My first MX5 for Ma5da racing

[Furyblade_Lee]

I have finally bitten the bullit and got my first one. I have been around MX5's for years, and done more than a few track and airfield days in Blighty and Europe as my best mate has had several Eunos's (Euni?) I have got a '93 black Eunos 1.6 for a good price with the intention of racing it in the Ma5da championship. First job is to sell the hardtop which should contribute towards the wheels and suspension cost, I am going to let my wife use it through the summer in that guise before totally converting it in the Autumn. My plan is to keep the car road legal as I am apparently light enough to do this at 75kgs. I have been doing karting and trackdays for 11 years and used to do short oval racing in my youth, so am quite excited about going racing for real again. I also havexa Yamaha R1 powered car which is eligible for the 750mc RGB Championship. However that category has become real cheque book racing with cars being commissioned at £40k, and back up and testing to match, so I am looking for something a lot more realistic. I will be asking quite a few dumb questions so please bear with me until that BIG PH sticker gets paraded around the circuits!

[bluetone]

Welcome! Sounds like you're going to have a blast

[Gizmo!]

Brilliant

I saw the Ma5das at Silverstone last autumn, they had a blast.

Quite a bit of this went on too

[bluetone]

They were nose-to-tail at Castle Combe last year as well - great racing.

[Furyblade_Lee]

Well the car I have bought seems to drive like its 5 years old not 17! So I am under pressure from the family to have this one as a keeper! So plans are afoot to buy another 1.6 Eunos, a bit of a ropey one bodywise. Honestly the one I have seems a crime to turn it into a racer, but thats why i bought it!!

[Herman Toothrot]

So your going to do this series :-
http://www.ma5daracing.com/index.php

Does it have a parts list like this one :-
http://www.max5racing.com/for_sale_parts.html

Just wondering about roll cages they use really, how they fit, if they are any sort of roof compatible etc I think a proper cage would be good for my track day car rather than the half cage its got at the minute, seeing to many pics of cars with flattened windscreens.

[Furyblade_Lee]

The roll cage you can only buy from a guy called Paul who specialises in MX5 racing near Oulton Park. I think they are £895+VAT from memory, but you cannot use any type of roof with them, as they go up a bit higher. I will be keeping my racer road legal so I will use the company which makes the tonneau for my kitcar to make me a tonneau for the MX5.

[Don Phil]

Did you find one that you thought was suitable???

Possible bargain here? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1543254.htm

All the best with the series, looks like great fun!