reip

It pains me to even think about it, but alas I believe it has come time to move on from my beloved Ecotec swapped NA. I've owned the car since 2015 and the car has been swapped since Summer of 2016 and has been improved upon over the last 4 years. The car as it sits is an absolute blast. The Ecotec swap gives the car modern driveability with lots of low end torque and a great power band throughout the revs. I've taken the car on 4+ hour road trips, driven it to the track and back, daily it in the summertime, autocross it on the weekends. It really is an all around enjoyable car. If it wasn't for the rattly soft top when taken down, this car is solid and quiet over bumps in the road. No power steering, no power windows, no AC. This is the 2nd Ecotec motor I've put in this car. The first one endured 4 years of abuse until I grenaded it with a moneyshift back in March of this year. I had the car apart and back together again with a replacement motor within 3 weeks and upgraded the flywheel to Ecotec Miatas newest iteration, a chromoly fllywheel that bolts right to the Ecotec crankshaft and accepts a 1.6 miata clutch setup. No more adapter plate running the Ecotec flex plate mated to a miata flywheel / clutch.

Ideally I would like to sell the car as a whole, but would be willing to remove some of the pricier elements to work with interested buyers with a smaller budget. This car has been a chassis to accumulate great parts until I was ready to swap everything over to a shell I want to build from the ground up. I've essentially reached that point and can either part ways with the car, or get ready to invest another several thousand (who am I kidding probably another $10k) painting a rust free shell I own, bringing all the parts over, and topping the build off with a forced induction setup. If I do sell this car I am likely moving onto another platform (perhaps Porsche boxster or S2K) in the near future. I've put together a pretty comprehensive list of all that is in this car and will likely be adding items I've forgotten.

My youtube: Ecotec playlist
Link to photos: Photos

Body 6/10

· 195k+ on the body

· Everything is the same color, and a lot of it shines pretty well

· Custom bumper cuts!

· Clear headlights and clear turn signals

· Completely rebuilt hardtop with fresh paint and new seals

· Rust has been cut out and replaced with new metal and paint at the sills

· Paint chips on front fenders from road debris

· Small dent and paint chip on hood and drivers fender – I have a clean blue hood to include in the sale

· Also including the track hood with louvers installed

· Trunk has some minor dents

· Passenger door has some minor dents

· Rear bumper has a small tear by drivers side wheel

· Rear bumper definitely needs paint

· Custom bikini top made from Sunbrella fabric



Suspension 9/10

· Ohlins Road and Track coilovers with rear extended tophats

· Poly bushings throughout

· Front and rear upgraded swaybars with spherical endlinks

· Rear subframe brace

· Frame rails installed, butterfly brace needs modification to fit

· Recent alignment and corner balance April 2021

· New tie rods

· Rear hubs rebuilt with new bearings and painted black

· Drivers front wheel bearing replaced this year
Newly added - front passenger wheel bearing replaced



Brakes 10/10

· Rear NB rotors / NB calipers

· Front drilled and slotted DBA rotors / NB calipers

· SS lines

· Brake fluid flushed this year

· Proportioning valve

· Hawk HP+ pads with plenty of life left

· Fully functioning E-brake



Drivetrain 9/10

· LE5 Ecotec swap (motor from 08’ Saturn Vue with about 80k miles) with a 91 octane tune.

· Car makes somewhere between 160-185whp with gobs of torque down low

· Custom built standalone harness by Alpha Motorsports in Michigan (bonus, car has an OBD port for easy tuning / diagnostics)

· CSF dual row radiator with electric fans

· Ecotec Miata Chromoly flywheel

· New Spec stage III clutch
· MSM 6 speed with miata roadsters short shifter kit (long shifter) about 130k, installed in 2018

· MSM Torsen diff with Mfactory 3.33 gears that I had polished and professionally assembled in 2019. Diff was rebuilt with all new bearings as well.

Newly added a K miata hydraulic clutch release setup complete with a wilwood 3/4" master cylinder.

Newly added reroute of the coolant lines for better flow

Newly added/relocated ECU bracket

Interior 9/10

· Hard dog single diagonal roll bar

· Corbeau Elise replica seats (imported from UK) with brackets mounted to factory slidersBoth factory seatbelts and G-force 5 point harnesses

· IL motorsports center console, finish has some chips, could use some TLC

· Rev limiter Warbirds gauges (yes all the gauges work)

· Nardi Deep Corn wheel (horn is mounted to a switch on the dash)

· Carpets and floor mats are in good shape, a new set would make this interior 10/10

· Rebuilt HVAC box with neoprene foam

· NB heater core (yes the vband clamp style)

· Pioneer shorty head unit with bluetooth

· New kicker speakers

· Delrin door bushings

· SMI oil temp gauge

· Power block installed behind tombstone for easy power to accessories

· Aluminum door sills



Wheels & tires 9/10

· 15x8 Enkei J-speed wheels with no rash wrapped in 205 Kumho Ecsta 4S tires (50% tread remaining)

· 15x9 konig dial in wheels with minor scratches wrapped in 225 Rival G-force 1.5 (used 1 season)

Exhaust 10/10

· Polaris slingshot shorty header from 1320 performance

· Custom 2-1/2” SS header back exhaust with v-band clamps throughout



Additional items to mention

· Cappucino washer bottle installed and wired to work as OEM

· Power mirrors wire and installed with factory switch

· LRB undertray with radiator damming

· New Battery last year



Pricing

Take it all price - $14,250

Less hardtop - $1,500

Less Corbeau Seats (car will have good condition foamectomy stockers) - $1,200

Less Summer / track tire setup - $800

Less Ohlins – Less $1,000 with a $500 budget for suspension of your choice. OR less $1,500 if you have coils I can install for you

Less Louvered hood - $400

Less custom bikini top - $350

Rock Bottom price - $9,000

Windows95

Ah! This is the car with the Escort GT style vents. Cool build. GLWS.

Andrew Pennington

Just seeing if its still for sale. Im brand new to this site

reip

Just updated the listing with some new work I put into the car. I'll happily enjoy it worry free this coming season unless someone shows up with the $$! And if you're local to me I happily take ridealongs!