Dusty Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 well hi. im callum. this is ma 89 mx5 iv had for about a year and a half now. is my first real car (ford mondeo is not a car) ok quick wrap up of history: brought it lookin like this: then put a bore on it and lowered it on some cheap ass $200 springs after 6 months of no wof and a few fines i decided to make it legal again wasnt pretty. i also took a fancy lookin pic painted tappet cover at some point. was hell bored. eventually i get these ooh yeah $1800 from japan made a skid plate because no way in hell was i replacing the sump. and after figuring out how to make the shocks go lower. i slammed it. deleted the bigbore and replace with a extremely low flow inprezza muffler to try and keep a low profile from cops. but eventually. so old shocks went back in that night. wof the next morning and pinkey came off. eventually mustered up the cash for a cert, slammed it again, failed horrably, raised, passed, lowered with limits of cert. and that brings us to the top pics. got bored and made launch control which ill probabily never use: currently saving/building up for a bpt swap(1.8l turbo engine out of a mazda gtx) will take some pics and update here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Nice, I know this car, guy I worked with rebuild it (bout 10 years ago?) I went for a spin in it once, was pissed I couldnt drive it propper due to being to tall/fat. Any plans for it wheel wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 NICE! about time someone did justice to one of these with regards to slamming. karmageddon you could learn from this chap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wo0kie Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 miata lord/ sweet pics bro, really like the choice of wheel in the top two pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Nice, I know this car, guy I worked with rebuild it (bout 10 years ago?) I went for a spin in it once, was pissed I couldnt drive it propper due to being to tall/fat. Any plans for it wheel wise? eh no way. thats choice dont happen to know if he did anything to the engine? iv got some borbet type a 15x8 -15 offset. but they wont be going on untill after i get another cert due to 195/45/15s being to thin by law -.-. will also roll fenders go lower and would like 15-20mm spacers aswell. and cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I like it man, good work. I must admit, I saw one of those top pictures posted elsewhere and thought it was yet another Miata/MX5 from offshore thats awesome (didn't notice the plate), so glad to see its a kiwi car. iv got some borbet type a 15x8 -15 offset. but they wont be going on untill after i get another cert due to 195/45/15s being to thin by law -.-. will also roll fenders go lower and would like 15-20mm spacers aswell. Can't wait for above also! Going to step it up a notch. Apparently theres a very awesome red MX5 in Hamilton on epic wheels, but I'm yet to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBreeze Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Glad to see you signing up for OS bro. Told you some cats in here would appreciate the mx5. Will look banging on 195/45s and moar slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akaname Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I agree with the extra slam.. Make them run road laying trucks after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Nice, I know this car, guy I worked with rebuild it (bout 10 years ago?) I went for a spin in it once, was pissed I couldnt drive it propper due to being to tall/fat. Any plans for it wheel wise? eh no way. thats choice dont happen to know if he did anything to the engine? Nah, he didnt do anything to the motor, mind you I think its changed hands a few times since. He used to buy write offs and rebuild them, so he would have just done the rebuild/panel/paint and put the wheels on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Apparently theres a very awesome red MX5 in Hamilton on epic wheels, but I'm yet to see it. am interested. iv onyl seen one mx5 with mods and it was a track car on the back of a trailer :/ I agree with the extra slam..Make them run road laying trucks after you yeah im not going that bloody low. would like another 20mm drop and im happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 so so hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmagedon Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 car looks tits dude. i dig them blue ones. I assume the red one is that one on Banzai's. Looks pretty sweet aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombsquad Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 currently saving/building up for a bpt swap(1.8l turbo engine out of a mazda gtx) Dont bother, wont bolt up to your mx5 gearbox+other issues. Ive been fucking around with a similar thing lately and nothing is easy with this lol. Give me a pm if ya wanna discuss further, always interested in chatting about performance gains with these motors. Nice car too, impressive slam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 currently saving/building up for a bpt swap(1.8l turbo engine out of a mazda gtx) Dont bother, wont bolt up to your mx5 gearbox+other issues. Ive been fucking around with a similar thing lately and nothing is easy with this lol. Give me a pm if ya wanna discuss further, always interested in chatting about performance gains with these motors. Nice car too, impressive slam spent to much to not bother. from all my searching im pretty sure it drops in and bolts up. custom intake exhaust and waterlines deal with the rest. will use the electronic distributor and coilpacks from current engine and will run it all with megasquirt. if it doesnt bolt up. i will cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 he just said it doesnt bolt up lol, and Im guessing he has tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Christ that was low, possibly the lowest I've seen? The inset wheels likely make it look that way Good stuff man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I guess if GTX BP-T doesn't bolt up to MX-5 gearbox you could slam GTX internals into a NA8/NB MX-5 BP engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 this thread satisfies me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixmasterlex Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Well hello there blue car. I see you like tarmac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 currently saving/building up for a bpt swap(1.8l turbo engine out of a mazda gtx) Dont bother, wont bolt up to your mx5 gearbox+other issues. Ive been fucking around with a similar thing lately and nothing is easy with this lol. Give me a pm if ya wanna discuss further, always interested in chatting about performance gains with these motors. Nice car too, impressive slam spent to much to not bother. from all my searching im pretty sure it drops in and bolts up. custom intake exhaust and waterlines deal with the rest. will use the electronic distributor and coilpacks from current engine and will run it all with megasquirt. if it doesnt bolt up. i will cry. One of my old customers has a BPT in his MX5? Unsure if he used the 1600 gearbox or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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