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So in building my NB for more track days I had a crisis of judgement and grabbed this AMAZING deal. Purchased off second owner, first owner kept it 1995-2017 and put 55k miles with zero sun damage on paint. Second owner grabbed it and put $26k in parts; took a job overseas and during selling it car started stalling on people. He dropped price massively. I snagged it and fixed this issue with crank angle sensor cable. Mod list! PS my NB is sold already to friend.
ATI Damper Pulley Kit
FM Turbo Kit
Turbo Heat Sheild
Mac boost solenoid
Injectors 1050cc
Flyin Miata Big Flex fuel kit
Trackspeed fuel pump rewire
Big spark kit without coils
ls3 coils
FM Happy Meal Clutch
Poly Diff Bushing
Cipher steering wheel
FM Radiator
QMax reroute
FM Stage 1 Airflow
Singular Hood Louvers
FM 3 in exhaust
FM Big brake kit
Hard dog sport roll bar
Advanti Storm wheel
AWR Poly Engine Mount
To be installed:
Ohlins DFV
E85 tune by Jugs for E85
Last edited by IanIsInTheGarage; 07-23-2020 at 05:16 PM.
I'm being punished I swear. Go to swap Ohlin's over to the NA and the lower strut bolt on front passenger corner took 2 hours to remove. Bolt got seized in sleeve. Had to remove both control arms and put on bench. Grinded away the sleeve and finally removed the damn strut. I will be repairing and repainting control arms, installing HD bushings. Also picked up Harbor Freight cordless earthquake 1200 ft lb 1/2 impact to replace my 10 yr old Chicago electric 220 ft lb model. WOW Did fantastic on removing rusted bolts.
Last edited by IanIsInTheGarage; 07-15-2019 at 05:11 PM.
Reason: Changed mind
Sup with the NB? Looks like you have some nice cars!
I bought the NB from a client of mine. It was 1 of 3 dedicated track cars he owned and funny enough he bought it from a guy in OK who started to turbo the NB and stopped. I moved to Dallas from Austin to help my gf at time (fiance now) go back full time for another masters degree. I decided it was best to not own a track car so I bought a C6 corvette and sold the track S2000 I had built. I made it 2 months in Dallas and suddenly my bank account looked to happy. I called up my client and that very same day he had decided to sell the NB. I spent the next year saving for a turbo/engineswap/somethingMOPOWA. This NA showed up on craigs and I ponced with what budget I had for a turbo kit alone. One of my best friends who originally got me into miata's after my 3rd S2000; I've convinced to buy my NB so he too can get addicted to track days.
I don't think a grinder with wire wheel was the ideal method for rust removal/prep. Did the job, but took longer than I wanted. Any other idea's other than air tools let me know. Decided on Ford Red.
Yesterday was 6 hours getting everything installed and 4 hours fighting alignment. The Paco hub stands are worth the money and I am in love with aligning a car myself. Ease of alignment is amazing. Now the Paco locking eccentric lock washers are not working for me. The instructions say to not install lock washer, set alignment and then remove nut and install lock washer. I'm unable to get the alignment I want with washers. The eccentric works with washers on both sides. I'm unable to put lock washer on and retain alignment settings. Also it's limiting my range of adjustment it seems from when I have lock installed and when I don't. So here she sits, dead until OE washers can be sourced..., new washers purchased from local dealer. Just what the doctor ordered; alignment was a cinche after that. I didn't quite get the camber I wanted in rear, but I know I've some learning to do. It drives perfectly straight and true. So glad it's back on the ground and driving.
Last edited by IanIsInTheGarage; 08-16-2019 at 09:06 PM.
Little updates. Drove the car at Harris Hill Raceway and discovered cooling was no where near adequate for track duty. Picked up a Flyin Miata V1 under body brace with butterfly. I ended up destroying my Hydra ECU patch harness. During downtime battled mentally for what seemed like a month on oil cooler kit I wanted; decided on Track Dog Racing's kit; which bonus points I live 5 miles from those great guys. Skip forward a month and harness is replaced, oil cooler kit installed/modified. Unfortunately I wasn't able to bring Miata to my race track wedding; but driving off in a Lambo was almost as cool. The boosted Miata is back though, and I've promised again to her I wouldn't take her down for mods.
Last edited by IanIsInTheGarage; 12-22-2019 at 10:25 AM.
Reason: Added wedding picture.
Alright little update. Met Randy here in town and picked up 2x 5spd's and 1x torsen. Last night met up with a S2000 friend Louie so he could show me some good touge roads. After enlightening him on turbo miata's true mastery, corners; I think I saw part of his life flash before his eyes. Quickly popped hood to a turbo S2000 day sha vu; except this time without blown engine. Nice glowing manifold. Also I've lowered car 1in all the way around, still need to play with height before I finalize alignment.
After a spirited run at night. 44F outside. New height. Need to remeasure, align blah blah.
Alright I was able to kick some S2000's out of my garage for a hot weekend to take down Miata for upgrades. I replaced the missing driver A pillar with a treasure coast one. Replaced both door belts (trim) with treasure coast aftermarket ones and what a difference that makes on a car. Also installed K Miata reinforcement to rear diff and installed a locally sourced 4.1 Torsen Type I. Figured why not play with paint and restore at same time. The only big hold up was I stopped on 4 stripped diff 12mm bolts and after two nights rest I realized I was using 12 point sockets and hadn't tried a 6 point. On with the picture....
After all this I picked up enough acceleration that I finally think my Miata can pull on my Vette. First gear is till utterly hopeless. I really like the 5 speed, so I think i'll swap gears this upcoming summer and fix speedo to match.
Gave the Paco hub stands another go at aligning the car. Also lowered rear and raised front. 225 Toyo R888R on way with some carbon bits to make them fit easier. Car drives straight and feels like it's less side step drift happy. But I did a worse job at centering the steering wheel. I think I'm realizing how important a level garage is.
07-09-2019, 01:55 PM
1995 Miata Black and Boosted
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