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kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:15 pm

Hey everyone, new member here from Auckland. Just purchased a 91 MX5 roadstar (off my mum LOL) on the weekend.On the hunt for a body kit + a few other things so thought id join.

So yeah, the MX5 has a few mods, listed below and goes quite well.. will be better when i throw the manual conversion kit i have for it in..

Mods are: That i can remember..

TD04 Turbo
Custom Manifold
Buddy club exhaust
Front mount intercooler
Autronic Mapped ECU
Mazdaspeed pistons
Tein suspention (has a cert for adjustys)
pod filter

etc etc..

It has sounds etc, but thats not really performance modes, althou the GT style rear wing is lol..

Was wanting to turn this into a baby batty look alike.. anyone done this?

Can't ad pics, but will as soon as i can

I also have a turbo Primera
Holden walkinshaw replica

Nissan March (cheap daily driver)

Psycho_Dad · Post by **Psycho_Dad** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:11 pm

is that one grnrcr? been on trademe awhile?
welcome aboard, i have a td04 in my wedge mr2, they do well on 1600s
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Psycho_Dad

kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:41 am

Yip thats the one, it was funny no one came and looked at it. She got sick of it sitting there (for like 3 years) so i offered her a deal she cant refuse lol..

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:13 pm

Wasn't that automatic?,Might have had something to do with no intrest maybe?

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:42 pm

i have always thought the veilside kit makes it look similar to a bat mobile thats what i have i was also thinking of grafting some bat mobile tail lights into it aswell but couldnt find any in time think they may have been abit wide for it also

madandy · Post by **madandy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:01 pm

Yo Vince!

knowing you GRNRCR will become a special machine in time.

I got all my turbo parts except the manifold sitting in the shed just waiting for some motivation lol.

kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:36 pm

Brownie, yeah that possibly could have been the reason, It was cheap enough thou, i scored it for $4.5k with manual conversion kit. it was advertised with that also, but i suppose not everyone will be able to do it themselfs which will add more $ to it.

Sprsta - Looks good mate, esp with the roof on it.

Andy, yip it will be a machine hopefully once finished, but like you too many cars, no enough motivation for them all...

Psycho_Dad · Post by **Psycho_Dad** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:43 pm

i think it was more the fact that no one wanted to pay 7 grand for it
i would have paid 4500, but 7 was a joke

PEace
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Post by **jif** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:29 pm

welcome to the list kiwicon - that's a good buy you got there! What
plans do you have for it? :]

I'm not finding many people (2 in fact) interested in buying mine as a
turbo'mx5 either ... no-one appreciates how much it is to do it all
properly! Will prob. end up splitting it all up and selling separately
... it'll probably get twice as much that way!

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kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:19 am

Psycho_Dad wrote:i think it was more the fact that no one wanted to pay 7 grand for it
i would have paid 4500, but 7 was a joke

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Psycho_Dad

Actually, it went right down to 5.5K no reserve - still no interest in it. This was with the maunal convesion incl

I don't think 7 grand was a joke, after all it was the ONLY turbo MX5 on trademe at the time. OK you never get back what you pay, but this has had just on 15K thrown at it, so i thought it was priced to sell.

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:32 pm

jif wrote: I'm not finding many people (2 in fact) interested in buying mine as a
turbo'mx5 either ... no-one appreciates how much it is to do it all
properly! Will prob. end up splitting it all up and selling separately
... it'll probably get twice as much that way!

Its a struggle finding buyers for any cars at the moment IMO, plenty of bargains around but nobody wants to spend money. I'd buy your turbo5 if I hadn't spent the money upgrading my 'sensible car' instead!

kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:47 pm

100% correct, look at what later model commys and fords are going for now adays, almost cheap enough to buy one and chuck it in the garage and bring it out as a weekend skidder or similar.

madandy · Post by **madandy** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:10 pm

kiwicon wrote:100% correct, look at what later model commys and fords are going for now adays, almost cheap enough to buy one and chuck it in the garage and bring it out as a weekend skidder or similar.

Wotchu talkin 'bout WIllis?

We only drag the XR6t out now and then...at least until the P12 sells Now gas has come down all those big engines aren't too bad to run.

kiwicon · Post by **kiwicon** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:49 pm

What do they go like andy XR6T - herd its not much (chip / tuning) to get an easy 300rwkw - any truth to that

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