Hoodedreeper's MX5 (Purple Project)
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Going forged with a big turbo would be awesome,and at times i do get bored of the charger power. But i dont think it'll happen i'm afraid
Finally got round to adjusting the coilovers (lowered the front 10mm and raised the rear 5mm). The Works were catching on the rear arches,rather than fitting new tyres (going from a 205/50 to a 195/50) it was easier to raise it.
So the Works went back on the car to test for clearance and so far no issues
The rear diffuser will be removed shortly,i've got another one coming
After taking the photos,i noticed i need to adjust the turnbuckle rods on the front splitter,as its pulling up on one side
I really need to clean the car lol
Finally got round to adjusting the coilovers (lowered the front 10mm and raised the rear 5mm). The Works were catching on the rear arches,rather than fitting new tyres (going from a 205/50 to a 195/50) it was easier to raise it.
So the Works went back on the car to test for clearance and so far no issues
- I am aware the tyres are fitted incorrectly,the wheels will be coming off again soon for a good clean and a coat of wax **
The rear diffuser will be removed shortly,i've got another one coming
After taking the photos,i noticed i need to adjust the turnbuckle rods on the front splitter,as its pulling up on one side
I really need to clean the car lol
My other half bought me a new steering wheel for Christmas,was a good excuse to order some new bolts too
Just before Christmas i headed over to a local company that sells spares and performance parts for Lotus. I guess a perk of where i live is the Lotus factory isn't too far either. I asked to look at their available diffusers as i wasn't 100% happy with the DIY one i had made. So i drove away with their GT3 diffuser,just so happens to be the largest diffuser they do.
Before i get told a million times about the placement/angle of the diffuser,i know it needs to be angled up more to be effective. The people of Facebook have already kindly shouted this at me many times already
As i've said in the previous posts,i hold my hands up to the Aero not being functional,and that it is mainly for aesthetics
I've also rounded the corners off the Garage Star Wing Stands and had them powder coated Gloss Black
I've also re-made the Wing>Wing Stand brackets to tilt it abit more (for those extra scene points yO)
Two track days booked,one at the Lotus Test Track in February and then my local Track Snetterton in April
Just before Christmas i headed over to a local company that sells spares and performance parts for Lotus. I guess a perk of where i live is the Lotus factory isn't too far either. I asked to look at their available diffusers as i wasn't 100% happy with the DIY one i had made. So i drove away with their GT3 diffuser,just so happens to be the largest diffuser they do.
Before i get told a million times about the placement/angle of the diffuser,i know it needs to be angled up more to be effective. The people of Facebook have already kindly shouted this at me many times already
As i've said in the previous posts,i hold my hands up to the Aero not being functional,and that it is mainly for aesthetics
I've also rounded the corners off the Garage Star Wing Stands and had them powder coated Gloss Black
I've also re-made the Wing>Wing Stand brackets to tilt it abit more (for those extra scene points yO)
Two track days booked,one at the Lotus Test Track in February and then my local Track Snetterton in April
While out driving i noticed some steam coming from the front of the car,originally thinking it was the car in front being abit smokey. After some inspection it was the hose coming off the Water Pump,i knew it was close to the manifold,but didnt realise it was touching. I've been lucky as its been like this for quite awhile and never had any issues.
Ordered a new hose and found out that the metal tubing from a vacuum cleaner is the exact same size! Sorted
You may remember Adam at RevLimiter making me some bespoke gauges with a Purple Monster logo and purple diamond stitch in the backgorund. I asked him if he could make me some for my AEM gauges. I sent over some templates and he's done an incredible job as always!
A week or so ago i met up with a few MX5 owners for our monthly midnight meet. Took the camera with me,would have been rude not to take some photos of the 'ol gal
I do my best to keep on top of things,but sadly one thing that has always been neglected and thats the Coilovers. I've never cleaned them,never greased them or serviced them. When i adjusted them a month or so ago,i think i've buggered up the pre-load and it knocks on the passenger side. Good excuse to buy some news one 'ey?
These will be fitted this week (weather depending). Will bed them in and get it laser aligned along with some new alignment bolts
Ordered a new hose and found out that the metal tubing from a vacuum cleaner is the exact same size! Sorted
You may remember Adam at RevLimiter making me some bespoke gauges with a Purple Monster logo and purple diamond stitch in the backgorund. I asked him if he could make me some for my AEM gauges. I sent over some templates and he's done an incredible job as always!
A week or so ago i met up with a few MX5 owners for our monthly midnight meet. Took the camera with me,would have been rude not to take some photos of the 'ol gal
I do my best to keep on top of things,but sadly one thing that has always been neglected and thats the Coilovers. I've never cleaned them,never greased them or serviced them. When i adjusted them a month or so ago,i think i've buggered up the pre-load and it knocks on the passenger side. Good excuse to buy some news one 'ey?
These will be fitted this week (weather depending). Will bed them in and get it laser aligned along with some new alignment bolts
I wasn't going to do anything with the engine,but i knew getting this far into the project,something had to be done lol
Small update
I finally got round to replacing the front Rota RKR 8js for some 9js
The HSDs got bedded in,new RKRs fitted and then a full geometry done
I've got the car booked in next week for a new exhaust back box to be made along with some other bits and pieces i've done,but i'll save those for the next update
Small update
I finally got round to replacing the front Rota RKR 8js for some 9js
The HSDs got bedded in,new RKRs fitted and then a full geometry done
I've got the car booked in next week for a new exhaust back box to be made along with some other bits and pieces i've done,but i'll save those for the next update
I originally tried myself,but the bottom shock bolt on the N/S Rear had the captive nut broken off. In the end i took it to a garage in Norwich called H&S Performance who fitted them for me
Oh i forgot to add that i received my photos from the track day at Lotus Test Track. I'm not happy with the quality of the images,tried to improved them with Adobe Lightroom but when the original image is bad,theres not much you can do.
Oh i forgot to add that i received my photos from the track day at Lotus Test Track. I'm not happy with the quality of the images,tried to improved them with Adobe Lightroom but when the original image is bad,theres not much you can do.
Made some new Canards,this time out of 2mm aluminium and 2mm steel for the brackets (previous ones were 0.8 aluminium for both). Made them abit bigger too,now i need to re-do the splitter and make that bigger too haha
Had a change around with the hard top screen and purchased some slap stickers. Either the stickers are bigger than i thought or the screen is alot smaller than i thought,or both lol
I got my friend Jack from J's Garage to fabricate a new exhaust,as the previous one was hidden and looked crap with the diffuser
And a short video,its quite echoey,will sort out a better video at a later date
https://vimeo.com/159149689
Had a change around with the hard top screen and purchased some slap stickers. Either the stickers are bigger than i thought or the screen is alot smaller than i thought,or both lol
I got my friend Jack from J's Garage to fabricate a new exhaust,as the previous one was hidden and looked crap with the diffuser
And a short video,its quite echoey,will sort out a better video at a later date
https://vimeo.com/159149689
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