Jolfa Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 You'll be hard pushed to get a bare engine for under £800! The engine/drive train is 90% of the value of an S2..! Worth it though, brilliant engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Got my car booked in for fast road geometry setup at FCM Motorsport next Tuesday Hoping my 29mm socket arrives today so I can fit my front and rear hubs, then my car will be quite nice to drive for once! Everything I do after this will be things to improve it, rather than fix niggly little issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Everything I do after this will be things to improve it, rather than fix niggly little issues. Just quoting that for future broken-mx5-rage threads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Got my car booked in for fast road geometry setup at FCM Motorsport next Tuesday Are you telling them what geo you want, or are they deciding it? Are they MX-5 specialists? How much is it costing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just quoting that for future broken-mx5-rage threads Obviously I mean in the short term, no car is going to last forever... Are you telling them what geo you want, or are they deciding it? Are they MX-5 specialists? How much is it costing? Yeah I'm going for WIM fast road settings, as follows: It's costing £126. They're Mitsubishi experts, but they know what they're doing more than your average "SUPA TIRES EXHAUSTS BRAKES LTD" type place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sounds good, the price is right, anywhere charging less than £100 will do a shit job. Settings... personally I think they look a bit... 'safe' (understeery / numb), but this is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 It doesn't see much track use, so I thought close to normal settings would be good. Anything you'd tweak for 95% road use? I'm certainly no expert on this subject, so I've gone with the "WIM settings are best" majority on FB groups - I'm open to suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yeah, agreed - a tiny bit extra camber for harder driving is all you want. I would go with... - Less toe in at the rear, more like 5-10 mins per side. - Zero toe at the front, or slight toe out (5 mins per side). Toe out = more willing to turn in, and slightly less understeer. - Front camber will be dictated by ride height, on standard height the max you can get is about 0.6 (factory spec is 0.4), so 0.5 is good. - Max out the caster (somewhere between 5 and 6 degrees, but the important thing it so have it equal both sides) - Rear camber should be around 0.5 more than the front for good handling balance (factory spec is 0.75, so 0.35 more than the front). 1 whole degree more will give 'too much' rear grip (understeer) and fairly rapidly wear inside shoulders on the tyres. My daily (silver one I took to Curborough) is 0.6 camber front, 1.2 rear, 10 mins in rear, 5 mins out front, max caster. Drives great but wears inside rear shoulders on the tyres a little more quickly than elsewhere - I'm not bothered as they are so cheap, and a track day quickly evens the wear back out again (run about 3 deg on the race car), lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Tyre wear is something I want to keep to a minimum, but I'd also like it to be nice on corners - I guess those settings are a good middle ground. Thanks for the detailed post, I'll amend my print out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yeah it's always a trade-off. The main thing is handling balance IMO, it will be numb (too much toe in) and understeery (too much variation between front and rear camber) on the WIM setting IME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 looking at getting modified car insurance, its about time i declared my mods especially with up coming plans! who are you bunch with for best price & service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Mine's still not fixed, this came up cheap, we bought it. 2.9 Cosworth, does skids a lot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Haha ace. How much is cheap if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 What's the plan with yours Matt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Haha ace. How much is cheap if you don't mind me asking? Not our kind of cheap, I shouldn't think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 looking at getting modified car insurance, its about time i declared my mods especially with up coming plans! who are you bunch with for best price & service? Likewise towards the end of the year. Be interested to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Haha ace. How much is cheap if you don't mind me asking? We got change from £2k... Full 2.8i running gear underneath it, so Bilstein suspension, half decent brakes, nice interior, good motor all in all - just starting to suffer from tin worm and a friend of ours needed it gone quick to fund some stuff. And Luke, mine's going stage 3 Essex V6. Correct engine, period mods, should be nice. Whenever I sort the fuelling out, be it 4 barrel carb or injection it should be similar in power to this one, so 210-220bhp which, after driving this, is more than enough for a Capri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Such beautiful cars the Capris, your one especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 I really like the idea of owning one of these at some point in my life. :$ What's the insurance like on it Skoze? Does it qualify for classic car insurance and hence be cheeeap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 That does sound cheap... Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 That's silly cheap surely? Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Bit late to the party, but I'd suggest anything called 'WIM' is probably going to be a bit wet, it just sounds, wet. Meh.That Capri looks amazing Matt, very jealous. I love a good capri.Yesterday, I was killing time waiting to go on a night shift, so I tested out the timelapse feature on my SJ4000.The result may well be the most dull video in the entire world: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Just in case anyone is actually wondering, WIM is a company in London called "Wheels In Motion". I only found that out recently, after hearing it a few times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) The result may well be the most dull video in the entire world: Did you make that in Movie Maker? Whatever you made it in you wanna make the frames 0.05s each, makes a much smoother (albeit silly short) video Not car related, sorry, that's 0.05 frames shot over about half an hour/40 mins with the camera fixed to an egg timer Edited May 28, 2015 by Jolfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Haunted boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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