Yoo, thought I'd better get this started while I had the chance! Fairly new to the MX5 Game. I'll start with a quick run down of how I got here...
Been building a no expense spared Honda CRX track car from the ground up since 2009.
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Got a Daihatsu Charade to run around in, ended up making a few tweaks. Epic car! :
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Decided to get something more respectable after a year so I bought a Mk4 Golf TDI. No pics lol!
After running around in that for a couple years I was bored.
I decided i wanted something that was small, Japanese and most importantly fun. Hmmmm..
So I ended up with this :
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'89 1.6 Eunos.
Unfortunately due to unforeseen insurance issues (dont ask) I had to sell it after only 2 weeks
But it was an awesome 2 weeks!! So the Golf remained on daily duties.
I was straight on the hunt for an insurance suitable replacement. Then I spotted one on here which was just down the road from me and looked to be in awesome condition. However the price was double what I had planned to spend on my 'cheap runaround'.
I went to have a look and fell in love. A deposit was paid, money was borrowed and dark thoughts began to enter my head regarding the ongoing Honda struggle.... I picked up the MX5 the following week. This was back in April this year.
Unfortunately I failed to get decent pics of the car when I first got it..... But here it is.
1994 1.8 Eunos
Imported in 2007
121000km (75000 miles)
99.9% Rust Free
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It had a few small things done to it already:
-Mazdaspeed Exhaust
-Unknown JDM y0 Coilovers
-Drivers seat foamectomy
-14 Degree Timing Mod
-Ferodo DS2500 Front Brake Pads
It was epic. Even better than the Blue 1.6 I had, I was loving it. Although it wasn't entirely practical as a daily driver....
Soon it became apparent that to pay off the debt for the MX5 I would need a lump of money sharpish. So I'd have to sell the golf. Or would I?
Fact was, I was sick to the back teeth of chucking money and time into the inanimate Honda shell. The car I had dreamed up at 18 was now seriously lacking appeal at the age of 22. I no longer had the motivation to spend my weekends messing about with the tiny dull details of the build (and there seemed to be thousands of 'em). I was also was really beginning to hate shelling out £100s on inane parts while never really getting closer to the end result. Worst of all, I didn't even really want to achieve the end result anymore... It would be highly strung, super impractical, probably unreliable with lack of parts support and eurghhh FWD...
The more I drove the 5, the more my interest in the Honda faded.
I'm into cars cos I like driving them. I'd attempted to build a top spec race car despite never having done a single track day. I'd fallen into the trap of looking at mags and blogs and attempting to copy the cheque book builds that you see all the time. And in the 4 years I'd spent chasing that dream, pouring blood, sweat, tears and thousands of pounds into it. I'd lost sight of what cars are all about...DRIVING!
And I was having more fun driving the 5 than any car I'd ever owned.
So to cut an already long story short. The decision was made to flog the Honda and associated clutter. The Golf would stay on daily duty. And the 5 would become the 'project car' One good thing about the CRX build is that I learned a huge amount from it. Not just mechanics wise but also how to approach a 'project'. This was going to be very different.
The Plan-
-Build an effective car for DRIVING. Road, track, drift, autosolo, hill climb, whatever, I want to have a go
- Make it look half decent
-Forget about BHP
-Don't spend huuuuge amounts of money
-Have fun
Sorry about the uber long intro but I thought it was an important part of my 5 adventure. With that out of the way the thread can start properly, when I'm not so tired
Til next time....
PS Jeeeez these iPhone pics are terrible! Will have to sort a decent camera lol.
Been building a no expense spared Honda CRX track car from the ground up since 2009.
Got a Daihatsu Charade to run around in, ended up making a few tweaks. Epic car! :
Decided to get something more respectable after a year so I bought a Mk4 Golf TDI. No pics lol!
After running around in that for a couple years I was bored.
I decided i wanted something that was small, Japanese and most importantly fun. Hmmmm..
So I ended up with this :
'89 1.6 Eunos.
Unfortunately due to unforeseen insurance issues (dont ask) I had to sell it after only 2 weeks
But it was an awesome 2 weeks!! So the Golf remained on daily duties.I was straight on the hunt for an insurance suitable replacement. Then I spotted one on here which was just down the road from me and looked to be in awesome condition. However the price was double what I had planned to spend on my 'cheap runaround'.
I went to have a look and fell in love. A deposit was paid, money was borrowed and dark thoughts began to enter my head regarding the ongoing Honda struggle.... I picked up the MX5 the following week. This was back in April this year.
Unfortunately I failed to get decent pics of the car when I first got it..... But here it is.
1994 1.8 Eunos
Imported in 2007
121000km (75000 miles)
99.9% Rust Free
It had a few small things done to it already:
-Mazdaspeed Exhaust
-Unknown JDM y0 Coilovers
-Drivers seat foamectomy
-14 Degree Timing Mod
-Ferodo DS2500 Front Brake Pads
It was epic. Even better than the Blue 1.6 I had, I was loving it. Although it wasn't entirely practical as a daily driver....
Soon it became apparent that to pay off the debt for the MX5 I would need a lump of money sharpish. So I'd have to sell the golf. Or would I?
Fact was, I was sick to the back teeth of chucking money and time into the inanimate Honda shell. The car I had dreamed up at 18 was now seriously lacking appeal at the age of 22. I no longer had the motivation to spend my weekends messing about with the tiny dull details of the build (and there seemed to be thousands of 'em). I was also was really beginning to hate shelling out £100s on inane parts while never really getting closer to the end result. Worst of all, I didn't even really want to achieve the end result anymore... It would be highly strung, super impractical, probably unreliable with lack of parts support and eurghhh FWD...
The more I drove the 5, the more my interest in the Honda faded.
I'm into cars cos I like driving them. I'd attempted to build a top spec race car despite never having done a single track day. I'd fallen into the trap of looking at mags and blogs and attempting to copy the cheque book builds that you see all the time. And in the 4 years I'd spent chasing that dream, pouring blood, sweat, tears and thousands of pounds into it. I'd lost sight of what cars are all about...DRIVING!
And I was having more fun driving the 5 than any car I'd ever owned.
So to cut an already long story short. The decision was made to flog the Honda and associated clutter. The Golf would stay on daily duty. And the 5 would become the 'project car'
One good thing about the CRX build is that I learned a huge amount from it. Not just mechanics wise but also how to approach a 'project'. This was going to be very different.The Plan-
-Build an effective car for DRIVING. Road, track, drift, autosolo, hill climb, whatever, I want to have a go
- Make it look half decent
-Forget about BHP
-Don't spend huuuuge amounts of money
-Have fun
Sorry about the uber long intro but I thought it was an important part of my 5 adventure. With that out of the way the thread can start properly, when I'm not so tired
Til next time....
PS Jeeeez these iPhone pics are terrible! Will have to sort a decent camera lol.
