Gave the car a wash today ready for the MX5OC meet tomorrow

Then used Meguiars Ultimate Polish and then sealed with Meguiars Ultimate Wax

Then i finally got round to replacing my door speakers. These were the Kenwoods

Dynamat Sound Proof fitted

Vibe Edge 6.5" Speakers fitted. Door card re-positioned and riveted on

I joined the MX5OC on a drive Sunday across the Suffolk Country Roads,and its the best day of driving i've ever had! The car performed extremely well and even had the company of my mapper Lawrence in the convoy in his boosted MX5!

I've got a couple of videos from the drive,but due to the length/size of the videos they take forever to upload :( Here are some photos from the day. The rest of the photos can be found on my Photography page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4...3756&type=1

Took the car to H&S Performance today to get a few bits fitted.

Underseals and my P5 Frame Rails fitted

O/S Rear Inner Arch hole

Repaired/Welded

Mocal 13 Row Oil Cooler w/ Thermostatic Sandwich Plate

Wrinkle Black Inlet Manifold fitted

Apologies for the photo quality,had to use my phone.

Heres another test video of the External Mic on the GoPro. This time its on the rear bumper next to the exhaust

GOD I LOVE THIS!!!

Just put this together,the evolution of my MX5 in the nearly 2 years of ownership

FUCK i love this eunos. I've been in my mates turbo and my god they are quick for a little car. Too much fun in these things. Should be getting a very standard one within the month. White looks sweet but the august 2012 picture looks so badass. BMWankers.

SlamMedia have just featured the MX5,> CLICK HERE < to view the feature!

Also just spent the previous weekend at Modified Nationals at Peterborough Arena. My photos can be seen > HERE <

Had a slight accident. Tried pulling into a car park space but was abit tighter than i thought

Repaired

Some stickers

Last sunday I headed over to a local Classic Car show

Left the show and thought i'd make these:

Bought a Greddy Type S BOV

Excuse the blue Vacuum pipe,it was all I had laying about. Will get it changed to black at some point :)

Heres a test video of the new BOV

Why not? Its a 90s classic :p Plus there were modern cars there so wasn't too bad haha

Today me and a couple of mates started to wire tuck the engine bay. Unfortunately I didn't get any photos as we went along.

All the wires passenger side (MAF loom,Horn,Headlight loom) got relocated to the inner wing. The diagnostic port and relays were tucked inside behind the dashboard. Also removed the washer bottle (Rain-X FTW!)

Drivers side was a little bit more tricky. We managed to put the Headlight loom and the sensors on the Thermostat housing through the inner wing. The Ignition Module was moved behind the fuse box. Was hoping to relocate the fuse box etc to inside the car,but it seems the main loom for that weaves behind the engine,which would mean engine out to do it properly. So we half tucked that side,doesnt look much,but looks a lot better.

We also fed all the vacuum hoses and wires underneath the inlet manifold. Also tucked the Injector wires too so it looks abit neater.

Apologies for the photos,first time using Adobe Lightroom and still getting used to it.

Tested out my new flash gun receivers last night,here are the test photos. Far from perfect as I had to hand hold the camera as I had left the tripod base at home :/

The next step for the MX5 was to have the spare turbo rebuild. A week or so prior to me sending my spare T25 away,this lil gem popped up.

A Brand New Garrett T25g from a HKS Turbo kit for the NA6CE

Only problem is,the exhaust flange is 4 bolt while my current T25 is a 5 bolt. I'm in no hurry to get this fitted,so got plenty of time to source a flange & gasket :)

Looks wicked fun mate! :)

Bought the MX5 some new shoes. Rota RKR 15x9j ET0 :)

Just in time for Japfest 2 Tomorrow :)

Rewind back to last Sunday,i headed down Santa Pod for Japshow.

I was with Jap Car Enthusiasts for the show,and they kindly awarded me with a Trophey! Most Unique Mod (turbo conversion). I know it may not be unique in the MX5 community,but I think I was one of few Turbo'd 5s at the show.

Purchased a new gear knob at the show,fits quite nicely with the theme of the car

Sent my 1.8 flywheel away to get skimmed. The Stage 3 clutch will be fitted along with the flywheel this coming Wednesday.

Some rubber U channel to help neaten the heat shields up

Today I travelled North to Donington for Japfest 2.

My JapFest 2 Photos are now online,please take a look over at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4...&uploaded=6

Update!

Last Wednesday I got my Stage 3 Clutch and flywheel fitted

It was about time I sorted out my interior,so I removed everything and work begun!

The centre bar needed grinding down and painting

I then masked up all the loom and everything else that didn't need to be painted,and then painted the floor :)

Top notch . Little bits what make your own car feel better to be in and look at

Electronic Boost Controller from DIY Auto Tune

LED Number Plate and Side Light Bulbs

8000k HIDs fitted

Coolant Re-Route Parts ready to be fitted! (thermostat gaskets are here,just not pictured)

Went out for a random drive across the Norfolk coastline,grabbed some photos

Its been awhile since I've updated,its been a nightmare couple of weeks!

Going back a two weeks,the car was dropped off at Fast Eddy's in Norwich to have a custom 2.5" stainless downpipe made,as well as having my new Turbo fitted

Had a friend pop over and gave me a hand fitting the coolant re-route

Certainly not the cleanest of engine bays at the moment,but nevermind!

Couple of random photos

Took the car out for a drive to make sure I didn't have any leaks etc. Hadnt even done 10-15 miles and there was a cloud of smoke behind me. Removed the filter and checked the turbo and the turbo decided to fail! After speaking to the seller,I sent the turbo away to get it checked. After filing in a dispute with Paypal,and finding out the Turbo didn't have Garrett internals,the dispute got put forward to a case. Paypal decided to favour the seller.

I'm not going into too much detail about the dispute,but lets just say i'm very very out of pocket right now. I've got a nice paper weight which cant be rebuilt as HKS no longer make that turbo,and I've got a downpipe that doesn't fit my turbo :/

I pulled the car apart Wednesday just gone (21/08/13) to do a series of engine flushes. The oil filter proved to be a massive head ache,tried both chain and strap type filter wrenches,waterpump pliers and stabbing a screwdriver through. Managed to get more leverage with the alternator removed and it finally budged!

I've so far done two flushes,I've got another lot of oil and engine flush in. I've put the old turbo back on and currently driving it about. Once I've gotten a few miles on her,i'll then dump that oil and i'm praying that the metal filings will be gone. I've also fitted a magnetic sump plug to help things too.

Also fitted some mesh to the front bumper

Small Update

Send the original rocker cover off to a friend to have Powder Coated. While I fitted that I also fitted a Jass Performance Front Engine Hook and Scuttle Cover from Mx5_Dan

The engine bay is far from clean,will be giving a good clean tomorrow ready for a car meet this Sunday :)