The Bogan

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Removed crusty old mid pipe of the MX5 and took out the O2 sensor, fitted new fancy pants mid pipe, looked for O2 bung on new pipe to fit the O2, nope, looked for a O2 bung on the header, nope.........dropped showbags, headed upstairs and had a beer............ then took new midpipe to exhaust shop to weld in a O2 bung Got back and put it together.......broke the donut gasket..........back to exhaust shop for new gaskets, got back and finally fitted it all up and took it for a test drive........discovered a rattle at certain RPM, back up on the stands and found the larger midpipe was slightly touching a under body brace.......as the brace is about 16 gauge sheet steel I clearanced it with a breaker bar and some semi-controlled aggression, re-tested it with a quick drive.....hooray, no rattles, no codes, job done and it sounds great so far I will be taking it for around a 400km run tomorrow and will see how it sounds when on the Hwy doing 110 on cruise, hopefully drone will not be a issue But what a 5hit fight, normally I just get a custom exhaust made and fitted, but, this time I grabbed the bolt on parts and rolled around under the car on stands to do it all myself, idiot.....I'm getting to old for this 5hit Note to self: next time just pay cash for a professional to build my exhaust, like I normally do......

Boot had my gym bag and my big travel bag bag in it, and with a MX5 there's no more room left, so the passenger seat was the only place left to fit the parts And yes, I could have moved stuff, but as the top was down...."because convenience"

Possibly the headlight switch has shorted out Pull the switch and test the terminals

Took a spin out to Dural to find some "missing" parts for the the MX5, it's a Racing Beat mid pipe and bolts straight to the GWR ceramic coated headers and Racining Beat muffler, this now finishes the full exhaust on the "match box car"

I'll guestimate alot more than anyone thinks, dependant on the donor car used There's a Starlet on the youtubes that used a EVO as a donor car for parts......

Question: on a stock 32 when the lights are turned on at the dash switch do they turn themselves off when the ignition is off Assumption: possibly someone wired them so the lights come on/off with the ignition as a simple hack because they always drove with the headlights on....maybe With most modern cars the lights go out when the ignition is switched off and a door is opened, or after some time, some older cars do this, some don't I personally always drive with my headlights on, day or night, that is a possible hack that I have considered for my MX5 which beeps at me every time I get out the car because I forgot to turn off the headlights, unlike my VX SS where the lights come on and off with the ignition

Wheels fitted, tyres look good on them I really cannot go any bigger than the current set of PS5 215/45 17 tyres as I've got bugger all clearance from the unrolled guards in the rear, I was a little concerned when I first got them fitted, but I just got back from a hour drive, throwing it around some bumpy corners and looking for bumps in the hwy to try and bottom out the suspension as much as I could, with no rubbing at all....winning With the rear guards rolled it will easily fit a 225/45 17, and probably even a 235/40 17, but, it really doesn't need any more tyre, the 215's are sticking fine and a wider tyre for grip isn't needed for the street

Hooray, wheels turned up for the MX5 I now have 2 red toys both with "goldish" rims and I couldn't be happier Just need time to get tyres fitted up, I'm considering getting the tyres fitted a "high priority", "main effort" job over the next few days As for wheel nuts, MX5 Mania gave me a set of nice black spline drive steel wheel nuts and hub rings, which....look nicer than the ones on got off fleabay Centre caps are an alloy bolt on jobbie as well, so won't go missing in the shopping centre car park like my Enkie ones did once Rear bar is all painted up now as well, real nice job, and a perfect colour match (I must remember not to reverse into anything, and yes, I do have a reversing camera 🙄) The little daily is coming along nicely 👍

New aerial is aerialing well....trips into Goulburn are not losing the ABC classic radio signal Also......I've been procrastinating about wheels for the MX5, the car doesn't need any more tyre, I just "want" different wheels, so I went looking for something that legally fits the new Pilot Sports +1 size 215/45 17 that I'm currently running on the 17x7 OEM wheels (stock size is 205/45 17), not a silver, and not a black, ended up with gloss bronze Konig Dekagrams in 17x8 +40 which fit without the need for rolling the guards, whilst larger than the OEM wheels they are also lighter than the OEM wheels, and at just under $1300 for the set I'm more than happy with the price I seen a set of matt black Deka's on a MX5 when I was at MX5 Mania, same wheel size, same tyre size, sat really nice, and not stretched enough to look aids, although the 215/45 17 is the smallest that you can legally fit Just need to find some good black wheel nuts to suit

