MX-5 V8 Update

Dweezle · Postby **Dweezle** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:44 am

CONGRATS on being up the top..

love seeing mx5's kick ass.

Do you know much about the AW11 that competed on the day?

Any one else impressed it came less than 2 seconds slower as a 1.6??????? :shock:

Surely a few people would have been upset in there so called supercars HAHA

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:33 pm

Dweezle wrote:Do you know much about the AW11 that competed on the day?

It started out life as a supercharged car but is now turbocharged. I believe it makes somewhere around the 200BHP mark. The car was built and is maintained by Simon Gunson (2nd on the results) of GTI Performance. If I remember rightly the owner of the MR2 also co-drives for Simon on some events. GTI also tuned and do most of the work on my car and there is a race MX5 hanging around their workshop to....

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:29 am

how much power is this thing making?

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:56 pm

I heard rumours getting around at the sprint a few weeks back this car is good for 400BHP+ and 500NM torque.

Waz man · Postby **Waz man** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:14 pm

Wow, all that Hp and torque and still gettin spanked by a NA MX5 on the Autotest skid pan

Muzz is a very good driver and usually we are neck and neck - but it was my day on Sunday!

rodsmx5 · Postby **rodsmx5** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:13 pm

i think it is called seat time,seat time ,seat time, the car is very different from the supercharged one,still getting to grips with not having to go back to second and let the torque drive me around in third in tight corners,,it sounds good in second but i dont think it is as fast as third...but i will work this baby out and this is the fun part

driving it and learning it....i just love it

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:17 am

Can't wait to hear it ripping around Barbagallo! It will really be able to stretch it's legs there so I think it will be posting some quick times.

rodsmx5 · Postby **rodsmx5** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:06 am

hey guys ,havent been here for a while..really getting the hang of it now,had some great results thanks to some good advice from rob hagerty.he told me to remove the rear swaybar and now the car is so easy to control the slides if the tail kicks out.. it has transformed the car..,went into a one day rally on sunday and won the class i was in.and got a fifth outright ...not to bad as it was pissing down and got beaten by a few evo,s...the car was great,abit of a handfull when it bucketed down..but i still love driving it rain or shine

once i work out my go pro camera stuff i will put incar action shots on the forum

tinsfci · Postby **tinsfci** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:42 pm

Rod,

I hope you remember how you did all the difficult bits of this car, because soon I’m going to be asking lots of “how do I” questions.
:twisted:

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:47 pm

Yay Pete, lemme know when you need a test pilot to iron out the bugs and test the acceleration.

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:06 pm

There is only one way my car is going to head in the future. I wouldn't mind lending a hand on yours tinsfci if you need....someone to sit and watch :lol:

rodsmx5 · Postby **rodsmx5** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:51 pm

hey dave,,lets do a deal,,help me with the go pro camera stuff..want to put together a little film of all the angles i have got for a three minute youtube clip,,,need your help to edit all the stuff on the card,,,in return you can take the beast for a blast

..check some of the results of that rally too when you get a sec..got a few 2nd and third fastest times,,in the wet as well...totally

with that!!next year i will catch the last of the super quick evo,s,,i cant wait :twisted:

Waz man · Postby **Waz man** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:07 am

Rod Baby, what a bloody top result! To be any where near some of those Evo's especially in the wet is fantastic.
You really are getting to grips with the car and laying down some impressive times - well done.
Cheers
Wazza

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:41 am

What he said :mrgreen:

I'd love to mix some videos, trick is finding the time. Might be unemployed within 7 weeks, could have all the time in the world. :lol:

rodsmx5 · Postby **rodsmx5** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:07 pm

hey guys,went to the drags on weds night.car went well.had a few hillbillies telling me to get out of the v8 lane and go into the riceburner lane,,i just waited and waited.then after the sixth flannel shirt dude told me to get out off the v8 lane..i hit the start button and watched the shock reaction

....that was a total crack up,so funny..then went out a did 12.4 at 187ks....not to bad as i did it constantly all night,,and taking off in second gear :lol:

..first gear way too much wheelspin!!!..also did the nolimit night racing at wanneroo,,,car was great again,not a drama all night.best time was a 57 flat ,that is better than the 58.6 last time..so again the car is getting better and better! :twisted: