Evo VI – Damn Spiders

(First posted on MLR forum in December 2015) I’d been spending more and more time playing with the little MX5 especially as I had lots I needed to sort before we did a short driving holiday around cornwall. So the Evo was due a bit of attention including it’s usual service bits like oil, filter […]

Evo VI – Some Plasti Dip, Some Paint and a New Battery

(First posted on MLR forum in December 2015) So winter arrived and the battery started to struggle occasionally not helped by the fact I’ve been using it less. The battery brackets looked a bit tatty so I cleaned and painted them while they were off too. Another little job… I repainted all the mesh when […]

Evo VI – Noxudol 700 Treatment

(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) Having done the outside of the sills etc it was time to get to the bits you can’t reach. After some interwebbing and reading a very helpful long term review by Practical Classics I decided Noxudol 700 was the stuff to get. It scored highly and buying […]

Evo VI – Boost Problems

(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) A problem I had 2-3 months ago… This must have been a gradual problem but eventually had got to a point where the car felt to be lacking a bit of grunt. So my wife and I took the Evo out one evening so she could watch […]

Evo VI – Performance Friction Brake Pads

(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) While undersealing the front end of the Evo I had a quick look around the suspension and brakes as I tend to do fairly regularly. I noticed one of the pads didn’t look great so I pulled it out to find it was in two pieces!  They’re […]

Evo VI – Undersealing the Front End

(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) Time to get under the front to do some rust prevention. While I was there I thought I’d check out the how well my coilover covers we working and have a peek at the brake pads. Like new in there. Happy with that. Tools inner arch coming […]

Evo VI – Undersealing the Rear End

(First posted on MLR forum in October 2015) Having started work to keep rust at bay under the sills I moved on to the rear end next. As always, where required I removed any previous underseal, paint and loose stuff. Then applied Hydrate 80, before paint then waited for that to dry properly before covering […]

Evo VI – Powerflex Engine Mounts

(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) After doing a few more miles I still wasn’t fully happy with the engine movement. It had definitely improved with the addition of the poly bush at the front of the gearbox but I wanted it better. Again, I’m not really interested in those shiny engine torque […]

Evo VI – Undersealing the Sills

(First posted on MLR forum in July 2015) These Evo’s are getting on a bit nowadays and rust can be a very serious problem for some of them. I’ve been under mine enough to know it’s not perfect but is certainly nowhere near as bad as some out there. So I really wanted to make […]