Project cars

It felt like an eternity between the two race meetings. Nine weeks after the last outing (you can read about that race by clicking here) we were ready to hit the track for the next round of the regional circuit racing championship, known as the Power Series.In that time, Project MX-5 didn’t undergo ...

The last round of the regional circuit championship, the Power Series, was just a few weeks ago. Our 2017 season has been compacted somewhat to accommodate the FIA World Rallycross championship.This international series will host its season finale at Killarney Raceway in November. You can read more about ...

First-generation (NA) MX-5s, such as the car I race, do not boast rigidity anywhere close to that of modern roadsters. My car is one of the very early models and as it is over a quarter of a century old metal fatigue could be felt in the cabin.Short of stripping the car back to bare metal and having ...

The regional race series at Killarney International Raceway, called the Power Series, has been proceeding at breakneck speed with a race taking place almost every second weekend.Due to time and budgetary constraints, I opted to skip round three of the series and entered for round four, which was held ...

If you follow this series of articles closely you would have noticed that Project MX-5 looked a tad difference in the last race report. You can read about that race meeting by clicking on this link.The transformation took place in the days leading up to the race weekend, which meant I could not report ...

Project MX-5 did not have a great season-opener at Killarney Raceway a few weeks ago. You can read all about that outing by clicking on this link (Race weekend 1 – 2017). After the disappointment of that event I was keen to get back on track and just enjoy racing again.Successful repairsThe leaking ...

Racing can provide the highest of highs. Ask anyone who track races, the emotions conjured up during the heat of wheel-to-wheel battle are barely describable and, I guess, near impossible to replicate.Those feelings, however, can very quickly turn upside down, given the chance racing can be a cruel mistress, ...

We've done plenty of work on Project MX-5 over the last year and a bit, all of which has been covered in regular updates on this site. You can find all the updates by clicking here or on the links at the bottom of this post.Stock suspensionFor all that we've done to prepare the car for race duties, ...

The 2017 race season is almost upon us and Project MX-5 hasn't been driven in anger since late last year when we visited Killarney Racetrack for the last open track day of 2016.On that occasion, we were bedding-in and trying out the new brake pads as supplied to us by US specialist brake manufacturer, ...