Hi all,
I thought I would share my new project with you on Nutz - it's not an mx5 but it does run the mx5 drivetrain
The car is a roadrunner sr2 which will be running a mk1 1.8 mx5 engine, 5 speed gearbox and rear LSD diff.
This car originally started off as one the Mazda on track hire car which was one of the first ever built sr2's. After many years of abuse the car was then sold back to roadrunner and here's where I come in!
I had been speaking to mike at roadrunner regarding a new kit I wanted to order then came the proposition that I would buy the old Mazda on track car, it would then be stripped back down to bare metal and remade to the 2015 roadrunner sr2 specification (the main obvious change being going from outboard to inboard front suspension)
So after discussions and a great package of works agreed I paid my money and the journey began..... It was then swiftly halted by a major fire to the body shop unit next to roadrunner's which nigh on destroyed roadrunner's unit and the equipment inside (rolling road / lathe / tube notcher etc etc)
Luckily for myself, the car I had purchased/waiting to be worked on was at another premises and survived to ordeal [emoji847]
This clearly meant delays to the project thankfully Mike is starting to get back up and running again so the project continued!
Here's a few pictures in various stages of the build:
The next one's show the new front inboard suspension mounts:
My new seats on purpose built runners:
The last picture also shows a new addition which is the removal rear stays, here's another picture:
Makes rear diff maintenance easy! The roll cage is pretty intense, but is well proven and tested (can see the stress testing video on YouTube)
The plan is to go for a John player special theme which means gloss black bodywork and gold powdercoated chassis/roll cage/wheels etc
I am planning to keep the car fairly standard to get it shaken down / through IVA etc then I will be progressing with my TD04 turbo build
So overall the project is progressing nicely, I just need to confirm my shade of gold powdercoat this coming week as it will be going in for coating Thursday!
I have the engine and gearbox will me at home to prepare/clean up before sending it back to be fitted into the car (I will be receiving the car as a rolling chassis with many bits already fitted by roadrunner)
So far I have dismantled the engine to the point where I just need to remove the flywheel/crank pulley and water pump before painting and assembly begins - the engine will be getting a cambelt/water pump service before heading back.
The engine bay colour scheme is going to be aluminium silver block/head/inlet manifold and the cam cover will be shaved then painted wrinkle red can't decide whether or not to expose the cam gears yet - difficult decision!
I will try to keep this updated as I go along, I will post my current progress with the cam cover shortly!
Thanks for looking and any comments welcome
I thought I would share my new project with you on Nutz - it's not an mx5 but it does run the mx5 drivetrain
The car is a roadrunner sr2 which will be running a mk1 1.8 mx5 engine, 5 speed gearbox and rear LSD diff.
This car originally started off as one the Mazda on track hire car which was one of the first ever built sr2's. After many years of abuse the car was then sold back to roadrunner and here's where I come in!
I had been speaking to mike at roadrunner regarding a new kit I wanted to order then came the proposition that I would buy the old Mazda on track car, it would then be stripped back down to bare metal and remade to the 2015 roadrunner sr2 specification (the main obvious change being going from outboard to inboard front suspension)
So after discussions and a great package of works agreed I paid my money and the journey began..... It was then swiftly halted by a major fire to the body shop unit next to roadrunner's which nigh on destroyed roadrunner's unit and the equipment inside (rolling road / lathe / tube notcher etc etc)
Luckily for myself, the car I had purchased/waiting to be worked on was at another premises and survived to ordeal [emoji847]
This clearly meant delays to the project thankfully Mike is starting to get back up and running again so the project continued!
Here's a few pictures in various stages of the build:
The next one's show the new front inboard suspension mounts:
My new seats on purpose built runners:
The last picture also shows a new addition which is the removal rear stays, here's another picture:
Makes rear diff maintenance easy! The roll cage is pretty intense, but is well proven and tested (can see the stress testing video on YouTube)
The plan is to go for a John player special theme which means gloss black bodywork and gold powdercoated chassis/roll cage/wheels etc
I am planning to keep the car fairly standard to get it shaken down / through IVA etc then I will be progressing with my TD04 turbo build
So overall the project is progressing nicely, I just need to confirm my shade of gold powdercoat this coming week as it will be going in for coating Thursday!
I have the engine and gearbox will me at home to prepare/clean up before sending it back to be fitted into the car (I will be receiving the car as a rolling chassis with many bits already fitted by roadrunner)
So far I have dismantled the engine to the point where I just need to remove the flywheel/crank pulley and water pump before painting and assembly begins - the engine will be getting a cambelt/water pump service before heading back.
The engine bay colour scheme is going to be aluminium silver block/head/inlet manifold and the cam cover will be shaved then painted wrinkle red can't decide whether or not to expose the cam gears yet - difficult decision!
I will try to keep this updated as I go along, I will post my current progress with the cam cover shortly!
Thanks for looking and any comments welcome