JazzLopez wrote:ok jared, answer this one, what did turbo setups use before inter-coolers came along?

Less boost and proper engine management

Myself and born_disturbed got our Prothane kits off ebay which did everything except engine mounts.
Difference is hugely noticeable, on stock suspension it feels like you've nearly doubled the spring rates.

Wasn't talking about width, a stickier tyre will be harder to move than a hard compound road tyre

Ah much better rubber, you should go pretty well with them. Just note that your top speed may decrease slightly as grippier tyres are harder to spin. You at least bringing a foot pump this time? Also speaking to 2low2c, if you still have the roof in you will be best to run with it up as it will help...

Seeing as your mainly doing Pukekohe and the car is quite underpowered I'd avoid doing any mods that increase drag if I were you. You aren't going fast enough to necessitate adding downforce and will most likely end up going slower.

What tyres have you got for this time round?

Shes probably after these things



Not really to everyones taste but ebay seems to be the usual place to find them(try "miata clear tail lights"), also sometimes mx5mart has a set or 2
For the cup holder also try mx5mart

Im thinking we need to do a group buy on mazdaspeed ones. Myself, born_disturbed, chris and a few others have been meaning to get some

What kind did you go with? standard or mazdaspeed racing ones?

Polished up one of my wheels

Quick google search shows you'll be fine with them

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=435389

Depends whether you are after weld in or bolt in, you could easily get a custom made one in NZ for under $700

Get Cole to make a mould of them so you can make a backup when you destroy a part

the snow tyres i just chucked on there were 165's, will go through them on the skid pad or something then get some proper tyres for the track

Chucked a tyre on one of the new wheels and test fit them to the car. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/q77/s720x720/10405510_732137316846206_3740143435511729748_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/q72/s720x720/10492519_732137290179542_4961...

Daaaamn! That kit is going to be sweet!

Gold ones are Work Equip 03 in 14x6 +12 offset Silver/black ones are Hayashi Street's in 14x6 +20 offset. Couldnt find any in 4x100 so these are both 4x114.3 and i have bought 25mm adapters for them. Might have to get some autosol tomorrow and start on the hayashis. Hand mounted a tyre to one of the...

Can you recommend any wheel polish brands?

Might try mount some tyres on them at some point and do a test fit.

Drift wheels from japan :D https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/p480x480/10487236_731198510273420_2773220261591146714_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/p480x480/10525813_731198503606754_6332946094351284328_n.jpg https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbc...

Chucking some stock suspension in my mx5 tonight, need to get it road worthy/legal tomorrow so i can use it as my daily till the starlet is repaired

Wasn't my mx5 that crashed, it was my starlet that I had on the cruise the other week.
Going to get the mx5 road legal so I can drive it around while I fix all the issues on the starlet

Well that's pretty impressive. Do we get to know how you did it? Was chasing Chris in his mx5, entered turn 2 at Pukekohe with too much speed while braking which caused the tail end to step out, corrected it but was still going 90-100k's or so in the wrong direction straight at a tyre wall. 2low2c ...

Thanks for the offer man but i'd prefer to buy complete struts, i hate borrowing car parts as i tend to forget about them and never return them

Yeah myself and my passenger are fine which matters most, car can be repaired. Needs a lot of left panels and lights, amazingly the chassis isnt touched and it drives fine(just a few new noises from the engine bay to track down). In the mean time im going to try source some stock suspension for my m...

Decided today that i need to get my mx5 road legal so i can get to work as i kinda did this to my daily today...

Ah yes that's right, I remember seeing a few running the same wheels as me. So yeah definitely a good reason to go up to 15's.