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Here’s Part 2 of my insight into some of my favourite builds from the JDM Style Tuning forums. For Part 1, click here.
Posts Tagged ‘mazda’
April 19th, 2013
Forum spotlight: JDMST (pt1)
I’m a member of many different forums, but I’m not much of a poster. JDM Style Tuning was one of the first forums that I really got involved in, posting regularly and attending meets. While I don’t post there much these days, I still like to read the forum almost daily and make the odd [...]
October 18th, 2012
Project Speedster MX5
Here’s another build I’ve had my eye on for a while which was recently completed. Like most people these days, I’m a fan of appropriately modified Mazda MX5‘s. But being such a popular platform, it becomes harder to get one to stand out from the sea of Roadsters, without ending up with an over-modded abomination. [...]
Posted in Build Threads 
Tags: clubroadster, convertible, fabrication, mazda, miata, mx5, roadster, speedster 
4 Comments »July 4th, 2012
4-Rotor FC RX7
So, the last RX7 I posted was devoid of a rotary engine, so here’s another one that keeps it’s Wankel roots, but with a twist. If you love engineering, machining, welding, lathes, heat treatments, stress analysis, and 3D renders, then you’re going to love this completely custom made 4-rotor powerplant. Definitely one for the tech-heads [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 4-rotor, custom, engineering, mazda, rotary, rotor, rx7, scandinavian 2 Comments »June 17th, 2012
MotoIQ.com – Project V8 RX7
One of my favourite websites, MotoIQ, has just finished up one of their staff builds, Project V8 RX7. As it’s title suggests, it’s a Mazda RX7 receiving a V8 engine transplant, an California Smog-Legal E-Rod LS3 to be precise. The build is documented in trademark MotoIQ style (more signal, less noise) so head below to [...]
May 16th, 2012
Midmounted Mazda Minitruck
This following build was part of the teasers I placed in my “Best of 2010″ guest-post on Speedhunters last year. Out of the 5 teasers, I have only managed to do a follow-up feature one of them, The Widow Maker. Well, here’s number two! This minitruck is like no other I’ve seen. It might be [...]
Posted in Build Threads, Videos Tags: air ride, airbags, mazda, mid-mount, minitruck, turbo, V8 5 Comments »February 15th, 2012
LS3 NC MX5
In the past I’ve seen plenty of pictures of NA MX5′s with their windscreens chopped off, hurling around a race track with a minimal amount of metal left on the car in the interests of faster lap times. But I have to say, this would be the first time I’ve seen the same treatment being [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: engine conversion, LS3, mazda, miata, mx5, roadster, SCCA, speedster, V8 4 Comments »January 9th, 2012
Teenage Dirtbag – NA MX5
If there’s a person who embodies the spirit/mantra/black magic of Build Threads and the people who get it post tag, it’s definitely Bruce aka Mystery Machine from the Retro Rides forum. He’s someone who lives and breathes cars while also enjoying the challenge of taking cracking photos whilst wrenching, and documenting his actions as clearly [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: area 52, mazda, miata, mx5, mystery machine, people who get it, retro rides 5 Comments »September 21st, 2011
MX5 Comic Book build
Recently I created a new post tag called “People who get it”, for those occasions where an owner or builder will put extra effort into their threads to make for an enjoyable and informative read. But where to from there? Is that as good as it gets? Is it possible to take it a step [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: comic, comic book, mazda, miata, mx5, people who get it, roadster, supercharged 3 Comments »March 3rd, 2011
Speedhunters: Best of 2010
Here is my second and final guest-post for Speedhunters in 2011. You can read the actual story by clicking here. As usual, I like to post it on my own blog as well for archiving. There are some teaser shots of new upcoming builds to be featured in 2011, so make sure you stay tuned [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: 13b, 13bt, chev, chevy, datsun, garage, garage condo, lexibug, mazda, miata, mx5, mx520, nova, roadster, rotary, Speedhunters 2011, volksrod 2 Comments »
