Nick's Daily NA6 MX5 STANCED & LOW

[niiko101]

I like where it's going man, glad to see you are enjoying yourself with the build and staying motivated!

One thing you should do though, get a matte black rattle can and spray your pinch welds under the car. Will make your car look heaps neater. Normally you don't notice them but on white na's they stand out heaps, like a wavy crinkly line under the bottom of the car/sills.



Otherwise it's going well. Kudos

Oh good idea, i will do it, even tho i have Project G fusers, ill give it a go, thanks for the tip

[Mr nanotech]

That's ok man, just saying because a mate of mine did the same to his and it made a huge improvement. Mx5 pinchwelds are so freakin ugly lol.

[username]

Yup, definitely do it! Also take that canibeat sticker off

[niiko101]

Yup, definitely do it! Also take that canibeat sticker off

I wish i could take off the sticker unfortunately me being young and stupid, i put a optima redtop full size battery in not fully secured down when i first got the car, and it had made an outward dent, but hopefully with the upcoming mods i can get it fixed

Here are a few photos of a few parts sitting in my room that you can expect to see very soon.

hajime9917-img600x450-1366774013fgzief70643 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

hajime9917-img600x450-1366774014pumtwl70643 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

hajime9917-img600x450-13667740147uhpxe70643 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_3931 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_3934 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr


Also, awaiting delivery for G spoiler, will be spraying hardtop, boot and rear finish panel. Rear finish panel is the old style one that is deep in.

[niiko101]

Got around to putting the cage together

IMG_5823 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_5824 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_5833 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_5834 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_5839 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

IMG_5843 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

[Okibi]

Looks like you have those savage dogs caged in well.

[niiko101]

Looks like you have those savage dogs caged in well.

Safety first

[niiko101]

Update, well not really much of an update, Roll bar has been sanded primed and resprayed will post up photos soon, turned out very well.

on another note, some set backs, there is an issue with the coilover damper adjustment on the driver side,



noticed this as have been tweaking the suspension to get it perfect.
Corner weighted, just a bit over 980kg with 12" subwoofer and full size amp, optima redtop 800cca battery, fuel tank of fuel and myself in the vehicle at 76kg, battery is getting changed out and subwoofer and amp being removed.

got my wheel alignment done yesterday

IMG_6036 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

after alignment, thats when i noticed the damper not being active, it has no damper setting on it what so ever, which was throwing out the handling and response of the steering, contacted stance usa, they replied quickly and are sending me out the parts to replace it.


IMG_1917 by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr


After that is all fixed, i will getting another wheel alignment and possibly changing the rear upper control arms, my specs i am chasing are
Front camber: -2° (or as close as you can get to it)
Front total toe: 0
Caster: As much positive as you can get with the above settings (4°minimum)

Rear camber : -1.8°
Rear total toe: 0

[Hjt]

don't think the cage would hold the savage dogs in.

[niiko101]

So new wheels are being made, 16x12 -37 for the rear and 16x10 -15 for the front, that is one of my 15x10 +25 6uls to compare.


1175569_10151852961253685_1499636364_n by nick_marinho1992, on Flickr

[16bit]

what tyres do you plan on using?

[niiko101]

what tyres do you plan on using?

already ordered Mickey Thompson et street 2 315/45 r16 for the rear

[16bit]

and for the front?

[niiko101]

and for the front?

have not decided on fronts yet, something in 265/45 r16.

[hks_kansei]

I'm going to assume that you've done the research behind M/T drag radials?

I'm pretty sure they're designed with a really soft sidewall to let them bag up a little during launches. Which will translate to some really shitty cornering as the tyre tucks under the rim.


Also, remember that if you intend to do launches a lot, you'll probably fry the clutch (tyres won't spin, so something will have to give first, usually the clutch)