Just a few pics from for sale advert, more will come as I sort it out.

I just made a panty mess!!!! Always loved the white 3 mps

MMMMmmmm, I like that Stu!

Very sharp but needs a more Manly air freshener

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Really really lovely mate. And knowing you this is going to only get better

Well the spending has started. I know these are bad for timing chains and vvt noise, mine is rattling a bit so have ordered full kit from USA.
Also got engine mount inserts on way too.

Yep certainly does. A nice status error zombie one would look cool

Sexy car there big Stu and in one of the best colours

I wonder if your Bj front lip would fit ?

Air freshener is long gone, belonged to previous owner.

Today I changed all the indicator bulbs from orange to silvatec chrome, fortunately I could steal them from the Beej.
Side repeaters though are different story have to change whole unit
Also swapped over third brake light flasher unit.

Have got all the gear together to do a service on it, just waiting on some decent weather.

Meanwhile I've had a play with the grill badge. Going for a red , white and black theme on the car I think.

Lookin' Madazriffic there Stu !

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nice little mod there Stu! Looking forward to seeing this beasty at JAE

New TripleR Composite front splitter arrived today and some red MPS stickers.

Lovely motor mate, these look so good in white...I'm soooo jealous!

So after washing I added go faster stickers

Yesterday I painted calipers red and fitted my splitter ( eventually, after losing half the skin off the back of my hand). Pics to follow.

Today it went in to garage to get timing chain done. Got dreaded phone call saying he'd discovered a problem with my fuel pump
The retaining collet for spring had broken and it was rubbing off cam follower. New pump from Mazda £800 +vat So instead I bought uprated Corksport internals.

Oh what a feeling !
oops sorry wrong Forum

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So car back on road
Here's some pics of progress as promised.
Before

After ( much thanks to Adri for sourcing clear light for me)


Splitter and calipers



Apologies for phone pics.

Looking pretty sharp but you need STG plates now !

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Looking very very nice Stu!!!!

Your more than welcome ! spread the word!

Some pictures from a couple of shows i was at recently( excuse the watermarks)

Dumfries Motor Show





Paul Walker Memorial at Knockhill Racing Circuit

very very nice Stu! love this car!

Really should update what I've been up to with car.
I discovered that my ECU had been locked by a previous owner putting a map on it , this stopped me from upgrading bits. So got second hand ECU and the guys at Versatune synced it to my car to enable me to install their mapping programme. Now being mapped by guy called Justin who is the guru of MPS's.
Have installed 3" intake and GFB blow off valve and am currently waiting on getting a new 3" catless stainless exhaust fitted from turbo back.
Also discovered a leaky rear shock and badly rusted springs so have a Koni STRT suspension kit on route .

Looks great. I'm not a fan of the 3 mps but I love the 6 (or is it 5?) mps.
I really like what you've done to it

So busy couple of days.
Suspension changed all round for Koni STR.T shocks and H&R springs, after fighting with some stubborn bolts.
Also fitted new grooved and dimpled discs all round too.

Goes in next week for exhaust fitting and MOT.

Hi Stu,

just as a matter of interest (for me): Which bolts were stubborn? I've just replaced the suspension on my 04 SP23 and just like to know if we had similar "issues".

Nothing quite like yours, just all round standard KYBs w/ superpro sway bar & lower control arm bushes, sway bar links, front top mounts.

Still I was a complete newbie at this, had no help and half the time was doing it outside at night so I daresay some of my "issues" you'd find rather trivial...like trying to remove the captive nut instead of the bolt on the rear lower shuck mount ('cos I couldn't see it for what it was in the lamp light...perfectly clear in the morning sun)!

Thanks,
Patrick

The most stubborn bolts were the rear top mount ones, had read about them snapping. Mine loosened off ok but tightened the further down the thread they got. One bolt rounded on me half way off so had to hammer smaller socket on to remove it. Also the lower arm bolts were just so tight had massive breaker bar just to get them to move

My rear top bolts were easy but we don't have the salt/corrosion problems DownUnder of course. The threads do tighten but that's due to dirt for us. Only other corrosion found was surface corrosion on a couple of subframe bolts and the lower engine mount bolt, inside away from external moisture exposure... a bit concerning in a way!

I was using a breaker bar for the first time... bought a 600mm (2'). Lucky I have a good socket set to use with it too & plenty of pentrating oil + time assisted too.

My main PITA was the driver's side (RHD, i.e. UK/Oz) Lower Control Arm front mount bolt. This very conveniently placed (not) bolt was blocked by the A/C compressor which is a box bolted to the engine base. The only solution (apart from jacking up the engine) was to remove the LCA rear bolt & knuckle ball joint and twist the unit so I could work the bolt out. Luckily the bush survived the abuse- the local suspension place had said it was the toughest bush! Also during reassembly the rear subframe was lowered so bolting the LCA back into position was then easy due to the extra clearance/angle available.

Oh, by the way...Nice looking car!

Patrick

So bit of an update on MPS life.
Several weeks ago after a flat out 4th gear run (down my private runway ) the car developed a misfire in cylinder 3.
I checked all the usual suspects, plugs and coil packs but misfire stayed with that cylinder.
Compression test showed slight drop in that cylinder but within tolerance. After talking to other MPS owners I decided to change injector seals as these are known to blow' before committing to taking head off engine. Changed them and car ran fine for a bit but again misfired . After my garage messed me about for time slot to have a look at it (they wanted to take the head off) I took it to another mechanic (recommended by another owner). He found that there was no spark to no 3. Got his auto electrician to have a look and found engine loom had been chaffing on battery box bearing 4 wires. One had broken and shorted, blowing a diode in ECU. He repaired it and glad to say all is good again.
Needless to say I'll be changing who works on my car in future.

Had a similar experience prob. ~24 years ago now. Bought a small car (with EFI) second hand from a dealer. Found it would intermittently stall when I'd declutch whilst coming to a standstill, so took it back under warranty. Some genius (and I mean that) there traced the issue (goodness knows how unless they had some TSB about it) to a dry solder joint on the back of the instrument cluster. Had the car back fine that afternoon.

I verified this several years later when I had to fix another dry solder joint on the back of the instrument cluster- winking cluster illumination light was driving (sorry) me CRAAAAAZY!

Patrick