Changing brake pads and rotors

No big problems. The pads sat a little tight in the calipers so i removed som paint at the ends of the pads to make them move more freely: The...

Fitting a new steering wheel

Nice to do some work that doesn’t require lying under the car for a change.The steering wheel is a cheap Momo lookalike bought from eBay for $40 including a hub.I...

Fitting an eBay short shifter

The short shifter was really just an excuse to empty my $50 leftover from my PayPal account.As the MX-5 has some of the best gear shifter on any car in...

Brakes have arrived

It took Adrenaline 14 days to actually ship the parts. Other than that everything went smooth. The rotors are from www.centricparts.comNothing fancy but they looks to be at least as...

Assembling the coilovers

To free up some space in the garage I decided to put together the springs and dampers.I didn’t find any instructions on which spring to use where.After som searching on...

Changing suspension bushings part II

I found out that an industrial strength vise requires an industrial amount of money…I refuse to spend 2500,- NOK for a basic tool consisting of 3 moving parts…Luckily the Biltema...

FM is changing their springs and shocks, Grrrr....

"The second generation of FM springs ": http://www.flyinmiata.com/news/springs.php How typical....I'm sure I was the one ordering the last batch...I have no problems with the KYB AgX but I would have...

eBay short shifter

I received this thing in the mail the other day.It might be useless as it was $30 on eBay.As long as it's not worse than the standard shifter I'm happy....

Changing the diff bushings

While I decide what to do with the broken vise I have started on the the bushings in the differential. It started out as usual wit a stuck bolt  I...

Changing suspension bushings

Changing the bushings is hard work! It's unbelivable how tight they are fitted into the suspension arms. Here is a pic of the old and new bushing:It took some brainwork...

New brakes ?

While working on the suspension I noticed that my brak pads and rotors has seen better days. The rear EBC Greenstuff pads was totally shot and the left rear rotor...

Removing suspension parts

Yeah! I have finally got the car up on jackstands and started to work on the suspension. <div>The plan:- Change all suspension bushings including swaybar endlink bushings- Change springs and...

eBay Steering Wheel

New steering wheel: $40 including boss from ebay… $30 more for shipping to Norway.For that price I can live with the Swiss logo in the center, LOLThe quality is better...

New parts.

I got some more stuff today:KYB AGX, Innovate LC1 WBO2 and an A'pexi airfilter from www.horsepowerfreaks.com. Great service, fast delivery and lots of tuning parts to choose from.The A'PEXi filter...

Dataloglab

Dataloglab rocks!I just came home from a tuningsession and did some datalogs as well. Here is a pic of a 1-3rd gear WOT run:It's pretty clear that I need some...

The first drive with Link ECU

I finally got around to install the Link ECU and new injectors.A lot of work but no problems as the installation manual from FM is the best. At least that’s...

Link ECU and RC550 injectors

A friend of mine offered to bring back som stuff from FM when he was in the US visiting his girlfriend.Luckily for me she lives not far from FM so...

Simons 2.5 exhuast

I recently found out that members of the local MX5/Miata Club can get a discount on Simons exhaust system from http://www.auto-supply.no/ . I decided to buy the single tip version.The...

Oil leak finally fixed.

Today I received and fitted the oil-lines from FM. Great stuff and service.Perfect fit and no more oil leak. <p>Finally I can start using my turbocharged MX-5 !</p><p>I have also...

New O-ring.

I got the O-ring for the injector replaced today but it turned out that I still has an oilleak. I tried tightening up the fittings but it only got worse....