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Hey guys


Time to show off my new project street/track car build up.

Ever since my Dad finshed his sports car late last year which is only 640kg and have a blacktop 20v with 130hp at the wheels
iv come to realize that light cars rock!

so fun the just throw into the corners.

so when this MX5 came up for sale i couldnt really help myself.
it had the all the right stuff for a good track car!


i picked it up the other day for a good price.

it goes hard for a Mx5 with 300hp atw!

It has a Trust TDO5 16G turbo kit ext Gate
Trust intercooler kit
2,5in exhaust
it did have a NOS 30 hp shot but i took it out.
wolf 3D plug and play ecu
sports shocks with damper control
some fuel pump
it does have a rebuild motor but i have no idea whats in it.

and needs work.

short term list of things to do:

:The car has been hit in the front and has been fixed cheap and nasty.
so we realine front guards,lights,bonnet,front bar and paint it.

: fix up the shitty kit intercooler pipes and intercooler

: mount the radiator and fans because they where just sitting there.

: fix a oil leak/s

: just a all round clean up (engine bay , etc)




friday i got stuck into it
oil change
leads
cam cover gasket
cam cover paint
removed the NOS kit
removed the gauges that where on the dash, there where 4 of them.
and stole my sisters wheels off her car.



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saturday/ sunday

body work time .
panel and paint

its a cheap taiwan bonnet so we couldnt get a nice gap inbetween the head lights and front bar and also the front bumper frame was welded on so we couldnt really move it to where we needed it but all and all it fits ok.

pictures explane how the days went:

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thanks for looking
updates will follow.
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Nice one Glen! You pick your projects!
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Post by jwebb2876 »

300rwhp in an MX5? That thing would be nuts!
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Post by FST4RD »

Isn't there an aussie company that builds them with 1uz's in them, turbo even... Bullets or something?
I really like them, although last time I drove a standard one I had to have the roof down and looked over the top of the windscreen! LOL
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Nice mate! Your username is now very fitting, if you get my drift! Nah just kidding, the MX-5s are sweet. My friend who lives down the road has a turbo MX-5 also and must be pushing around 200hp at the wheels which is enough to do damage to much much more powerful cars on the race track - boy it handles too!

Here's some pics for inspiration!

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^^ the red one pictured in the first and last photos is local here in Hamilton and he DAILY drives it around at that height! It's unbelievable!
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thanks guys

its a bit of a hairdresses car but i dont care!

i havent be far in it as iv been fixing it up !

it also has a bad rear main leak too so i have to fix that

but all and all its coming together really well and after im finshed it should be a neat / fast little car!

(cant wait to drive the coast with the top down!)

:D


and yes there is a aussie place that goes nuts with them.
toyota v8 with superchargers 400rwhp!!!
bullet is what there called .



superchargers sounds so sexy!
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Can't believe the amount of tyre stretch on some of the cars :shock:
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you say that as if it's a bad thing Rad! :P :beer
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Ive always quite liked them esp with a 13b turbo in them :)
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thats cool glen......

I look forward to seeing it

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Bullet youTube video was good but I'd have a well sorted turbo'd 1.6 or 1.8 anyday over a V8 version unless someone could prove to me that the 8 is less weight & better balanced.
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MX5 is not a hairdresser's car, the only people that say that havnt had a stock 1.6 one sideways LOL

sooooo much fun.

Ford Capri of the same era is a hairdresser's car!
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picked up my new roll cage today.

it fits really well and was cheap so im happy.

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Post by WidebodyWoody »

Mate you got some skills with the spray can. I have been thinking of getting into it to spray my bonnet. May need to pick your brains for some tips :beer

Its looking awesome mate.
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no problems

ps it a spray gun not spray cans. :wink:
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