(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) The handbrake stopped working completely. I knew one of the two rear cables was a bit iffy so I bought a replacement. Both of them were now stuck but I freed the LH one up, the RH one was so stuck I had to cut […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) It had been a while so the MX5 was due some time for a good clean and polish. I quite like it when it’s filthy and looking like a proper used tool but it does clean up pretty well.
Evo ownership has been awesome but I’ve owned the Evo for over 5 years now and it’s time to move on. I’ve done plenty to it in that time from simple maintenance to power upgrades. It’s slowly become better and better but now I’ve sort of run out of things I want to do to […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) Not got too much further cos I’ve been busy with the other cars and other stuff but I have some updates. Once I’d proved the substitute IAT sensor was going to do the job I thought I’d go ahead and do the MAF to MAP conversion […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) I will only need it if/when I get as far as running injectors directly from the DET3 but I thought I’d see what I could do about providing a proper variable TPS for the DET3 while keeping the OEM 3 state TPS for the OEM ECU. […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) Rad hoses weren’t looking too great and one had a slight leak so got some silicone jobs. Made an additional little exhaust heat shield too just to keep a bit more heat away from the charger. Got some more done too just gotta go […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2016) Made some progress with the DET3. It’s been a bit slow as I’m just taking one step at a time and trying to always give myself a working state to fall back on if things don’t go well with each progression. When I eventually remove the […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in April 2016) Having received my ECU Master DET3 I then had to figure out how to wire the thing in. Like I said I couldn’t find any mx5 specific info for wiring a DET3 but there are example wiring diagrams in the DET3 manuals and obviously there’s plenty […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in April 2016) With boost peaking at around 10psi my hope that 1.8 injectors and nearly 6bar fuel pressure with the standard ECU would provide enough fuel didn’t work out. It was close to being ok as it drove fairly well but at WOT/full boost it would really lean […]
I did a load of cavity waxing before but it was a bit awkward with the car on axle stands. Now I have much better access underneath I thought I’d go finding all the holes I could to fill with Noxudol 700 cavity wax. This is a messy job so I only took a few […]