Taxi is evolving. We're moving on from the ratty yellow NA6 to an NB2.
Previous Taxi was a track rat ridealong car. Taxi II will be more of a 80/20 "dual duty" Grand Touring ride-along giving track car. Target is MRLS 2018 debut.
Previous Taxi thread here: http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....819#post198819
Primary focus is to retain full street comfort and civility while packing in as much track performance as possible. The new donor is a very clean black '03 Sport with great A/C and 102k on the odo.
We searched for a month or so for an ABS and Cruise Control equipped, clean NB@ locally and were unsuccessful. We're swapping in the OEM cruise control and will be opting for a non-Mazda ABS system. We'll start a separate thread for the Teves mk60 ABS conversion. This is OEM stuff from BMW E46 and is becoming increasingly common in NASA ST racing and amateur endurance racing.
Outline for Taxi II build
Exterior
2003
Wrapped gloss gray(Audi Nardo-ish) with metallic orange stripe down the center
Keep OEM mini tupperware skirts and rear spats
Carbon Miata trunk with integrated duck tail
Touge Run vary copy front lip
OEM hard top
M2 Sport bar - wrapped gray
Bolt in harness bar - wrapped gray
Singular hood vents
M2 Hardcore double diagonal roll bar
OEM seats for street
Element 50 fire suppression
50mm Steering wheel spacer (for OEM wheel)
Custom gauge faces with 8,000rm redline
Engine
2.0L BP6D, 175whp on 91
Supermiata +2 O/S CNC head
.430 lift cams
Forged rods
Supermiata billet oil pump gears
10.5:1 compression
Thermal coated piston crowns, valve heads, exhaust port, combustion chamber
RB header
Custom catted midpipe
RB muffler
DIY PNP Pro ECU
Supermiata Qmax reroute
Supermiata LS coil kit (prototype)
Supermiata Crossflow radiator
Setrab 20 row oil cooler
Suspension / Drivetrain
AZ-6 transmission
Xida ACE 550/350
Keisler drop spindles
Urethane control arm bushings
Supermiata sway bar kit, maybe
Supermiata end links
P/S delete with prototype Supermiata spacer pulley
Supermiata BP hybrid Sport Clutch, sprung hub
Supermiata BP light flywheel
11" BBK
Supermiata brake lines
Supermiata hybrid motor mounts
949 Racing 15x9 6UL
225/45/15 Rival-S
Custom Teves 4 channel ABS from E46
3.9 Torsen (swapping out 4.3 Tochigi-Fuji)
MR tall angled shifter
ETX14 battery (11 lbs)
Track day swap in parts
Prototype Supermiata seat brackets
Sparco Rev
Safecraft FIA 6pt 2" belts
Donor car the day of purchase: