Australian delivered 1994/1995 NA8 Clubman
Bought her about 3 months ago. 150000km and a bit on the clock. It came with slight mods (K&N intake, strut bar, lowered springs, custom cat back tail pipe, Rota Grid V 15x8 +0, stanced etc). Typical problems were found in this car: leaking fluid/water pump; leaking oil from the engine gasket; totally busted stock Bilstein shocks (fluid leaking, metal clanking sound whenever going over a bump). But still I think I got a decent deal
. And it was super fun driving it! It is my first manual car, my first rear-wheel-drive, my first sports car, she was my introduction into car culture. I loved it.This lasted for about 1.5 weeks. Out of no where in a cold winter morning... she wouldn't start. It cranks but no "catch". I was in a hurry to class so I had to call for a buddy to pick me up to the university that morning. Needless to say nothing was learnt in class that day...
(trying to speed up the story haha) Over the next month I had tried to the best of my abilities (and with help from a friend) to get her running again. I got a Workshop Manual book for 1.8NA. Tried many fixes (spark plug, spark lead, coil plug, changed fuel pump, battery, making sure that there's fuel in the tank...) No luck whatsoever. Admitting defeat, we towed it out to MX5+. I figured I might as well put in the money and not have to worry in the long run so I put her down for the "big service" as well.
A few days later I got a call from MX5+: the reason that she wasn't starting was.... a hidden kill switch installed by previous owners that I didn't know about... bangs head
Work done since I got the car: "the big service", removed some stickers including the ones on windshield that says "Less than classy" I sh*t you not..., Yellowspeed Coilovers, put the stock intake back in as the K&N aren't technically legal in my state, Enkei Compe 15x8 +25(iirc) with Kumho KU31. And my favourite part: drive, clean, and repeat.
To do:
Skidpan or some sort of driver training.
Front Rego plate bracket
Install Sparco Sprint that I had bought from pham
Mats/carpets. It's getting very annoying just to vacuum debris/leafs every few days.
Clean the engine bay.
Hardtop
Roll bar
Chips on bumper
Exhaust. I did feel that it was too loud at first but I've start to like it more and more at higher RPM
. However at lower RPM the exhaust has an annoying sort of resonating loud hummmm. It will drive me crazy someday I'm sure...That's it for now. Will post more photos and updates as they come!
Thanks for reading!
edit: fixed typos
