Zumin's miata build
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well, its looking like I'm actually going to keep this car for a little while, or at least spend some money on it…
i sold the speed3, then the 240, then the civic…. and now the miata is my daily. i picked it up at the beginning of summer for $1000. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 1997 Miata Montego Blue mica (originally and will once again be so shortly) 120K miles, 5 speed, cold A/C etc. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 the night i brought her home... i bought the car with horrid paint as most of you know. fact-o-bake for the fail. the interior was all there and other than a tear in the seat, was in good but dirty shape (women…). the car was 100% stock, and other than a few oil leaks from the valve cover gasket and the CAS the engine bay was great. a little bit of cleaning under the hood and seats… all was well! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 i sprayed the VC the same color as the brakes on the speed3 :) a few weeks after i bought the car, 2 things came into my life… one increased my masculinity while the other… didn't. they go so well together… https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 those are Konig WideOpens and his name is…. Enkie! he has grown into a bit of a bad ass… https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 but i digress… i got a great deal on a set of Nitto 225/50s, even though they were a little larger than i wanted in the sidewall department, i couldn't say no. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 rolled the fenders and installed a free set of lowering springs on to a new set of shocks… https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 notice the dent!!!! ill get to that soon in my next post https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 it isn't the desired set up, a shorter tire and some coilovers are in the plans eventually. with this set up and missing 3rd gear due to a missing shifter bushing i took it to the track: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 i think my fastest time was a 9.9x… i managed a 2.2 60ft after i figured out i could effectively launch off redline and hook pretty well. i figured it was time to at least "mod" something… i bought a used exintake of Miataturbo and a test pipe. installed it all and bumped the timing up 8 degrees with a 5$ timing light that i found at Advance auto parts on a discontinued shelf, HELL YES! i threw on a cone filter on the stock intake piping and thats it... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 aside from a small lope when the idle gets around 700 and a little more umph on the highway, the mods were VERY modest. (maybe a broke 100 whp?) i had S13beast do a suede shift boot for me, and i picked up a set of MOMO seats from Relentless Motorsports (wink wink, nudge nudge) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1348470363 now that pretty much brings me to where i am now… ill start working on that post in a bit. right now we are working on paint. after that I'm planning on getting the roll bar ordered with a decent set of restraints, then its time to start working on going fast. ive got a GT2510 that ill probably pick up and a set of rx7 460cc injectors (thank you F&D). I'm slowly collecting parts for the turbo install. Relentless will be building my manifold, turbo back exhaust, and IC piping. i really need to decide what I'm going to do about tuning, I'm starting to think a MS from reverent on miataturbo is the best way to go… oh well, i won't be biting that bullet until i recover from this paint job. :facepalm: |
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a teaser pic for tomorrows post….
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Whoa. What are you doing to that car's ass?
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rape my friend. rape...
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ok, ive been very busy! had to replace the left quarter, trunk lid, and fuel door. the car had a good bit of bondo on it when i bought it and a cheap ass paint job. after about a month and a half, its done. i just got it back last night and stayed up till 6am putting it all back together and clean. i drove down town and snapped a few pics. i still need to sand the car and buff it out, but that'll be a couple of weeks.
all in all i spent 700$ in labor, 450$ in paint, and ~400$ in replacement parts. i used Shop Line paint. Montego Blue Mica… its pretty crazy in the sun. it will shift from dark blue to an emerald green. Baller! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350866099 |
Get off mah forums...
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never!!!! about to upload the money shots ;)
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