+1 for jumper leads (with surge protection) for "in the boot essentials" Also, if parked up, I always connect my 7 stage trickle charger thingie, whether the battery is connected in the car, or if the battery is sitting on a bench in the shed All the electronical thingies in modern cars put a slow but steady drain on batteries when parked up with the battery connected The little battery in the Harley would drain out in about 7 days because of this I also run up our cars that are daily driven on the trickle charger every few months, it apparently 'de-sulfers" the batteries or something (electronical black magic) and makes them last longer The older batteries do sit in the de-sulfer zone for a while, but they do keep on working fast and hard on start up The OEM battery in the Mrs Mitsubishi ASX is around 10 years old, parked up outside all year, and does alot of short drives, I truly believe it has only lasted this long because the occasional runs up on the charger A good trickle charger is money well spent, even if you only let it run through all of its cycles occasionally

I shouldn't have sold my mint baby blue R31 wagon years ago

Drive on through those pearly gates Neil

Next performance mod for the MX5, well, performance of my radio reception with a new OEM aerial... The car had one of those stubby 50mm aerials, which is now "in the bin", and the radio would lose reception of ABC Classical driving into Goulburn, nothing worse than losing Wagner mid way through "Ride of the Valkyries" or some other classic when I'm pumping the tunes at 11 Performance test will be on Saturday when I head into Goulburn to lunch with the offspring and visit the "Grandcats" As for the rear bumper, the trigger is triggered, it's booked in on the 29 July to get the rear bumper resprayed

I did have a chat about boost when I was picking up the car, Mania recommended a little turbo over a supercharger for a 4 pot as the parasitic loss from spinning it up is substantial Pricing was $13k drive in drive out for the 2.0 turbo package which can net around 180 killerwasps and alot more tourqes, or, add on top of that $13k, another $7k for a 2.5 swap with the turbo drive in drive out for a little more hsprs up top, but a big chunk more torque everywhere else But no, I'm more than happy rolling around in the little 2.0 NA for a daily, all of the handling goodness, but none of the FI issues associated with putting FI on a stock NA engine and driveline If I wanted a "faster daily" I would have picked a different car The Bogan Cruise Ship is my car with boosted powers I feel I now have the best of both worlds, a fun and reliable little daily that I enjoy throwing/thrashing around town, and a big fat cruiser that has more power for the streets and Hwys than what I can actually use and still keep my licence Jackie has also decided that whilst she did enjoy driving the MX5, any shopping expeditions we do will be in her ASX, or the Commodore for long cruises or trips away, Jackie is much taller than me and isn't keen on folding herself into, or out of the MX5, she has hit her head on the top nearly every time she has got in it with the roof up, she calls it the stupid little matchbox car, LOL, perfect........

Not a chance Red Leader In other news: popped past my paint and panel guy for a quote to respray the rear bumper on the MX5

Yeah Nah

Picked up the MX5 MX5 Mania set up the ride height, picked the alignment specs, did the Whiteline sway bars settings and BC dampening, which I'm more than happy with and won't fark with, it loves being thrown around corners, and it is more compliant over bumps on the road than the original suspension, which at 100k km on the stockers, I assume the old dampers were toast Ride height is 330mm hub to guard front and rear, and makes it over all the big speed bumps at work, the bars are hard front and soft rear As for how the car goes, more of everything everywhere, and as it only made 100 killerwasps and 175nm pre tune, an additional 20kw and 20 nm of torques everywhere made quite a noticeable difference, idle and cruising is typical to stock as well As for the added "noise" from the header, it is minimal, and only noticeable outside, the in-cabin noise hasn't changed New Exedy clutch is, well, new, and feels great, same same for the new calipers, and the HEL braided lines make a noticeable difference to the pedal feel, again, I assume the old lines were well past their use by date Overall I'm extremely happy with the results, and rev match is fun (I cannot heel toe for 5hit) Massive power dyno circle jerk pic, LOL

I would email them for the info you require and if/how they support your car with setup and features There's also a ton of YouTube vids with ECUTek stuff out there as well

With ECUTek you purchase a "key" to load and modify the tune, once you buy the "key", cable and software you can play around all you want, the tune and ability to change it is locked to that cars ECU's with the "key" though My 86 ran ECUTek, Pulse Racing could run it up, log and play with the tune to get it on point, same thing is currently going on with the MX5 at MX5 Mania as we speak

Both, and because I'm dumb I picked at it.......and lifted some clear coat, meh, shit happens

Body kits are so 1999 Worse case scenario is I get my local paint joint to fix and colour match it for a couple of hundred bucks

With some of the left over sound deadening stuff I did the boot in the Bogan Cruise Ship, unsure if will make any noticeable difference, the Minister for War and Finances managed to fall asleep within 5 minutes of hitting a Hwy before anyway There's also a bit of the Carbuilders foam stuff as well, more for something for the spare to sit on/against

Pics work fine for this old rooster on a Samsung phone Car looks comfy Uncle Duncan