I bought this a couple of years ago and never really put any miles on it. Too many other projects. I ended up losing the tranny (won't shift out of 2nd gear). My local shop gave me an estimate of $1200 to $1400 to fix it and the decision was made to just get rid of it. I'm sure someone here could fix it in their spare time and have a really nice car for cheap. I sold my car lift a few weeks ago and I think I am out of the wrenching business for a while. I've got 70+ pictures and some video on my ebay ad if you want to see more.

V8 Monster Miata 383 CI Stroker on Ebay

 

I waited for the weather to warm up and posted it on Ebay again. The bidding only got to $5500 last time so I dropped the reserve to $5,000. Hopefully it will sell this time. I really need to get it out of my workshop so I have room for this: