New build in Swadlincote

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Afternoon all. Been browsing these forums for a while now for information, and thought id better 'officially' announce myself and my project.

I'm in the process of building an Mx5 based roadster, and am part way through my build. Theres some photos of progress so far, so please feel free to advise me if ive done something wrong, or done it the hard way!!

welding the chassis up at work

my donor car - paid £270, 60k on the clock, but overheats.

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and this is why!!!! - new headgasket and it runs sweet as!!

car after the headgasket change, before stripping

chassis nearing compleation

starting to strip the mazda at home (chassis is being made at work)

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engine bay stripped

interior nearly done

subframes dropped......

and liftoff!

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diff offered up

not sure if I made an error here on my rear upper wishbones?!

rolling chassis (seat doesn't fit!)

the engine ready to go in

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mocked up gearbox mount - not happy with it though

anyone know what this is?!

and who says you need space to make these things

[K4KEV]

Hi Short and welcome to the forum looks like you have been quietly beavering away there..... nice to see a new build on the go
my guess would be the speedo pulse generator but not 100% on that one

[Oscar]

Wow! Progress overdose!!
When did you start working on it? Trying to guage if you're crazy fast or just 3 years worth of work

Don't forget the diff mounting problems that've been brought to light recently before you get too much further. Can't see from the pics if yours is solid mounted...

[twinturbo]

Yeah it's a VSS but not for the speedo as that's what the cable is for . Provides roadspeed data to the ECU.

TT

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Started work on it around end of April, but i've had a baby (well, not me personally - credit goes to the wife there) and an operation that no man ever looks forward to, so those combined took me out the equation for a month!

Luckily, I co-own a steel fab shop, so the chassis was built there around our current workload, but now its my weekend tinker in the garage.

Oscar - im a bit of both. once I get my teeth into something, im non stop.....until money runs out!!! Been playing with cars for 15 odd years, helped built a narrowboat, so this is a natural progression.
The cars not in its final build stage yet. Its being 'dry run' before its sent for treatment and powdercoat - don't want to ruin the coating with an 'I forgot to weld that bit'

Twinturbo - I would of though something like that, but theres 3 cables, one goes to earth, 1 goes to ignition, and one just ends! the cable had been modified, as around 5ft of cable was stuffed under the carpets!

[PorkChop]

Welcome; hopefully you didn't throw those chequered floor mats out - they're worth a few quid. That body shell looks tidy as well...

The mark 1 speedo cable should be mechanical, but it looks like you have a Eunos, so I guess it's a speedo healer.