Monthly Archives: July 2016

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Engine progress

This entry was posted in MX5 Petrolhead and tagged 1uz emerald mx5 v8 w58 on July 18, 2016 by feef

I’ve had the engine on the stand for a week or so now, and I’m making okay progress considering I work for myself and am a single dad with a 5 year old with me half the time. So far I’ve taken off most of the top end in terms […]

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Gearbox time

This entry was posted in MX5 Petrolhead and tagged 1uz mx5 supercharged v8 on July 11, 2016 by feef

So I now have a 1UZ engine, a big V8 lump that revs to 6100rpm and produces peak power at 5000rpm (using the stock ECU), and it’s replacing a revvier 1800 inline 4 that hit the rev limiter at over 7200rpm. In my 2002 MX5 Sport, it is a 6 […]

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That’s a lot of engine!

This entry was posted in MX5 Petrolhead and tagged 1uz mx5 supercharged v8 on July 4, 2016 by feef

After trawling websites, calling breakers, looking at donor cars and generally becoming aufait with the entire UK supply of 1UZ engines, I found a chap in Banbury who sells 1UZ engines as “kit engines” which have been extracted from the donor cars complete with ECU, wiring, all sensors, pulleys, pumps, […]

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