(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) I know power isn’t everything but I’m finding 115bhp minus the horses that have escaped over the last 25 years a bit slow for my liking so I though’t I’d have a go at doing something about it. The only trouble is whatever I do has […]
The Evo was due a change of all oils, that’s engine, gearbox, transfer box, differential and AYC. So I placed an order with Opie Oils as usual. They’ve certainly earned a few quid out of me over the years and this occasion was no different but it’s not worth being cheap when it comes to […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) Winter time = need rear demist. So I made up a circuit with an old relay I had from some old project donor car and an LED rocker switch I had spare. quick circuit test switch fitted wiring and testing All done. Now I can see […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in December 2015) The wheels really needed a refurb. A previous owner had just gone over them with a spray can of black which I guess was a quick and cheap way to make them look a bit better. They clearly hadn’t been prep’d as the paint was starting […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in October 2015) Next thing on the list was 4 wheel alignment. I like doing things myself if I can so I do it the old school way with string, well fishing line actually. Having slightly stretched tyres and a bit of poke on the wheels makes this much […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in July 2015) Got myself all the oils for the gearbox, turret and diff. The cost of all the oils for the MX5 is a third of the cost of doing all the Evo oils! This Mazda gets more and more appealing. Turret first. Got a new boot […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in July 2015) Got a genuine strut brace for sensible money. Some of them seem to go for quite a lot on ebay but I didn’t fancy one of the cheap flimsy ones you can get so just waited for a genuine one to come up cheap enough. It […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in May 2015) got a hardtop the other day. surprised how much it improves the chassis rigidity. thought i may as well do the diagnostics flashy light thing and check the timing as I know a previous owner had set it to 14 degrees. all good.
(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) After spending a while tweaking the ride height and camber of the new coilovers I thought I’d check the caster to make sure everything is as it should be. The mount for the camber caster gauge is magnetic so I made some steel plates and extended wheel […]
I’d been looking out for some kind of storage to go in the back corner of the garage but nothing came up that was quite right. I had a fair bit of board left from boarding the roof space though so I figured I’d just make something. This way I could also build it around […]