SP Owners - New List

[StanTheMan]

OMG Garry,

so many fond memories chasing you & that car around mountain roads. That's real sad. I was thinking if it was your car. when I saw the Rest In pieces thread But really, there is only 1 Garry. I really refused to believe it. Garry's car? No chance. Must be another Garry. Took me until just now to confirm it for myself. I blame that on the white hair & old age.

[Guran]

Gary, I'm shocked. Somehow this just seems appropriate for a little reminiscing:

http://nsw.mx5.com.au/836B6040-E7C6-11E ... 000AF05198

See page 26.

[Caffeine]

Hey! That looks familiar!

[Garry]

Yeah, that was an awesome road trip Brian. Just one of many in that car. There is an article I wrote in the archives somewhere about my Targa De Alpine club run too. I'm looking at getting an Elise but to be honest if I could buy a brand new SP I'd buy it in an instant. They are such great cars. Pity Mazda hasn't deemed fit to give me an upgrade path to stay in the MX5 fold.

[NMX516]

I'm looking at getting an Elise but to be honest if I could buy a brand new SP I'd buy it in an instant.

Or you could replace it with this

Logical progression

[NASilverStone]

You never know, if you want to replace it you could persuade an owner from the list to let a low km SP go?

[Okibi]

1. RobH - Sunlight Silver - 5 years
2. Hammer - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
3. HJT - Sunlight Silver - 2 years
4. Benny - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
5. Bigdog - Sunlight Silver - 8 years - purchased 2005.
6. fredbearoz - Black - 3 years
7. RT- Ex love5 - Classic Red - #97 - Going strong!
8. Garry - Brilliant Black - purchased December 2002 (PP 003) - murdered by a bus July 2015
9. Dave - Supreme Blue - 7 years
10. Daz - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
11. Cruisin' - Grace Green - 4 years (66)
12. Locutus - Brilliant Black - purchased May 2010 (32)
13. wreckless eric - sunlight silver - 3 years (47)
14. Peter Howe - Classic Red - 7 years
15. Techno - Supreme Blue - 8 years
16. Bear 2230- Sunlight Silver - Purchased 2010 (53)
17. Snow White - Pure White - purchased March, 2005
18. Caedrus - Brilliant Black - 3 1/2 years.
19. Marty - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
20. green_comet - SP Supreme Blue
21. Mr B - SP race car - Sunlight silver
22. BadBong - Brilliant Black - 8 damn scary hours in the wet...
23. Darbs - Sunlight Silver - June 2002 to March 2005 - Wrecked.
24. Crazy Frog - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
25. BULLITT- Sunlight Silver - Purchased March 2014 from previous forumite Ozminator.
26. NASilverStone -Sunlight Silver (#9) - Added to list 2014
27. Tezzax5 - Crystal Blue - Purchased 2008
28. thehillsarecalling - Brilliant Black - Purchased June 2014, sold April 2015 to local SA owner (#55)
29. nhouison - Brilliant Black - August 2014
30. Geordie - Pure White - Purchased September 2014
31. Erska - sunlight silver - 14 months.
32. Tim_cyc03 -
33. The Green Goblin - supreme blue - 1 year... mad.
34. kriscafc - Sunlight Silver - Purchased August 2015

[bigdog]

1. RobH - Sunlight Silver - 5 years
2. Hammer - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
3. HJT - Sunlight Silver - 2 years
4. Benny - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
5. Bigdog - Sunlight Silver - #62 - 10 years- purchased 2005.
6. fredbearoz - Black - 3 years
7. RT- Ex love5 - Classic Red - #97 - Going strong!
8. Garry - Brilliant Black - purchased December 2002 (PP 003) - murdered by a bus July 2015
9. Dave - Supreme Blue - 7 years
10. Daz - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
11. Cruisin' - Grace Green - 4 years (66)
12. Locutus - Brilliant Black - purchased May 2010 (32)
13. wreckless eric - sunlight silver - 3 years (47)
14. Peter Howe - Classic Red - 7 years
15. Techno - Supreme Blue - 8 years
16. Bear 2230- Sunlight Silver - Purchased 2010 (53)
17. Snow White - Pure White - purchased March, 2005
18. Caedrus - Brilliant Black - 3 1/2 years.
19. Marty - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
20. green_comet - SP Supreme Blue
21. Mr B - SP race car - Sunlight silver
22. BadBong - Brilliant Black - 8 damn scary hours in the wet...
23. Darbs - Sunlight Silver - June 2002 to March 2005 - Wrecked.
24. Crazy Frog - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
25. BULLITT- Sunlight Silver - Purchased March 2014 from previous forumite Ozminator.
26. NASilverStone -Sunlight Silver (#9) - Added to list 2014
27. Tezzax5 - Crystal Blue - Purchased 2008
28. thehillsarecalling - Brilliant Black - Purchased June 2014, sold April 2015 to local SA owner (#55)
29. nhouison - Brilliant Black - August 2014
30. Geordie - Pure White - Purchased September 2014
31. Erska - sunlight silver - 14 months.
32. Tim_cyc03 -
33. The Green Goblin - supreme blue - 1 year... mad.
34. kriscafc - Sunlight Silver - Purchased August 2015

