OMX-596 - 1996 Spec'd NA6 - Updated 21 Apr 2013

Postby **orx626** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:32 am

OMX-596

Vehicle Specifications

Vehicle: Mazda MX-5 (NA6)

Year: 1989 (1996 - VR Ltd Type B Specifications)

Engine: 1996 Eunos Roadster 1.8 litre (BP) Engine

Induction: Jackson Racing M45 Supercharger Kit - 6 psi pulley

Gearbox: 2001 Mazda Roadster 6-speed

Differential: 1996 Eunos Roadster 4.3:1 Torsen LSD

Suspension: Tein Flex

Sway Bars: NB8B 22mm Front & 14mm Rear

Brakes: 1996 Eunos Roadster Front & Rear

Brake Pads: Bendix Ultimate

Road Wheels: BSA 214 CP 17 x 7

Road Tyres: Crappy Federals in 205/40 R17

Track Wheels: BBS RGF 15 x 7 - 33P offset

Track Rubber: Toyo 888 in 205/50 R15

Exhaust: MX-5 Plus 2.25" Stainless System including Xforce extractors

Engine Management: Megasquirt PNP

EFI Fuel Pump: Standard

Roll Over Protection: MX-5 Plus Single Hoop Torque Box Roll Bar

Started life as this.....circa 2003 (6 month build from start to finish)

Then progressed to this....

And finshed up as this............

Racing piccies

timk · Postby **timk** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:41 am

Your car is the coolest NA6 I have been in!

Ajay · Postby **Ajay** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:43 am

amazing!.. good job!

Cal · Postby **Cal** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:52 pm

Wow nice work.

Postby **orx626** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:00 pm

Cheers, Sab, Ajay & Cal

I can't believe it has been 5 years since I restored her! It was my first MX-5...others have come and gone (not all going mind you), but this one is staying

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Regards,
Danny

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:14 pm

wow, great restoration job there

Sean · Postby **Sean** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:22 pm

Awesome work - Very impressive.

Alfadog · Postby **Alfadog** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:43 am

Wow! I had no idea you had restored one so extensively man. Top work. Love it!

Postby **orx626** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:13 am

Alfadog wrote:Wow! I had no idea you had restored one so extensively man. Top work. Love it!

Cheers Lachlan!

It was a pretty big job...stopped counting the hours I spent on the job....it was well over 600 hours!

She was stripped back to a bare shell with no wiring and only essential fasteners. The rear loom in the bottom photo was also removed. The fuel tank was changed out for the 1996 one after the paint job.

Regards,
Danny

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:22 am

So did your mechanical engineering background help any in the rebuild? :mrgreen:

Tre cool monsieur Danny.

Check out how flat the cornering and drifting attitude is ... superb.
The corner you drifted looks like the last turn at QR?
But what about the right-hander (back of car shot)? 2nd corner at QR? If you were hard at it, that is a 100km/h+, open-90deg radius, turn (in an MX-5) boys and girls

Postby **Administrator** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:35 am

Excellent job :mrgreen:

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:38 am

Ahh.. it's originally a red. That must be why it goes so fast.

Postby **orx626** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:42 am

1red5 wrote:The corner you drifted looks like the last turn at QR?

Indeed

1red5 wrote:But what about the right-hander (back of car shot)? 2nd corner at QR?

Pretty sure that's turn 1 Andrew. Corner speed was between 135 and 140 kph.

Cheers,
Danny

Postby **orx626** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:44 am

sabretooth wrote:Ahh.. it's originally a red. That must be why it goes so fast.

And a bit of BRG (or whatever the metallic green from 2006 was called!) :mrgreen:

Cheers,
Danny

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:00 am

orx626 wrote:
1red5 wrote:But what about the right-hander (back of car shot)? 2nd corner at QR?

Pretty sure that's turn 1 Andrew. Corner speed was between 135 and 140 kph.

Awesome