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Alright folks, the car is ready!
Apart from cleaning the car inside out and refitting the original front spoiler, mounting a California Special grille (pony's still missing), getting rid of the side window louvers, rearranging the exhaust tips after painting it black, changing the 19 inch wheels for refurbished 20 inch ones, the main thing was the installation of a barton shift kit, which was bolted to the transmission...
The shifting now is ultra sharp, even more so than the MX5, no slack whatsoever, strong springs in there, but always starting at the 1st/2nd gate, so no problem. Mega short throws, but a defined gate, so no stirring when shifting up.
It transforms the whole experience from cool boat, nice sound, but a little lazy to a precise machine which now equals the engine for excitement. Just wow, this has to be the number one mod, even before the default ones like exhaust or suspension mods, unbelievable. And I got it brand new from ebay from a private seller, for a sizeable sum less and immediately after two days, compared to ordering from the states...
After changing the trans oil as well the transmission is actually pretty decent, now I shift just for the fun of changing gears.
As this seems to be a car to tinker with, let's see what comes next...
Ah, crappy pics in the garage, have to shoot nice ones outside soon!
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Apart from cleaning the car inside out and refitting the original front spoiler, mounting a California Special grille (pony's still missing), getting rid of the side window louvers, rearranging the exhaust tips after painting it black, changing the 19 inch wheels for refurbished 20 inch ones, the main thing was the installation of a barton shift kit, which was bolted to the transmission...
The shifting now is ultra sharp, even more so than the MX5, no slack whatsoever, strong springs in there, but always starting at the 1st/2nd gate, so no problem. Mega short throws, but a defined gate, so no stirring when shifting up.
It transforms the whole experience from cool boat, nice sound, but a little lazy to a precise machine which now equals the engine for excitement. Just wow, this has to be the number one mod, even before the default ones like exhaust or suspension mods, unbelievable. And I got it brand new from ebay from a private seller, for a sizeable sum less and immediately after two days, compared to ordering from the states...
After changing the trans oil as well the transmission is actually pretty decent, now I shift just for the fun of changing gears.
As this seems to be a car to tinker with, let's see what comes next...
Ah, crappy pics in the garage, have to shoot nice ones outside soon!
Edited by sidewinder500 on Monday 25th October 20:49
sidewinder500 said:
Adenauer said:
A weekend to play then, interested on your first impressions on Monday please! 
Adenauer said:
sidewinder500 said:
Adenauer said:
A weekend to play then, interested on your first impressions on Monday please! This was me driving back from Portugal in January this year... Somewhere around Valladolid.
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