jasonmiata

Hey everyone,
About a year ago I purchased my 1999 Silver NB Cal-spec with 150k miles, and it was completely stock. I bought this car to learn on and to do track days, and have spent the last year doing exactly that.








Here's the current state of the car, pre-turbo project:

• Hard Dog Hard Core Hard Top Roll Bar
• Momo Start bucket seats w/ Planted Brackets, Schroth Harnesses
• 5X Racing shifter rebuild
• AEM Intake
• Konig 15x8 wheels with 225 Continental ExtremeContact Sports

I've done a few track days now and I'm really hooked. I'm hoping to do a lot more this summer. I loved keeping up with all the faster cars in the corner, but it was frustrating pointing everyone by in the straights. I was able to get a ride in a ebay-setup 1.6, and was blown away. If that is what it could do with that setup, I figured the 2560/1.8 must be pretty good.

Well I moved out of California (probably permanently) and back to the Northeast so I had some winter time and needed a winter project.... so turbo. I went back and forth deciding whether to go mkturbo/kraken/cxracing etc., get a flyin' miata kit, or go full custom and piece it together. I was very close to buying the Flyin' Miata Stage 1 kit but the $5 timing wheel was out of stock and they couldn't break up the kit. So I spoke to them on the phone and we talked though the custom spec and I pulled the trigger on that. So my setup is basically a FM Stage 1 kit minus all the ecu/timing tricks. I ordered an AEM wideband and a MS3Pro PNP at the same time. I had purchased the other turbo pre-requisites prior to this from SuperMiata.

Turbo project parts:

• Garrett 2560r
• FM header and 2.5" downpipe (sorry)
• FM Intercooler
• FM blow off valve, air intake, etc.
• Deatschwerks 550cc EV-14 injectors
• AEM Wideband
• MS3 Pro PNP ECU
• SuperMiata lightweight clutch and flywheel
• SuperMiata Clutch cylinder rebuild kit
• SuperMiata Coolant Reroute
• SuperMiata Crossflow Radiator
• Mazda Competition Motor Mounts

This setup is pretty by-the-books, which is what I wanted. I want to be able to drive this car to and from track days without worrying about it and having issues. So I paid the premium for some parts but I'm hoping the reliability is worth it. Getting all of the FM stuff and knowing how plug-and-play it is and being able to follow their guide is really nice. One point of contention will be the 2.5" downpipe. But I just didn't want to deal with also buying an exhaust right now, and I can always upgrade later. We'll see how it is. Also, I need suspension work, I think at the minimum new swaybars and maybe some lowering springs. Lastly, I still have to figure out fitting in this car. I'm 6'1" and while the buckets gave me enough leg room, it made it so I didn't want to drive the car on weekends. I'm thinking I'll get some NB2 seats for the weekends (the original ones are gone now) and a new steering wheel, and maybe swap in the buckets for the track (though it's very difficult, there's no room at all).

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