(yet another) MX5!

Christopher · Feb 20, 2013

I'm off Thursday mate. I'll text you.

sofaboy · Feb 21, 2013

Matt W · Feb 21, 2013

That is awesome. Plain number plates and it'll be perfect.

I'm waiting for some wierdo to come along and mention spacorzzzz

Steve · Feb 21, 2013

What's next?

Chesh · Feb 21, 2013

Those meister coilovers are soooo good. Had some on my old 5, ride was sublime.

JoeyD · Feb 21, 2013

MK3 by j0eyD, on Flickr

MK3 by j0eyD, on Flickr

Such a nice car.

sofaboy · Feb 21, 2013

Steve said:
What's next?

Paul showed me his race car with the manifold and my back box

Tbf it does need spacers it looks a bit broken now

Matt Cup · Feb 21, 2013

That looks f**king great!

SBV116 · Feb 21, 2013

Matt Cup said:
That looks f**king great!

it does. . . Don't let aucky read this ffs.

Ian_R · Feb 21, 2013

Echo whats been said, Awsome looking machine, and good colour choice too..

Hixle · Feb 21, 2013

FFS. WANT!

aucky · Feb 23, 2013

SBV116 said:
it does. . . Don't let aucky read this ffs.

Too late.

s**t. Want.

sofaboy · Mar 1, 2013

Gave the car a quick clean and fitted fresh plates today

IMG_2066 by Sebastian Gwizdek, on Flickr

IMG_2056 by Sebastian Gwizdek, on Flickr

IMG_2054 by Sebastian Gwizdek, on Flickr

IMG_2053 by Sebastian Gwizdek, on Flickr

jesus · Mar 10, 2013

I really really like this. I've still yet to see it!

Joe# · Mar 10, 2013

That look's so nice Seb

sofaboy · Mar 10, 2013

Thanks Guys, Not sure what will have been done before The 24th, but i know a wheel refurb is occurring courtesy of Mazda.

Goodj · Mar 10, 2013

<3

Love the Mk3.5s. a hard-roof one in White with Tan interior would have my money immediately.

eBay gaitors eh? I know them well. Think a deep clean on the leather is in order on Liz. How hard was it to clean yours up?

Mk3's all look much better with a trim on the ride height, didn't Mazda do official eibach upgrades at the dealers too.

Shame stick-on plates are a no-no though, looks much better without a plate on the front.

StevenMc29 · Mar 10, 2013

Lovely looking car! What sort of power are they? 182 pace?

Matt26 · Mar 10, 2013

About the same as a 182, but more fun (dare I say?) due to RWD etc.

I absolutely love them. I hate it when people call them hairdresser's cars - I mean, it's not a 206 CC is it? I think they're quite aggressive-looking.

sofaboy · Mar 11, 2013

Goodj- all it took was a soft nail brush ad some gliptone. Dampen the leather with a cloth then apply and scrub the gliptone into the leather using the nail brush, leave for 5-10 minutes and wipe off with damp cloth and leave to dry.

They did do eibach springs but they only lowere the mk3.5 by 15mm as it already came lower then the mk3.

I'd say not as quick as a 182 but it certainly is a lot of fun.

_Tom · Mar 11, 2013

That looks bloody lovely.

Eddie. · Mar 11, 2013

Such a nice car this.

Grown up and smart in so many ways, yet still fun and playful looking

Toby · Mar 11, 2013

It looks so happy to be a car.

Proper like that red.

Topgeartom · Mar 11, 2013

Eddie. said:
Such a nice car this.

Grown up and smart in so many ways, yet still fun and playful looking

This.

Absolutely this.

Goodj · Mar 11, 2013

CSS really aught to have a dedicated area for 5's this year.

C.J · Mar 11, 2013

Looks really nice, the front end looks so happy without a plate.

sofaboy · Mar 23, 2013

So I had a Manifold fitted yesterday, really really happy with the car.
So before

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and after

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Goodj · Mar 23, 2013

You've lost torque generally, but that'll happen if you tune for hp, I think?

Chip! Where is he, he'd know

sofaboy · Mar 23, 2013

Its hard to tell from that Michael J fox spec graph but ive gained across the rest of the range, Its moved peak up by 600ish RPM. Next thing will be a remap to make the most of it and returne the VVT

Goodj · Mar 23, 2013

That will sort it right out, no mistake.

Should sound good too.

How many revs can that engine hold?

sofaboy · Mar 23, 2013

being a mk3.5 it could rev higher! but Rodders has just built one with a few additions and that revs to 8250 safely, he said it can go to 9k but he wants it to be reliable.

Sounds awesome though

JaredHasNoBrain · Mar 23, 2013

all that power just from a manifold D:?
Awesomeee

daveski · Mar 23, 2013

If only you got that much from fitting a manifold to a Clio!

Nice upgrade.

jesus · Mar 23, 2013

Nice. My mate at work has one of these and was on about the manifold, I thought he was talking b****cks but it looks like that's what frees a bit of power.