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Build the motor and swap for either a GTX Gen 2 or the new G25.
KMiata BMW Gearbox swap kit
V8 Roadsters control arm set
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Thought I'd finally start a build thread in preparation of the coming months and after around two years lurking this forum!
Firstly a brief introduction of the car and myself, I'm Scott, out of Perth, Western Australia and I drive a 2004 Brilliant Black MX5! This was my first and to this day, only car and the car that I first learnt to drive in so it holds a lot of sentimental value to me. Over the past 4 years I've finally got myself into a position where I can turbo the car after lots empty proclamations and promises to myself. I did modify the exterior of the car first because personally, the appearance of the car is something quite important to me, however I know that non-functional modifications are frowned upon here. Another factor influencing this decision was the fact that I could really only afford to do small things at a time when I first began to start working on the car. Over this past year however, I've fully committed myself to building up the funds to do everything properly which was quite a challenge whilst at uni full time however hopefully after the next month or so I'll be able to reap the rewards.
List of everything important installed on the car currently:
MCA Red Coilovers with 11/7 Spring Rates
15x8+28 Enkei RPF1's wrapped in 225/45/15 Hancook RS3's
Flyin' Miata Stage 2 Clutch/Flywheel Happy Meal
The classic hot air intake/pod filter setup
Exterior Mods:
Garage Vary Lip
Garage Vary Eyelids
OEM Small Sideskirts
Project G Side Steps
Project G Hardtop Spoiler
Carbon Miata TRD Ducktail
Moss Miata Stubby Antenna
Tow Strap
Offset Numberplate bracket fabricated by a friend of mine here
Headlights baked open and painted black
List of everything currently sitting in my garage waiting to get installed:
NitroDann Twistmount v2 Manifold and Dump
NitroDann 3" Exhaust
Garrett GT2860RS .86 A/R
Haltech Elite 1500 with Haltech EBC Solenoid, Haltech Wideband Controller and Gaugeart Video Gauge Adaptor
LMS EFI Custom Patch Harness for the Haltech Elite 1500 (Haltech's own PNP harness wasn't available at the time of purchase)
NitroDann FMIC and BOV Kit
NitroDann Airbox
ID1050x Injectors
Coolant Reroute
Fuelab 535 FPR, Walbro 255 and a Radium Extended Range Fuel Damper with -6AN lines
NitroDann Oil Catch Can and Washerbottle
Mishimoto Radiator
The reason I decided to go with Haltech was solely the availability of tuners within Australia. Unfortunately, practically no one in Western Australia that I trusted to tune my car was really willing to tune Megasquirt which I had originally planned to use. More or less, every tuner here tunes Haltech and that's what really influenced my overall decision, it just gives me much much more flexibility. Due to my commitments with University and now full time work, I can't really take the time to tune the car myself so I'd rather leave the tuning in someone I trust's much more capable hands. I'm hoping to have everything installed and tuned by the end of September and thought it would be a good idea to document my progress here!
Here's a picture of the car when it was first purchased and a picture as it stands now:
Last edited by 3MX5ME; 05-21-2018 at 11:09 AM.
Reason: Updates
Just a quick update since I haven’t posted anything in a few months. Cars coming along great! Everything is fitted up, just a few bit and pieces of wiring to sort out and she’ll be in for a tune. Ended up converting to return fuel buying a few extra lengths of fuel line and moving the FPR into the engine bay just behind the rail, all came up looking really tidy.
also managed to pick up some mazdaspeed bucket seats!
So after a whole lot of hassle, and a whole lot of waiting, the car is finally tuned and back on the road. Ended up making roughly 274hp with plenty of headroom for once the motor is built and the car runs perfectly.
Have had the diff in for around 2 weeks now. Also got the 949 swaybar kit in yesterday. It's pretty crazy driving the car now and feeling the difference compared to how it drove only two weeks ago. The power definitely made the open diff very very apparent.