1993 NA6 From Europe

[Filipe Dias]

Well, where should I start? I have this car since 2007 (My first paid car) and went through several stages. From different set of wheels, to different set of coilovers. I tracked the car a lot through several circuits and in 2011 I returned it to stock in order to change it. My first option was an S2000. In the end, I kept the Mx-5 in the garage avoiding add it for sale on the internet, the time went by and in the end I did not buy the S2000 but instead built a track car and kept the mx-5. So, here it is the car right now.




Current mods:

- New Bushes all around
- Racing Beat Tubular Front Sway
- De-Cat
- Enkei RPF1
- Toyo 888 185-60-14
- Oem Front/Rear Lip
- New Paint
- New Hood

In the future maybe a proper suspension set up and maybe another engine.

[maharaj]

Welcome to The Forum.

[Filipe Dias]

Then I got this from a friend in the uk

[—tsingson—]

Car looks great! Welcome!

[Filipe Dias]

Spot welding on the way...



Can´t recomend it enought.

And then a pallet arrived with a BP4W on it!



So I bought a lot of service parts...



- Water Pump
- Oil Filter
- Gaskets
- Belts
- Timing Belt /Tensioners
- Head Gasket (Just to be sure)
- Head Bolts

And the head will also be skimmed to gain a litle CR and will be as well ported.

[— Madaboutmx5s —]

Nice I like the wheels.

[HMT]

Cool project - what kind of mirror is that?

[VolleKanne]

- Toyo 888 185-60-14

Nice car!

Can you please comment on the R888? I want to use them on my stock 14" wheels, but I could not find any comments about the 185/60/14 size.

[Flyin 92]

Cool project - what kind of mirror is that?

IIRC Brainstorm (could have been someone else) made it way back when and they're fairly rare from what I understand. Revlimiter has a write up about it on his blog.

[Filipe Dias]

VolleKanne

Hello there,

I don’t know which use you intend for your car. But for Trackdays (30 min sessions) I would choose another maker. Booth in Medium compound the 888 start to overheat after 15 min in a 3 mile track, where the Yokohama A048 keeps griping. And when overheated the 888 stars do wear really quick . If you use the car for the occasional blast around mountain roads and a few auto-x and the lot I think they are really good. Grippy from cold, hard tyre wall (not as good as the Yokohama) and in general a good feeling.

;)

[Filipe Dias]

Cool project - what kind of mirror is that?

Brainstorm as Flyin 92 stated Pretty rare. But the best off all is that it is very very usefull!

[Filipe Dias]

In the meantime I ditched my power windows :

[Filipe Dias]

And another thing...

Carbonfiber Hardtop

[— Vegard —]

Welcome, and big ups on the clean mx-5. Where did you source the carbon hardtop?

[wannafbody]

Nitto NT 01 are supposed to be the best all around track day tire. 205 50 15 is a good choice.