New toy

kevint · May 24, 2013, 08:24:31 PM

Very nice Brett, I have a soft spot for mx5s , great fun with the top down on country roads

boosted · May 24, 2013, 10:16:35 PM

Quote from: Kevint;858385early uk spec 1.6 mk1s were 115bhp, later mk1s 90 bhp, think they changed in 94

Yes i knew that ...uk ones where de-tuned poverty spec no pas 95 on.

due to when the insurance on hot hatches and sports cars got silly in the 90\'s circa 95 and made to compete with the mgf!!!:rollin most 90 to 94\'s are eunos imports. quite rare to find a 90 to 94 uk model been eaten by rust . All eunos 1.6\'s 115bhp .

short nose crank best to avoid...
had 17 mk1\'s

Brett · May 25, 2013, 01:03:33 AM

The UK 1.6\'s were detuned to give a bigger performance gap after the 1.8 became available IIRC.

samoht · May 25, 2013, 10:23:22 AM

Great buy, picking such a great-looking open car up for a grand at the start of summer. Arguably shades an early RX-8 for bargain of the decade!

Have fun (sure you will).

How long until it gets a noisy rotary in it

Brett · May 26, 2013, 09:20:11 PM

I\'m going to try and keep it largely standard. It already has an aftermarket exhaust and roll bar.. so will get a high flow panel filter...then get lots of carbon I think

jetpilot · May 27, 2013, 10:00:19 AM

Really enjoyed my Mx5 whilst i stepped back from Rx7\'s for a year or so. Although it was a bbr turbo it was rewarding and fun to drive and that was well below licence loosing speeds, 70mph in one of these really feels like it and more.

m1tch · May 31, 2013, 12:24:18 PM

Quote from: Brett;858447I\'m going to try and keep it largely standard.

Shall I frame this?

Brett · June 01, 2013, 07:38:03 PM

That was uncalled for! :rollin