Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Chat to do with your MX5/Miata/Eunos Garage Ride(s).

Moderators: timk, Stu, zombie, Andrew, The American, Lokiel, -alex, miata, StanTheMan, greenMachine, ManiacLachy, Daffy

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:47 am

Small update:

- Vacuum Hoses now changed to black
- Clear P-Clips on Rocker Cover now Black
- Polished Expansion Bottle Cover
- Black Oil Catch Tank Fitted

Image

Image

Stoney Racing 14pc Ancilery Silicone Hose Kit (started to fit them,but need some more hose clips)

Image

I won a Polished Slam Panel off ebay for £16 :)

Image

My custom Black Dials from Rlawton-Designer on MX5 Nutz arrived and fitted them today:

Image

Image

Image

Still needing a 1.8 diff/driveshafts/prop,but with it being off the road and Christmas only round the corner i'm in no hurry :)

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:16 am

Heres a crap photo of them illuminated,realised i need brighter bulbs! For some reason 1000rpm doesnt light up,but does if i switch between sidelights/dipped...strange (never done it before) Guess thats something else i need to fix

Image

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:42 am

Update!

About a month ago Speedhunters were on the look out for photo of MX5/Eunos/Miatas from all over the world. I emailed them some photos of mine on the off chance,knowing that it wouldnt get picked. The article went up and low and behold mine had been chosen! (about half way down)

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/11/miata-featurethis/

My LED bulbs came through the post so got round to fitting them in the dash. They light up a treat! Just need to trim abit of the dash to light up the bottom left corner abit more,but who needs to see under 2k rpm anyway :P

(forgot to clean the perspex lenses...oops!)

Image

Yesterday was an early Christmas for me

Image

Alloy Radiator from Japspeed
Twin 10" Slim Fans
1.8 Open Diff,Driveshafts and Propshaft
Alloy Washer Bottle

Today me and a friend fitted the Radiator

Image

Image

Image

Image

I forgot i needed the fan shroud,so i fitted the original fan back on for now untill i can get some.

Also fitted an Alloy Washer Bottle from MX5Dan

Image

Even had time to split the 1.8 diff and cleaned it up ready for drifting. Didnt realise how much of a difference there is between the 1.6 and 1.8 diffs,looks like the 1.8 diff will be ALOT easier to weld up :) Happy days!

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:05 am

Image

She's Back! I've been abit busy :)

Bonnet Pins and Aero Cups

Image

Collected my custom centre console from the fabricators and mocked up the switches

Image

DEPO Oil Temp Gauge

Image

Stoney Racing Silicone Radiator Hoses

Image

The car was down at H&S Performance to have the Steering Rack replaced (had been leaking since Summer '12) and for me and mate to fit the 1.8 Welded Diff,Driveshafts and Prop

Image

Ordered a new Intercooler Kit from MX5Dan on MX5 Nutz. I ordered the Medium Size Intercooler

Image

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:06 am

Comparison of the two Intercoolers

Image

Throttle Body take off Assembled

Image

And fitted

Image

Turbo Outlet assembled

Image

And fitted

Image

Can see the new bottom radiator hose fitted,and heres the other rear one

Image

Image

Image

I've missed boost too much,glad its back on the road (at last!)

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:46 am

A random photo from the other night...

Image

Went to a Rolling Road day today

Outside waiting to go in

Image

Just about got on the rollers,even with the bumper off!

Image

She made 181bhp at the Fly and 158lbft. Very very happy!

Image

And a lil video with the GoPro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNH2p-a ... e=youtu.be

User avatar
Regie
Speed Racer
Posts: 4259
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 3:02 pm
Vehicle: NC - V8
Location: Sydney

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby Regie » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:05 am

great pics

its amazing what the salt on the roads does to your underside of the car
MY07 NC, Mazdaspeed Body, Ohlins, Full GWR Exhaust, 17x9 RPF1's, 4.1FGR and lots lots more

User avatar
zero00
Speed Racer
Posts: 3248
Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:54 pm
Vehicle: NB8A
Location: Sunshine Coast Queensland

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby zero00 » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:24 am

Regie wrote:great pics

its amazing what the salt on the roads does to your underside of the car


Would be a problem Regie, not sure what the salt does to snow but glad it don't snow here!! Then again that NA could be up to 23-24 years old by now
Roger D-SUNSHINE COAST
2000 NB8A-LP 69.1248|QR Clubman 71.9235|QR Sprint 68.1412
1989 NA6 B-SPEC #77|Toyota GTS86 MT

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:44 pm

Shes a 1991 so 22 years old :)

Muzdaman
Fast Driver
Posts: 453
Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:00 pm
Vehicle: NA6
Location: Newcastle

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby Muzdaman » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:17 pm

To get the tacho to completely light up you need to break up some of the plastic behind the gauge face.

As per revlimiters write up.

its about half way down the page.
http://revlimiter.net/mods/gauge_install.php

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:25 am

The MX5 passed the MOT today,so another 12 months of motoring on its way!

Treated myself to a GoPro Hero 3 a few weeks ago. Only just got round to buying a new memory card and have a mess about.

Image

My Mocal 13 row Oil Cooler,Thermostatic Sandwich Plate and Braided lines arrived today:

Image

Will be starting on the re-wiring of the centre console in just over a week's time,so hopefully that'll be done soon :)

User avatar
Okibi
Speed Racer
Posts: 10898
Joined: Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:00 am
Vehicle: NB SE
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Contact:

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby Okibi » Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:05 pm

Look forward to the footage :mrgreen:
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

User avatar
timk
Racing Driver
Posts: 1928
Joined: Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:16 pm
Vehicle: NC

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby timk » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:37 pm

I had the same issue with the cluster lighting:

timk wrote:One other change I've made is swapping to a JDM tacho; it makes the redline area much easier to see with your peripheral vision on track days:

Image

It is an easy swap to do however you will find the 0-2 area not as well lit as the rest of the gauge. The Australian cluster doesn't have anything in this area so there's no provisions for a bulb or light to get through. I don't find it to be a problem.


I think any cluster housing that doesn't come standard with a "resting 6 o'clock" position will have this issue. But like you've said, who cares about that part of the rev range! :lol:

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:02 am

Ordered a new Number Plate bracket from Jass Performance because the old wonky one was doing my head in!

Image

Image

Image

While i was out and about i tested out the new GoPro and caught this image :)

Image

You may remember me cutting my dashboard about and the Custom Centre Console i had made up. Me and a friend finally got round to fitting/wiring it!

Image

Image

Still need to tidy up a couple of things but its almost done. As you can see we pulled the carpet out while we were there too :)

hoodedreeper
Fast Driver
Posts: 235
Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am

Re: Hoodedreeper's Eunos Roadster

Postby hoodedreeper » Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:18 am

A few better pics:

Image

Image

Image

Image


Return to “MX5 Garage Chat”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 168 guests