been a few people noticing my car around and wondering if im a member or not, so ive decided to write up a build thread/blog of my na6
The following are pictures i had on my phone, i've owned the car since november of 2012
I originally owned an na 2j, after spending far too much to keep it immaculate i decided to buy something a lot cheaper in terms of parts but was still engaging to drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EJwL61mk-I
bought the na6 off one of the guys from pplatermods he had up for sale on carsales
This is how the car looked when i got it. completely stock apart from a generic alloy radiator, cooling plate and new soft top
so first day i got the car i decided to head down to option 1 and pick up some new wheels and tyres.
got these grids for a good deal at 16x8 +20, and they are far too heavy for this car.
Drove the car as my daily for a good 5,000k's before noticing the car needed to be stiffened and the clutch bearings started to go
picked up new clutch, pilot bearing, throwout bearing, slave, rear main seal and BC coilovers from mx5plus as well as some jackstands and a jack since i'd be doing the job myself. I really wish i took more pictures.
I did the job on the ground which took me about 3 days. This is the last time the gearbox is coming out.
clutch, flywheel and rear main seal off
and then new clutch on
car ran good with the new clutch but I really wanted to change that stock single pegger diff with the torsen from an NA8
so i picked up this from mx5 plus, 2 way torsen
diff all cleaned up and painted black, took out the stock bushings
replaced them with superpro poly bushings, far stiffer then stock and shifts like butter.
cleaned and painted all the driveshafts
got some leather door pulls off pham, also reupholstered my doorcards and got rid of the need to cover up the bottom hole, makes it look a lot cleaner
320mm steering wheel, now it feels like a go-kart
went to my first DS meet and met up with rollie who took some pictures of the car
new TSI's from pham
NB brakes with SE rotor from pham
poly front lip from ebay
stoner eyes from pham
cut up my rear parcel shelf for the carpet mod. used some left over door foam from when i did my door cards.
test fitting my autokonexion flares, these add an extra 40mm to the wheelbase, holley hell
small service on the car
pick up a complete poly bushing kit, most of the stock bushings were practically falling out of their arms.
was pretty fun burning things
replaced my slave with one from bursons. Also got a braided clutch line from mx5plus
And this is where we are today.
Cars been sitting for 3months as I've moved for the need of more space, was going to sell the car but then decided to keep it
Got these in the mail today, T25 off an sr20 redtop and a mazdaspeed intercooler. Official power goal is 160kw atw with the 5spd
I didn't want a huge intercooler blocking the front airdam, as many na turbo owners experience increased underhood temps and I don't want any unwanted attention as its not going to be engineered.
gonna be properly documenting the car with this turbo build from now on.
