SSC Stylus

[MattD]

http://www.clubstylus.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1317

Announcement on ClubStylus some of you may be interested in

[jeffw]

Congrats Matt...I'm sure you will do it justice.

[pigeondave]

Exciting news

Good luck with the project and dont forget a Twitface page showing the demo car build.
Might whet a few appetites

[dopdog]

Good news Matt wish you all the best moving forward.

[adithorp]

Great news. The design didn't deserve to be virtually abandoned. It's crying out for a conversion to MX5 single donor (yes I appreciate it's a lot of work).

Good luck!

[RobMsport]

How many diff ratios can be had for MX5's though

[CMA]

Geat news thet the car is back from hibernation

MX5 has to be a good option for the way forward for a donor. Easy to add forced induction on at a later date, cheap as chips to buy one too. And with some patience the original dials, wiring loom and clocks can be used. Keeping the cost down.

Take a look at the Roadrunner SR2 and see what they can do with the MX5 as a donor.

As for diffs, from here: http://www.miata.net/garage/KnowYourCar/S8_Gears.html

Differentials
The higher the ratio number the greater is the number of turns of the tail shaft to turn the wheels once. For example, a 4.3:1 ratio, as in the NA6A models, requires 4.3 turns of the tail shaft to turn the wheels once. The 1.8 litre cars in the NA and early NB models had a 4.1:1 ratio; the NB8B had a 3.636:1 ratio. Once again the NB8A anniversary models were different; having a limited slip differential with a 3.909:1 ratio. Limited Slip Differentials available in the 1.6 litre models were viscous LSD's. The viscous LSD contained a silicone fluid. When one wheel began to spin it caused the fluid on that side to spin and in doing so becomes thick and transfers the motion to the other side of the differential. The 1.8 litre cars came with Torsen type differentials (4.1:1 in NA8A models and 3.909:1 in the NB Anniversary 6 speed models). A Torsen LSD uses parallel helix gears to keep the torque balanced to each drive wheel.

The NB8B models have a 3.636:1 ratio open differential.

[RobMsport]

The 4.1 and 4.3 are usefull for a kit but the others wouldn't be much use unless you are bike powered , two good ratios though

[adithorp]

Are you saying mazda MX5 diff ratios don't suit MX5 engines? Afterall thats what you'd be using with a single donor car.

[RobMsport]

No , definitely not saying that but how many people actually build kits with the donor engine OR keep it after having run it a few years , most of us change engines at some point unless of course you're thinking that the majority would build a totally road car and never track it -- then I could see a kit sales advantage for a single doner It never entered my head to go that route even when first built as a road car.