New Boxster vs old MX5 supercharged

[s m]

It seems to come up on here a lot, new vs old and Auto Express have spent £5k on an old MX5 and tested it against a new Boxster


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[bobby_vimto]

This could be interesting if this was applied to other cars - for example, what could £5k of upgrades do for a previous hot Focus vs the new one? Skoda VRS against a remapped previous shape etc.

You'd still put your own money on a Boxter if you could though. £1k worth of MX5 and no rust?

[s m]

It's a commonly used counterpoint

Just thought it would interest some on here, especially being an MX5!

[Lost soul]

[thecremeegg]

Mx5 for me! That said, I own one and can't afford a Boxster so make of that what you will!

[eltax91]

Cool vid. That MX5 was at skuzzle being finished when I picked my '5 up from Nick. Nick had finished my charger build too.

I asked him what was happening and he was all coy about it, now I know why!!!

[Lost soul]

That MX5 looked like a lot of fun for not much money

[chris watton]

Am doing the same with my Tamora, it will have a 3.6-4.3 engine upgrade - if you like the car, why buy something else - just make the one you have better!

Also, my wife absolutely loves her Mini Cooper S, so I will be changing the suspension, brakes, wheels, exhaust and have a few engine upgrades for it next year.

I find doing this sort of stuff is more fun than actually buying a new car, especially if you plan to keep the cars for a long time.

[TheJimi]

chris watton said:

Am doing the same with my Tamora, it will have a 3.6-4.3 engine upgrade - if you like the car, why buy something else - just make the one you have better!

I should have done this with my own MX5 instead of selling it a few months back!

[J4CKO]

chris watton said:

Am doing the same with my Tamora, it will have a 3.6-4.3 engine upgrade - if you like the car, why buy something else - just make the one you have better!

Also, my wife absolutely loves her Mini Cooper S, so I will be changing the suspension, brakes, wheels, exhaust and have a few engine upgrades for it next year.

I find doing this sort of stuff is more fun than actually buying a new car, especially if you plan to keep the cars for a long time.

Also very easy to ruin a car if do the wrong mods, making something faster is generally easy, doing it whilst keeping it civilised, reliable and enjoyable ont he road is more difficult.

[chris watton]

J4CKO said:

chris watton said:

Am doing the same with my Tamora, it will have a 3.6-4.3 engine upgrade - if you like the car, why buy something else - just make the one you have better!

Also, my wife absolutely loves her Mini Cooper S, so I will be changing the suspension, brakes, wheels, exhaust and have a few engine upgrades for it next year.

I find doing this sort of stuff is more fun than actually buying a new car, especially if you plan to keep the cars for a long time.

Also very easy to ruin a car if do the wrong mods, making something faster is generally easy, doing it whilst keeping it civilised, reliable and enjoyable ont he road is more difficult.

Well, for the Mini, I'm not interested so much in 'faster', but longevity - new brakes, suspension, complete exhaust and cat, Quaife LSD and then see what engine upgrades would best suit the car - not looking for much over 220bhp for that one. But always handling and braking mods before anything else - and making sure the cooling system is in good order..

I have already done this with my wife's MGF Trophy 160, it had a complete mechanical makeover and is now better than new. 9Again, she didn't want to scrap it when it had HGF, so I went to town on it...)

ETA - have already upgraded the suspension to Nitron adjustables and added a Quaife LSD to my Tam, ready for the extra power..

Edited by chris watton on Wednesday 1st October 16:27

[s m]

eltax91 said:

Cool vid. That MX5 was at skuzzle being finished when I picked my '5 up from Nick. Nick had finished my charger build too.

I asked him what was happening and he was all coy about it, now I know why!!!

There's a cost breakdown and some extra blurb here

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