new car

[greg_D]

Hi all,

i know i'm not a regular on jap chat, but i feel that i may become a little more regular in the coming months.

anyway, i've changed my car, out goes the MX5 to be replaced by...........another MX5

i thought long and hard about what to get, budget wasn't really important, but value was.
i did the usual thing of considering very strongly TVR's (V8 and S6) before discounting them for the usual reasons (i want a car that wishbones aren't service items!!)
i considered all of the premium sportscars (convertible was key), S2000, Boxster, Z4 etc.. but i thought that they were not good value for money over the longish term and in all but power, were dynamically not much better than a good MX5. So i have done the only sensible thing, brought another top spec mx5 at the bottom of it's initial depreciation curve and i intend to stick a GT28 turbo kit on it and get C.240bhp (fly) out of it. It should be great fun with 218bhp/ton.

piccie on profile

Whataya reckon

Greg

[Steve_evil]

Looks like a horse to me should be amazing once you've got the turbo on there.

[benjc]

Gazboy said:

Can the standard ecu be remapped or is it a sealed/locked unit?

Sound to me like Greg is going for an FM2..... So it will be a Link replacement ECU or a hydra or a tec.

To get to those power levels safely you need active knock sensing, larger injectors, and programable mapping.

Sounds like you will be having a great laugh with it Greg.

>> Edited by benjc on Monday 20th March 17:44

[greg_D]

benjc said:

Gazboy said: Can the standard ecu be remapped or is it a sealed/locked unit? Sound to me like Greg is going for an FM2..... So it will be a Link replacement ECU or a hydra or a tec. To get to those power levels safely you need active knock sensing, larger injectors, and programable mapping. Sounds like you will be having a great laugh with it Greg. >> Edited by benjc on Monday 20th March 17:44

you're pretty close there ben,

it is a Flyin Miata kit i am looking at, the turbine will be a GT28.

what i am looking at is the bottom rung of the FM kit, it will utilise a voodoo piggyback box to sort the fueling out, non intercooled, no knock sensors necessary as you are operating nowhere near the engine's full potential, the standard injectors are plenty manly enough on the 2003 sport model i have, as are the clutch and transmission.

the beauty of the FM stuff is that everything is easily upgradeable later on should you want it, my initial concern is not ruining the car by putting too much power through the chassis, gearbox and clutch. At a later date i can put a new clutch in, intercooler, 2.0 stroker kit, programmable ECU and can have a reliable 350rwhp, which would be insane in a stock mx5!!! it would only cost another £3,500 - £4,000 as well.

it should be plenty quick enough though with "just" the 240hp

Comments!!!!

[benjc]

Hey Greg, the FM1 is a great package, and like you say very, very upgradeable.

I think 240hp is a touch optmistic, it is more likely to be circa 200hp at the fly (1.8 FM2s tend to hover around 250hp when properly tuned), however, in a car that weighs as much as a fag packet, that's still enough to blow your socks off.