**MOT Failure and Road Legal Makeover**
The car's MOT test was a disappointment, with the inspector citing several issues with the exhaust system. However, upon closer inspection, it became clear that the problems were not as severe as initially thought. The examiner had noted that the rear submountings were close to the flaky areas, but further investigation revealed that they were actually quite solid. With a bit of TLC and some clever repair work, this car was ready for its road legal makeover.
**The Exhaust System Makeover**
The exhaust system was one of the first components to be tackled. A new exhaust pipe was fitted, complete with a cool coating and a HKS finish. The old exhaust was carefully removed, and the new one was fitted, taking care not to damage any surrounding components. Next, the air filter was replaced, along with a new spark plug, which was surprisingly small in comparison to the rest of the car. A special HKS filter was installed, ensuring that the engine would breathe easily.
**The ECU Upgrade**
The next major upgrade was the installation of a new ECU (Engine Control Unit). The old ECU was removed and replaced with a new K-Sport unit, which promised to be "Plug and Play". This meant that minimal adjustments were required to get the car running smoothly. After some tweaking, the car was ready for a test drive, and the results were impressive. The engine sounded more purposeful, and the turbo noise was noticeably louder.
**Dry Ice Blasting**
Meanwhile, a new toy had arrived at the workshop - a dry ice blasting machine. This machine uses liquid nitrogen to blast away old sealants, rust, and grime from surfaces. The owner of the car, Steve, wanted to test it out on his NSX, which had been acquired recently. Half of the car was already done, but there was still plenty of work to be done. With the dry ice blasting machine, the process was quick and efficient, leaving the surface smooth and clean.
**The New K-Sport ECU Results**
After installing the new ECU, Yuki decided to give it a test drive. The results were remarkable - the car sounded different from the inside and out, with a noticeable boost in power. The ignition seemed to have improved, and the turbo noise was more pronounced than before. While not quite 100 horsepower, the numbers promised by this ECU upgrade looked promising. With any luck, Yuki would soon be able to push his NSX to new heights on the dyno.
**The Future of the Project Car**
As we left the workshop, it was clear that this project car had undergone a significant transformation. Half of the car was now done, and with the dry ice blasting machine in play, the rest should follow soon. The ECU upgrade had been a major success, and the sound of the engine was music to our ears. Coilovers, brake kits, wheels, and tires were on the horizon, along with more upgrades to push this car to its limits. With Drivetrack, we'll keep you updated on Yuki's progress and share every twist and turn along the way.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe are setting out to take on the king of entry-level sports cars the Mark 1 Mazda MX-5 and this little car here is our weapon of choice Yuki the Suzuki we are back a Japanese car specialist torque GT to make this little cappuccino as quick as possible with some simple modifications what are we starting with then well Yuki has a 0.6 liter three-cylinder turbocharged engine that poops out 63 horsepower he has standard k-car suspension standard k-car brakes a standard air box and exhaust everything is soft and Tiny and those aren't adjectives that are going to help us beat an MX-5 So the plan is coilovers from BC racing a brake upgrade from taroks an exhaust air filter and spark plugs from HKS a reprogrammed ECU from America that has Yuki stenciled on it how cool is that and then we're going to get some Modern tires on the car as well probably gonna go with Bridgestone for those I do have some bad news for you guys but before we get to that I'd like to introduce today's video sponsor car vertical a car vertical report gives you a comprehensive look at a vehicle's history and it'll tell you whether it's ever been crashed stolen clocked or has outstanding Finance on it and by using our discount code drivetribe you can get 10 off that's exactly what I did when I bought Yuki and this is his car vertical report right here good news all green techs across the top he's never been in a shunt no one has nicked him he's clean but further down the reports is where I should have been more attentive if I look through the data log now you start to pick up on a pattern Yuki has failed a lot of mots in his past the first few aren't too worrying but then you get to 2013 where he failed for corrosion 2014 failed for corrosion 2015 failed for corrosion 2016 all the way through to 2022 when I bought this car he is needed welding every single year so despite the car vertical report no looking as hellish as some of the other ones we've shown you guys in the past I should have paid much more attention to the meaty information in the report I will show you the result of all of that once this car is up on the ramp in a sec but I thoroughly recommend checking your own car on car vertical so use our discount code drivetribe or click the exclusive Link in the description below to get 10 off on your reports thank you to carvertical for sponsoring today's video Suzuki cappuccinos normally suffer from serious serious rust issues but I thought I had bought a good one because I paid a little bit more for it but I'm afraid to say Yuki's quite ill the car has been here since 1994 so it's fair to say it would have obviously had some rust repair but the sheer extent of it is like nothing I've ever seen I mean it's good that it's been done but I mean it's just ridiculous let's count the patches just on