Hey guys im new to this forum, so would like to start off by saying hi to everyone.

I own a 1990 NA6 MX5 daily driver. Owned it since June 2011, I bought pretty stock, Lovelle spings, Rota Wheels and a cold air intake.

I decided to start modifying it at the start of 2012. So far the following mods that have been done are.

this will be a very long post from when i first got the car to how it currently sits.

When i first bought the car



Then i put Rota Grid V 15x8 +0, Yellowspeed dynamic pro coilovers and a Brown Davis roll bar






















Mod List up to that current point:

Wheels, Tyres & Brakes:
Rota Grid V's Bronze 15x8 -0 (pasti-dipped in fluro orange)
Kuhmo KH17 Souls 175/50/R15
DBA Slotted and cross drilled front brake rotors
Bendix Ultimate at the front and Bendix OEM replacement at the rear
Rays lug nuts
Blackworks racing extended wheel studs
Dura valve stems


Suspension:
Yellowspeed racing coilovers (height and dampener adjustable)
Whiteline front strut brace
MX5 Mania front and rear underbody bracing
Brown Davis NB rollbar (plasti-dipped in fluro orange)


Engine & Driveline:
RPM HD clutch kit
K&N apollo custom intake into firewall
Toda 256 8.5mm exhaust and intake camshafts
Custom straight pipe cat back exhaust with resinator (stock muffler which is directly bolt on)
OEM replaced fan belt
OEM replaced upper and lower shifter bushings


Interior & Exterior
Garage Vary front lip
Mazdaspeed front and rear tow hook
Numberplate offset bracket
No carpet
MX5 floor mats
OMP steering wheel
Fire extinguisher
I.L Motorsports NA6 racing pedals with foot rest
Broadway 27mm covex mirror
Titanum style gearknob

Electricals:
Optima red top 800cc
Kenwood headunit
Apline type r splits
Apline type r sub
Kenwood Amp






Then i decided to take the car off the road, i got bored of the setup as it was, i also bought bride seats, sold off the coilovers, wheels and roll bar. Started buying parts















Bought a turbo setup


NB6 motor
Pauter Forged rods
Oversized Wiseco Pistons 79mm 1mm oversized
Acl race bearings
Arp rod bolts
Arp main cap bolts
Arp head studs
Toda cams 256* 9mm lift
Solid lifters
Speedflow fitting welded to sump for turbo drain
Maruha sump baffle,
Maruha 2mm headgasket
M-tuned water coolant reroute system


Turbo setup:
Custom steam pipe manifold(ceramic coated)
Garret 2871r 0.86 Tial v band housing (ceramic coated)
Custom turbo lines using Speedflow fittings
Tial 38mm External Wastegate
3" dump pipe (heat wrapped)
Waste gate dump tube (heat wrapped)
Hurricane muffler
Custom intercooler piping
Grex oil cooler setup
Front mount intercooler
Custom catch can
HKS SSQV 4

Gearbox setup:
NB 6speed
OS Giken super single
Toda light weight flywheel
Miata roadster short shift kit

Diff setup:
1.8L
Tomei TRAX 2way 4.3
Solid diff mounts

Fuel Setup:
id 1000s
Aem Fuel pressure regulator
DW300 fuel pump
M-Tuned fuel rail
-6 fuel lines from tank to rail

Ignition:
Ls2 coil setup with custom bracket and custom leads
Hks plugs

Ecu and wiring:
Haltech Spring 500
Custom wiring harness
Innovate wideband

Full Album of photos at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1805468&type=3









Fuel lines done





Few bits sandblasted





Stack dash and wideband




Custom heater setup and wire tuck







I know this is a very long first post, i thought i will fill in most things of the process of the car i have left a lot of things out, there will be heaps more to come in the near future and will post as often as i can, thanks everyone and enjoy

 

The LoveFab setup makes it back to the forum yet again. Turbo parts good. No comment on the rest of the car.

 

#hellaswagstanceflush.

 

Great looking turbo setup. The car looked better on the wheels it came with. Those ones poke out like a mexican's truck.

 

949 racing 6uls 15x10 +25, Hankook RS-3 225/45 r15

 

It needs a lift kit.

 

Torbozzz good. The rest, to each his own.

 

very cool... now... lol
the stance thing is its own world.. and sometimes done tastefully i spose, but it destroys the performance of the car. seems like you are on the right track now to making a very well built beast. should perform 100% better now. and those 949's are a good choice of wheel.

how is that Halltec spring??? and how does it compare performance/pricewise to an MS setup???

 

Thanks man, Haltech compaired to MS, hmmm, its hard to say really, not a lot of people in Australia know how to tune them so they become an issue, but i would say if you are on a tight budget get MS, if you want something with a few more features that you will actually use and make the most of then it is worth it.

 

thats cool... yeah, i noticed that there are very few people in Australia that use MS. How is the haltech in tems of tunability? can you adjust things on the fly? or does it just have a few set maps to go by, with the ability to compensate?

 

I always laugh when people say there is nobody around them that knows how to tune a MS. The damn thing tunes itself, and of course the timing map that actually needs to be tuned by hand is just like any other EMS for the most part.

Then of course all the other basic settings, which are really nothing special.

Nothing wrong with a haltech though. Do you have spacers on those 6ul's, or are they just 15x9 or 15x10's? Those are the most hellaflush 6ul's i've ever seen, rofl.

 

haha.. i think ive seen the 15x9's in person, and they didnt even look this hellaflush.

 

15x10