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Australian delivered 1995 NA8A

Bought it stock in Sydney, Xmas before last.



Spent a good part of 2006's weekends preparing it. The interior & boot trim was removed. As was the soft top. The heater, power windows, power mirrors ect were all retained. The passenger seat must also stay under 2F regs. Also, it was always to remain road registered. Below is a complete list of what went into the car in the order it happened. This is taken from a more detailed record of where from and how much, I kept. If the order looks odd, it's because the list is in the order I bought the parts.

- Walbro high flow fuel pump
- Recondition 2 driveshafts with new boots
- Purchase 4.1 Torsen LSD centre
- Recondition steering rack and convert to non power steer
- Braided brake lines
- AVO coilover shocks x 4
- Alloy strut tops
- Alloy seat rails
- 4 x Alloy tow hooks
- 2 x King springs - front 350lbs
- 2 x King springs – rear 250lbs
- Crown wheel & pinion 4.3
- Fit crown wheel, pinion & LSD centre to open diff
- Adjustable camshaft wheels
- Nolathane bushes fitted to all control arms
- Whiteline adjustable 24mm front swaybar
- Hawk Blue Brake Pads
- Shock plate polyurethane bushes
- Hard top
- 4 wheel alignment
- Rollcage
- Haltech E8
- Individual coilpacks
- Light Flywheel
- Clutch Kit
- Full race engine built and dyno tuned (205hp flywheel)
- CES 4:2:1 extractors
- Rebuild clutch slave cylinder
- 2 x Autometer gauges
- Mazdaspeed engine mounts
- 2 1/2” Exhaust system reusing Jasma muffler
- Thermostat & battery cable
- Kill Switch
- Kill Switch release cable
- Miscellaneous stickers, padding ect
- Paint roll cage, hard top, bonnet, front & rear bumpers
- Rose jointed swaybar links, front only
- K&N air filter
- 1kg fire extinguisher with steel bracket
- Sparco bonnet pins
- Log Book inspection
- Log Book
- Mod Plate
- 949 Racing 15\"x8\" alloy wheels
- Volk 15”x7” alloy wheels
- Toyo R888 205/50/15 tyres
- Sparco Sprint race seat
- RPM 2” 4 point ADR approved race harness
- Front strut brace
- Silicone radiator hoses
- Qld Transport Blue Plate
- PWR 42mm alloy radiator
- DBA slotted rotors
- Cool-Tek oil cooler
- Cool-Tek oil filter relocation kit
- Sparco suade leather steering wheel

Here it is completed in November 2006 for the logbook photos.





Racing shots from Wakefield & Oran Park late last year.











Lap times:

Phillip Island 1.55.91
Eastern Creek 1.52.33
Queensland Raceway (National) 1.25.97
Queensland Raceway (Clubman) 1.03.09
Queensland Raceway (Sprint) 1.00.69
Morgan Park 1.12.57
Wakefield Park 1.11.51
Oran Park GP 1.23.70

now that's a build and a half
would love to do something like this when I have the spare cash to do so, road registered race car

What can one say.... wow

To pretty to race

*Wonders when Cal will be selling this car (to me, after I sell BOTH kidneys) so he can join Neil in the replica SP class!*



Matt

One of the best looking NA's on the road or track.

Super well sorted and very quick. Watching it come off the bridge at Oran Park was great.

Looks great in the pics but it's even better in the flesh!!

Thank you very much for your kind words. To hear that makes trying to keep a race car looking nice worth while.

Matt, I won't be going turbo any time soon, so I suggest building Australia's 2nd Laguna Blue race car.

Did you sit there and type all that in or was it prepared for something else?

noice!

mickfred wrote:Did you sit there and type all that in or was it prepared for something else?

noice!

I keep notes on everything. That is from a list of the build with all the prices removed.

Sasso wrote:Very nice car.

I noticed braided brake lines was one of the first things you did. Did you find that it made a big difference and was worth the cost?

How do you like the Hawk blues? I got a set and found that they are a bit numb, they need lots of pressure to start doing anything and its more of an on off feeling so I found it hard to modulate and heel the throttle.

They weren't the first thing for any other reason than they came up. The cost was $240. I believe the brakes are probably the most cost effective way to get performance out of an MX5. Braided lines, slotted rotors, good pads, good fluid (changed regularly) and a master cylinder brace are all is required. The sticky rubber helps obviously.

The Hawk Blues are good, but I really only have the Halk HP+ to compare to. I'm about to try some Carbotech pads because they are supposed to be at least as good with hardly any dust. As you'll know, the Blue's are terribly dusty.

Has anyone noticed Cal's signature? well done

Sasso wrote:What master cylinder brace do you recommend and where can you get it?

yeh the blues were very dusty and scored the rotors. I ended up putting on hawk HP+, but haven't been back to wakefield. At EC I think they faded a little braking into turn 2 by the time I got to second gear. They are pretty good on the street.

I have a cheap ebay strut brace. I drilled a hole through the mount on top of the strut and put a bolt through it. I then put a piece of rubber over the end where it meets the master cylinder. Works fine. I have a much fancier one on BRG but the result is the same.

I have not had fade from the HP+ at QR in the other car.



1red5, thanks mate.

Little bit of oppy coming into Eastern Loop at Lakeside last month.

Love this colour. Its my favourite on the NA.

Hey Cal,
I have the 2nd Laguna Blue road registered race car, so Matt will have to build the 3rd.


btw, do you have any pics of your rollcage?
Jake

Blue94t wrote:btw, do you have any pics of your rollcage?
Jake

Sorry I missed this. No I don't I'm affraid.

BTW there is another Laguna Blue that competed in the WA Dutton Rally this year. http://www.motorsportfotos.com/gallery/ ... lia/Car09/