http://www.jerrah.com Jeremy Caldwell's infrequent blog. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:03:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I investigated five seperate bike shops on the south side of Brisbane and was quite disappointed in the lack of choice and variety in the stocked mountain bike tyres. Very few UST choices and shops universally only carried the Maxxis range - and even then they left out the ... http://www.jerrah.com/2010/01/16/lack-of-choice/ Not sure who the author is of this gem but I thought I'd share: http://www.jerrah.com/2010/01/16/someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet/ I was reading the mx5cartalk forum and it has been claimed that Jay Leno quite likes the Mazda MX5 and has used a supercharged one as his daily driver. In the same thread was a link to a James May article where he suggests putting an Alfa V6 into one. http://www.jerrah.com/2010/01/06/jay-leno-and-james-may/ I haven't had much time to work on the DIYPNP this week but I've added the resistors and diodes. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Getting there"][/caption] http://www.jerrah.com/2009/10/17/diypnp-progress-1/ My DIYPNP engine management kit arrived today. I haven’t had a chance to do much with it yet but I hope to regularly post updates of my progress. As you can imagine I have ... http://www.jerrah.com/2009/10/14/diypnp-ecu-kit-arrives/ When I purchased my Mazda MX5 it came fitted with Koni Sport shocks which were set to their lowest setting. These particular shock absorbers have three different adjustments for height based on a sliding spring seat and a circlip. Whilst they are a very popular replacement shock absorber for many ... http://www.jerrah.com/2009/10/12/adjusting-koni-sport-shock-absorbers/ This last weekend I have been helping a friend to paint their car. Well I've been getting them to do all the sanding and surface preparation and I'm silly enough to do the paint spraying (and inhaling). This weekend we got an undercoat layer on the outside of the panels ... http://www.jerrah.com/2009/10/11/mx5-painting/ I am in the process of undertaking a DIYPNP project for my 1991 MX5. This new kit is based on the Megasquirt II design and won’t work with the existing Megasquirt I baseline maps. I may try to use the 1.8L MX5 DIYPNP maps but I plan to double ... http://www.jerrah.com/2009/10/04/basic-settings-from-90-93-megasquirt-i/ Went out to pick up some 2nd hand racing tyres & found no less than 5 nails though the casing. I instead came home with a perfect dasboard & heater box. http://www.jerrah.com/2009/09/08/tuesday/ The MX5 club of Queensland is held a sprint track day at Queensland Raceway today. I recorded some video and photos of the action. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="My NA6 ready for some track day fun."][/caption] This was my first time around Queensland Raceway and I completed 16 laps of the Sprint ... http://www.jerrah.com/2009/09/03/queensland-raceway-03092009/