Hi guys newbie from Warrington (MX5 content)

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Chapster5

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As above I've been told to come over here from Facebook as we are starting 2 MX5 project cars between me and my friend. For years we have sat on the idea of project cars and track cars and just last month we finally bought 2.

We are documenting everything we are doing on a Facebook blog and filming what we do as we learn because as current between us we are far from mechanically minded! So we gave decided to start to learn. We've researched and been told the mx5 is the perfect car to learn on so simple and easily built.

Anyway we are starting from the ground up and making track toys and weekend toys and purchasing a lot of the parts mainly mishimoto from Driftworks shop we have a price list of around £2500 for the parts we need. Which we will be buying very soon to get going.

So any help and advice would be appreciated and to check out the project over on Facebook and give us a like to follow (if you're interedted) that would be awesome!

Www.facebook.com/drivewaydrifter

We are trying to prove to people who may think to make a track toy you need access to a garage and top of the line tools and ramps that you don't need any of the above just some basic skills like we have and a driveway.

Hope you enjoy here's the cars:
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Nick
 
To be honest stavros we've budgeted £10,000 each haha we are super charging one turbo the other and so fourth we've got spare cash flow so decided we would go all out and try to buy the best of the best :)

Majority on the forum would probably do yes but we are aiming more for people in our position where we drool over a race car and think one day we want to prove it's easy (ish) whilst learning along the way lol
Where abouts are you spin-king
 
Good talking to you last night mate when the projects are we shall have to have a meet up and stuff look at the cars
 
So far non but we are looking at

Mishimoto ally race rad and fans
HSD Dual Tech coilovers
Exedy organic race clutch

That's the lift from driftworks lol
 
If you were to buy the best of the best... you would've gone the BMW way... J/K :mrgreen:

Interesting, but being mechanically impaired... as you stated above... turboing a car (even a MX5) is not for anyone..
 
Cheers mate we are doing as much reading up as we can on the forums Google and Facebook and speaking to people who's turbo'd and taking in as much info as we can whole point of the projects is for us to learn :)
 
Using the stock MX5 motor and if you want to throw money at it i stongly suggest the following recipe:

ACL main and conrod bearings
Carillo conrods
Low CR pistons of your own selection (CP if i was picking, but you can go with any brand... all are good these days)
MLS head gasket
ARP head studs
60lbs or bigger injectors (you don't want to be running anything over 90% duty cycle on your injectors)
proper exhaust manifold, custom or not... you don't want welding spatter or any residue blowing into your turbo...
intake plenum (optional)
Megasquirt makes a Plug&Play unit on these

and if you want to get any base knowledge on how to turbo... watch the "how to turbo" mightycarmods episodes... where they actually take a Miata and turbo it... they used a stock WRX/Forrester Turbo but i would be looking for something better like a Precision Turbo PT5558 or similar...

If you would like a cheap start though, a Holset HX35 or HX40 will be a good turbo aswell, but might spool late...

Since you are building a drift car (we are on the drifworks forum right?) you will want a turbo with a small exhaust housing (not too small though) so you will get quick spool and good response...
 
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