Meet Panda2 built by Ste Nelson of West Sussex, England. This incredible dual purpose road and track car is fast and powerful and looks really good, too! Follow his incredible build thread over at
MX5Nutz. The car is currently
for sale to make way for Ste to purchase a Lotus but I think he is going to regret it! There is a lot of time, money and effort into this build and it cannot be duplicated for the £7,500 asking price.
Body
- Full respray in Renault Storm Grey (KNQ)
- 'Rustfree' shell, with sills replaced by MX5Restorer
- Lightened - all unnecessary brackets removed
- Interior seam sealer removed
- New OEM Mazda replacement wings
- Honeybourne Mouldings lightweight hardtop with plastic rear screen
- Autokonexion V2 ducktail bootlid fitted with Aerocatch flush mount latches
- Early lightweight doors, pre-impact bars with manual crank window lifts
- Interior metal skin trimmed to reduce weight
- Garage Vary lightweight GRP front bumper without marker mouldings
- Rear bumper with aero cut out and marker mouldings filled
- JDM finish panel with lock hole removed and filled.
- SPA carbon mirrors
- Moss turn signal intakes
- Garage Vary front bumper lip spoiler
- Bonnet catch removed and bonnet mounted on Aerocatch flush mount latches
- Plastics4performance Lexan Margard windows
- Bespoke, lightweight Ardler Automotive wiring loom including engine bay wire tuck
Paint was inspired by this French hot hatch Renault Clio RenaultSport 200
Chassis
- HSD coilovers
- Ultra Racing uprated adjustable anti-roll (sway) bars
- De-powered steering rack
- Alignment to custom specs
Engine & Drivetrain
- 1999 BP head from a JDM NB RS - skimmed, ported and flowed by Gugliemi Motorsport
- Fitted with Supertech uprated valve springs, Supertech titanium retainers and Supertech valve stem oil seals
- Maruha 272 / 264 cams
- Maruha shim-under bucket lifters
- 2002 NB2 VVT 'high compression' bottom end, rebuilt with new genuine rings and new genuine Mazda gaskets
- Jenvey TB45 Individual Throttle Bodies on Jenvey NB manifold, Jenvey throttle linkage, vacuum parts, etc.
- Jenvey custom offset backplate
- Reverie Zolder carbon airbox with ITG internal filter
- Bosch injectors
- Fuel pressure regulator for ITBs
- MS2 Megasquirt with custom Ardler Automotive loom including wideband Lambda sensor
- 8mm silicone spark plug wires (red)
- Fidanza vernier cam gears
- GarageStar lightweight waterpump and alternator pulleys
- Chopped NA cam cover
- Maruha carbon cam gear cover
- Racing Beat 4-1 exhaust manifold
- QP Decat pipe
- RS Factory Stage N-Zero 2 exhaust
- 52mm aluminum radiator
- Maruha radiator cap
- Mocal 13row thermostat controlled oil cooler
- Mocal vented oil catch tank
- All hoses changed to silicone - black
- Coolant re-route
- F1 Stage 3 uprated paddle clutch
- F1 lightweight 4.5kg flywheel
- Torsen LSD
- IL Motorsport stiffer engine mounts
Wheels and Tires
- 949 Racing 6UL - 15x8 ET36 (satin black)
- P195/50/15 Avon ZZR tires
- 949 Racing open-ended lug nuts
- 949 Racing aluminum spigot rings
- 3mm hubcentric spacers
Brakes
- 1.8 hubs with extended ARP wheelstuds
- 1.8 brake calipers
- OEM Genuine Mazda discs
- Carbon Lorraine RC6 pads
- HEL Stainless brake lines and distribution block
- HEL single piece braided clutch hose
- ATE Superblue fluid
- Jass brake master cylinder stopper
- Factory compensator removed
- NB Brake Servo
- NB Brake Master Cylinder
- Tilton brake bias valve
Interior
- Stripped out of factory trim, carpets etc.
- All unnecessary brackets, metalwork and seam sealer removed
- Lightweight cut-down dash
- Custom carbon dash panel
- Bespoke Ardler Automotive interior loom - ECU (MS2) moved to transmission tunnel
- Electrical kill switch
- HardDog M1 Hard Core rollbar with harness bar and custom X-Brace
- TRL doorbars
- Recaro SPG seats fitted to MSA spec on side mounts (factory humps removed)
- Shroth 6 points harnesses (Porsche 996 GT3 RS)
- Suede 330mm Momo 78 steering wheel
- 'Driftworks' removable steering wheel boss
- White nylon gearknob
- Jass lightweight hardtop fitting kit
- Lightweight Lucas battery
- Rallye Design lightweight alloy passenger footrest
- Lightweight vinyl doorcards
- Wind-up windows
- Porsche RS door pulls (red)
Miscellaneous
- PAS removed
- AC removed
- Jaas stainless front tow hook
- Rennenmetal rear tow hook
- Hidden lightweight washer fluid bag and pump
- Crystal Autopal headlights with Osram Nightbreaker Ultimate bulbs
