lewis breaking his MX5.







So off him i bought



Flyin miata intercooler and piping



Kraken 3 inch exhaust











Which forced me to change my manifold over to Kraken and there Cast down pipe elbow!







No pictures of this but we all know what that looks like.







At this point the car was running great, so how could i mess it up? more bits!







Drunk on the boat to the nurburgring I ordered a skunk2 inlet manifold and throttle body, also set time aside to fit a flyin miata stage 1 clutch which should be plenty for me.







I also fitted some Subaru Impreza Brembos, this forced my hand into fitting extended studs and 13mm spacers, which due to my soft suspensions meant i was getting a lot of rubbing, so i swapped my front wings (one was knackered anyway) for a set of unknown 25mm front wings. These came off facebook market place and fit like total Sh1t. I rattle canned them eventually and they do the job, I like the style of them but honestly they line up nowhere.



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Whilst I had the rattle cans out i also fitted Carbon Miata GV Copy rear lights and a vindi ducktail.





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The car then got some Aerocatches, side stripes to match the boston green rocker cover and aligned ready for anglesey.







At some point in all this i also changed to a Megasquirt MS3 mini



Double Dragon



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My mates turbocharged E36 328 lurking

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Anglesey again with the yellow Compact, Silver E36 turbo and My mates blue F80 M3



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Seeing an ITB car there and having issues with my own cars brakes left me wanting for progress







So i ordered some Meister Clubrace coilovers and bought some wilwoods with master cylinder off my mate Lewis.







These bits are all on and the next trackday is booked for 14/10/2019 so fingers crossed I may actually leave happy!







Thanks for looking!







Full spec hopefully to close off.











1.8 MK1 Eunos



Chaste White



OEM lip in white



Vindi Ducktail



Carbon miata GV light panel



Unknown +25mm front wings



Moss Tsis



OEM hardtop in white



Raybrig headlamps







Stock engine



GT2554 Turbo



Kraken manifold



Kraken Downpipe elbow and 3inch exhaust



Flyin Miata Intercooler and pipework



Mx5Dan aluminium radiator



Alloy Coolant overflow tank



MX5Dan washer bottle



Megasquirt MS3 Mini



Forge actuator



Mac EBC solenoid



AEM Methanol injection



Skunk 2 inlet manifold



Skunk 2 Throttle body



AEM wideband







Rota Grid V 15x7 Et20



205/50/15 Federal 595RSR



Wilwood 4 pots up front with DS2500 pads



Freakyparts MK2 rear setup with Axxis ultimates



Wilwood master cylinder



Wilwood Bias valve



Braided lines all round











Meister clubrace coilovers



Ultra racing front and Rear anti roll bars







Bride Drivers seat



Sparco Rev passenger seat



Stack boost gauge



GCFAB GC3 (maybe) Roll bar



Nardi 350mm deep corn wheel



IRP Shifter



TRS Harness