My [ex] MX5 - Turbo, Nitrous. Hairdressers Car

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My [ex] MX5 - Turbo, Nitrous. Hairdressers Car

Postby Sean » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:12 pm

Hi All,

Most of you will have seen my car before, but thought I'd post it up for old times sake.

Basics:
1.6 NA with AVO based Turbo conversion
Upgraded 1.8 diff
Rebuild (supposedly strengthend) box
Konis with stock springs
Mior braking upgrade
Complete fuel system upgrade
Custom drive shaft
Custom 1/2 shafts
Upgraded radiator
Custom Turbo & Intake
Full respray in standard classic red
Genuine Mazda front lip
Hardtop
Fully engineered and street dríven ran a 12 sec 1/4 (without the gas) and made approximately a bazillion jiggawatts


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Postby Sean » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:30 pm

380 views and not 1 comment :shock:
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Postby bigdog » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:42 pm

Love the traction enhancement on the bubble! :lol:

Where did your 5 end up Sean? It was certainly a great little weapon, even in low boost guise!

The new toy looks good... are they 4x100 wheels? I thought the RX/929's had different stud patterns. What developments have occurred since you bought it?
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Postby Sean » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:52 pm

bigdog wrote:Love the traction enhancement on the bubble! :lol:

Where did your 5 end up Sean? It was certainly a great little weapon, even in low boost guise!

The new toy looks good... are they 4x100 wheels? I thought the RX/929's had different stud patterns. What developments have occurred since you bought it?


Yay a comment!

The MX5 went to a member here who has improved it further with air con and some other comfort mods :mrgreen:

The 929 is soooo much work, think patchy time by 15 or so. The wheels on it are 114.3 now, they were re-welded and redrilled from a different pattern, and spacers made up to get the offset right.

It looks a tad more grey now thanks to most of it being in primer.

So far the engine has been rebuilt to stock spec - definately not a rocket, but the big manual choke switch gives a real sense of ceremony.

A whole lot of rust has been cut out and replaced with new steel, a HUGE job, much bigger than I was planning on, but it's coming along slowly, the body itself is fairly good, but the sills were rubbish, as are both the doors, we patched the doors with some plates but I'm keeping my eye out for 2 new doors, I dont feel right about welding so much into doorskins!

Will get some more pics of her up soon.
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Postby Sasso » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:02 pm

What boost and power does it produce?

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Postby Sean » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:35 am

Sasso wrote:What boost and power does it produce?


Have logs of it making over 24psi, but we ran out of map sensor up there so never intentionally ran it above about 21.

Made approx
235@13psi
260@15psi
280@19psi

All without gas, it seemed to be quicker 1/4 mile wise with the smaller turbo and lower powered set-up.
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Postby 16bit » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:05 am

are those power figures hp or kw?
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Postby Boags » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:44 pm

16bit wrote:are those power figures hp or kw?


Haha; that has to be HP. 8)

This is a sweet car. Got the pleasure of riding shotgun last year for a flat foot moment. Very schweeet. :mrgreen:
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Postby Cal » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:30 pm

12's off the bottle :shock:
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Postby Sasso » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:08 pm

What sized turbo?

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Postby Sean » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:58 am

16bit wrote:are those power figures hp or kw?

rw hp

Cal wrote:12's off the bottle :shock:

It's not uncommon for MX5s to run 12s in fairly streetable set-ups.
This one and Steve's blue turbo NA6 have both run in the 12s, Steve had a much better MPH, but I can't recall what it was, I think he ran 12.4? From memory Jas's GURGLR ran in the 12s too.

BJ and a few others here have run Turbo NBs (both SP and custom) into the mid 12s with great MPH

Sasso wrote:What sized turbo?

Small 8)
Had turbos from a 280hp AVO to a Garrett 2871R.
Ran 12s with a 2860 almost identical to an SP turbo.
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Postby gobsmax » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:42 pm

Nice stealth ride Sean, very clean and immaculate. I can imagine the look on the guys faces when you smoked them off the line. :shock:

Keep us updated on the 929!

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Postby RG.net » Thu May 15, 2008 7:28 pm

nice looking miata, very sleeperish nd quite an achievenment to be running 12's

tell me more on that nos kit, got any links? what shot was it? dry wet or direct port?
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Postby Fatty » Thu May 15, 2008 7:30 pm

MXHEVN wrote:nice looking miata,


have a closer look at the photos mate. the steering wheel is on the right hand side.

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Postby RG.net » Thu May 15, 2008 7:34 pm

Fatty wrote:
MXHEVN wrote:nice looking miata,


have a closer look at the photos mate. the steering wheel is on the right hand side.


i know, i've been on to many us sites lately, miata has become natural to me now lol
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