Cyberpunk Mx5 - Mad Mike's Summer Bash 2022 (Patreon)

Back in December I took the Mx5 to Mad Mike's Summer Bash down in Hampton Downs so figured I'd jump back in here and drop a small update and a bit of a photo dump.First off a quick couple photos showing how the car has been looking the past couple months. I haven't had much time to work on it with the Stagea build going on but I've still been loving how it's sitting at the moment.You'll see on the rear of the car I've finally fitted the isolator switch for the battery.And while I was doing that I also threw together a quick box to hold my rear ballast in place (I swapped the rear coilovers into my beige one and so this one is just on lowering springs in the rear)They were both super quick jobs to stop me having to get into the boot now that I've got the new roof but I'm still super happy with how they came out.This switch wont be staying in this location as I have some plans for new tail lights on this that are going to mean moving around a lot of the rear end of this car but it will do for now.So as I mentioned, the reason for getting back into this build was Mad Mike's Summer Bash. This is the first major show of the year and so my first real opportunity to get the Miata to an event. It also had an open track session for show cars to cruise the international circuit at Hampton Downs. Couldn't say no to that, but the car did need a little bit more work to pass safety checks.Front lip had a bad encounter with the bottom of our driveway so that had to be repaired.With the car pretty much ready it was loaded up onto a trailer to head out to the show.The day itself was awesome, loads of on track drifting, gymkhana, and the summer bash drift tournament with D1NZ legends Gaz Whiter and Darren Kelly alongside Mad Mike and Lincoln Whiddet.

The best part of the day for me though by far was taking the mx5 on the track for the first time.It wasn't a proper track day, just a parade cruise basically, but towards the end of the day once the cars had thinned out those speed limits became very optional.The best part was just getting an opportunity to capture the car on track and also give the widebody a good shakedown. This was actually my first time testing my bodykit design under heavy cornering and I'm super stoked to say that on my setup there was no rubbing at all.The car was gutless as you'd expect from a stock 1.6 but the handling and grip with these R888rs was insane. The car just kept gripping and wouldn't let go, really drove a lot better than I'd expect for something that was never designed as a track car.Getting it on the track actually did prove to be a bit of a mission with the car needing a lot of small things the days before the show. Among the smaller things like seatbelts and loose items in the interior, I had to come up with a working brake light design since mine were non functional placeholders.I've already got a design in mind but didn't have the time to make the real deal for this show but I was able to give a proof of concept a go and things are looking really promising for the final version.But that's pretty much all the spare time I can afford on this Mx5 and now I've got to get back into the Stagea build. Luckily I'm still completely loving both of these builds and where they're heading so I've got plenty of motivation to just get stuck in to the bodywork on the Stagea and hopefully finish up this conversion pretty quick.