this one side one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fourteen just like mot patches down just one side of the car and the other side is almost a mirror image as I say it's solid if I get my screwdriver out it's all completely solid at to the front so in terms of MOT it looks nasty but it's fine at the back however my screwdriver starts to disappear quite high up and it's a bit flaky both sides So currently UK would not get through a UK mot because these bits are far too close to the rear subprint mountings don't worry he's not going to go in the bin we are going to sort out these bits so that this car is road legal once again Paul we've got a whole load of Kit to make this absolutely rapid hopefully um you said to me we should start with the exhaust shall we have a look at this and see what we're working with yeah sure I mean the one that went on Richard Subaru from HKS was lovely so I'm hoping this as much as that sure would be the same quality and go oh it's got a cool coating on it okay some back parts and then this tools yeah that'll be your front pipe from there to here I thought probably other way around other way around yeah so that'll probably be there okay like that and then this one obviously will go on that okay let's pack this Rusty one out mm-hmm this is by far the smallest air box I've ever seen on a car I need a little filter in there might have sucked this will be producing is just the HKS filter flew straight on so we moved the fancy new spark plugs with everything back in place we quickly quacked in an upgraded Lambda sensor before I got deep into Yuki's fruit well to extract the standard ECU the new k-sport ECU then simply screwed into place in the original housing before being plugged back in so that Yuki was ready to test his new bits foreign to the body shop because torque have recently bought a new toy Steve you're messing about with it today yes dry ice blasting so this is an NSX and what you've done half of the car we've done half of that yeah we've done half of that side oh no we've done that side and this side we've yet to do so this side is still British and this side is I mean it's factory fresh yeah it certainly it's a cleaning machine it's it's not a blaster it's a cleaning machine so basically it doesn't damage anything it just takes off all the old under seal anything that isn't uh you know Factory so it won't damage it there is a slight differentiation because I mean this was as you can see from this side already quite a clean car yeah so it can't strip away like corrosion like really nasty surface rust no no it doesn't do anything to the rust it takes off anything flaky anything alien anything dirty okay well I'll let you have another play that side of the car is now going to look like this side very quickly it will do okay let's see it foreign form a project car underneath good for a thought this is so cool with that the k-sport ECU is installed and we've been told it's Plug and Play so will Yuki start try again try again ignition almost sounds like the ignition's advanced a little bit too much yeah try again it does sound different all right turn off back on again okay no horrendous noises but maybe not quite right we've been easy you just needs to kind of think itself through yeah try again okay yeah we'll go with that we've just popped the Bonnet to have a look and a listen and you keep sounding so much more purposeful now it's as if the ECU just had to think things through and get used to the car but no this cappuccino window actually sounds like it has a turbo I imagine the ignition tightening means there's more exhaust gas coming through now so it's creating more boost already he is ready for the dino foreign happy with today a really productive session with this car so from the top we put a new exhaust on them put some new spark plugs new Lambda sensor new air filter and then that new ECU what a difference all of that is made just immediately turning the car on it sounds so different and that turbo noise has got me very excited for what numbers this thing's going to be pushing on the dyno it's all relative he was 63 to start with I kind of want 100 horsepower but we'll just need to wait and see that Dino Run will be happening in the next episode along with coilovers a brake kit wheels and tires so if you like this video give it a thumbs up I'd be Mike and don't forget to subscribe to drivetrack thank youwe are setting out to take on the king of entry-level sports cars the Mark 1 Mazda MX-5 and this little car here is our weapon of choice Yuki the Suzuki we are back a Japanese car specialist torque GT to make this little cappuccino as quick as possible with some simple modifications what are we starting with then well Yuki has a 0.6 liter three-cylinder turbocharged engine that poops out 63 horsepower he has standard k-car suspension standard k-car brakes a standard air box and exhaust everything is soft and Tiny and those aren't adjectives that are going to help us beat an MX-5 So the plan is coilovers from BC racing a brake upgrade from taroks an exhaust air filter and spark plugs from HKS a reprogrammed ECU from America that has Yuki stenciled on it how cool is that and then we're going to get some Modern tires on the car as well probably gonna go with Bridgestone for those I do have some bad news for you guys but before we get to that I'd like to introduce today's video sponsor car vertical a car vertical report gives you a comprehensive look at a vehicle's history and it'll tell you whether it's ever been crashed stolen clocked or has outstanding Finance on it and by using our discount code drivetribe you can get 10 off that's exactly what I did when I bought Yuki and this is his car vertical report right here good news all green techs across the top he's never been in a shunt no