Supercharged mx5 built for Welsh roads
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W17GLE said:
It's about the same pace as a Clio trophy
Excellent, that's good going.I just got rid of a Clio 182 not long ago but am after something similar again (fun to drive, good handeling etc, just to through around on the local B-roads) but not another Clio.
This could be an interesting alternative...
Medic-one said:
Excellent, that's good going.
I just got rid of a Clio 182 not long ago but am after something similar again (fun to drive, good handeling etc, just to through around on the local B-roads) but not another Clio.
This could be an interesting alternative...
Having had three 172's in the past I know how different the mx5 is to drive but if you get one with a similar power you'll have just as much fun as in the clio's if not more. The only thing that annoys me with the mx5 is that it seems to be invisible to other road users they just pull out in front of it and cut you up. I just got rid of a Clio 182 not long ago but am after something similar again (fun to drive, good handeling etc, just to through around on the local B-roads) but not another Clio.
This could be an interesting alternative...
Yesterday I fitted a set of super pro diff void fillers to try take up some of the slack in the driveline. A combination of twenty year old bushes and an agressive paddle clutch meant there was a lot of juddering pulling away from lights and when changing gear. These seem to have done a good job of removing some of this play. The engine mounts will be the next change. Over all I'm impressed and they were nice and easy to fit.
We went for 9 days and spent 5 of those days based at a couple of houses ten minutes away from worthersee in Austria. We did this so each day we could drive a great route and then in the evening we could go in to worthersee to see the cars that had turned up for the massive worthersee car show. I have no real idea where we went as one of the lads planned everything and I just drove what was planned. There was eight of us in total split into four cars. An audi rs2, Impreza wrx and a bmw 130i. The Impreza had a tracker so I can put the routes we did Each day below. I was really happy to get to drive the Nurburgring as it was a flying visit on the way back to the ferry and when we turned up it was closed due to a crash. Luckily it opened up with just enough time for me to do a lap. We did around 2800 miles which I thought would kill me off in the bucket seats and harnesses but it was surprising comfy. The car performed faultlessly the only time it really struggled was at very high altitude it could of done with a bit more power then other than that it kept up with the other cars easily.
Here's the routes that we took
Here's the routes that we took
Well since the road trip I've hardly used the car it's been tucked away in my unit but me and my friends are planning on doing ten days round Scotland so the preparations have started again. I've had a bit of a spending spree to address little areas that needed improving.
This is the little pile of goodies I've got so far. Windows tablet and mount to run the megasquirt, new hoses to replace the out of place blue ones, genuine mazda thermostat, silenced decat pipe, twin slimline fan setup. I've got a mocal thermostat controlled oil cooler coming tomorrow as the oil was getting too hot on spirited drives.
The cars really solid but it's being fully stripped down and under sealed to keep it that way along with a full respray it'll be like new when we've finished with it
This is the little pile of goodies I've got so far. Windows tablet and mount to run the megasquirt, new hoses to replace the out of place blue ones, genuine mazda thermostat, silenced decat pipe, twin slimline fan setup. I've got a mocal thermostat controlled oil cooler coming tomorrow as the oil was getting too hot on spirited drives.
The cars really solid but it's being fully stripped down and under sealed to keep it that way along with a full respray it'll be like new when we've finished with it
Today has been a busy but very productive day I started with a pile of parts and slowly worked my way through them
Silenced decat pipe, this would of been a ten minute job if the last bolt hadn't rounded off and needed grinding off
Twin fan setup went on nice and easily
Thermostat and full coolant and ancillary hose set took a while
Jackson racing ht leads took a minute or two
Finally bad shot of my two red and black cars together
Silenced decat pipe, this would of been a ten minute job if the last bolt hadn't rounded off and needed grinding off
Twin fan setup went on nice and easily
Thermostat and full coolant and ancillary hose set took a while
Jackson racing ht leads took a minute or two
Finally bad shot of my two red and black cars together
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