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Thanks again for your replies gents, here's a pic of the manifold: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/agentb0b/Weber/26dc259b.jpg It's certainly homebrew and could do with some tidying up but appears decent enough, I don't think its ever going to make a hill of money on the open market though :l...

Thanks Mike. A bit of a cheeky question but does anyone have an idea of the rough value of these? I have four of them (two of each type) and a home made manifold that was all fitted to the car when I bought it. At the moment they are just sitting in the shed, I'm not going to use them so I may as we...

Hello All, I was going through the shed the other day and found the Weber 44 IDF carbs that were fitted to my MX-5 when I bought it, I hadn't really noticed before but there seems to be two different types (two of each), does anyone know what the differences are or is it just a design update of some...

topcatproduction wrote:Can I assume your name is Andy??! And that this is the car??? http://freespace.virgin.net/bob.carter/Mazda_mx5_V8.htm

Guilty as charged

Bodger they are very nice looking!!! I'm still not over keen on huggers and I can fit something slightly better than them in there- the other prob I have discovered since getting under the car again is that I can't run the secondary pipes down the middle of the car very easily without them hanging ...

Here's the pic:

A quick google found this: 'All this performance meant that support systems had to be augmented also. M engineers developed a high efficiency cooling and oiling system, which consists of an isolated wet sump and four oil pumps: two electric, on mechanical drain, and one main variable mechanical pres...

You should be able to loose that much off the bottom of the trumpet base, maybe remove some from the top too. I had mine slimmed down by a local machine shop to clear the bonnet of my MX-5.

I have to say I'm with chodjinn here - if you aren't insured then you should be on a SORN - end of (unless I have missed something!). I agree there should be some sort of visual representation that a vehicle is insured (a second tax disk or whatever) so that its easier for coppers and so on without ...

Theres an article on StopTech's website about brake fluids, and some interesting thoughts on those pressurised bleeder things too:

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_br ... d_1a.shtml

Thanks Eliot, thats pretty much what I was guessing. I took the wheel off and moved it round earlier so all should be good now, managed to do it without disturbing the radiator too

Rover V8 with one of Phil Ringwoods MS1-Extra's by the way.

Hello all, I've got to the stage with my car where I am getting ready to have a go at starting it for the first time but I've a concern over the trigger wheel settings. My sensor is pointing at tooth 10 (after the missing one) on my 36-1 wheel, so when I put this into the wheel decoder calculating s...

...its a SC 4l RV8 (maybe with a little nos shot) in a little mx5... Pictures please! I'll start... http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h272/agentb0b/mx5v8/IMG_1118.jpg I have also been thinking about getting a lighter flywheel in the future but sometimes think I'd be better off saving my money for a...

Good point though, I will have to go through it and make sure there's no leaks up stream.

'Tis a MX-5



I can't claim responsibility though, it was like that when I found it. The chap who did build it (on his driveway ) kept a build diary which is HERE.