The Tipo 184 Assembly Guide
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- An easy, step by step instructional guide on how to transform your Mk2 Mazda MX5 (Miata) into the fabulous Dowsetts Classic Cars Tipo184.com
It really is this easy folks using just basic hand tools (& an hours hire of an engine hoist)
Roll up those sleeves & lets go build something amazing!
For Kit information & prices please go to tipo184.com
Looking forward to starting mine now that I know it will only take me 47 minutes and 26 seconds! Very easy video to follow so compliments to those involved.
Awesome, right!?, I remodeled my entire kitchen in 30 minutes!!
Should be able to knock 10 minutes off with a electric rattle gun
Just keep the wife away from the garage.
Geniall
By fast forwarding, you might cut your build time considerably!
A beautifully thought out and engineered kit. What a joy it is to watch a video which gets straight to the point, no fuss, no waffle, no wasted time a clear narration and detailed camera work. Well done guys.
Many thanks for your kind words, we filmed it with a young friend of my son who has started a career in film making. (I think he did a great job!) Just the two of us over a couple of days, with a hand from the Dowsetts team for any heavy lifting
Just seen the Tipo on The Late Brake Show. What a fantastic kit you’ve designed, I’d love one but such a toy is beyond me, however, I wish you every success. Subscribed.
Beautiful engineered and not a power tool in sight. Well done.
I just became aware of this wonderful, well designed motorcar. I am simply taken with it, and applaud you guys for a masterful piece of craftsmanship! I live in the States and hope to afford this in the next year, unless a generous patron steps up to help me out!😁 You did a marvelous job of showing the step-by-step process, thank you for your efforts. Look forward to seeing the next kit from your company . (thank you also for helping to save the manuals!...God bless)
In the states it could probably be made road legal since it uses everything from a Miata
Late brake show brought me here. Master class in How-to videos. Great car!
I just emailed the Dutch RDW to ask whether this car is elligable for a roadworthiness attest and a licence plate, If the answer is yes I'll start saving up for the kit. Great work!
Here because of The Late Brake... I think anyone with an interest in engineering and of kit cars will appreciate the superb work you and your team have put into this kit. The fit and tollerances look so crisp and precise. You'd think they came from a multi-million £ manufacturing facility. I wish I could afford one.
Holy cow I just watched the full build. I'm blown away. This is fantastic. Obviously the older miata parts have been seriously refurbished, making the end result a new car. It's just incredible . . . As the original straight 8 had a supercharger, it would be cool if you offered a supercharger kit too
Finally I’ve found exactly what I have been looking for!
I came accross this video during a surfing session and am very glad I did... The first thing that grabbed me was the car of course (Gorgeous) and the second was that there was no "Please subscribe" I really don't like that, especially at the start of a video when you haven't seen the quality of it...I will never buy one of these kits unfortunately but watched the whole video to the end and loved to see the car being driven...Having said all that about subscribing, I have done so, because this video and hopefully more like it in the future are what You Tube should be about, not whiney people who demand you like and subscribe to their video, then it has firstly, terrible music and then bugger all content...Well done and a really beautiful car...
What a marvelous car. I dreamt of this all my life, as I like the looks of these racing cigars. And here it is!!! Reliable technology and a very well designed kit! Unfortunately the fund would directly end at the legal inspection. Driving through the alps with this car (and an old suitcase fitted to it as a trunk) would be soooo much fun!
Beautiful - a lot of thought went into creating that kit.
Absolutely fantastic looking machine. I’m impressed with the beefy frame and the thought that has gone into establishing such a rigid structure that will also provide maximum passenger protection (in as much as is possible given the mission). Well done!
so glad to hear someone say "shock absorber" and not strut, although dampener is more accurate.
It is an amazing video. Detail, depth, accuracy. An incredible effort to achieve concise and precise build information. As ex vehicle engineer was enthused immediately of ‘good ol days’.
1970 built Rochdale Olympic 2, however with sensible hat on wondered about homologation? Mud guards and todays ‘cotton wool’ world of health & safety.
Thank you, for taking me back- may sales be your reward for a truly worthwhile project thought out and presented impeccably!
LUV ANGRY RADIATOR GRILL!
👏Amazing video and what a fantastic project👏.My wife and are planning to retire between 50-55. We are 41 at the moment and have always talked about building a kit car together. She use to have an Alfa 918 Spider (1998) and absolutely loved it. I think this is going to be the car for us (she seems to love it!)... so special, so beautiful and with enough Alfa homage. Great video and expect us to come to you in a few years time! 👍
Might be an idea to buy two!😀.
What an amazingly well-thought-out kit! ❤️❤️
Notwithstanding all of the modern accoutrements, I must say that I am suitably impressed! ✔️
I have also just decided to grow a fraction of an inch, I am now 5' 10" a personal seat preference made my stature grow overnight.
Very impressive and a beautiful finish. Well thought through, wish you every success from Australia.
What a superbly engineered kit. I want one.
What a brilliant video. You make it look so easy. Now to get saving. That is the most beautiful kit car I've ever seen
I was an early kit buyer in US, looking forward to build weekend with Ant Antstead!
Reminds me on my 1960 MGA build from frame to car after 4 years.
Great video! Been wanting to build my own mx-5 based car and this is like an essay on how to do it, thanks.
Beautiful car.
Vary comprehensive kit. Vary professional and complete.
Thanks for the video.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Imagine being able to go back in time with this version of the Tipo 184….
Simple. Beautiful. Beautiful apparent quality of the kit parts. Simply beautiful. My 2009 NC FL 2.0 Sport in True Red is an immaculate daily driver, but this would be awesome for the occasional sunny outing. I wonder what the kit costs. It would be worth getting a cheap donor... Hmmmm.... All the best, Rob in Switzerland
What an immaculate conception. Brilliant in every thought, design concept and assembly process. Mostly love the insignia my company logo and my dad's nose art on his Hawker Hurricane
Cheers
Forget the rather well engineered and gorgeous little car, oh to have that much clear dry covered space😀.
Great presentation
Congratulations for this piece of art 👌
I wish I could afford one, I would love to have a go at building one, great work on the design, it’s great to see under the skin how everything goes together and has been thought out
Great build! Would love to do something like this someday
I would consider applying thin rubber tape on all the aluminum panels where it attaches to the frame in order to reduce buzzing
They are aluminum... ?
@@sherifelsakkaf1458 I would assume all unpainted bare metal panels would be either aluminum or stainless steel.
I doubt it’s stainless steel, that’s heavy.
@@sherifelsakkaf1458they are clearly pressed and folded aluminium panels
Yes, aluminum inside panels and gel-coated exterior body panels.
45:55 - SUPERB...!!!
I wish I could order myself one someday... Love these single seat Alfa racers!
Just do it bro
How would you recommend going about cleaning the parts before assembly?
Some of these MK2 MX5s will have quite a bit of surface rust/muck on the suspension etc. On that subject, maybe it would be an idea to make a video about the stripdown of the MX5.
Thanks for the question CH, we clean our major parts in a sandblast cabinet and things like nuts & bolts in a rust dissolving solution overnight before new zinc plating, painting or powder-coating. These services are available in many local businesses or customers may want to manually clean & paint by hand subject to time and budget
Fantastic engineering
Excellent production
This is absolutely fascinating to watch
Stunning, and looks like an easy build for track use only
The kit can be track or road use following an IVA test
I have the optional road kit (lights, fenders,etc.) and provided I document the build, get it inspected by a certified master mechanic, and file the required paperwork (and get insurance) I can drive it on Texas roads, registered as an assembled vehicle.
wow great car and no selfish videos of people, like most on youtube.
Excellent "How To" video.
Brilliant. Just need to persuade my wife......
Certainly appears to be a well thought out kit.
Superb Darren !! Well done! MEC
What a beautiful kit car. To what scale of the original is it? Looks a bit small to me. You’ve designed a beautiful car here,my sincerest compliments.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Lovely piece of engineering.
Nice job !
Love it so much id love to see other types of cars too
Brilliant video, well explained.
I’ll be honest not a fan of the overall look of the car ,but what an amazing build amazing attention to detail ,needs an alternative version with normal wheels more like the MeV designs and I’m in / that gear linkage is beautiful,well done guys
Fantastic replica!
Only thing I'd change might be the exhaust manifold with the two fake rear lateral pipes that mimics one for a six cylinder engine.
I think that the car is so well engineered that it does not have to resort to faking the exhaust manifold as done.
Thanks Enrico, the whole car is fantasy so no need to change just one item to be true🙂
the only way to properly fix this is installing six-cylinder ;)
@@trhacje_m2187 A real V6 Alfa Busso, yes!
Why install a six cylinder, the original Alpha Tipo 158 was an inline 8 cylinder? So either install an inline 8 or stick with the as-engineered Miat 4 cylinder, and if you want more power, then there are turbo or supercharger kits available for the Mazda BP4 engine...
Double-up the Mazda engine? (Build up an inline-eight?)
WHAT A BEAUTY WOW.
Absolutley Stunning.
DO they have 2 seat tipo 184 models? That would be awesome to have another seat so that this really great project can be enjoyed by two people!...Thank you for sharing this build video!!!
So simple and very nice 👌
Excellent, with pneumatic wrench from harbor freight I can probably knock down build time to 30 minutes
It is an amazing piece of kit, the only thing which puts me off is the seating height, shouldn't the driver be sitting almost on the ground? Maybe the drivetrain is in the way?
What an incredibly well thought out kit and assembly video! Now I want one…😃what’s the approx transport cost of a full build to Western Australia please?
Shipping costs do fluctuate so best check with a dedicated vehicle shipper for a full car and a container for a kit. We do have current costs but as replies on UA-cam are visible forever any price we quote may soon be out of date. Please contact us via our website tipo184.com for a current shipping quote & thanks for the kind words
That was bloody brilliant!
a work of art!
Here in Australia, we're paying WELL above the odds for cars - a decent NB MX-5 is around $15,000 and then some. What I'm wondering is this: have your fun with the Tipo kit for the foreseeable, but keep your NB shell, & then, in the future depending on which car is worth the most in 20 years, put it back to stock. Is that nonsense? or should I just buy the rattiest low KM's NB Miata I can find...
Hmm I want that Tipo184 though!
Man that is beautiful!
this is beautiful!
What a beautifully executed video. You should feel really proud of the hours of work that must have gone into producing this car. Do you have any plans to fit headlights, side lights, indicators and break lights etc. What does one do if you get caught out in a sudden downpour of rain ? Are you looking to produce a hood or cover please
Thank you for your kind words, please take a look on our UA-cam channel for the IVA test & on our website tipo184.com for more info & answers to your questions
Someone should put a rotary in one of these. That'd be absolutely mental.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 gracias OK que bien como lo esplicas
Fantastic and beautiful car I wonder if you can make a 2 seater car like the Bugatti that would be great 👍
Or like something more humble. An Austin Healey, or an MGB or a Sunbeam Alpine perhaps?
great video, would you not be better to use a sealant between aluminium panels and steel chassis ? eliminate corrosion ?
Hi John, the frame is powder coated and the fixings have a rubber washer behind the head to reduce the risk of galvanic action over the many years ahead. Thanks for your comment
@@tipo1843 thats good to know, has one been built with a supercharger yet ? and are there plans for different body styles ? W125, ERA , etc
It´s great !! like teacher in school ! One question : If I will have my donor vehicle with continental steering (Left Hand Side) ,is possible to use it ? Probably not...
LHD donor will require a RHD steering rack, and a RHD Gas/brake pedal assembly (these are different on a LHD car) both we can supply used if required. The brackets on the front subframe are reverse for the LHD steering rack so these can be removed and welded back on in reverse or a new front RHD subframe acquired (we can supply also)
@@tipo1843 Thank you!!
Kind of weird the six in one fake exhaust when it's really a four-banger that's interesting to keep the look on the outside as it were that's pretty cool I like it lower it a little more in the front and let's take it out on the street
Faking an 8 cylinder, not 6 - two fake pipes on each end of exhaust manifold...
Wow! Cool!
Nice !!!
Imagine this with a turbo.very simple add on.a 35 to 50 percent in power would be amazing.what year mazda mx5 is used.
Can you explain how you got your factory car through an IVA test in its present form?
There is another video on our UA-cam channel showing how to get your Tipo184 through the IVA test thanks
😂🎉🎉🎉GREAT WORK SIR 🤩😘👌🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝
Does possible to drive this car in France on open road?? Thank you anyway for this beautifull proposal!
D'après ce que j'ai compris, les "mines" ne sont pas très accommodantes pour les kits anglais sans une base de conformité (genre Caterham).
I would like one with a straight six engine.
Yes. 4 cylinder engine the only downside. Planing to get one and install a N52 engine. Will see how it goes. Will be so much fun!
Who needs a practical family car when you can get this for the same money :-)
So you want to build a tubular chasis
inline 6, turbo and 4wd. maybe some new age rims and slicks
Question, the NB had a 5 speed and also a 6 speed in a version of it, are there any adaptations you have to do to get it to work with the 6 speed, or is it the same thing as the 5 speed
The 6 speed has a larger gearbox casing which reduces pedal & feet space in the cabin, conflicts with the bulkhead, floor & footplates and doesn't allow room for the battery tray. To be fair you don't really need 6 gears in a race car when you mostly work between 2nd - 4th
You could build with the 6 speed but there are more disadvantages than advantages & with the larger wheel size of Tipo there's no real world ratio gain than the 5 speed
Cracker Mate .. I wish I was 60 years younger ..🙃.
The spinners on the left side of the car should be left hand thread. This was mentioned earlier but the vid showed the wrong one
Wow
Can these beautiful car kits be made street legal? Or are they for racing only?
Thanks Jody, the Tipo184 can be made street legal. Please see our IVA video for details & the UA-cam Late Brake Show video for a road test review
Ho appena cominciato a smantellare la Mazda, stò preparando i vari componenti meccanici per la verniciatura presso ditta specializzata, anche alla bulloneria verrà fatto un trattamento galvanico per riportare il tutto allo stato originario. Ho visto nel video che l'albero di trasmissione deve essere accorciato, qual'è la misura giusta? Come avevo previsto l'aspetto più noioso di questo progetto è la preparazione dei vari componenti che vengono smontati dall'auto donatrice, ma ormai dopo anni di restauri di vecchi veicoli sono abituato.
Thanks Bruno, could you kindly ask all technical questions via our Tipo184.com website please.
@@tipo1843 Thank you, I will contact you in the next few days
Looks like a top quality kit untill you came to brake lines .why copper .here in the states copper is not allowed on brake lines.also all brake lines use double flares.i realize its a light car but brake safety is of utmost importance.great looking chassis .good engineering and thought went into this .could be used for many different car models.keep up good work.using as many origional donor parts takes advantage of mazda factory engineering as well as keeping project cost down.love the thought and engineering of shifter..keep up good work.
why is copper not allowed? I researched the regulations here in GA & its road legal. Hope to get a kit in about a year or so.
I think you will find it's not copper, It's cuniform cupronickle which has been designed especially for brake lines .It's also the same metal a lot of countries use to make coinage.
Don't really understand why you use a pcd adapter and then the spline adapter? The sheet metal work looks lovely though
Good question Angus, We have to use a PCD adapter because the diameter the MX5 studs are on is too small to just fit a spline adapter. They would come through within the taper of the spline adapter and the wheel wouldnt fit & you could get nuts on. The PCD adapter increases the diameter of the stud pattern to a safe size and also widens the track more in proportion with the cars aesthetic & stance
Copper grease is an anti size grease?
There are different formulations of anti seize, some are nickel and some are copper (and some are food grade).
Electricians often use copper based anti seize
At risk of sounding sacrilegious. I love manual transmissions but would an automatic transmission work? My use for this car is not racing but as a drive in the country by myself.
Will turbo fit?
Anything goes with some re engineering John, we encourage builders to personalise their builds & look forwards to seeing the results.
Will a LS engine fit in like it does in a stock Miata?
Exactly like it does in a Miata, with re engineering anything will fit 🙂
The bottom rear shock mount is in single shear! That seems like a bad idea
I'm going to need at least a 15 gallon gas tank. I'd retain the lighting system so I could register and drive it.
Where can you drive it?
Road & track
Why is it necessary to add the shift linkage kit rather than just use the original shifter?
Good Question Thomas. Its because the car is a single seater the lever is in the centre, behind/under the steering wheel, below the knee & to comply with Blue Book regulations on seat harnesses to go racing you simply couldn't reach it when your strapped in. Many period race cars had similar linkages back in the day and we have replicated this for realism and to enhance the period driving experience; plus its a really cool bit of engineering!
I doubt you can reach far enough forward while driving to operate it without the linkage.
samochodzik super tylko cena zestawu jest z kosmosu
did you play a role in inglorious bastards movie as a german officer?
Great Movie, but sadly no. I was in a James Bond film though!
@@tipo1843 Aha, I thought you looked a lot like Odd Job😀