My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

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anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 23rd November 2013
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Just spotted this thread OP. The 5 looks like it's coming along nicely. Great work.

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Sunday 24th November 2013
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Topbox said:
Just spotted this thread OP. The 5 looks like it's coming along nicely. Great work.
Many thanks, it's coming together smile

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Friday 29th November 2013
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Decided to try to make my centre console a little more interesting, brought these, a leather armrest cover from Top gaitors and a chrome gear surround



Before -



Gear surround wasnt a great fit but got it to fit in the end, stitching on the armrest and gearstick now match the Sparco's which looks better.

How it looks now and pic of it fitted smile




House86

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601 posts

152 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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Havnt updated this in a while now, only done a couple small bits to it.

Brought a different gear surround and gearknob from Jass Performance, gearknob is a great weight and feels great to drive with -



Fitted some smoked and shaved rear lights -




Have a rear lip on order to finish off the rear.

Big update next week thobiggrin

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Big Update!

I brought a Black Supercharged car but ended up needing quiet a bit of work to get it up to scratch so decided to take the Charger set up off it and put it on this and sell it on.

Took it to Skuzzle Motorsport to swap the bits over from one car to the other and get it running ok and change the clutches.

Picked it up last week and goes well for a basic setup, the extra power is definately what the car needed biggrin

So Part that have been Fitted are:

Jackson Racing Supercharger Kit with standard pulley
Jackson Racing Powercard
Bipes
Intercooler
Exedy Stage 1 Clutch
CAS O'ring and Cam Gasket changed

Probably other bits i've missed out, now a couple pics






Received my Rear Lip too so when I get a min i'll get it fitted smile

KernowSid

286 posts

146 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Glad you've decided to carry on with this MX5, always liked it, and looked forward to updates on here and Nutz.

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Thursday 20th March 2014
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KernowSid said:
Glad you've decided to carry on with this MX5, always liked it, and looked forward to updates on here and Nutz.
Cheers, think I prefer the OEM look of this one more so happy to be keeping it smile

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Had a day off today so managed to refit my TR Lane GPV Rollbar thats been sittting in my garage smile






Have a Coolant leak a the moment, nothing serious just leaking from the Drain plug so have ordered a new one as the old one looks knackered so hopefully get that soon so I can drive it again!

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Still looking good.

CtrlAltDelicious

19 posts

119 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Great looking car!

How much extra power does the supercharger give?

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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She's a beaut!

What's with the gawdy steering wheel though buddy? Shouldn't yours have had a Nardi on it from the factory?

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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CtrlAltDelicious said:
Great looking car!

How much extra power does the supercharger give?
Thanks

This setup on the other car made 175BHP so would think its making around the same on this one,so 40BHP increase smile

House86

Original Poster:

601 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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C.A.R. said:
She's a beaut!

What's with the gawdy steering wheel though buddy? Shouldn't yours have had a Nardi on it from the factory?
Its the standard Momo Airbag wheel that came on this model, cant be assed with taking the airbag out TBH so probably just keep this one.

Would love a Momo Prototipo wheel tho biggrin

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I had the same model...Had a Nardi-Torino non-airbag wheel (not the wooden rim but the plastic 3-spoke) and a Nardi-Torino gearknob too. Was it a factory extra do you think (the airbag)?

Also, in something as old as this the airbag probably isn't up to much and it would really benefit the look of the cockpit IMO just to swap out the big OEM plastic wheel smile


House86

Original Poster:

601 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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C.A.R. said:
I had the same model...Had a Nardi-Torino non-airbag wheel (not the wooden rim but the plastic 3-spoke) and a Nardi-Torino gearknob too. Was it a factory extra do you think (the airbag)?

Also, in something as old as this the airbag probably isn't up to much and it would really benefit the look of the cockpit IMO just to swap out the big OEM plastic wheel smile
I thought the Airbag was a standard item on the later Mk1's, this ones a 98' might be wrong, might change it one day smile

Kozy

3,169 posts

217 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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I had an airbag in my 1994 model. Took it off and replaced it with the three spoke OEM Momo wheel which looks much better.

Th airbag removal looks complicated but it's actually very easy, if you're interested drop me an email and I'll show you how to do it.

House86

Original Poster:

601 posts

152 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Kozy said:
I had an airbag in my 1994 model. Took it off and replaced it with the three spoke OEM Momo wheel which looks much better.

Th airbag removal looks complicated but it's actually very easy, if you're interested drop me an email and I'll show you how to do it.
Thanks for the offer, going to stick with this one for now, if I change it in the Future may need the info smile

House86

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601 posts

152 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Brought some new ARB links and new bolts as old ones looked a bit knackered, also brought some Black Hammerite to have a go at painting the Suspension Arms and ARB's while I was at it.



Been off last couple days so cracked on with the rear, what it looked like before I started -





and all done on the rears now, also repainted the brake Calipers -







Think they look alot better now painted and hopefully protect them from rust a bit more too.

Just got the front to do now smile

Garett

1,622 posts

191 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Looks like a tidy little '5. I'm going to paint the calipers on mine soon, did you take the pads and springs out of the caliper or just go for the super careful approach?

House86

Original Poster:

601 posts

152 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Garett said:
Looks like a tidy little '5. I'm going to paint the calipers on mine soon, did you take the pads and springs out of the caliper or just go for the super careful approach?
Cheers, I painted the calipers while on the car and with the pads in, just with a steady hand smile