Post by moro on Feb 25, 2016 20:31:57 GMT
Just to dilute the BRG ones.
The car has a long story. It started when I've bought a 1.6 european car only to discover that body has been twisted around the gearbox tunnel and along right side sill in a weird accident and can't be easily straightened out. Soon I've acquired a 1994 1.8 Eunos from UK and in a few weeks in 2012 converted it to left hand drive using my first car as a donor. This is it the day it rolled off a trailer in Riga, in my office parking.
It looked scruffy, didn't have a soft top at all, but the body was very solid with no rust and it had a few goodies, namely a plated LSD, Cusco roll bar, OEM Mazda hardtop and Garage Vary bumper. By the time it came here I've already had got a set of Meister coilovers which were promptly fitted. Subframe and steering rack are being replaced with their LHD equivalents.
Three weeks later
First track outing followed and if I just liked the car before I fell in proper love with it then.
Winters here aren't as warm as in the UK and with lots of snow and ice they are heavily salted. I couldn't allow the Roadster to rust away in a few years and it was clear from the start the car will be off the road for a few months each year. I've went to visit Autosport in January '13 and the people and cars on Nutz stand there provided plenty of inspiration.
Modifications continued, I've fitted a Megasquirt and Racing Beat manifold and a friend fabricated a custom exhaust to up the power a bit. We made before and after runs and if I remember correctly, the car made 8bhp more with the manifold on and ECU mapped. A bucket seat along with a harness has been added and then I've put the car on a diet, removing and cutting off lots of stuff. The GV bumper has been badly damaged on track curbs previously and I've replaced it with original bumper and GV replica lip. New wheels, R888 tyres and the car was ready for track outings.
More track outings followed
But I enjoyed it on roads as much
The 2014 followed with a few more upgrades and somewhat ill-fated engine work, about this later. Suspension has been refreshed with SuperPro bushes
I've also experimented with composites a little and made my own headlight covers.
As for the engine, I've used a Mk2.5 10:1 bottom end, the head had been worked on by Blink and shaved 1mm, Maruha 264 degree 10 mm lift camshafts were fitted and HLAs blocked using Maruha's so called clearance collars. Suzuki GSXR 750 throttle bodies went on and some other parts were added for good measure.
The car made 160 bhp compared to 111 it made when it was standard. The Bosch dyno calculated a flywheel figure of 187 hp, useful for these pub banters. However the 2014 was spent constantly adding oil to the engine as it spit it in copious amounts in to the catch tank. Still, in between adding oil I went to tracks a few times, added brake cooling, part exchanged my original hardtop for a lightweight aftermarket one and fitted a very useful BGW
I've ended the 2014 thinking my engine is borked but added coil on plugs just before taking it out for the winter.
I couldn't find any reason why it would spill so much oil through breather but nevertheless the engine has been refreshed in the winter. And only when put back into car again it was discovered I've had my oil dipsticks mixed up. I've had 1.8, 1.8 VVT and 1.6 and at some point I've ended up with a wrong combination of the stick itself and its tube. I've never paid too much attention to how much oil has actually gone into the engine as I've used a 20L can of Mobil. Never felt such an idiot as when I've found the reason for my troubles. 2015 season started on a high note then and I've changed the direction I was going with the car. It was to become more of a fun road car (a touge warrior my internal jdm fanboi is suggesting). Something still quick but what I could take for a road trip to remote winding roads perhaps. Interior went back in, semi slicks has gone.
I was driving around in a search for good driving roads and ended up slightly away from home...
... meeting many great people, some of whom are even on here. Then I came home and returned to the boring life. And this leaves us almost at the present moment, the car hasn't really changed after the trip and is garaged for the winter now. I've been acquiring some parts though and will get spannering as soon as the weather allows to take it out.
I haven't refreshed the car's spec for some time and it makes sense to do it now, if only for my own records.
