The Bogan

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2002-mazda-mx-5-sp-nb-series-2-manual/OAG-AD-19100660/ Nice but...... I actually looked at a NB Series 2 today, pretty clean, under 100k km. It was a tad above of what I'm willing to pay at 13k though. I offered 10k which was knocked back, I'll have another go at it in a couple of weeks if it doesn't sell, and if I haven't found something else to drop my toy budget on.

Much better than stock even with the OEM pads. Size does apparently matter

The cost of consumables was a big thing for me, my Skyline was expensive, hell, gwarboxes were a consumable item in the end, my MX5 was cheap as chips.

Might be the time And........tell me more about it, I may be interested for a sensible price.

Have you seen the price of clean low km SE or SP NB MX5's. Yes, now I'm looking for one in Sydney, I ain't paying $40-50k though.

Mine was fine, until I crashed it that is. Plenty of mildly boosted 86's out there without any issues. Mine was around 205kwatw with 270nm, not to bad for a 1250kg modern car with all the mod cons IMO. It is when people try to get too much power down low that problems arise, not only with rods, but also gearboxes (basically the same as the box in the S15). Like anything modified really, you can only go so far pushing OEM components until the lunch themselves, and when I started modifying the Skyline it lunched everything bit by bit. I had 10 x the issues modifying my Skyline than I ever did with the 86. Currently I am struggling to "not" buy another 86 and boosting it, out of all my cars to date, it is still my all time favorite, yeap, even better than the old 400kw R33 boat. TL;DR get the 370Z, with a full exhaust and a tune.

It is being made in Pakistan by some 14 year old in a sweat shop I believe...... pics of the CE armour getting stitched in. Bike is fast enough for a daily hack, I'm just saving coin for when something that tickles my fancy turns up. Was first quoted 8 weeks, it has been 6 so in reality, I'm just being an impatient dick.

Also new Deka 20 battery, even after being on the tender all night, the thing would struggle turning over the big old girl. And how good are new gloves, I got a pair of Alpine Star SMX 2 air carbons, my last set of summer gloves ended up being repurposed to work gloves, these new gloves fit amazing, have a ton of protection and breathe really well. I wish my $1100 custom leather jacket jacket would arrive.

Bogan bike: Picked up a new rear disc to match the front, also got new pads because new discs. New seat is real comfy, well, for me at least, the pillion is "meh" comfort wise but as I'm not sitting there I don't really care, but, as the bike now has somewhere for the Mrs to sit, and complain, I'm golden. Also picked up an oil cooler because air cooled motor in traffic is balls. I'm all set for the first service, going for the "3 hole" jobbie, LOL, it's a thing, and, because it is a tractor, it takes 20w50 in every hole.... I'm loving the bike and putting alot of kms and hour on it, it's like riding a comfy sofa, albeit a noisy comfy sofa . Bogan cruise ship. Apart from changing the diff oil the car has just been sitting around, alot, we did take it to Goulburn for the weekend to catch up with the daughter, that, like the bike, is like cruising along on a comfy sofa, albeit a noisy comfy sofa. Yeap, I'm getting old and soft, but still noisy.

Measure twice, cut once. Live and learn.

https://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/homepage.html?to_desktop=true I have imported from this place with good success. Especially when it starts to get cold in the states and they put all the track and summer tyres on special.

The docs went with the car about 10 years ago, it has changed hands several times since I had it.

External filter is for the high torque box, the WRX, and 3.0 LOLberty use the high torque boxes. Others to maybe, meh, stick it up on stands and have a look. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Subaru_transmissions

I couldn't find a youtube for your box, only the high torque ones

A dry fill requires 8.6ltrs of fluid. If you only drain the pan and replace the filter you won't need that much. http://www.penriteoil.com.au/product-selector#/recommendations I would personally just get a 4.5ltr bottle and see where that gets me, if I needed more I would just take the bike or Mrs car to get any extra that I needed. Don't spill the oil oil, it stains like 10 staining things.

Cheap This "should" be the filter and gasket, you need to check p/n https://www.ebay.com.au/p/18017006797 Find a youtube for what you need to do when filling, you basically refill the transmission, run the car and select each gear a few times, tgen recheck the level. Rinse and repeat. With some stands and basic tools it shouldn't take more than an hour. You probably don't need a full flush, but if you do they are more involved. Enjoy

There was some docs from Blitz, plus some tag/decal under the bonnet IIRC. I was sceptical until the engineer and the RTA said they were happy. This was a few years ago now, I would speak to your engineer first, and see what the RTA says about panel modifications now. I did have flush bonnet pins installed as well, maybe that had something to do with it, maybe????

http://www.blitsbodykits.com.au/ I had a FRP on my 33, engineer was happy to sign off on it, RTA was happy with it as well. Was heavier than OEM but worked great for cooling.

So, the bike is all tuned to match the new intake and exhaust, what a vast improvement everywhere. Talking to the guy at the shop the OEM tune, like most OEM tunes, is rubbish, and there is a good chunk left on the table to play with. Sorry, no mang mang vids

Yeap, trans oil and filter. Post up model and year mate

If there is no service history I would service the transmission with new oil and filter.

The facist/racist idiots killed the southern cross. Unfortunately the stars we live under now represents facist racist idiots and I would need to punch myself in the face several times if I got one. I like to pride myself on being an aware and "woke" bogan. I have a love for the women of all races, I respect all the different colored boobies and butts. I said I was aware and woke to racism, not sexism..

And because I'm not happy unless I'm spending some coin on things that make noise...... A high flow dry element filter that fits in my OEM intake And tuning software to make fueling happy.

I have a this coming soon to keep the Mrs happy, apparently me going missing on the bike for a day or two, by myself, isn't a thing...........until then, rear footpeg brackets and pegs arrived so I chucked them on +5kw with the brackets and pegs +15kw with the seat -20kw with an actually pillion on the back.