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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby deanb90 » Tue May 15, 2012 12:09 am

Car looks really clean, sometimes i wish i owned an older MX5.

Just curious, why the Penrite? and why the 10 50?

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby bootz » Tue May 15, 2012 2:35 am

Love yr work, such care and attention to the roadster.
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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby ak_perth » Tue May 15, 2012 10:45 am

Love the ARC! Is there any noticeable difference in performance or noise?

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby NitroDann » Tue May 15, 2012 11:21 am

Performance no.

Due to the removal of the helmoltz chamber the intake gets throatier.

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby hks_kansei » Tue May 15, 2012 11:25 am

IIRC I've seen a dyno chart of a before and after, the chamber improves the midrange slightly, at the expense of low, and top.


And when I say improve, it was by an incredibly tiny degree, something like 1-2hp. Which to be honest, is so tiny it could have been normal dyno tolerances.
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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby Apu » Tue May 15, 2012 12:33 pm

"My dad helped me with retracting the calliper pistons"

Here I was thinking you'd gotten married and all that working on your car has given you tough, manly hands!

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby bruce » Tue May 15, 2012 12:44 pm

Apu wrote:Here I was thinking you'd gotten married and all that working on your car has given you tough, manly hands!


This is the inter-webs, thus there's no guarantee that Emily is a female (she might be a big burly trucker).
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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby Apu » Tue May 15, 2012 1:29 pm

Hey...what's wrong with female truckers? Lisa Kelly on Ice Road Truckers, hmmm? Plus I had a couple of female ex-colleagues - one was also a trucker from Canada, and another a lumberjack! A what?! You'd never pick them!

I should add, great work Em!

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby emily_mx5 » Tue May 15, 2012 3:57 pm

deanb90 wrote:Just curious, why the Penrite? and why the 10 50?

Well I had heard good things about it, and wanted to go fully synthetic because it breaks down with km's dríven rather than time, as the car doesnt get dríven very much at the moment. I was after 10w40 but they didn't have it, but the bottle says it can be used where other grades are required. Engine seems to be running quieter so meh.

ak_perth wrote:Love the ARC! Is there any noticeable difference in performance or noise?
something that is shiny and comes from Japan clearly adds at least 17kw :roll:
Haha nah just looks pretty, probly sounds nice but I can't hear anything over the stupid exhaust.

Lol thanks for that Bryan :| :lol:

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby Hjt » Tue May 15, 2012 5:21 pm

This is the inter-webs, thus there's no guarantee that Emily is a female (she might be a big burly trucker).


A few special people have met Emily, and she isn't ugly or manly at all. (don't get a big head from this mate)

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby Jace » Tue May 15, 2012 8:10 pm

there's nothing hard about bleeding brakes/changing brake lines, just takes two people.

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby NitroDann » Tue May 15, 2012 8:16 pm

Nah, 1 person job. VERY easy too.

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby spikes » Tue May 15, 2012 8:57 pm

I did it by myself, made a DIY vacuum setup because I didn't have time to do the gravity bleeding method.

I find it funny when the general male consensus get so surprised when a chick knows how to change brake pads and actually work on her own car.

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby NitroDann » Tue May 15, 2012 9:02 pm

Kinda sexist..?

Its just brake pads.

Should meet some female boiler makers, some are pretty nice on the eye.

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Re: Emily's NA6 V-Special Roadster

Postby Hjt » Tue May 15, 2012 9:41 pm

OFFTOPIC: My girlfriend can only top up her wash water, although my brother is dating an apprentice mechanic.


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