tell me what you think, buying a miata tomorrow.
#21
Why are we even talking about this? I think everyone in this thread is telling you that buying that particular car for the money you specified is not a good idea. Yet you are fighting everything we are telling you. You asked for advice, but already made up your mind. Just buy the damn thing already and stop asking us questions for which you don't want to know the answer.
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Why are we even talking about this? I think everyone in this thread is telling you that buying that particular car for the money you specified is not a good idea. Yet you are fighting everything we are telling you. You asked for advice, but already made up your mind. Just buy the damn thing already and stop asking us questions for which you don't want to know the answer.
Obsession does strange things to people. At least the seller is getting a good deal :(
#25
+1 to that. If you're doing a LS1 swap you're going to drop some serious money on the car. You're much better off to buy a really clean 90-93 for half the price. Once it's swapped, if you ever want to sell it nobody is going to care if it's a 90 or a 96, but you better be damn sure that salvage title is going to absolutely destroy any resale value.
#26
+1 to that. If you're doing a LS1 swap you're going to drop some serious money on the car. You're much better off to buy a really clean 90-93 for half the price. Once it's swapped, if you ever want to sell it nobody is going to care if it's a 90 or a 96, but you better be damn sure that salvage title is going to absolutely destroy any resale value.
1) Daily turbo miata > auto miata
2) NO SALVAGE TITLE
3) Good platform
4) You can resale the stuff you dont need and put some extra $$ towards your LS1
#30
Or dink around with a supercharger, then sell it for $1000 to put towards your LS1.
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
#31
Or dink around with a supercharger, then sell it for $1000 to put towards your LS1.
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
Doesn't look intercooled at all from those pics.
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Why are we even talking about this? I think everyone in this thread is telling you that buying that particular car for the money you specified is not a good idea. Yet you are fighting everything we are telling you. You asked for advice, but already made up your mind. Just buy the damn thing already and stop asking us questions for which you don't want to know the answer.
thats just the tranny i need! lol i dont plan on swapping everything out immediately but i wont mind driving auto for the time being untill everything falls into place.
-am i really that wrong for buying a car that is branded rebuilt title? the frame to me and my friend looks great and under the carpeting and in the trunk there is no rust and the paint + sealants looks perfect. the odometer doesnt seem bogus because the wear seems about right for the 49k miles.
- i would imagine that anyone dropping a ls1 into a miata is going to do as much reinforcing to the frame as possible. i didnt see anything visible that was crushed or bent up metal on the frame. since there is nothing visible is it safe to assume that the frame would be as good or even better than any other 100k+ miatas i see going for way more, without a hardtop? (auto vs stick shift aside). this car probably has a better frame than the 160k+ turbo miata some of you have suggested. i should have probably snapped some pics so u guys can see how clean the car is.
im not looking to start a fight with any of you or claim that i dont care and im getting the car regardless of what you say, just looking for advice good or bad.
i plan on keeping the car for a few years, even in the future if i could make a few g's or just break even selling it on the money ive invested id be happy. i just want a really fast affordable car that can do work in the streets and on the track.
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Or dink around with a supercharger, then sell it for $1000 to put towards your LS1.
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
95 Mazda Miata SUPERCHARGED
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I think you'll find that's not going to be as easy as you think if you're going LS.
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yea that makes more sense,, that was s dumb comment on my part. i basically know what parts i need, where to get them and how to do it. after the car is bought, gota start the engine/tranny search. a local friend will help me tear apart the miata and build it up in my garage.
- should i just ask a mod to ban me?
- should i just ask a mod to ban me?
#39
Or heck...if you're comfortable with spending $20k on a perfect, superfast Miata, buy robino's car. It's been up for sale for a while I think, he might cut you a good deal on it. It's probably the cleanest, best sorted out street turbo Miata I've seen.
EDIT:
It's even in Florida.
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t41560/
EDIT:
It's even in Florida.
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t41560/