Exterior
Lightweight hard top (-10 kg from OEM)
Garage Vary replica front lip
Excess weight removed (no bumper beams, no baby teeth, etc)
Modified rear bumper
TRS tow straps
Quick release front bumper
Reinforcements
Cusco Safety 21 roll bar
P5 Sportdrive frame rails
Suspension
Meister R Zeta-S coilovers with F 9 kg/mm and R 6 kg/mm
spring rates
SuperPro bushes
Wishbones sand blasted and powdercoated
Drivetrain
clutch-type LSD
4.778 final drive
SuperPro diff mount fillers
949 Racing SuperMiata 1.6 organic sprung clutch
949 Racing SuperMiata 1.6 3.5kg flywheel
949 Racing SuperMiata clutch flexi line
Engine
Stock Mk2.5 10:1 block
'94 head, modified by Blink Motorsport (UK), no porting or polishing. 1 mm skim.
( includes re-cut three angle valve seats, valve de-shrouding, valve guide repair (if required), New Valve stem seals, Valve springs checked for straightness & poundage, valves polished & refaced, cylinder head skimmed & fully cleaned)
Maruha Motors 264 degree 10mm In/Ex camshafts
Maruha Motors HLA collars
Toda Racing adjustable cam pulleys
Suzuki GSXR 750 K1 throttle bodies
danST Engineering ITB adapter
danST Engineering velocity stacks
RX8 injectors
Toyota ignition coil on plugs
Pipercross PX600 air filter
Fid vacuum manifold
Racing Beat 4-1 exhaust manifold
Custom 2.5" exhaust with Magnaflow & Kalkis Motorsport mufflers
Tegiwa Honda Del Sol aluminium radiator on custom brackets
16 row oil cooler with braided lines and AN fittings
MSPNPv2 ECU
Innovate MTX-L wideband
IL Motorsport engine mounts
Brakes
Carbotech XP8 pads
Custom cooling ducts
Motul RBF660 fluid
Wheels
Rota RKR 15x8 +10
Bridgestone Potenza RE002 195/50R15
Interior
Momo Prototipo steering wheel
Roadster chequered floor mats
Cobra Aerorace seat
Takata 6-point harness
Custom harness bar (Vagi Racing)
The car has a long story. It started when I've bought a 1.6 european car only to discover that body has been twisted around the gearbox tunnel and along right side sill in a weird accident and can't be easily straightened out. Soon I've acquired a 1994 1.8 Eunos from UK and in a few weeks in 2012 converted it to left hand drive using my first car as a donor. This is it the day it rolled off a trailer in Riga, in my office parking.
It looked scruffy, didn't have a soft top at all, but the body was very solid with no rust and it had a few goodies, namely a plated LSD, Cusco roll bar, OEM Mazda hardtop and Garage Vary bumper. By the time it came here I've already had got a set of Meister coilovers which were promptly fitted. Subframe and steering rack are being replaced with their LHD equivalents.
Three weeks later
First track outing followed and if I just liked the car before I fell in proper love with it then.
Winters here aren't as warm as in the UK and with lots of snow and ice they are heavily salted. I couldn't allow the Roadster to rust away in a few years and it was clear from the start the car will be off the road for a few months each year. I've went to visit Autosport in January '13 and the people and cars on Nutz stand there provided plenty of inspiration.
Modifications continued, I've fitted a Megasquirt and Racing Beat manifold and a friend fabricated a custom exhaust to up the power a bit. We made before and after runs and if I remember correctly, the car made 8bhp more with the manifold on and ECU mapped. A bucket seat along with a harness has been added and then I've put the car on a diet, removing and cutting off lots of stuff. The GV bumper has been badly damaged on track curbs previously and I've replaced it with original bumper and GV replica lip. New wheels, R888 tyres and the car was ready for track outings.
More track outings followed
But I enjoyed it on roads as much
The 2014 followed with a few more upgrades and somewhat ill-fated engine work, about this later. Suspension has been refreshed with SuperPro bushes
I've also experimented with composites a little and made my own headlight covers.
