Pat's fruity two seater beater
 

Mod List as of 3/14/11
Hard Dog Hard Core M2 Double Diagonal Roll Bar
Monsterflow intake (for an NA, modified to fit my NB)
Momo Drifting steering wheel w/NRG short hub
Racing Beat front endlinks
Removed rear sway (had to, endlinks were rusted so bad I had to cut them off, haven't replaced them yet)
Motegi Traklite 15x7 +35 w/Federal 535 205/50/15
XXR 521 16x8 +20 w/Falken FK452 215/40/16
Raceland Coilovers
Some random shift knob
Foamectomy on the driver's seat (still too high, more will be removed)


Day 1: Bone stock with 119k on the clock and in desperate need of an oil change, and a buff.
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Stoked face
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Shortly after: Buff, wax and oil change complete along with a borrowage of the other miata's hwheels.
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Racelands and sportmaxx, flame away! (xxr 521, 16x8 +20)
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MOTORSPORTS!
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Goin legit homie...
Now sportin a hdhcdd roll bar, momo wheel w/nrg short hub and after I find some tires, these for my motorsports endeavors :giggle:
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As is obvious, I haven't gotten into a motor build yet. Eventually it'll happen after the funds come along and I've taken care of everything else I consider necessary.

Maybe its just the pics, but those sportfags look pretty good on that car actually.
New rims are so much better though

Oh you're the guy from the NW thread on cr.net. What width are those new wheels, and what is your tire going to be?

Any power goals?

18psi I had that wheel design (mesh with some lip) in mind from the day I got it and with my lack of budget, the sportmaxx seemed tits.

Curly, yeah I'm that dude haha. The traklites are 15x7 +35. I'm looking for some used slicks or I'll get something along the lines of kumho xs or star specs. 205/50/15.

Not sure about power goals. Likely going the boost route. After a basic setup I'll probably get power hungry

I have some R888s if you want to come to Oregon City, probably not though.

Did you eat lunch at subway?!!

Good job cleaning up the car.

Mowed down at subway like it was my final supper.

How much ya want for the r888s?

$75, but they're not worth it to ship. Are you actually in Montana?

Yeah I'm in Missoula. How much tread is left? I may snag them if I head out that way soon.

Not much, they supposedly only have two SM races on them, they're slicks, but with plenty of track days left on them.

Traklites are on! I had some federal 535's in the garage and since I can't afford a new set of tires at the moment, I had them mounted. I think I'm going to go a little lower, but I like the more business stance that it has now. First pic posted of the rollbar and steering wheel too.
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Ride height looks great, don't go any lower.

I love the tracklites! Just be careful if it's your DD, a buddy of mine had his bend from pot holes.

I autocrossed a few times on the federals and they were surprisingly not all that bad to drive on. If they got too much heat they felt like pudding though. The last event I skated all over. Since then I've had my eyes peeled for a good deal on some used slicks and got very lucky today. Picked up a set of 13x8 +4 Rota RB's with 20x9x13 Hoosier R25's on them, as well as a second set of R25's and a pair of R35's, all with quite a bit of life left. The deal also came with some brand new 6 inch wide R45's but I think I may sell those to recoup some of my expenses. Also planning on selling the Traklites. Here was my poor subie today, stuffed with 4 wheels and 12 slicks haha.
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and my glorious purchase stacked up in the garage.
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I've also got a set of Tein HA's that need to be cleaned up, then they will go on as well. Everything should be ready to go for my next autocross in 2 weeks. So excited!

Since my last post I've also put red tint over the amber part of the tails to make them all red and clear. Looks much better IMO. Had a 2.25" catback made as well. No muffler, just a resonator right after the flange. Has pretty much 0 rasp and isn't hellishly loud either.
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Uh-oh... The 13's are for the NB? Did you test fit them?

I like seeing cars brought back from faded fail.

The 13's are for the NB. I don't have sport brakes and from what I had read, the 13x8 +4 fit just fine. Test fitted them today to be certain and they fit great. I do believe I'll need a fender roll before the car's ready to run with them.

Here's how it looks on them. BEEFY!
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she looks good those are some wide tires!

The wide hoosiers are mighty effective!
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My first FTD and I wound up #1 in PAX as well!

I was 2nd in PAX and 2nd in raw times my first event on the Hoosiers also. I love these things! I wound up getting 3rd in PAX on the street tires (traklites and federals) and 8th in raw times last weekend also. I've learned a lot this season and can't wait to come back next season with an even better setup!

You must run with a small club. No near stock Miata will ever FTD in the Tennessee Valley Region, lol.