Hi
I have bought a mk1 eunos that was imported in 1998 and the registration document says declared manufacture in 1994.
The registration document just says “model mx5 1830cc”.
Is there a way of telling what model and specification it is?
It has air conditioning.
What BHP would it have been?
What type of LSD would it have?
Any other information.
Thanks for any info
Cheers
Mark
Should be a sticker on door shut with some details.
It’s a Laguna Blue S-Special. The door sticker will confirm. For Japan, Laguna Blue was only offered for the S-Special, which means:
Standard 125-130hp engine (depending on the quoting source)
4.100 T1 Torsen
Bilstein Suspension pack (Bilstein shocks, matched springs, matched bumpstops, modified trackrod end, 20mm front anti-roll bar, front strut brace)
Nardi steering wheel and matching leather gear knob
Pioneer MSSS audio
14" BBS wheels. Yours has lost them.
If those wheels are 17 inch you may also want to loose those aswell. 15 inch is considered the optimum size on a MK1.
Well, except for those optimum 14" wheels fitted on most Mk1 MX5s.
Wheel selection isn’t just about wheel diameter; you can mess things up badly picking some random 15" paperweight. Add in wheel width, offset, back spacing, centre bore size in the consideration for the optimum wheel. I have no idea what the optimum wheel is for the Mk1. Don’t think anyone has determined that, except for pet favourites.
This month marks for me 20 years of Mk1 ownership. In that time, I have seen raging discussions about wheels, and what’s best. I tend to fall back to “if you’re happy with them, stick with them” these days.
Pretty good advice really…
Are you psychic??? - How do you infer all that from:
?
I actually came here to ask exactly the same question, having just bought a MK1 Eunos. Do I need to add any details, or can you tell me already???
I originally posted this on the New Forum Members area, but it generated no response: It’s a silver Mk1 Eunos, it has a VLSD and BBS 14" wheels, I looked up the VIN on Japan Partner .com - it was made in May 1992 and the Model Code is N002-31D. Is there any way of decoding that?
Thanks
Laguna Blue is a giveaway. It was made for a single year only, and in Japan, was only available on the 93-94 S-Special.
As for your car, as it is Silver Stone, it can only be one of two models; base or a S-Package. Base cars are usually denoted by a 3-spoke plastic rimmed steering wheel. S-Packages got a Momo wheel. Base cars often, but not always, had no PAS or power windows. Relatively rare. In contrast, the S-Package was the most popular trim level
I would imagine you have a S-Package.
BBS wheels were factory fit for the S-Special, which in 1992, was only available in red or black. However, this wheel style was also a dealer fit option.
As for the model code, if you can read Japanese, you can make sense of it:
http://www.do-da.co.jp/sun-mec/partslist.html
The codes are buried in these files, in Japanese. This code is a very basic classification, whether it is manual, has power steering etc. The katasiki ruibetsu coding I believe is more interesting. This is literally “model categorization”
Quick question to you all is the S Special a Ltd Edition because my last one was a Laguna blue one but never mentioned anything on the door panel it just said base model.?.
It’s the one on my profile with original BBS on.
No, and not all S-Specials are marked up as such on the door sticker.
eg.
My S-Special II (1996) had nothing listed. My S-Limited (1993) does. My M2-1002 (1992) had nothing.
Mmm wonder why they do that cause the one I have now a chaste white Eunos is an sr Ltd.
I imagine that I do, it does have PAS, electric windows and a Momo wheel
I think that the model code is broken out on the Japan-Partner site, it shows things like VLSD, MT5, A/C…
The door sticker will require forensic analysis to read, so there is no hope of a K-R code.
I still can’t figure out where you got Laguna Blue from, MxMark doesn’t mention the colour and there is no photo (that I can see).
The intention is to keep you on your toes…
S-Special, S-Package, are standard trim levels, not special editions, so no need to put anything there. Buit they did on eary models. the SR-Limited was a special edition.
As for the M2-1002, I suppose that is a special case as it was hand made.
A photo is visible. Open the link below. Japan-partner does the spec for some, but not others. As IO said, that code is basis. The KS data should show radio option etc. Early model data (pre-94) is very incomplete, so its not clear where the Russians are getting the data from.