It's a V-Special 1990 Eunos Roadster with a genuine GV front lip and aftermarket 14's unknown brand.
Initially it was a little hard going from Silvia back to the little 1.6, but after a few twisty's I started to get that giddy feeling I never got in anything but an MX5, and remembered why I love these cars so much.
Plans are to keep it basic and fun. I've done all the mucking round, chasing big power etc, over it.
-Get everything needed to pass RWC
-Bump up the timing to 14 TDC
-Rollbar
-Coilovers
-15' wheels and some sticky tires
-CAI
-Sparco sesat
I think the above will leave with me with a pretty neat unit. Ultimately, this car is intended to be a street car seeing the track every few months.
For those who are interested I'll give you a little history of me and my experiences with cars.
Growing up as a young kid, my dad and uncle both owned and tracked their MX5's. Tagging along to Winton and Wakefield as a boy and going as a passenger in the MX5 were some of the funnest experiences I had as a kid. I loved the smell, the sounds and the general atmosphere of the track.
Hit 18 and was given a car for my birthday, a Daihatsu Applause. Stupidly slow car but I had a ball of fun in it. Doing the dumb stuff you do to a first car, it had no rear seats, rear trim, spare tyre etc, straight pipe and a metal intake pipe. Blasted around in that for a year and pretty much destroyed it. Towards the end of its life the bleed nipple was destroyed on the right rear caliper, so it chewed through brake fluid. Literally drove it around topping it up every drive, and when they did go, I just yanked the handbrake and slowed to a stop with only the left calliper grabbing. Anyway, fun times...
Moved up to a 180SX CA18DET after that. Pretty quick compared to the Daihatsu, however it had a monstrous amount of problems with it. Coilpacks went, engine seized, blew the turbo etc etc, usual shizzle that happens when you can't afford it. So fixed it up, put a bigger turbo in, intercooler blahblah the usual Nissan stuff, spent thousands on it for the next owner and sold it. Apparently it's been reliable so there you go.
Went to a red NA6 after that. Got it cheap, was impatient and hadn't learnt my lesson from the 180SX... My first love affair with the MX5 was one that only lasted a few months as the engine spun a bearing and left me with a dead car. Was pretty shattered afterwards. The MX5 was the only car I drove that I ever felt properly connected to.
So I saved a bit harder, worked a bit longer and bought an NB8B.
Cracking car really. Not much wrong with it in my opinion. The only small gripe I had is that even with the coilovers in, exhaust etc, it just didn't have the same raw fun factor the NA6 did.
Then I drove my best mates relatively worked S14 200SX and impulsively decided I wanted one. So I swapped my NB8B for a real chill guy with a 1998 200SX in mint condition. Basically, I spent some cash on it and had it mildly worked, fuel pump, 3 inch turbo back *insert more nissan stuff* and it was an absolute gem of a car. Very fast and scared me when I put my foot down haha. Yeah I'm a bit of a pussy
.The police didn't like it, well me in it to be particular(p plates). Additionally, I had a string of bad luck financially and decided I couldn't justify keeping it.
So I did yet another swap (I like swapping, I find waiting for buyers and kissing their ass is too stressful for me). A real nice guy, super cool, automotive journalist, knew his stuff.
So now im back in an MX5! I forgot much fun you can have in this car! Very very happy to be back in another MX5 and cant wait to hit the track!
Thanks for reading
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