I follow a bunch of forums and the FB page. I tend not to get involved in the FB one apart from using the Buy/sell (as the audience tends to be bigger and it's local). In terms of information/discussion quality the FB page severely lacks behind the US forums (miataturbo.net & miata.net etc) so tend ...

6'3" here - it's definitely doable both as a street car and for motorsport use.

Things that will help make it more livable:
- foamectomy for street seats or lower fixed back seats
- smaller steering wheel
- removing the centre console makes the interior roomier

Looks cool - I'd be a bit dubious about owning a car called a Rhubarb though...

biff wrote:batman WRX

A what now?

Short answer: no, nothing about those will fit an mx5. Wrong tyre diameter (too large), wrong pcd/stud pattern.

Also, if you can't see any leaks / damage / oil coming from the bilsteins they're probably fine - they're pretty durable.

What do you plan to do with the car? Is it going to be used only on the street? Dual duty street & Motorsport events? Trailered Race car? Personally I'd skip the bracing (very little benefit/potentially negative with the added weight) and get some good matching tires and an alignment to start with. ...

While the garage does have some advantages (provides a good overview/summary at a glance) on balance I think build threads actually work better on car forums as they give a sense of progression and include discussion and problem solving (esp. in the local context). Moving to PHPBBv3 and a dedicated...

Mad Kiwi wrote:I am watching developments there too....the new Toyo 888r also looks like it might be good.

These look interesting too: http://www.miataturbo.net/wheels-tires- ... ost1313770

Nice :D Was wondering about the tyres as there's a few new options in the US (Rival-s & RE71R) that would be well suited hillclimb type events on tarmac we have here and are apparently faster than the NT01. I've got a set of the rival-s's that i'm waiting to try out at an autocross/hill climb but ha...

Awesome!

I saw your time in the results and was pretty happy to see all the kinds of cars you were beating. I wanted to come along this year but stupid study got in the way, will def be there next year.

What tyre did you run?

Test fit of new wheels...

I'd get the RE003's - the price difference isn't that much last time I got a quote and they're a better tyre. Won't be RE11 good but will be noticeably better than the MY02's.

Bridgestone regularly do a buy 3 get one free deal too which is probably worth waiting for.

get the Jass performance ones (http://shop.jassperformance.com/) if you do. Best ones available IMO. I tried the rennenmetal ones before but the fit wasn't as good (and they're uglier).

Donovan wrote:So what do you do when you can no longer adjust the hardtop latches because they are maxed out, but your hardtop still rattles around?

I've been trying to sort out tyre options for some upcoming autocrosses- is it really true that an EHP 205/50 tyre (like say the AD08R) won't pass a wof/cert on a 8" wheel? Will tyre places mount them? That tyre has a 8.4" section width, so it's not like it's going to look stretched on a 15x8 wheel....

Schroth Profi II ASM FE + anti sub belts.

Plan on using it as 4pt for the street (ASM = anti-submarining, so hopefully reasonably safe) and as a 6pt for events/track.

Got both seats in:


And looking shiny before getting covered in dust/mud at an autocross:

Snapfrozen wrote:James came over and let me compare his with mine so I could see whose was bigger...

Didn't exactly arrive, but finally got some garage space to keep everything clean and dry:

Black suede gearshift gaiter and hand-brake gaiter from eBay topgaiters in the UK - pretty impressed for the price: 12.98GPB for both.

Ordered a passengers side seat to match and foamectomied the cushions that came with driver's side one - the back cushions and seat pan cushion are now approx 1cm thick and the thigh cushion is about half the original height: http://i.imgur.com/ZprMfh2l.jpg Will use it with the cushions for DD and w...

One thing to watch out for, even with the most waterproof expensive ones is they're not usually designed for long term use in wet weather - they need to be removed so the car and cover can air/dry after they've been in the rain. Otherwise you'll just be trapping water/moisture under them The tempora...

Seat on factory rails: http://i.imgur.com/4L0hwMgl.jpg Side brackets bolted to the factory sliders: http://i.imgur.com/EZfV8XMl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NUhtNZUl.jpg Need to buy a passenger seat now I know they fit/work. Seat bottom is about 0.5-1cm above the carpet - much lower than my foamectomy-ed ...

That cage looks awesome.

What seat-belt stalks/receivers are those? They don't look like mx5 one's - do the factory belts fit them?

Nice! Any pics of the finished cage? What are you doing for seats/harnesses?

I'm looking at getting that stuff done in the next month or two as well.