Emily's 04 VR SE

Roadrunner · Postby **Roadrunner** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:41 pm

That's great to hear! Really liking the idea of that anti-stall.

Dann certainly is the master of all things MX-5! (and a really good guy to chat with as well!)

Will the car be at the club event for it's reveal on Sunday? (I really want too see those rims on :twisted:

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Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:05 pm

Thanks everyone, you are all very kind. :beer:

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:36 pm

Great work again Dann.

Isn't it a shame though, that you've had to do all this development work for Haltech and that at least three forumites have been put to so much trouble and expense by Haltech's incorrect claims that their kit is plug and play?

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:20 am

I think that's what working with Dann has rectified. I believe they have incorporated his changes to provide a PNP loom. Not sure if it's available yet however.

Postby **NitroDann** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:53 pm

davekmoore wrote:Great work again Dann.

Thankyou

Isn't it a shame though, that you've had to do all this development work for Haltech and that at least three forumites have been put to so much trouble and expense by Haltech's incorrect claims that their kit is plug and play?

I did the development work for my customers, not haltech. Haltech made plug and play parts but made a simple mistake in the wiring diagram they drew. It was genuinely an honest mistake and when I personally came across it I gave them a quick call, spoke to my auto electrician expert friend to confirm, and fixed it pretty quickly. I feel that other tuning companies were probably too proud to call and ask for help, because when I did it was a pretty easy fix.

Dann

Odd · Postby **Odd** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:37 pm

So Haltech have no QA system?
They produce a product, sell it, and wait for purchaser to find and point out any errors
Sounds like a Chinese system of product development!
I would have thought Australians would better than that!

Postby **NitroDann** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:00 pm

Someone misinterpreted 2 wires on a diagram when they built a few looms one afternoon. Its really not a big deal. They can hardly keep an mx5 in stock and test fit and run a car on every loom it was an honest mistake that was really easy to rectify. It only affected a few looms but unaffected looms were blamed for poor tuning by lazy operators.

Remember I use and recommend megasquirt for most applications, I gain nothing by defending haltech. They have a guy named Dave who hand builds looms for cars that have low sales volumes, and he misinterpreted 2 wires one time. I think that's acceptable.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:32 am

Anyone able to tell me if the PS1000 can do this anti-stall business?

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:57 pm

^ i think it's a new feature

Postby **NitroDann** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:43 pm

Hi Dave,

I just checked the haltech software to confirm that Emily is correct. The Elite1500 has idle options for both stationary and when the car has reached a user selectable speed. Emilies is something like:

"When vehicle speed is equal to or greeater than 5kph, use this idle target table"

And then the table is basically the same as the normal one, plus three or four hundred RPM.

Dann

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:20 pm

So over the last few months i did some most stuff to the car!

Mazdaspeed Type F suede bucket seats

Pretty easy install, came with mx5 specific brackets already installed.
Unbelievably comfortable, and hold you in really firmly.
Not for fat people though, they are tiny haha.

Also had the AGi roll bar put in.

Then came the MCA blue coilovers!

This is how it sits after 3 weeks of settling and an "aggressive street" 4 wheel alignment from Heasmans.

Oh and a hardtop :mrgreen:

LiteIsRite · Postby **LiteIsRite** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:02 pm

Sooooo jealous of those seats... may I ask where you sourced them from?

Also, what spring rates did you you choose for the MCA Blues?

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:05 pm

... still can't look at that numberplate without wincing a bit

I had a love/hate relationship with my MazdaSpeed seats.

Loved the look, comfy-ness for long drives and lateral support through the twisties - the OEM seats have NO lateral support in comparison, the MazdaSpeed seats made me feel like I was wrapped securely in a baseball glove.

Hated the weight and the thigh support, too high for DD (made getting in and out more of a chore), too low for trackwork (still found myself wedging my knees against the door and transmission tunnel to keep myself seated firmly). When purchasing these seats, be sure to check the driver-side right thigh bolster, it gets knocked about a lot on entry and exit and the steel brace cuts into the foam (see http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=41091&start=122 for details).

The MazdaSpeed back mounted on the OEM seat-base would be the perfect DD/weekender seat.

Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:21 am

Wait a minute....... Something's not right here........

Emily..... Updating her thread?!!!!....... :shock:

I'm sure it's not the 1st of April yet.......

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:24 pm

Spring rates are 9kg front 5kg rear

Seats were sourced from Japan / yahoo auctions.

They are incredible, I don't mind doing yoga to get in/out haha.

@Nevyn, It's hard to keep on top of all the stuff I do to this silly machine! I spend most of my time on the Facebook page now, and put pictures up on my Instagram.