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mx5 build thread
- Thread starter Adz
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Sold ages ago aucky!
Work van
F**K ME! So you never actually sold it?
Work van
Haha I put it back to standard which caused more problems than it was worth and just bought another car and forgot about it started work on her again though ..... Covering up a little rust was a cleaver idea :banghead:
Looks a lot worse than it actually was
All ready for some fresh metal
Yay!!
Work van
172/B8 Quattro
Best bet IMO is put a garret gt2560r on it along with supporting mods inc mega squirt and you will have one he'll of a nice set up with minimal lag, £2k upwards though if you want the best or cheap option would be a Subaru td04 turbo which a few people use for cheap budget FI.
That all my old one needed but I wanted the best parts and would of set me back £2k+ easy, so broke it as got the Clio cheap ish and didn't want 2 toys so 1 had to go.
Still miss it tbh, sublime handling it was
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172/B8 Quattro
Look at some YouTube vids of boosted mx5s, makes you want one even more
sbridgey
ClioSport Club Member
disco 4, 182, Meglio
Maybe compared to what you are used to, but the sensation of speed is much greater than any car I have ever driven before.
I dont find my car to be "slow" but its certainly not "fast" either.
172/B8 Quattro
Considering a 140hp 1.8 weighs 1050kg so weight to ratio compared to a 180bhp 1500kg will be near par.
What an unusual stat to pull out. What are you comparing it to that weighs 1500kgs?
Apologies if I've misread something there.
Being sat so much closer to the ground than you are in a shopping hatchback (even one that's slammed) gives a much bigger sensation of speed.
For instance I went and tested one of those TTE Corollas when I had my last MX-5 (and that was the 128hp 1.8) and it 'felt' no quicker at all. Until I looked down and saw I was going a lot faster than I thought.
And therein lies the rub.
I could be doing 60 in Listerine and still be busy behind the wheel, whereas in the old 172 I could be doing comfortably more and between the extra sound deadening, cruise control and being sat (what seems like) another 2 miles in the air, and still not be bothered.
Which, on some days is what you want (i.e. a long haul down to The Unit), but on others you dont (A run around the coastal roads of Norfolk, or around the choppy b-roads of the Fens).
BUt as for 180hp in 1500kg, surely that's the stats for a DCi replica yeh?
For instance I went and tested one of those TTE Corollas when I had my last MX-5 (and that was the 128hp 1.8) and it 'felt' no quicker at all. Until I looked down and saw I was going a lot faster than I thought.
And therein lies the rub.
I could be doing 60 in Listerine and still be busy behind the wheel, whereas in the old 172 I could be doing comfortably more and between the extra sound deadening, cruise control and being sat (what seems like) another 2 miles in the air, and still not be bothered.
Which, on some days is what you want (i.e. a long haul down to The Unit), but on others you dont (A run around the coastal roads of Norfolk, or around the choppy b-roads of the Fens).
BUt as for 180hp in 1500kg, surely that's the stats for a DCi replica yeh?
172/B8 Quattro
Just a general observation mate, no particular car. Hope you didn't think I meant a Clio?
I.e some audis 2.0 tsfi, new focus 1.6 (180hp), some modern diesels also, impreza new ages weigh similar but a bit more hp stock. There's a few cars out there that weigh similar with similar hp.
So basically same bhp per ton
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172/B8 Quattro
But a turbo mx5 at 200-250hp........figure the bhp per ton on that!
Mazda Mx5 mk1
Mazda Mx5 mk1
Sounds good to me! Thank you for your help!
