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    Few updates.


    Some better photos of the black S-Special since the red interior was fitted.








    Also fitted this week a ARC intake chamber.






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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! marlonthegreat's Avatar
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    I love your trunk on this black S-Special
    MIATA...incredibly fun to drive - as that is its only purpose for being.

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power Rogue's Avatar
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    Me, I love everything about that S-Special!
    1992 BnT, 93LE #737, 94M, 95M, 96M, 97PEP, and a few 90s

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    Quote Originally Posted by marlonthegreat View Post
    I love your trunk on this black S-Special
    Yeah it's one of my favourite parts. It is by Alterna Racing. I think since fitting the Zoom Engineering rear lights it's really helped show the boot lid more for some reason too. The owner is a top chap and if I visit Japan someone I would like to meet. He does a really interesting hard top too plus some other interesting parts. It is may some parts Rev9 should add to their catalogue range.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rogue View Post
    Me, I love everything about that S-Special!
    It's just over a year since I bought this car and added to my fleet of mx5s. Back in the day as mentioned when I first bought the car on this thread it was a car that wowed me when Suffolk Mazda imported in 2007. Back then I had a limited knowledge of Japanese parts but simply liked the look of car. Buying it in 2015 stripped off all the goodies apart from the T-House and looking sorry for itself allowed me to restore the car and do the car with my own twist of JDM.

    There is some maintenance work planned this week while I've also agreed to buy some freshly retrimmed S-Limited red leather seats, which will help with the interior.

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    Fitted the Cusco Air Intake Chamber to the Red MK1. The ISC valve Intake hose was a pain as wrong shape so did a 'home brew' fix to connect it to the Cusco Air Intake Chamber. Performance wise seemed eager higher up the rev range but less torque compared to Arc Intake Chamber. One thing with this whole set up (K&N induction kit, JASMA approved manifold, centre exit (believe Jubiride) centre exit exhaust is the sound WOT. Sounds almost motorbike like.




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    Having fitted the Cusco Air Intake Chamber yesterday took the car for a drive earlier today. Whilst I am a big fan of Pitcrew Racing this exhaust and set-up sounds better then the Pitcrew Centre exit exhausts. A little 'boomy' at slow speed but WOT sounds very nice.






    My Black S-Special Roadster visited Chris and Garath at The MX5 Restorer this week and had the full undersell treatment they offer. This is what I have done to my silver and red car. Their process involves lifting the car up on one of their ramps, removing the road wheels and arch liners, removing any failing existing underseal, wire brushing off all areas that will be receiving new underseal, masking anything that might need masking (such as new coil overs or exhausts) applying Bilt hamber rust treatments, applying dinitrol underseal, then applying bilt hamber cavity wax, allowing to dry before refitting arch liners and removing masking. Here are some photos of my car being done. This car as can be seen in the photos was pretty tidy anyhow and got positive praise from Chris on its condition but decent preventative maintenance job.


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    Photos after




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    The Black S-Special had some further changes today as fitted a set of freshly retrimmed red leather seats. These are S-Limited seats originally so have all the original red plastic trim. Some quick photos of them fitted.




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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift HarryB's Avatar
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    Looks superb James!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HarryB View Post
    Looks superb James!
    Thanks when I bought this car in October 2015 it had lost the wow appeal it had when first imported to the UK and the tasty parts a Japanese enthusiast owner must have carefully chosen. I'd trust if they saw the car now they would approve.

    The red interior has been a search of parts from different parts of the UK to piece together. There are still some changes I want to make. For me it's a mix of the highly modified red interior in my Pitcrew S Limited and the stock red interior in my R Limited.

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    Needs seat runner caps, either unobtanium S-Limited ones, or normal black ones. Strange as many UK Mk1s had these, but not many Roadsters.


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    Quote Originally Posted by roadsternut View Post
    Needs seat runner caps, either unobtanium S-Limited ones, or normal black ones. Strange as many UK Mk1s had these, but not many Roadsters.

    Forgot about those. These were missing from the original black interior. I have 3x red S Limited versions from my Pitcrew S Limited as IIRC they wouldn't fit with the Nakamae seats (or for whatever reason they are not fitted). Job to do.

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone RustRat's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Madaboutmx5s View Post
    Forgot about those. These were missing from the original black interior. I have 3x red S Limited versions from my Pitcrew S Limited as IIRC they wouldn't fit with the Nakamae seats (or for whatever reason they are not fitted). Job to do.
    I have another 6 of these. If you'd like to help me complete the set, let me know.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RustRat View Post
    I have another 6 of these. If you'd like to help me complete the set, let me know.


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    Found the set as one was in the Pitcrew. No ideas why I hadn't fitted them. All 4 are now in the Pitcrew and took it and the silver roadster out today. No updates but it's interesting driving a fm2 turbo and then trying IRTB's instead.






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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift HarryB's Avatar
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    God knows why I am more intrigued by the ITBs...

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    Your cars are a huge inspiration for mine, James.


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