My NA8 MX5 vs LOTUS!!

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:36 pm

MXHEVN wrote:
PUR157 wrote:You gotta update the title in the first thread via "edit" to make the change show up in the garage thread...

Love your car... but needs LESS offset...!

Ficksed!

Bah... more offset from car... less offset from wheel hub... same thing...

*grumble grumble*

:mrgreen:

edit : on the topic of offsets... looky here...

8.5 width, -22 and -35
*faint*

equazu · Postby **equazu** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:47 am

sliq wrote:need some genuine watanabes!! i cringe at replicas

u have no idea how badly i'd love a set of genuine fat Watanabes....

I'm just deciding which body member I'm going to trade for a set!

mordecaii · Postby **mordecaii** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:44 pm

equazu wrote:Still going with that 60's nostalgic racer theme...

Couple of pics taken from last weekends run: Royal Nat Park > Lawrence Hargrave Dr > Berry > Kangaroo Valley > Bowral > Sydney.

a "must do" run for spirited MX5 drivers!

Been through the Royal National Park two weekends in a row now..it's one sweet drive.. gonna have to try those others soon..!
Love the look you're going for equazu.. very nice..

You drove past me a couple of days ago in Leichhardt...
I was walking and staring for so long I almost kissed a pole..!! :lol:

equazu · Postby **equazu** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:01 pm

Been through the Royal National Park two weekends in a row now..it's one sweet drive.. gonna have to try those others soon..!
Love the look you're going for equazu.. very nice..

You drove past me a couple of days ago in Leichhardt...
I was walking and staring for so long I almost kissed a pole..!! :lol:

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Cheers Mordecaii,

Hope I didn't cause too much chaos!

Another great run is obviously Old Pac Hwy up to Mooney and beyond. Great sweeping bends and not much traffic.

As for my car, the other thing I really want is the Chrome windscreen surround to complete the classic look (see attached). I saw a BRG NA with the chrome surround last weekend on City West Link and it looked HOT! I can just imagine how awesome it'd look on the Black NA.

equazu · Postby **equazu** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:00 pm

just installed an S2000 style stubby antenna which looks much better than the OEM retractable antenna. So heavy and the motor died anyway...
Next mod = AC Cobra style sliding rear view mirror....nice!

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:29 am

equazu wrote:Going the Nostalgic JDM look.

I like where this is going

equazu wrote:last weekends run: Royal Nat Park > Lawrence Hargrave Dr > Berry > Kangaroo Valley > Bowral > Sydney.
a "must do" run for spirited MX5 drivers!

Indeed, a few of us actually live down there - on the Berry -> Kangaroo Valley section you probably drove right past my place. Sing out next time you're around, always a pleasure sharing those roads with other Roadsters.

Loving the 'racer zero' style you've got going so far, looks fantastic!

Pop in and say hello to the JDMST community, you'll be most welcome there also.

equazu · Postby **equazu** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:51 pm

Latest pics of a recent "touge battle" with my dad's Elise up the Old Pacific Hwy...Enjoy!!!

Chi3f · Postby **Chi3f** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:00 am

very nice...go the ducktail spoiler...i'd have some fat tyres n some of them coool if not slightly ratty over fenders...
man lotus's are cool...livvinnnn' the dream....

anyone else notice the purple background...or is that just me..............

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:40 pm

Is this an Elise with the 1.8lt Celica engine? Or do they now all come with that engine, with one model having a supercharger?

equazu · Postby **equazu** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:55 pm

No, this is an earlier model with the legendary 1.8L Rover K engine that was basically stripped down and rebuilt by Lotus. The later models (i.e. 2004 onwards) came with the 1.8L Celica VVTi engine. Comparing the two engines, the Rover engine offers much more torque and is a lighter engine - thus being the engine of choice for Lotus racers. The good thing about the Toyota engine though, is that you can buy a bolt-on supercharger kit from off the shelf...this can provide hours of fun!

Mactype · Postby **Mactype** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:00 pm

equazu wrote:Comparing the two engines, the Rover engine offers much more torque and is a lighter engine - thus being the engine of choice for Lotus racers.

Rubbish, anyone successfully racing one has dumped the K and fitted a Honda. The K series donk does make a good boat anchor however.

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:15 pm

Mactype wrote:
equazu wrote:Comparing the two engines, the Rover engine offers much more torque and is a lighter engine - thus being the engine of choice for Lotus racers.

Rubbish, anyone successfully racing one has dumped the K and fitted a Honda. The K series donk does make a good boat anchor however.

touche