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[Elite Pete]

If I could afford to buy back the R Limited I bought for my wife, I would

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I love it when people put up threads about MX5s, give me a good excuse to repost this

Take an empty airfield, my 1.8 MX5 a few Omegas and a Zafira

Noooooo.......not possible.  Some Dick Dastardly fella must have pulled off the  1..3..5 coil pack.

[Elite Pete]

Try one of these, personally i'd rather have a 4 pot turbo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt39DhYBaA0

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Some MX5/Emma Peel Elan, historical data.

Mazda 2.0 MX5........130MPH.........7.1 (0-60MPH)...........20.8 (0-100mph)........tested by Autocar 2006

Elan Sprint 1.6.........122 MPH........6.7 (0-60MPH)...........20.3 (0-100mph).........tested by Motor 1971.


The old Elans were pretty quick for their time. The Sprint version only had 126 BHP.......but weighed  less than an MX5.

[tidla]

Thank, Aaron, Cem and Pete. The auction closes in eleven hours and I just don't have the time to take a look. If it doesn't sell perhaps I could go pay it a visit.

Like Aaron says, the MX-5 is good at hiding rust..........and this one is 22 years old.

Won auctions for motors before and walked away when the "item is not as described".

Recent one was a xj8 which "needs a service" which on meeting the chap and checking the motor had a pronounced misfire and a chain about to jump out the block.

[aaronjb]

The old Elans were pretty quick for their time. The Sprint version only had 126 BHP.......but weighed  less than an MX5.

I bet most of them weigh even less now the steel chassis has disappeared..

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The old Elans were pretty quick for their time. The Sprint version only had 126 BHP.......but weighed  less than an MX5.

I bet most of them weigh even less now the steel chassis has disappeared..

A good Elan is worth a small fortune now. I'm sure the original MX5 was based on it.

[maverick]

just to add my tuppence in   

my girfriends now on her second mk1 mx5. the 1st one was thoughfully set on fire by a local garage we asked to weld the sill for the MOT 


as mentioned before structurally check the sills, check the sills ..... oh and while you're there check the sills 

mecanically their pretty good, top end can be a wee bit rattly at start up but so long as that goes away quickly its ok ... another famous weak point is that they overheat. on both my girlfriends changing the rad fixed the problem, you can get new ones off ebay for less than £50 so not too dear ...

must admit I've driven both of them and like them a lot. I'd have one and I'm definately not a hairdresser 


Brett

[omegod]

At 6ft 2 I recall not fitting in the one I tried to drive !!

[Elite Pete]

At 6ft 2 I recall not fitting in the one I tried to drive !!

You must have had the roof up Jon

[Kevin Wood]

The old Elans were pretty quick for their time. The Sprint version only had 126 BHP.......but weighed  less than an MX5.

I bet most of them weigh even less now the steel chassis has disappeared..

Yes, and the chassis disappearing is a great excuse to get one of these and drop a Zetec in.

http://www.spydercars.com/

[omegod]

At 6ft 2 I recall not fitting in the one I tried to drive !!

You must have had the roof up Jon

Imagine having to have the roof in this glorious country

[omega3000]

just to add my tuppence in   

my girfriends now on her second mk1 mx5. the 1st one was thoughfully set on fire by a local garage we asked to weld the sill for the MOT 


as mentioned before structurally check the sills, check the sills ..... oh and while you're there check the sills 

mecanically their pretty good, top end can be a wee bit rattly at start up but so long as that goes away quickly its ok ... another famous weak point is that they overheat. on both my girlfriends changing the rad fixed the problem, you can get new ones off ebay for less than £50 so not too dear ...

must admit I've driven both of them and like them a lot. I'd have one and I'm definately not a hairdresser 


Brett

Oh you mean check the sils 

[b4ndit]

Lot of car and a lot of fun just sold mine with 230 thousand on it and i got over 1k for it, but it was a well sorted one with no rot 

[b4ndit]

Have a look at the sills on this one then make sure you check and check again cant link but here's the item number  120950069322