[Daz]

You never know Garry, there is a good chance all your parts are being fitted to a donor NB8B right now and are about to be re-birthed as a one owner low km SP... you might be able to get it back in spirit !

[tomli123001]

I am looking at a stock SP at the moment for potential purchase.
If I keep the stock intake and exhaust, and just want a tune (Chiptorque is my option for now, as it is just half an hour away). What kind of power figures should I expect? I tried hard to search, but not too many results coming back.

Or do I need injectors changed also? My goal is to match the last SE I had with 150KW at wheels.

Also what is everybody's view of the stock SMB exhaust? Is it worth upgrading or pretty good as is. I rang up SMB, they said the SP exhaust is same as their aftermarket offering, except for the standard mazda CAT.

[bear2230]

I am looking at a stock SP at the moment for potential purchase.
If I keep the stock intake and exhaust, and just want a tune (Chiptorque is my option for now, as it is just half an hour away). What kind of power figures should I expect? I tried hard to search, but not too many results coming back.

Or do I need injectors changed also? My goal is to match the last SE I had with 150KW at wheels.

Also what is everybody's view of the stock SMB exhaust? Is it worth upgrading or pretty good as is. I rang up SMB, they said the SP exhaust is same as their aftermarket offering, except for the standard mazda CAT.

Intake, injectors and exhaust are fine for 150rwkw. Lachlan won't be able get it to that figure though with just a re-flash and he will be charging you close to the price of an adaptronic to do it.

A 3" exhaust and a 3" pod intake will make the car more drivable and with the T-Piece mod you might just be getting close but my guess would you will still be around 140rwkw and they are a pig compared to your SE as far as smooth drivability.

My silver car has the SMB exhaust and I love it. They are the sweetest sounding exhaust.

You know what you have to do…..Everyone does but its hard to take the plunge.
You need a new ECU to make that power and still have a nice drivable car.

Megasquirt, Haltech, Adaptronic, Motec, Allow for at least 3 grand. Sorry.

Richard.

[tomli123001]

I am looking at a stock SP at the moment for potential purchase.
If I keep the stock intake and exhaust, and just want a tune (Chiptorque is my option for now, as it is just half an hour away). What kind of power figures should I expect? I tried hard to search, but not too many results coming back.

Or do I need injectors changed also? My goal is to match the last SE I had with 150KW at wheels.

Also what is everybody's view of the stock SMB exhaust? Is it worth upgrading or pretty good as is. I rang up SMB, they said the SP exhaust is same as their aftermarket offering, except for the standard mazda CAT.

Intake, injectors and exhaust are fine for 150rwkw. Lachlan won't be able get it to that figure though with just a re-flash and he will be charging you close to the price of an adaptronic to do it.

A 3" exhaust and a 3" pod intake will make the car more drivable and with the T-Piece mod you might just be getting close but my guess would you will still be around 140rwkw and they are a pig compared to your SE as far as smooth drivability.

My silver car has the SMB exhaust and I love it. They are the sweetest sounding exhaust.

You know what you have to do…..Everyone does but its hard to take the plunge.
You need a new ECU to make that power and still have a nice drivable car.

Megasquirt, Haltech, Adaptronic, Motec, Allow for at least 3 grand. Sorry.

Richard.

I found this webpage on Chiptorque website. http://www.chiptorque.com.au/mazda-mx5-sp-turbo/
A dyno graph was given at 7.75PSI and produced close to 140kW at wheels already.
A sentence in the writing mentioned that it can be safely boosted more to 9.5PSI, although not shown on the Dyno graph.

That is why I am assuming an extra 2 psi is not hard to breech the 10kw gap in between SP and the SE I had. After all it is a bigger ball bearing turbo compared to SE's IHI unit, although the compression ratio is less suitable to boost.

[green_comet]

Chiptorque charge $770 for the flash tune. I emiled them back in June about their SP tune. I didn't get it done though as I couldn't justify the cost.

