My NA Updated 14/03/2009

graemebc · Postby **graemebc** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:26 am

Well everyone else has so I thought I would, Already has a few mods and have a few more planned.
Includes getting the hardtop I bought of tezza painted black or maybe just find a black one and keep the red one for a red NA or NB

Car already has Teins and a KN filter setup since these pics, & the wheels have been changed to set of lightweight 15s. ITBS and a set of cams with a MSP is the next major purchase.

Anyway here's the old girl

So today I added the mx5 plus roll bar and the difference in the way the car handles bumps is nothing short of amazing, :shock:

my car has Teins and front & rear braces and adding this has transformed the way the car rides. Before i had some noticeable scuttle shake and now, massively reduced.
For 860 bucks its one of the best mods you can do to your car. Seriously impressed .

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d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:34 am

Wow nice car. Looks fantastic.

If you ever want to get rid of the headlight intake, I'm your man. :mrgreen:

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:53 am

wow, that's hot!!

what sort of aftermarket instrument cluster is that?

Tezzax5 · Postby **Tezzax5** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:43 am

The photos don't do the car justice.....Very Very nice in the flesh..

But i would be looking at the top radiator tank pretty carefully :idea:

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:16 am

Go the black NA!

Looks good

greyhair · Postby **greyhair** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:32 pm

Love thw wheels, looks great

graemebc · Postby **graemebc** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:48 pm

Sliq, Its a works set of gauges and Tezza I know about the radiator I've ordered an alloy PWR unit

It should hold till then...

grump · Postby **grump** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:57 pm

greyhair wrote:Love thw wheels, looks great

I'm sure they are for sale if you like them that much.

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:00 pm

Love what you've done to the dash - white face dials. Which ones are those?

dingmaz · Postby **dingmaz** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:43 am

looks good, would be a pleasure driving around in it as well

grump · Postby **grump** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:41 pm

I don't think anyone is listening.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:04 pm

grump wrote:I don't think anyone is listening.

are you saying you see a red na8 or nb8 in graemebc's future...?

btw, very nice!

graemebc · Postby **graemebc** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:49 pm

Well today was a car tweeking day

Popped on the alloy underdrive pulley from Danny. The alternator lower bolt needed the muscles of He-man to shift! I think someone put it on with a rattle gun at full power :shock:

After the fun of that I popped on the stainless braided brake lines I nabbed from Andrew.

Next week is the Adaptronic ecu and the week after that will hopefully be the ITB's :mrgreen:

Couple of things to do after that will be a new lightened flywheel (12lbs not too light or it will make too much noise) plus a slightly up rated clutch, Going to followed that up with the exhaust intake cam mod for about 10 extra cheap ponies. Later the plan is I will be throwing in some 803C cams and throwing on a 99 head when time and cash permit

So hopefully this sucker will put out about 130rwhp or so with the mods planned. NA power ain't cheap but throttle response should be a hoot and add in some decent sticky R spec tyres and the track will be alot more fun

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:18 pm

Sounds awesome.

Which Teins did you get and where from if you don't mine me asking?
How are they on the street?

graemebc · Postby **graemebc** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:13 am

The Teins are NR's and where on the car already, height adjustable but not bump or rebound. On the street their actually surprisingly good. On Track a tad soft maybe but they do ride the bumps really well,. I need bigger sways though.
I'm seriously considering a set of BC adjustable's though. I know someone uses them on a couple of cars on Targa and swears by them.
They don't rate the Teins as that great, they also like the fact you can buy replacement bits for the BC's like top mounts etc as parts.

At a grand a set it's a cheap try out, the WRX guys swear by them and their cars put them through more abuse than ours would.