Tag Archives: MX5

Action Clutch (Stage 3) – Review

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Dom

Now that the clutch has done one reasonable journey, one commute to work and one track day I felt it was time to write it up. Ok, so that’s not enough time to comment on the reliability of it but … Continue reading →

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Turbo project – the start

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Dom

Even during the throttle bodies build I’ve had a side project going with a well known fabricator of turbo manifolds/downpipes for MX5s, and it’s now starting to come to fruition. Now, I’m not the first person to turbocharge a Mazda SDV … Continue reading →

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It begins!

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Dom

On Friday 15th July, at about 6pm the Mazda was parked in the garage for the final time. 145,657 miles after it rolled off the production line, it covered its last mile. Obviously, that was on the way to the … Continue reading →

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New bits – coilovers

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Dom

Anyone would think I’m keeping this car and not using it as a donor! For some time I’d been dithering on whether to change the suspension on the mx5. In all honesty, it was the ride height I was least … Continue reading →

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Coolant woes

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dom

And so this post brings the blog up to date. The MX5 is currently off the road again, this time with a coolant leak. An incredibly hard to trace coolant leak. It initially appeared as though it was coming from … Continue reading →

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