mx5 turbo

i have this build in a few places but i never thought to put it here.. ill copy it over so i hope i makes sense


right.. here goes...

ive had the mx5 for about 8 months now and i when i got it the car was a standard Jap Special..

heres a pic of her when i got her

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fitted a set of coilovers

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rolled the arches

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and this is how it sits now

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ad a go off getting the last few bits off the engine and out she came.. bit of a struggle with such a long transmission but thats RWD for ya :P cant wait t get the gear box split next and do a full service on it. not gonna rebuilt it though its pretty much perfect not a crunch or whine in any gears. have to change the clutch and skim the flywheel on the other engine i got though and change the release and spigot bearings!

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farted around again for a bit last night. waiting on parts and then ill tear the engine from the donor car.. for now i did my gearbox seal

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and cleaned and painted the rocker cover..

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did a bot more this weekend. the Ecu and manifold will be ordered at the end of the week :D Rang Joe Power and had a chat about mapping.. getting fairly ancy cant wait to drive it again. pics below of the hydraulic cam followers. most of them were pretty much solid so hopefully the clean will sort the ticking on warm up

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next step is to clean out the intake manifold and when the mounts get here pop the engine back in :D

few bits to look at until my manifold arrives

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for now heres an intercooler

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small update from the weekend.. went at the bushes on the front of the car but got pissed off trying to undo all the bolts in the awkward areas.. so off with the frame

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did the crank seal.. was easier than i thought otd be

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new spigot bearing

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and dropped the sump so i could clean the oil pickup and drill and tap out the turbo oil return at work :D

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not much of an update but here it is.. cleaned and painted the suspension parts.. waiting on alignment bolts and she can go back on... had a moment of madness and took of the rear subframe too for the same reasons as the front.. this has turned into more of a rebuild than initially anticipated haha

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update. engine is nearly ready to go back in after tapping the sump.. waiting for the hammerite on the subframe to dry solid then i can throw that back on and in with the engine..
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gearbox ready to go too so once they're lined up and joined again the front end will go on.. then my attentions can be turned to the rearend....

Got the engine and subframe back into the car last night..

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next step is to rebuild the rear subframe...

got pissed off with trying to undo rusty bolts on the subframe so decided to clean and paint my intake manifold...

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sorry if the pics are all over the place... All comments welcome

so fair ive figured out you get pissed off easy and paint everything :p:p:p hahaha.

its a serious project man!! love these lil cars.keep it up.cant wait to see it finished

Sweet project man :cool: Build thread with lots of pictures = Me Gusta

You'll have the car taken apart completely soon from the looks of things haha

Haha it's like a copy of tims, even down to the same ecu inter cooler etc ha! Good stuff, there a cool car and pretty damn nippy with the turbo!

I actually have the whole front very nearly finished with brand new bushes ball joints and all.. the rear frame is stripped painted and bushed too just have to put it together.. I started the beginning of april and hope to have it finished within the month.. :)

Pics t keep it ticking over

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Nice work Rhys, will be like new when finished, like I said you'll probably have yours finished before mine and I won't have half the stuff done that you have, fair play