[tomli123001]

1. RobH - Sunlight Silver - 5 years
2. Hammer - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
3. HJT - Sunlight Silver - 2 years
4. Benny - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
5. Bigdog - Sunlight Silver - #62 - 10 years- purchased 2005.
6. fredbearoz - Black - 3 years
7. RT- Ex love5 - Classic Red - #97 - Going strong!
8. Garry - Brilliant Black - purchased December 2002 (PP 003) - murdered by a bus July 2015
9. Dave - Supreme Blue - 7 years
10. Daz - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
11. Cruisin' - Grace Green - 4 years (66)
12. Locutus - Brilliant Black - purchased May 2010 (32)
13. wreckless eric - sunlight silver - 3 years (47)
14. Peter Howe - Classic Red - 7 years
15. Techno - Supreme Blue - 8 years
16. Bear 2230- Sunlight Silver - Purchased 2010 (53)
17. Snow White - Pure White - purchased March, 2005
18. Caedrus - Brilliant Black - 3 1/2 years.
19. Marty - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
20. green_comet - SP Supreme Blue
21. Mr B - SP race car - Sunlight silver
22. BadBong - Brilliant Black - 8 damn scary hours in the wet...
23. Darbs - Sunlight Silver - June 2002 to March 2005 - Wrecked.
24. Crazy Frog - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
25. BULLITT- Sunlight Silver - Purchased March 2014 from previous forumite Ozminator.
26. NASilverStone -Sunlight Silver (#9) - Added to list 2014
27. Tezzax5 - Crystal Blue - Purchased 2008
28. thehillsarecalling - Brilliant Black - Purchased June 2014, sold April 2015 to local SA owner (#55)
29. nhouison - Brilliant Black - August 2014
30. Geordie - Pure White - Purchased September 2014
31. Erska - sunlight silver - 14 months.
32. Tim_cyc03 -
33. The Green Goblin - supreme blue - 1 year... mad.
34. kriscafc - Sunlight Silver - Purchased August 2015
35. Tomli123001 - Brilliant Black - Purchased Oct 2015

It will be at my door next week. Delivered from Sydney to Brisbane. It is a one owner car with original black hardtop.
High milage though at 190,000km. But everything is really good and smooth. The original owner has 3 books of service history and a lot of stories with that car since brand new.

Next stop will be MX5PLUS, getting the new roll bar and few SP common fixes done there.

Not going to be a track focused car. I will restore it to original condition and keep it as a collectible for future and a bit of weekend fun.

[tomli123001]

1. RobH - Sunlight Silver - 5 years
2. Hammer - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
3. HJT - Sunlight Silver - 2 years
4. Benny - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
5. Bigdog - Sunlight Silver - #62 - 10 years- purchased 2005.
6. fredbearoz - Black - 3 years
7. RT- Ex love5 - Classic Red - #97 - Going strong!
8. Garry - Brilliant Black - purchased December 2002 (PP 003) - murdered by a bus July 2015
9. Dave - Supreme Blue - 7 years
10. Daz - Sunlight Silver - 8 years
11. Cruisin' - Grace Green - 4 years (66)
12. Locutus - Brilliant Black - purchased May 2010 (32)
13. wreckless eric - sunlight silver - 3 years (47)
14. Peter Howe - Classic Red - 7 years
15. Techno - Supreme Blue - 8 years
16. Bear 2230- Sunlight Silver - Purchased 2010 (53)
17. Snow White - Pure White - purchased March, 2005
18. Caedrus - Brilliant Black - 3 1/2 years.
19. Marty - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
20. green_comet - SP Supreme Blue
21. Mr B - SP race car - Sunlight silver
22. BadBong - Brilliant Black - 8 damn scary hours in the wet...
23. Darbs - Sunlight Silver - June 2002 to March 2005 - Wrecked.
24. Crazy Frog - Sunlight Silver - 6 years
25. BULLITT- Sunlight Silver - Purchased March 2014 from previous forumite Ozminator.
26. NASilverStone -Sunlight Silver (#9) - Added to list 2014
27. Tezzax5 - Crystal Blue - Purchased 2008
28. thehillsarecalling - Brilliant Black - Purchased June 2014, sold April 2015 to local SA owner (#55)
29. nhouison - Brilliant Black - August 2014
30. Geordie - Pure White - Purchased September 2014
31. Erska - sunlight silver - 14 months.
32. Tim_cyc03 -
33. The Green Goblin - supreme blue - 1 year... mad.
34. kriscafc - Sunlight Silver - Purchased August 2015
35. Tomli123001 (#31) - Brilliant Black - Purchased Oct 2015

Now have the car, #31. With factory optioned full body kit and hard top from original delivery