James's SE

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:16 pm

fitting this....

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:09 am

mounted the front 4 points but the back 2 legs that go to my boot were difficult, dont know how to get nut+ sandwich plate up from the underneath of the car, let alone a socket, so im just going to weld those in

the dint in my bonnet has SLIGHTLY turned the bonnet locking mechanism and its been quite hard to operate and i dont think i would trust it now going 200km/h

. so i have sparco bonnet pins to go in today!excited!

James

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:14 pm

Not sure that the Sparco Bonnet Pins are legal since they protrude from the bonnet in a "dangerous manner".

Aerocatch pins are what you need since these are almost flush-mount.

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 1:15 pm

went for a cruze last week with some mates. was awsome. had many casualties, s15 belts, sti engine kept serging, i lost my number plate! but after it all and all it was an awsome day.

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:58 am

7 days till lakeside!
picked up some penrite brake fluid and ordered brembo pads and sparco harness

last time my brakes were really holding me back from keeping up consistant times, as they would change so much from lap one to five. we will see how it goes

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:18 pm

had tyre problems :/ monday isnt looking to good for me

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:44 am

yo yo!
had alot of stuff on that for some reason didnt involve my sebo.
ive just been driving more than modifying. was going nebo glorious at least once a week and driving the sunnycoast hinterlands and shiz. went on a great run last night with Luke and his blue na6. was a great run! up glorious down nebo, always my fave run. hopefully got some things coming up for sebo,
rear ajustable controll arms
new coat of plastidip
currently looking into a new turbo setup, dont know what to use though. been thinking t28 , what they use from a stock 15, if anyone has some recomendations for a turbo that is great between 300-400hp , give me a shout!
cheers,

James

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:45 am

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:46 pm

james_p93 wrote:yo yo!
:
currently looking into a new turbo setup, dont know what to use though. been thinking t28 , what they use from a stock 15, if anyone has some recomendations for a turbo that is great between 300-400hp , give me a shout!
:

Borg Warner EFR series ;^)

You're going to need to build your engine to prevent it from going

since 250rwhp is generally considered to be the upper limit of our stock internals.

Also, 300rwhp is considered to be the upper limit of our stock 6-speed gearboxes for hard track work. No-one seems to have figured out what does work reliably above 300rwhp - Bob Bundy on MT.net has gone few quite a few 6-speed gearboxes.

Spend some time researching this on MT.net, it'll save you lots of time and $$$.

What aftermarket ECU are you thinking of to manage this?

>300rwhp is a LOT for an MX5. I don't think I'll go anywhere near it since it's unusable power - the wheels are just going to spin. I chose the Borg Warner EFR6258 which is capable of 450rwhp but spools like a GT2554 or the stock MSM/SE's IHI turbo and will probably only run it up to 280rwhp - this should ensure that I don't break the gearbox at the track and the turbo will barely be breaking a sweat which is great from a reliability standpoint.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:01 pm

Have a read of Charlie's build thread to get an understanding of what you can do.

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:43 pm

yea ive read charlies whole thread,
and ime just sayin that number 300+, i have never been in a car that powerful nor do i know how it feels so im punching above my weight there. just thourght it would be cool haha. and yea ive read all of urs simon and would love the same turbo as you, even the one below it i think would be good enough( i think there is one below urs?)
i have 200k on the clock now and dont really know how that would handle the "250" mark. the same? alot less? slightly less? dont have the money to full blown do the engine atm so mabye keep it around 250 then build it if something breaks.

Mr Sexy · Postby **Mr Sexy** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:08 pm

I'm in the same boat as you mate! My Se has just hit the 200k. I keep waying up what to do with mine, I would love to go all out and get the motor freshened up with forged internals! How ever apprentice wages arnt allowing that idea aha

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:15 pm

Mr Sexy wrote:I'm in the same boat as you mate! My Se has just hit the 200k. I keep waying up what to do with mine, I would love to go all out and get the motor freshened up with forged internals! How ever apprentice wages arnt allowing that idea aha

haha! i feel u bro! just turned 3rd year apprentice myself so payrise= money for the mx. but apprentice is still apprentice. xD

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:04 pm

small update, put the new wheel in.
pretty happy with it, airbag light flashes non stop but meh, need to get a button for the horn as well some time i guess. and yes. it is blue which does not go with anything else in my car. but im thinking of stripping and painting the whole inside of my car blue so the wheel doesnt look weird. we will see.