one has nicked him he's clean but further down the reports is where I should have been more attentive if I look through the data log now you start to pick up on a pattern Yuki has failed a lot of mots in his past the first few aren't too worrying but then you get to 2013 where he failed for corrosion 2014 failed for corrosion 2015 failed for corrosion 2016 all the way through to 2022 when I bought this car he is needed welding every single year so despite the car vertical report no looking as hellish as some of the other ones we've shown you guys in the past I should have paid much more attention to the meaty information in the report I will show you the result of all of that once this car is up on the ramp in a sec but I thoroughly recommend checking your own car on car vertical so use our discount code drivetribe or click the exclusive Link in the description below to get 10 off on your reports thank you to carvertical for sponsoring today's video Suzuki cappuccinos normally suffer from serious serious rust issues but I thought I had bought a good one because I paid a little bit more for it but I'm afraid to say Yuki's quite ill the car has been here since 1994 so it's fair to say it would have obviously had some rust repair but the sheer extent of it is like nothing I've ever seen I mean it's good that it's been done but I mean it's just ridiculous let's count the patches just on this one side one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fourteen just like mot patches down just one side of the car and the other side is almost a mirror image as I say it's solid if I get my screwdriver out it's all completely solid at to the front so in terms of MOT it looks nasty but it's fine at the back however my screwdriver starts to disappear quite high up and it's a bit flaky both sides So currently UK would not get through a UK mot because these bits are far too close to the rear subprint mountings don't worry he's not going to go in the bin we are going to sort out these bits so that this car is road legal once again Paul we've got a whole load of Kit to make this absolutely rapid hopefully um you said to me we should start with the exhaust shall we have a look at this and see what we're working with yeah sure I mean the one that went on Richard Subaru from HKS was lovely so I'm hoping this as much as that sure would be the same quality and go oh it's got a cool coating on it okay some back parts and then this tools yeah that'll be your front pipe from there to here I thought probably other way around other way around yeah so that'll probably be there okay like that and then this one obviously will go on that okay let's pack this Rusty one out mm-hmm this is by far the smallest air box I've ever seen on a car I need a little filter in there might have sucked this will be producing is just the HKS filter flew straight on so we moved the fancy new spark plugs with everything back in place we quickly quacked in an upgraded Lambda sensor before I got deep into Yuki's fruit well to extract the standard ECU the new k-sport ECU then simply screwed into place in the original housing before being plugged back in so that Yuki was ready to test his new bits foreign to the body shop because torque have recently bought a new toy Steve you're messing about with it today yes dry ice blasting so this is an NSX and what you've done half of the car we've done half of that yeah we've done half of that side oh no we've done that side and this side we've yet to do so this side is still British and this side is I mean it's factory fresh yeah it certainly it's a cleaning machine it's it's not a blaster it's a cleaning machine so basically it doesn't damage anything it just takes off all the old under seal anything that isn't uh you know Factory so it won't damage it there is a slight differentiation because I mean this was as you can see from this side already quite a clean car yeah so it can't strip away like corrosion like really nasty surface rust no no it doesn't do anything to the rust it takes off anything flaky anything alien anything dirty okay well I'll let you have another play that side of the car is now going to look like this side very quickly it will do okay let's see it foreign form a project car underneath good for a thought this is so cool with that the k-sport ECU is installed and we've been told it's Plug and Play so will Yuki start try again try again ignition almost sounds like the ignition's advanced a little bit too much yeah try again it does sound different all right turn off back on again okay no horrendous noises but maybe not quite right we've been easy you just needs to kind of think itself through yeah try again okay yeah we'll go with that we've just popped the Bonnet to have a look and a listen and you keep sounding so much more purposeful now it's as if the ECU just had to think things through and get used to the car but no this cappuccino window actually sounds like it has a turbo I imagine the ignition tightening means there's more exhaust gas coming through now so it's creating more boost already he is ready for the dino foreign happy with today a really productive session with this car so from the top we put a new exhaust on them put some new spark plugs new Lambda sensor new air filter and then that new ECU what a difference all of that is made just immediately turning the car on it sounds so different and that turbo noise has got me very excited for what numbers this thing's going to be pushing on the dyno it's all relative he was 63 to start with I kind of want 100 horsepower but we'll just need to wait and see that Dino Run will be happening in the next episode along with coilovers a brake kit wheels and tires so if you like this video give it a thumbs up I'd be Mike and don't forget to subscribe to drivetrack thank you\n"