As for the engine, I've used a Mk2.5 10:1 bottom end, the head had been worked on by Blink and shaved 1mm, Maruha 264 degree 10 mm lift camshafts were fitted and HLAs blocked using Maruha's so called clearance collars. Suzuki GSXR 750 throttle bodies went on and some other parts were added for good measure.
The car made 160 bhp compared to 111 it made when it was standard. The Bosch dyno calculated a flywheel figure of 187 hp, useful for these pub banters. However the 2014 was spent constantly adding oil to the engine as it spit it in copious amounts in to the catch tank. Still, in between adding oil I went to tracks a few times, added brake cooling, part exchanged my original hardtop for a lightweight aftermarket one and fitted a very useful BGW
I've ended the 2014 thinking my engine is borked but added coil on plugs just before taking it out for the winter.
I couldn't find any reason why it would spill so much oil through breather but nevertheless the engine has been refreshed in the winter. And only when put back into car again it was discovered I've had my oil dipsticks mixed up. I've had 1.8, 1.8 VVT and 1.6 and at some point I've ended up with a wrong combination of the stick itself and its tube. I've never paid too much attention to how much oil has actually gone into the engine as I've used a 20L can of Mobil. Never felt such an idiot as when I've found the reason for my troubles. 2015 season started on a high note then and I've changed the direction I was going with the car. It was to become more of a fun road car (a touge warrior my internal jdm fanboi is suggesting). Something still quick but what I could take for a road trip to remote winding roads perhaps. Interior went back in, semi slicks has gone.
I was driving around in a search for good driving roads and ended up slightly away from home...
... meeting many great people, some of whom are even on here. Then I came home and returned to the boring life. And this leaves us almost at the present moment, the car hasn't really changed after the trip and is garaged for the winter now. I've been acquiring some parts though and will get spannering as soon as the weather allows to take it out.
I haven't refreshed the car's spec for some time and it makes sense to do it now, if only for my own records.
Exterior
Lightweight hard top (-10 kg from OEM)
Garage Vary replica front lip
Excess weight removed (no bumper beams, no baby teeth, etc)
Modified rear bumper
TRS tow straps
Quick release front bumper
Reinforcements
Cusco Safety 21 roll bar
P5 Sportdrive frame rails
Suspension
Meister R Zeta-S coilovers with F 9 kg/mm and R 6 kg/mm
spring rates
SuperPro bushes
Wishbones sand blasted and powdercoated
Drivetrain
clutch-type LSD
4.778 final drive
SuperPro diff mount fillers
949 Racing SuperMiata 1.6 organic sprung clutch
949 Racing SuperMiata 1.6 3.5kg flywheel
949 Racing SuperMiata clutch flexi line
Engine
Stock Mk2.5 10:1 block
'94 head, modified by Blink Motorsport (UK), no porting or polishing. 1 mm skim.
( includes re-cut three angle valve seats, valve de-shrouding, valve guide repair (if required), New Valve stem seals, Valve springs checked for straightness & poundage, valves polished & refaced, cylinder head skimmed & fully cleaned)
Maruha Motors 264 degree 10mm In/Ex camshafts
Maruha Motors HLA collars
Toda Racing adjustable cam pulleys
Suzuki GSXR 750 K1 throttle bodies
danST Engineering ITB adapter
danST Engineering velocity stacks
RX8 injectors
Toyota ignition coil on plugs
Pipercross PX600 air filter
Fid vacuum manifold
Racing Beat 4-1 exhaust manifold
Custom 2.5" exhaust with Magnaflow & Kalkis Motorsport mufflers
Tegiwa Honda Del Sol aluminium radiator on custom brackets
16 row oil cooler with braided lines and AN fittings
MSPNPv2 ECU
Innovate MTX-L wideband
IL Motorsport engine mounts
Brakes
Carbotech XP8 pads
Custom cooling ducts
Motul RBF660 fluid
Wheels
Rota RKR 15x8 +10
Bridgestone Potenza RE002 195/50R15
Interior
Momo Prototipo steering wheel
Roadster chequered floor mats
Cobra Aerorace seat
Takata 6-point harness
Custom harness bar (Vagi Racing)
le sigh