Neil's Galaxy Grey Roadster NC

Sean · Postby **Sean** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:52 pm

Crapweasel wrote:Loving the look of your car, this is how an NC should look!

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:25 pm

Neil - AWESOME shots. Must exchange USB sticks next time we catch up. I shot 1.4 GIG (in RAW)

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:21 am

HAHAHAHA - Neil,, just saw the smiley in the rising sun, sorry it took so long.....

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:08 am

lol Guy you're drunk, there is no smiley in the rising sun along with blazing dragons and rainbow unicorns :lol:

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:00 am

Well it's finally done!

We have cleared the final hurdles to become one of Australia’s only legal, registered & insured Supercharged MX5′s. We are all very proud of this milestone which started at the end of September 2012 with an emissions test – More details here.
The IM240 emissions test is the equivalent of the Euro 3 Emissions Standard. The process of achieving a successful result requires sampling (emissions) at different speeds and temperature in order to simulate real-word driving conditions. The Euro 3 regulations are incredibly stringent however we where confident that our custom tune would pass the test without issue (which it did!). My perfect tune was custom built by myself & Jay utilising a data logger and countless hours of on-road testing. Thanks to TDR Tuning.

The next step required for my car was to be tested for it’s braking performance now that it had significantly more power. The brake test involved almost 20 COMPLETE (0 km/h) stops from highway speeds in quick succession (no more than 45 seconds break between each brake – pun intended). We had to get permission from the local highway patrol to use this public road for the test. The factory NC brake system is phenomenal. Again, we passed this test without issue. Video summary below;

A weigh-in and a Dyno run completed the engineering requirements before all the results where submitted for review. The engineering company responsible for reviewing the data took only a few days to assess our efforts. This resulted in the delivery of an engineering certificate making my Supercharged MX5 RTA legal!

This engineering feat would not have been possible without Chris Gough at Targa Racing and Jay’s precision tuning at TDR Tuning. My sincerest gratitude to you both.

My NC will be at the track on Sunday along side Chris' wacky Mazda 2 :mrgreen:

Come say hello!

Find out more about my car at ggroadster.net

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:35 pm

Like the shot of the car under brakes!

Congrats Neil!

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:39 pm

yeah it's wicked isn't it?! love it

thanks mate!

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:43 pm

Great news Neil!
You've paved the way for many including me.
I have 2 more weeks of work then 5 off so my kit will go on in that time.

BTW what pads did you use for the brake test?

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:54 pm

That's really exciting Rob! You will love your new Christmas toy

I used Hawk HP Plus and I'll be using them at the track on Sunday. Chris thinks they should be enough.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:42 pm

congrats Neil

time to lower those Wakiefield times!

neilhr · Postby **neilhr** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:07 pm

Regie wrote:congrats Neil

time to lower those Wakiefield times!

haha i was just thinking before - geez i am going to be so depressed if I don't make a PB this weekend :lol:

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:08 am

neilhr wrote:
Regie wrote:congrats Neil

time to lower those Wakiefield times!

haha i was just thinking before - geez i am going to be so depressed if I don't make a PB this weekend

You could always sell your setup to me....