m0rk's 1990 Eunos Roadster

[Cupra Kid]

Head north, you'll find loads. However if forecasts are to be believed its headed your way.

As for the V8 MX5 i reckon some nitrous strapped to the back and you'd have a widdow maker!

 

[Rocky Rocastle]

I'm currently disappointed with the total lack of snow - I wanted to go out & play in it today

BAH HUMBUG!

i hate snow from a car perspective that is

 

[Willie]

I'm currently disappointed with the total lack of snow - I wanted to go out & play in it today

Are you in Glasgow?
I've got 1 1/2 foot in my back garden in Aberdeen

 

[m0rk]

Are you in Glasgow?
I've got 1 1/2 foot in my back garden in Aberdeen

Portsmouth today

Glasgow on Tuesday night though (in rental car fun!)

 

[Adam R]

Portsmouth today

Glasgow on Tuesday night though (in rental car fun!)

when your in a rental .. in the snow

abuse ? plus you can use the handbrake and not care about stretching the cables

 

[m0rk]

Took the Mazda to work today, roof down fun on the way home - well goosed clutch meant only 2nd gear oppo

Great fun

 

[m0rk]

Came home from the airport late last night, roof down, in the snow with snow falling. Awesome fun, but now the clutch is totally goosed after some exuberant sideways fun - slips in 2nd gear

So it's away now for the winter, after a hose down underneath once the cold snap goes & the winter jobs start

Chassis rails
Clutch
Service
Cambelt (maybe - but I'm not sure I'll bother!)

 

[Cupra Kid]

AFAIK the cambelt on mazda's going is no big deal as they're non interference engines. This is the reason i've left mine alone.

 

[m0rk]

That's my thinking too. A minor inconvenience, and a simple job to do

 

[m0rk]

Well the nice weather is coming, so I'll tax it next week as well as giving it a tidy up followed by a dyno for my own curiosity.

 

[m0rk]

Taxed, rinsed off & ready for a blast in the sun

 

[Willie]

Seems like snows on the way for north Scotland, not too sure about done Weegieville?

 

[m0rk]

Double digits this week, so practically summer now - no more chance of snow at home until the end of the year

 

[Willie]

Double digits this week, so practically summer now - no more chance of snow at home until the end of the year

Sounds great, as you know, Scotland's lucky to see double digits at the height of the summer

 

[m0rk]

Been out today in the Mazda for the first time.

Washed & waxed it this morning, and it's looking shiney

Anyway, took a video while I was out to see how it worked. Unfortunately the mic points to the screen so you don't hear the exhaust so much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba4eTF1aHQo

The old girl goes OK given it's 22 in October!

 

[UncleFester]

Is the clutch slipping or has it gained about 150bhp?

 

[m0rk]

Clutch is f*cked. totally. There's another video just uploading that was 10 mins prior where I dropped 2nd to 5th at 7500rpm & totalled the clutch.

That said, at the beginning of that one, the wheelspin was that - all over gravel etc

 

[UncleFester]

New clutch time then - i don't think anyone who hasn't driven an open topped car can really understand the fun involved ... doesn't really matter how fast you go either, it's just a nicer way to drive if you enjoy driving

 

[m0rk]

Definately. It's so nice to jump between the comfort of the Leon, the easy drive of the Ibiza to the remembering how to drive in the Mazda

Clutch wasting at 2mins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAcKtHXL_4

New clutch on order, and a quick service will have me back bouncing off the japanese speed limiter soon enough

 

[UncleFester]

Whoops I've done that in mine a couple of times, admittedly within the first two weeks - one of the downsides of driving more than one car i guess.

Mazdas gearchange is such a short throw it's very easy to miss it when you're used to sloppy VAG ( sorry about the euphemism) stuff.

Yesterday was an utterly gorgeous day for hacking about though, spring feels like it is finally here - time to take the tyre mortgage out again!