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Thought I'd put in a compendium of all the raucous I've done to my car! My insta in yugenmx5 so it's all on there in detail if anyone is looking for more info.
Bought it in August 2019 after a night shift, drove it 100 miles home with the gearbox synchros gone, tacho not working and the radiator showing signs of the deathly brown. Loved it!
The car had an mot til April so I didn't have to worry about sorting a new mot just yet (this turned out to not matter regardless since it's still off the road to this day
)
First off was a full service, replaced the fishy coolant and the 17 year old fuel filter and sorted some idling issues it had
As you can see the tacho fixed itself which was both bizarre and relieving (I eventually found out the cause roughly 19 months later but I'll get to that
)
Bought a hard top in the same mariner colour for the upcoming winter and enjoyed the car for a while.
POR15 on all the underside and then covered in por15 rubberised underseal
Here's what I used^
Tarted up all the suspension and put new OEM bushes in
Por15 under the wings
Sound deadening in every crevice I could find, time will tell if it actually works and is worth the extra weight
Treated it to some MeisterR Zeta CRDs
Bought a 6 speed and a Torsen type 2 3.6 ratio diff, like a fool I got the gearbox without the turret so had to research how to fit a 5 speed short shifter into it as the 6 speed shifters aren't anywhere to be found (shoutout to user shadowraven for the knowledge and help!)
Because I'm a sucker for financial punishment I also bought a mk2.5 VVT engine
Only 96k miles!
Redline oils for the gearbox and diff
Bought the mk2.5 big brake kit and cleaned them all up so they work a treat
Cobalt adjustable drop links
Looking tidy under here now!
Bought a skidnation butterfly brace and painted it (still not on the car to this day cause I need to get a custom exhaust first after mot)
Time to take the engine out!
Sorted the engine bay while the engine was out
Por15 on the front as the water was sitting there
Finished with a nice lacquer!
Stripped the diff and whacked some new bearings and seals in
How's this for a burning sensation
Sprayed up the diff and gearbox with vht paint and sprayed black on top. Time will tell if it lasts.
All back together!
Fed it all in and jobs a gooden!
Bought an m62 supercharger with a 70mm pulley on fleabay, couldn't resist!
Rewelded the radiator brackets so it cleared the block and the racing beat ARB. Used a 50mm Japspeed rad and mishimoto slimline fans (both for a mk1).
Bought some 15" BBS
The car is starting to take shape!
Stoney racing hoses on and coolant in! (I used the mk2 hoses)
Fleabay special 5 speed short shifter with a doctormx5 bush on the bottom and it works a treat!
CDA carbon airbox mated to the OEM pipe, cold air and suction coming soon!
Rerouted the screenwash with a suzuki cappuccino washer bottle, the mazda motor fits right in there!
We finally got it started on the me442, we definitely did it the hard way by using the mk1 loom instead of swapping over the mk2.5 loom. Oh well!. The tacho was giving me some gip for a long time despite me soldering the odd_tach bridge at the back of the ecu. It turned out in the end to be the gauge cluster had a bad connection AND a split between the copper bridge in between the ignition and the tacho! If you have the tacho problem check the cluster first before fannying around with the ecu!
Future plans from here on out are getting the interior in (after installing a lot of gauges that I've ordered and a new immobiliser) and eventually pulling the engine back out to strip and forge it ready for the supercharger! We've got to sort some rust issues on the body in a few months but for now we're gonna get an mot on it and enjoy it for a while!
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Bought it in August 2019 after a night shift, drove it 100 miles home with the gearbox synchros gone, tacho not working and the radiator showing signs of the deathly brown. Loved it!
The car had an mot til April so I didn't have to worry about sorting a new mot just yet (this turned out to not matter regardless since it's still off the road to this day

First off was a full service, replaced the fishy coolant and the 17 year old fuel filter and sorted some idling issues it had



As you can see the tacho fixed itself which was both bizarre and relieving (I eventually found out the cause roughly 19 months later but I'll get to that


Bought a hard top in the same mariner colour for the upcoming winter and enjoyed the car for a while.

POR15 on all the underside and then covered in por15 rubberised underseal


Here's what I used^

Tarted up all the suspension and put new OEM bushes in


Por15 under the wings


Sound deadening in every crevice I could find, time will tell if it actually works and is worth the extra weight

Treated it to some MeisterR Zeta CRDs

Bought a 6 speed and a Torsen type 2 3.6 ratio diff, like a fool I got the gearbox without the turret so had to research how to fit a 5 speed short shifter into it as the 6 speed shifters aren't anywhere to be found (shoutout to user shadowraven for the knowledge and help!)
Because I'm a sucker for financial punishment I also bought a mk2.5 VVT engine

Only 96k miles!

Redline oils for the gearbox and diff

Bought the mk2.5 big brake kit and cleaned them all up so they work a treat


Cobalt adjustable drop links


Looking tidy under here now!

Bought a skidnation butterfly brace and painted it (still not on the car to this day cause I need to get a custom exhaust first after mot)

Time to take the engine out!


Sorted the engine bay while the engine was out



Por15 on the front as the water was sitting there


Finished with a nice lacquer!

Stripped the diff and whacked some new bearings and seals in

How's this for a burning sensation

Sprayed up the diff and gearbox with vht paint and sprayed black on top. Time will tell if it lasts.

All back together!

Fed it all in and jobs a gooden!


Bought an m62 supercharger with a 70mm pulley on fleabay, couldn't resist!

Rewelded the radiator brackets so it cleared the block and the racing beat ARB. Used a 50mm Japspeed rad and mishimoto slimline fans (both for a mk1).

Bought some 15" BBS

The car is starting to take shape!

Stoney racing hoses on and coolant in! (I used the mk2 hoses)

Fleabay special 5 speed short shifter with a doctormx5 bush on the bottom and it works a treat!



CDA carbon airbox mated to the OEM pipe, cold air and suction coming soon!

Rerouted the screenwash with a suzuki cappuccino washer bottle, the mazda motor fits right in there!

We finally got it started on the me442, we definitely did it the hard way by using the mk1 loom instead of swapping over the mk2.5 loom. Oh well!. The tacho was giving me some gip for a long time despite me soldering the odd_tach bridge at the back of the ecu. It turned out in the end to be the gauge cluster had a bad connection AND a split between the copper bridge in between the ignition and the tacho! If you have the tacho problem check the cluster first before fannying around with the ecu!
Future plans from here on out are getting the interior in (after installing a lot of gauges that I've ordered and a new immobiliser) and eventually pulling the engine back out to strip and forge it ready for the supercharger! We've got to sort some rust issues on the body in a few months but for now we're gonna get an mot on it and enjoy it for a while!
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