Thanks WOT, the Saturday in January would probably suit us best. I appreciate the advice re: brakes and servicing, I'm about to get the car serviced for the Summer, running Castrol Magnatec which is apparently better for the lifters. A good mate owns Hibiscus Coast Service Center in Whangaparaoa, an...

I'd like to get our car onto a track sometime, just for fun of course, where we can legally zap about and enjoy its performance in a safe environment. Does anyone know of any regular track days run? Doesn't have to be an MX5 exclusive day, though having other MX5's there would be great. We have a '9...

so these are similar to those Porsche Li-Ion batteries that cost a couple grand ?  :] [Posted via external email] Heck no! These are Lithium Iron, (not Ion), Phosphate, are inherently safe, can be mounted in any position and the 21A retails at $350.00. Life cycle is about four times that of lead ac...

Born_disturbed wrote:What sort of CCA are you looking on it?

The 21A is rated at 315CCA which is equivalent to about 470 in a lead-acid battery. Measures 148 x 140 x 86mm

Has anyone heard of the Shorai Powersports batteries? If you want to save weight, I use a 21A Shorai in my '94 1800 manual, took out the 12kg Panasonic and replaced it with the 1.4kg Shorai. It looks like a joke but I have now removed over 30kg from the car, ditching the air-con unit as well. Weight...