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Murray's
L502 Mira
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Being Managing
Director of Daihatsu New Zealand does have it's advantages. One of them
is a source of cool cars that aren't meant for the NZ domestic market
and another is superbly engineered upgrades for Daihatsu vehicles from
Daihatsu Racing Services.
Murray's lil' "Black Beauty" has received the DRS treatment with a larger
turbo develops 1.4bar of puff with an HKS EVC, up from 0.7bar standard.
The exhaust has also been allowed to breathe easier with
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a larger 48mm diameter
DRS number. As part of the DRS upgrade, "Black Beauty" also received some
mighty fine suspension components including highly uprated springs with
DRS rally struts manufactured by KYB. But unfortunately Murray found the
stiffer suspension a mighty rough ride on the road so the DRS suspension
was scrapped (Doh!!! Ed.) in favour of a custom
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suspension build.
Lowered springs were the order of the day and these were mated to Koni
sport shocks. Up front the coil-over struts were given the adjustable
platform treatment but unfortunately the rear missed out due to the Miras
separate spring/shock trailing arm configuration. Inside, theres the usual
creature comforts - Momo Corse steering wheel, Avanzato sport reclining
seats, VDO white face boost and exhaust temperature gauges, and a
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set
of alloy racing pedals. The stereo system features a Kenwood fold-away
head unit, 4" Panasonics in the front, and 6" Panasonic R-series
in the rear parcel tray. Not exactly the killer system...but Murray's
a race car driver, not a DJ!
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