MX250 c. Number 3
 

Well, I’ve gone and done it .
Two donor cars purchased . Time to make my 3rd mx.
I have big plans for this one.
Watch this space .

I’m back , did you miss me?:icon_wink:

Of course!!! Let the build commence. Good luck.

2 doner cars!!!! Happy building

Yes, two donors . The parts on the blue one are going on the silver one.
The blue one is rotten underneath but the mk2 is mostly sound

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Pretty certain she will notice my new garden ornament soon.

Good luck Drum. I remember you helping me out a lot during my first build. What state is the interior in in the Mk1? If you are looking for a new home for Mk1 interior bits I am in the market due to starting No 2 very soon.

I have most of the interior left , trimmed in red .
I’ve sold the red leather seats but still have door cards , centre console with red gaitors

Scrap donor has now been collected , even gave me £100 for it.
Build on the mk2 is at full speed. Mostly lots of engine work planned, major service and a bigger aluminium radiator to be fitted. New seats have arrived and lots of interior where fitted in the last few days .
It’s all go, go ,go

Today was cambelt and water pump change , should it really have took 6 hours ?

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Can you resize your pics to 800x600? I have the same issue when I post pics from my phone, the Madabout pages scale to the size of the pic, not vice versa. I use "Paint", but no doubt there are other ways. Keep posting progress.:smile:

Take two, today was refit of cam belt as it didn’t fire today .
Tomorrow will be doing it again as still no start up, but having searched the internet I think it may be possible that I’ve installed the sensor wheel , behind the pulleys , the wrong way round. I only say that as I didn’t know there was a right and wrong way to install it.
I hope it sorts 5he problem .

It works , it works . Damn sensor wheel was the wrong way round , it took 10mins to rectify . Simple really, if only I had known this 2 days ago.

First drive after the six week mechanical rebuild and refresh has gone well.
Everything worked, was a bit loud but nothing that can’t be fixed.

I now have door cards , only took 6 hours !!

Delivery due from the states today , excited ��

Chris and Dan now have the body at their place. Making a few modifications to the rear shell then I can start the conversion , firstly though I’ve got the track day booked at castle Coombes to give the car a good shake down.

Off to the tuners today , I really hope it will be good news (and not too expensive )
Fingers crossed

198.6 bhp ��
Track day went very well, the car didn’t miss a beat , just a few tweaks of the suspension were needed.
Now to continue with the interior refit .
However got a question or two , please read my new “electrical issue” thread
Cheers guys

Any actual pictures of this car espeviallywith the mods?

I’ve tried to upload some pics , having a spot of IT trouble .
Damn and damn

Somebody please let me know if that has worked ?
Should be a pic of my door card I made

The simplified door card with the red strap looks great :)

New dash in the process of being built , getting there, slow process , push start and toggle switches for the windows yet to do.

198.6 bhp , makes for a very interesting lightweight MX5

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The 2.5 conversion also works very well.

Yes, you get a lot of torque with that as well. I actually saw a Xedos V6 in Lunnun today. Haven't seen a Ford Probe for yonks. Very popular in Scotland apparently.

Mazda/Ford Duratec 2.5 from a Ford Fusion in mine.
Did it last year, no issues, it was from a wrecked 2017 with
only 12K miles on it. Perfect!

Is that the 4cyl Duratec?

Yes it is. Only minor mods, exchanging some parts from the 2.0.
ECU needs a reflash too.

How did you get around the dash warning lights with the Ecu ?

reflash and wiring kit from Datatronics. Expensive.

Last few days have been spent “squeak finding” with some good results.
One was the base of the window frame inside the door, easy fix once the door card was removed. The other was the supercharger, broken bracket. Again easy enough to fix once the charger was removed.
However now I’m getting paranoid and keep thinking I can hear stuff that wasn’t there before.

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:D

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Froxfield, on the A4 between Hungerford & Marlborough

www.pelicaninn.co.uk

We are welcome and booked from 11am with lunch at around 12.30pm

There are two spacious car parks, where we can have a drink and talk Tribute Cars.

Afterwards you / we can drive round a bit of Hampshire to the

Silk Mill at Whitchurch

for tea, overlooking the river Test, last orders 3.30pm.

www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk

If you are interested the Pelican Inn also has a room or two overnight on the Friday and or Saturday. We are staying there Friday night.

Please let me know if you will attend or at least think about it.

REPLY to Kidge on his site

OR The Owners site

OR PM me

OR email kidge.elder@btinternet.com

Rear end body tub getting picked up today .
At last things are moving on .

Guys, can someone please remind me of the form I need to fill in to re register my MX .
Cheers

Managed a couple of afternoons this week on the car , now has the makings of an interior .
Good progress