Horney: My love for the Mazda MX5

[Horney]

 Big thanks to Javelin Trackdays for an excellent day at Castle Combe today. It was the first trackday since Skuzzle Motorsport assited with all things supercharger and fitted the Competition Clutch 6 puk and Flywheel. The car was epic, only let down but the sacks of meat behind the wheel. There's a few things now to patch up or improve and the next stop, back to Castle Combe on the 10th May for Japfest.
 
Anyway have a couple of fly by vids with my Dad at the wheels:
 
http://youtu.be/KufD0UmBHi0
 
http://youtu.be/NwFciDOiZLo
 
and some pics:
 

 

 

 
_DSC3559 by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr
 
And a couple of flying laps:
 
http://youtu.be/q-uufOBQwSw

[Organisys]

Looking good 

Got my first day of the year booked recently. 

[Horney]

A few things to fix after the trackday.

1) Exhaust is now blowing like a trooper. It's blown the gasket out of the downpipe/decat flange. Booked in to an exhaust place on Tuesday morning. I hate trying to do exhausts myself.

2) I've got a suspension knock that's getting worse. I can't find anything wrong and it only happens under very heavy load on turn in. I suspect a worn wishbone bush somewhere, further investigation required.

3) Gearbox is sounding like a bag of spanner, not sure it's long for this world. One to keep an eye on.

4) One of the idler bearings for the charger belt is squealing. Replacements ordered as they look pretty old.

Japfest is this Saturday so decided it was time to give it a proper polish as the paint had gone really flat. Also the SPa Six Hours stickers really needed to be removed. I pulled them off and on the Satin black bonnet they left loads of marks so that got removed and rattle canned again. I also recently bought a front tow hook so that was sprayed up and fitted.

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

I've also put a roundel back on the bonnet as I had one spare form when I bought them last year.

Still a few jobs to do before next weekend like refit my yellow indicators which I've been meaning to do for ages and fit a dial cowl as I broke my old one trying to mod it for my Oil and Boost gauges.

[Horney]

Went out to get some BBQ stuff, ended up going on a thrash and grabbing some phone pics. Love summer.

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

[Horney]

Not updated this in a while, bad Horney!

It's been a busy few months of modify, race, break, repeat. Touch wood I have got over most of the niggles and reached a place where it should be reliable. I've probably jinxed it now.

The main news is that it is now fitted with a 15% reducer supercharge pulley combined with an Intercooler and a dump valve. This has meant that that lovely chap Nick at Skuzzle Motorsport has managed to tweak the map and give me 221bhp at the Flywheel. It's quite the weapon now.

Some pictures for you all.

Old pulley removal:

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Relocation of oil cooler to just under the crank pulley:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Intercooler test fitting and pipe run decisions:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Pipework welding:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Radiator dropped an inch and tilted back to allow the pipe run:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Air Temp sensor nut welded on:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

All done:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Some AutoSolo shots from September:

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

And a video of some of the AutoSolo Action:

http://youtu.be/DdXGN9lL5H0

2015 plans are to add a 6 speed box and Torsen LSD from a MK2, some uprated Anti Roll bars and go Sprinting and Hill climbing. I also need to get some bigger injectors as they're currently running at 112% Duty Cycle at 6500rpm. OK on the road but not so good for holding it high in the revs at an event.

[MrBounce]

Looks fantastic Nick. I love it 

[Horney]

Cheers, not bad for a hairdressers car eh? ha ha.

[Horney]

Joined by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

[VW BUSH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kefaT6cGmtE
I like, made me think of this though

[Horney]

Untitled by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr