mx5booster

It is a rather difficult decision to sell the car because I very much enjoy driving the car on the street and track. The best comment I heard from a Porsche Boxster driver at Thunderhill: what do you have in that car? He was not used to non-turbo Miatas moving away from him.

Pros:

• Built Motor with 949 Racing CNC head, Super Miata Intake and Exhaust Cams and valves. 11:1 Compression Supertech piston, H-Beam forged rods, boundary engineering pump.
• Square Top intake manifold and Skunk Throttle body, MS II CPU tuned by Jei at Blacktrax
• Custom Made intake tube, Ebay exhaust manifold, 2.25" pipes and Roadster muffler
• Dynoed at 149 whp, compared to 105 whp stock on the same dyno (BlackTrax in Milpitas, CA). Their Dynos are know to read low. This may be a 160hp else where. I don't know so it is conjecture at best. I told Jei to give me a conservative tune because the car would see track time. The car has seen 7 or 8 track days since the rebuild with no issues.
• Smooth shifting 5-speed. No funny sounds or notchy feel
• Hard dog roll bar, Fat Cat Motorsport (revalved Bilsteins) coil overs with 500/325 # of springs
• Racing Beat 1" anti-roll bar up front. Stock anti-roll bar in the back.
• -2.5 degrees camber both front and back. Car is fairly set up fairly neutral
• Carbotech XP10 pads
• Bucket seat with harness
• 949 racing 9" wheels with fresh Kuhmo v730 225 tires
• Car does 2:05 at Thunderhill East, and 1:49 at Laguna with me driving it. Should be be 2:01 and 1:45 car with better drivers.
• It is a decent looking car. I still get a lot of compliments from people.
• It is a well set up dual purpose car. It is comfortable enough on the street and not embarrassing on the track.
• I have most of the receipts
• I have owned the car for 10 years or so

Cons

• The body and paint is straight but not perfect. I had it resprayed 2 years ago and they did an ok job. However, it is presentable
• There is a hole in the top. The top will need to be replace before the next raining season
• There are holes in the passenger seat
• The driver seat is a little worn
• There is an oil leak. It bugs the s--- out of me. I think it is from the oil filler tube.
• If the buyer is CA, smog is on you. The car does not have the necessary smog equipment. I have some of the parts, you will need to put them on.

Reason for sellingPrice

• $9,500 obo $8000
• Considering I have $7k in the motor ($4300 for the head alone), there are not that many miles on the motor or coil overs. I have 4 other cars, this car was not used for commute.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

thebeerbaron

iTrader: (1)

GLWS, that’s a great price for a Miata around here. Plenty of idiots with beater Miatas are asking similar prices for a lot less car.

Jei at Blacktrax is a great tuner - he tuned my K-swap and the results are phenomenal. He uses a Dynapack, so his numbers are going to be conservative if you’re comparing to other styles of dyno.

emilio700

iTrader: (3)

Might also list diff, brake, suspension mods.
GLWS

Sisyphus

What brand are the coils?

mx5booster

Thanks Emilio. It was a difficult decision to sell the car mostly because I don't want to part with the motor/head. Thank you for making them available when you did. They transformed the car.

mx5booster

They are Fat Cat Motorsports. I bought them new so I know they have not been abused. They were revalved new Bilsteins shocks so they last forever.

mx5booster

Lowered price to $8k to make it happen. No haggling please. If it does not sell in the next few days. I am going in a different direction.

JiMbORS

What route did you end up going? I am torn between wanting a quick turbo miata, or a motor-only more reliable car. Would be for fun / weekend driving only.

mx5booster

I have been daily driving it. It has a lightened flywheel so it reeves super quick, faster than anything this side of a true race car. I love driving it on the street. The LS3 has more power for sure, but this car I can drive anywhere, without having to worry about it.

JiMbORS

sounds awesome. If it ends up for sale again around spring time, I may have to take a look lol

86Zed

Hi @mx5booster if this is still for sale please reach out via PM.