Rota Attack and racing rubber

The OEM 17” rims fits the car perfectly but they are said to be very fragile.As this car will see lots of track days I need another set of wheels...

First post, New car!

Yey! I’m a MX5 owner again, and this time it has a Mazdaspeed badge 8-).This 2004 Mazdaspeed MX5 was imported to Norway in 2005. After that it has spent a...

SOLD

Well, it’s a long time since I updated this blog now.A lot have happend since i mounted the oilcooler.<ul><li>The Oilcooler worked great.</li><li>I attended the Porche Club Norway’s autoslalom event at...

Oil cooler part II

After fighting with Racerparts Wholesaler for week on how to arrange payment for some SS hoses and AN couplings I decided to cancel the order.Instead I used hydraulic lines from...

Trackday @ Rudskogen, Bilmekaniker.no

I had a great evening at Rudskogen 23.06.06.This was a trackday held by www.bilmekaniker.no. Most famous for wild driving and lots of drifting.This evening was no exception with two cars...

Japsetreff 2006 @ Våler

200SX OGN held a trackday at Vålerbanen for Japanese cars.This was my first time on this track which is much faster than Rudskogen.None of the corners requires 2nd gear which...

SS1 AutoX at Gardermoen with IDCN

IDCN arranged SS1 at Gardermoen on the 28.of May.I attended in hopes of kicking some Subaru ass. I sure did but got beaten by a pretty standard WRX with a...

Trackday at Rudskogen 28. Mai

I attended the NSK trackday at Rudskogen on the 23. of May.I was sure this would be my first on a wet track as it was pouring down the whole...

Where do I mount the oil cooler ?

I need more cooling!!!. On the last trackday I barely managed to keep the coolant temps under 108C which is when the Link ECU switches to limp mode.An oil cooler...

And the winner is

On Sunday I attended the 200SX OGN StageDrive SS1. Thats a long and fancy name for AutoX og Atoslalom arranged at the far end of Gardermoen raceway.Creds to the 200SX...

First Trackday of the year: 1.09 at Rudskogen!

Yeah! I did my first laps of the year at Rudskogen race track today (Barn door style!).The event was held by some guys with background in historic racing .The conditions...

Tuning with a WBO2

I have earlier used FM’s standard map for the FM2 kit with no alterations in the boosted rows.This has not been optimal as the map is tuned for a T28...

WBO2

I decided to finish the tuning of the non boosted rows with the standard lambda sensor before installing the wide band. I have read that the original sensor is more...

RX8 and MX5 NC testdrive!

The new MX-5 NC has just been released here in Norway and to celebrate the occasion Mazda Norway invited the MX5-Miata club for a test-drive and a snack + free...

Toyo R888

I bought a set of Toyo R888 semi-slicks today at www.sharif.no for 3600,- NOK including fitment and balancing:Data sheet here. They have a treadwear rating of 100 which is not...

First testdrive.

Finally! After two months of not so hard work the car is ready for the road again.I still has a couple of things to figure out but nothing that prevents...

Rollbar install

The NA and NB Miata/MX-5 was never delivered with a roll bar or other protections above the headrests.The 94- and up got an extra bar behind the headrests to improve...

2.5" Custom exhaust system

Well, this is actually a remake of the old "ghetto" exhaust that was thrown together last year with over 10 pipe clamps and mildsteel bends from www.Torshovbil.no .It consists of...

Fitting the Vishnu dual feed fuelrail

The original fuelrail is single feed and quite small innside dimmension which lead to uneven fuel distribution to the injectors:This is why the number 4 sylinder is most likely the...

Rollbar arrived

I pickedu up two Hard Core Hard Dog rollbars today.I had them shipped from the US with BAX Global and did the paperwork myself to save a few bucks.The M1...