Venturing down the slippery slope - SKYHI Motorsports SE
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:05 am
Some of you will know me from my NA ownership days, and/or from the racetrack. After recently selling my 2013 Toyota 86, I needed another toy in the Garage and decided an SE would fit the bill.
Last weekend, I came across one on the MX5 Australia FB page which caught my eye. Rang the owner, who sounded quite surprised, as he'd actually decided the keep the car and though he'd removed all the for sale adverts. Anyway, he said he still had the car and that I could come have a look at it if I wanted. I wondered whether I was wasting my time, but decided to go down for a look anyway.
Had a look over it, and whilst it needed a little TLC cosmetically, it had some nice mods, a decent service history, just clocked 100,000Ks, and the owner seemed like a real enthusiast who shared a passion for the track like myself. We went for a drive and 10 minutes later, we were talking money. He said he needed to sleep on it, but thankfully the next morning he rang to say he would sell me the car at an agreed price.
Finally picked it up last night and drove it home, followed by 2 hours of detailing to get it to a standard I considered acceptable to drive to work and show it off (OCD much
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Have raced a couple of turbo MX5s in the past, but have a lot to learn about the turbo cars, so looking forward to meeting a few of you, and picking at the MX5Cartalk brains trust as I journey down the slippery slope that is MX5 turbo ownership.
Current Mods are:
AEM CAI
Begi Intake Pipe
Turbosmart BOV
Turbosmart MBC
Full exhaust (unknown at this stage, but apparently NitroDann muffler)
EBay Intercooler
SAAS boost gauge
TrackDog front splitter
BD Roll Bar
MCA Blue Coilovers
DBA 4000 T3 front and rear rotors
QFM A1RM pads all round
Front tow hook
plus a couple of cosmetic items.
Also recently had new radiator, new radiator hoses, & new battery.
To Do List:
Hardtop
Injectors
Chiptorque or ECU and tune
15x8 Enkei RPF1 wheels
ADR approved race seats
5 or 6 point harness
Here's the only shot i have of it so far:
Last weekend, I came across one on the MX5 Australia FB page which caught my eye. Rang the owner, who sounded quite surprised, as he'd actually decided the keep the car and though he'd removed all the for sale adverts. Anyway, he said he still had the car and that I could come have a look at it if I wanted. I wondered whether I was wasting my time, but decided to go down for a look anyway.
Had a look over it, and whilst it needed a little TLC cosmetically, it had some nice mods, a decent service history, just clocked 100,000Ks, and the owner seemed like a real enthusiast who shared a passion for the track like myself. We went for a drive and 10 minutes later, we were talking money. He said he needed to sleep on it, but thankfully the next morning he rang to say he would sell me the car at an agreed price.
Finally picked it up last night and drove it home, followed by 2 hours of detailing to get it to a standard I considered acceptable to drive to work and show it off (OCD much
)Have raced a couple of turbo MX5s in the past, but have a lot to learn about the turbo cars, so looking forward to meeting a few of you, and picking at the MX5Cartalk brains trust as I journey down the slippery slope that is MX5 turbo ownership.
Current Mods are:
AEM CAI
Begi Intake Pipe
Turbosmart BOV
Turbosmart MBC
Full exhaust (unknown at this stage, but apparently NitroDann muffler)
EBay Intercooler
SAAS boost gauge
TrackDog front splitter
BD Roll Bar
MCA Blue Coilovers
DBA 4000 T3 front and rear rotors
QFM A1RM pads all round
Front tow hook
plus a couple of cosmetic items.
Also recently had new radiator, new radiator hoses, & new battery.
To Do List:
Hardtop
Injectors
Chiptorque or ECU and tune
15x8 Enkei RPF1 wheels
ADR approved race seats
5 or 6 point harness
Here's the only shot i have of it so far:
Too many people have gone the chip, then bought the ECU after realising the chip was a half measure.