Supercharged Wide Arched MK1 MX5

[House86]

Hi All

So have owned my S-Special Type II about 3 years now and love it and had no plan of changing it, how it stands at the moment




Until I saw a Supercharged one for sale on MX5Nutz, went up to see it and loved it so left a deposit and collected it Last Friday.

Found an old for sale ad for it on Driftworks from 2011, how it looked then,





Since then it has had fitted a IL Motorsports front bumper, smooth rear panel and it has had a full respray in black with Rainbow Flake in the clearcoat







So how it looks now








So Mods are :

Engine

Jackson Racing Supercharger
Front Mounted Intercooler
Power card Fuel Control
Bipes Retarder
Fitted with COPS coil per plug

Dyno'd last month at 174.8 BHP

Drivetrain

Gaz Coilovers
Grooved Discs with Yellowstuff Pads
XXR 513's 15x7 front, 15x8 Rear

Interior

Shorty Console
Momo Steering Wheel
Momo Gearknob

Exterior

IL Motorsport Front Bumper
MX5 Dan wide arches
Vented headlight cover
Smoothed rear panel
Smoked lights all round
Trs Yellow Tow Strap
Respray in black with Rainbow Flake
Vinyl Softop


Thinks thats all of it. Having not owned a FI MX5 before I love how it is now with the extra power, only thing I think my old one was missing and the colour looks amazing when the sun hits it.

Plans are to fit the parts I want to keep from my other 5, such as Tr Lane GPV Rollbar and change the seats and then sell that one on, then just want to tidy the interior up on this one and do a few other bits

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Yes its running 7" wheels at the front, 8" at the rear ET0 offset, quiet happy with how they sit at the moment think the picture from the rear just makes it look worse.

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megatron said:

Your other one looks ace. I can only imagine this one will get the same treatment.
I'll look forward to seeing the progress.

Cheers, got a few thing planned for it

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iacabu said:

I think it would look loads better with 8"s on the front too, I thought these arches were to allow the wide, square set ups?

Other than that looks good and bet it goes well!

We'll see might try some spacers on the front in the future but fine with how they are at the moment.

Does go well, feels a lot faster than my other 1.8 mx5, always thought they could do with more power

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mattman said:

Looking good - like the rear panel as well - keep it up

Cheers, wasn't sure on the rear panel but it's growing on me

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Tiger Tim said:

Like it very much.. Jus think of chav Corsa's with that number plate tacked on the bumper.

Can sort of understand making it look smooth but the must be a more elegant solution surely?

Cheers

Would look better with no front plate, could possibly put a bracket on the side but then it would hide the side of the bumper.

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C.A.R. said:

It's more the rear bumper-mounted numberplate letting the whole rear end down. The number plate recess breaks the rear of the car up as standard and makes it look wider as a result. Smoothed-in, it just looks like it's been involved in some sort of rear-ender or it's been hit with the barry'ing stick

Plan to eventually change it for a debadged eunos rear panel like this one on my other 5 -

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Cheers for the comments, its lots of fun, will have to look at getting some spacers for the front wheels so they fill the arch a bit more

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snotrag said:

Great stuff. Always liked your photos of the blue car, presume it was pretty sorted mechanically. Any reason to get rid rather than boosting the existing car?

Cheers, yeah seems to be running ok just need to sort the brakes out on the new one.

Wasnt looking for a new car but this one came up for a good price, would have cost me alot more to Supercharge the other one, thats the only reason

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So managed to find some time today to change the seats and doorcards from my other car.

How it was before I started -



started with replacing the doorcards to ones with a single leather doorpull, think they look a lot less cluttered than the ones with the pockets fitted.

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and new ones fitted -



Next changed the cloth seats to some grey leather ones I had, a lot more comfortable than the old ones and look better too.

Once i'd removed the old seats gave the carpet a good clean out and came up good -



and how they look all fitted with the doorcards -




Going to order a new steering wheel next and change the brakes as dont really like how the Yellowstuff pads feel, think they are more for track

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So managed to get some more bits done today, started with fitting a new stereo and door speakers as enjoy having some music to listen too, got these for xmas -



Didnt take any pics of them fitted but the Vibe speakers sound really good, great value for £20 from CaraudioSecurity.com

Then got a new Gear gaitor and handbrake cover from Top Gaitors with matching stiching to the seats and fitted a different gearknob I had -



Spent the rest of the day removing the TR Lane GPV Rollbar from my old car, and managed to get it into this car, still needs some holes drillling till its fully in but getting there

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Managed to finish installing the rollbar today

Couple of quick pics as was getting dark when I finished -

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Nice looking car you had, a lot more fun now with the supercharger

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Fitted new steering wheel I got for xmas, think its an improvement over the old Momo one

Out with the old -



And in with the new -

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Cheers, if you mean the rear number plate I'm going to get an Eunos rear panel and move the numberplate back where it belongs

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H6CJF said:

Great looking car! Well done.
Quick question tho, how do you get round the airbag w/light with a non airbag steering wheel? Now that the w/light is an MOT fail I have been put off changing from the std wheel on my Mk1.

Not sure too be honest old steering wheel had been removed before I got it, airbag light doesnt stay on tho, think you can put a resistor in to stop the light but not certain.

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Have been having fun with the brakes, car was making a horrible Scraping sound from the front, turned out the front drivers side caliper had seized.

So took it to my local mechanic to get it fixed with a new caliper, new discs and pads all round, bottom bolt was seized on both sides on the front so needed cutting, so needed two new Brake Carriers, Mazda wanted £115 each lol never going to pay that, MX5parts had the same Genuine part for £67 each but ended up getting a couple off Breakers yard for £30 the two.

All fixed, can now brake



Also fitted a Jass Brake stopper, supposed to stop the brake servo & bulkhead flexing to give better braking.