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I bought my first and only mx5 after moving house at the back end of the summer of 2014. Paid £780 for a clean, low mileage S-Special 1800 import from an ex Mazda employee on the wirral. The car was disappointingly slow, wobbly and a bit grubby but I saw potential in it's cheeky smile and the love affair began.
I've always been big into petrol but never had the time, space or money to build anything having flipped my way through about 35 cars up until this point. From my 205 days I recognised the beauty of a simple and well engineered chassis, lightweight body and small but eager engine (not to mention RWD - OH MY GOD!) so when the opportunity arose to buy a second car a Roadster was firmly in my cross-hairs. When I realised they could be turbocharged and tuned the hunt was on.
I did a lot of research and decided a mk1 import was for me and this came up, I'm embarrassed to say that i bought the first one that I saw although many many hours was spent on the internet before hand. Schoolboy error averted (thankfully) The car was standard albeit a pod filter and aftermarket radio.
So that's a bit of background now onto the before and after pics,
Lastly a bit of a spec list. Pulled from another forum sorry that it's all a bit word soup!
1994 Eunos 1.8 S-Special/ 288bhp - 310bhp/ 325Nm @ 16psi/ megasquirtpnp2/ TD04 13l heat wrapped/ Bentley actuator valve/ green cotton cone filter/ G19 log manifold/ G19 heat wrapped downpipe/ 3” custom exhaust from DP back/ 3" test pipe/ Front mounted intercooler/ Hard boost pipes/ skunk2 64mm throttle body/ Forge twin piston BOV/ RX8 yellow injectors/ GTR fuel pump/ Fat ally rad/ Twin cooling fans/ Short drop HEL braided clutch line/ Hel braided brake lines/ flyin miata level 1 clutch/ Factory Roadster strut brace/ Soul tuning rad plate/ Zoom headlight vent & ghetto ducting/ GV lip/ Vindi fibreglass bootlid/ Jass stealth TSIs/ carbon fibre door mirrors, sill plates interior parts and binnacle/ Clear side repeaters/ P5 frame rails/ 5 race roll bar/ Brembo disks, Yellowstuff pads/ Boost gauge/ AEM wideband/ Lotus Elise 111S seats/ jass interior toggle switches/ Jass retro gauge surrounds, faces and caps/ Eibach thick front and rear sway bars/ HSD Monopro fully adjustable coilies/ Blink 'Road Warrior' alignment/ terracleaned fuel system/ Nas alcantara small wheel/ Rota RB 15x8”/ Uniroyal 205mm RS3 tyres/ Stick on front plate/ Reverse LED fog conversion/ Slim amp and upgraded head unit & door speakers/ JDM chequered mats/ CAT 1 alarm immobiliser/ Timing belt and pump Sept 2014/ Fully treated & under-sealed March 2016…
