My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

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Managed to fit the new ARB links to the front and give the suspension arms a paint and also repaint the calipers blue, look alot better now

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After -

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Few bits to Report -

Thought i'd fixed the idling problem but it came back, mechanic told me it was probably the Idle control valve so ordered another one from Autolink and had that fitted and it was still stalling.

Spoke to Skuzzle Motorsport who fitted the supercharger kit and he said the base idle proberly needs resetting, so I reset it and alls fine now and drives great

No idea why the mechanic didnt check the idle first rather than tell me its the ICV that was the fault.


Ordered some Damper adjustment extenders for the rear Meisters so I dont have to take the panel hiding the fuel pipe off every time I wanted to change the settings.



Only fitted the one as dont have the spare in so can get to the other side, all fitted and easy to get to -



Went for a drive as the sun was out, stopped for a quick pic

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Just returned home from 6 days driving some of the great roads in Wales, car was great and no problems, will do a small write up of my trip tomorrow but heres a pic for now

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Thought id stick up some more pics from my recent Wales trip

Black Mountain Pass -





Llanberis Pass -





Elan Valley -





Rhayader to Aberystwyth

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TotalControl said:

Am excellent example. One question, what were the TA Technix like on the car? What difference did the Meisters make after they were bedded in?

Meisters are miles apart from the Ta Technix, Technix were ok if your on a budget but are incredibly bouncy and a harsh ride but did handle ok,was surprised how much better the Meisters were, a lot nicer ride and can adjust the stiffness to suit your needs.

Definitely go for the meisters if you can, buy cheap buy Twice

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Drew986 said:

Great looking car, and in many ways very similar in spec to my own.

Cheers, you got a build thread for yours so I can check it out?

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Had an annoying rattle from the exhaust recently, think the tip was hittting the sides so thought id try changing the standard exhaust mounts for some stiffer Powerflex Polyurethane ones.

Was supprised how much stiffer they were compared to standard ones, used to be able to rock the tip back and forth, now it hardly moves. Changed all four of the mounts to the New ones and theres definately less rattles from the exhaust now

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Thought i'd start to tidy the engine bay up a bit.

Started with couple small items, some new Silver bolts and washers for the wings and also got a aluminium Fusebox cover which looks alot better than the crappy original sticker that was there.





Also been bugging me that the Oil breather filter and pipe was red when everything else is Blue in the engine bay so ordered some new silicone hose and filter.

Before -



and with the new Blue bits, my OCD can rest a bit now lol



Next want to paint the Rocker cover Black with Blue Lettering so it goes with the rest of the Bay.

Ordered a couple bits from mx5dan, a new Alloy Radiator which will hopefully improve the cooling now its supercharged, and a Alloy screenwash bottle so I can relocate it to the scuttle panel so its not right next to the supercharger.

Also got some new Silicone Radiator hoses in Blue from Stoney Racing, just got to find time to fit it all

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Have had an aircon delete pipe for a while now so finally decided to get it fitted today as rest of the Aircon has been taken out already so just the evaporator from behind the glovebox to take out.

Old Evaporator and new delete pipe -



Nearly 4Kg saved



and new pipe now fitted



Done a couple of comparison shots to see how its changed over the 3 years ive owned it, looks alot better now

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Finally got round to getting the Rad and washer bottle fitted, decided to get the MX5 Restorer to fit it all as dont really have the room to get the car in the air to change the rad and hoses.

Glad I did as Garath had to move the intercooler pipe work about and fit a slimline fan to get it all fitting in the space.

Rad all fitted and with new Blue silicone pipes -



Washer bottle fitted too, no longer right next to the supercharger in the heat -



And a pick of how the bay looks now

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Finally got some wheel spacers for it from the groupbuy on Mx5Nutz, 4 x 27mm spacers



Got round to fitting them today, rear before -



and with spacers -



Front before -



and with spacer -






Wheels look alot better now they fill the arches more

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Not done too much more to the car had a couple bits to fix.

Had a small coolant leak from the pipe that goes from the thermostat to the block, looked like it had rubbed on the Supercharger belt so have fitted a new one and cut it down shorter so it pulls it away from the belt more.

Also the Rear caliper was sticking so got a new one fitted.

Drove it down to the Pistonheads Sunday Service at Goodwood today, lots of great cars, can view my photos here if you like https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim0854/sets/7215764...

one of my mine

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Havnt been using it as much recently with the crap weather but went out for a drive today as the sun was shining, some pics

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Have had a bit of rust on the Windscreen surround since i brought it ive been meaning to get fixed, now the screens cracked from where the rust is.

Im dropping it to the bodyshop tomorrow to get the rust sorted, whole surround repainted and a new windscreen fitted ready for its MOT at the end of the month.

Couple of pics of the rust at the moment.

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Will be getting new rubber and trim fitted with windscreen

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Just picked my car up from the body shop, did a great job and looks great.

They found there was rust on both pillars, I thought there was only rust on the drivers side, so all the rust was cut out and welded and a new screen fitted, good as new now

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Mot Today

Failed on a couple small items -

Front plate too small

Rear plate wrong size margins

Both front headlights out of line, too low


So quiet happy with that

Have changed the front plate to a standard size one I had in the garage and adjusted the lights levels. Tried to get a new plate for the rear from Halfords but they didnt have the right size so have had to order one online so just got to wait for that to arrive then I can get it retested.

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Have decided its time for a change so its up for sale, selling both my cars and just getting the one, link to advert http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1...

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Car has now sold and buyer picked up this morning.

Not sure what to replace it with yet, my dads going to sell his R53 Mini Cooper S JCW and has said I can get it cheaper so might buy that off him