Hi guys, Im new here after lurking for the past few days, just thought Id put a few pics of my ongoing Roadster project. Ive noticed you guys require a test (egg-nog I believe?) for newcomers and their cars, and although Im pretty sure nobody will doubt someone claiming to own a 17 year old hairdressers car, Ill play along anyway. Unfortunately, Ive put my usual moniker 'Nocturnal' on the paper (named after my photography business) assuming thats what I had called myself here. Apparently I was wrong.
Right, I bought this car a year ago as an essentially standard car. It wasnt originally my first choice, either, having come from a Stage 2 Nissan 200SX, I was more inclined to buying another Nissan, this time in the form of an R32 Skyline. My SX was featured in the 'readers-rides' section of a national magazine, too:
And a pic of my own:
But my other half has always loved MX5s, and after taking her for a spin in one as a bit of a laugh, I ended up leaving a £500 deposit with the owner. Oops...
How it started:
And after lots of work/money, how she sits now:
The goal for the car is a place in the 2009 Time Attack UK club class, which Im hoping to achieve through learning to drive the damned thing properly, and by transplanting a black-top SR20DET engine from a Nissan 200SX S14A, which will be the first swap of its kind outside the US. The full build thread for my car can be found by clicking here.
A brief outline of the spec:
Engine
-Apex'i cat-back exhaust system
-XS 4-2-1 manifold
Interior
-Mountney steering wheel
Chassis/Handling
-Spax RSX fully adjustable coilovers (front dampers 27/32, rears 29/32, ride height -30mm)
-Four wheel geometric alignment (rear camber -1.3 deg, front -0.5 deg, front toe out 1/16, rear toe in 1/32)
-Custom 3-point roll bar
-Sportmax 002 15x8J ET0 wheels, 195/50/15 Yoko A539 tyres
Exterior
-Garage Vary front splitter
-Rolled/slightly flared arches
-Bonnet lifters
I have some pretty big plans for the car, and Im trying to keep up to date with its performance by attending most of the trackdays I possibly can, and by heading back out to Germanys Nurburgring for a week in August.
Thats pretty much me.