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hello everyone,

figured this was the best section to start with since i am about to start my new project car, and yes ive chosen to turbo a miata.

long thread short i just want to introduce my self into this section because i will be doing the build my self. fabricating everything from the turbo-fold to the cage and everything else i can manage to do, i am a welder by profession and have a great passion for fabrication.

i hope to learn alot from the forum as the miata is a brand new platform to me, i previously came from the turbo fwd world with a 500+ srt4. finally got smart and chose to move to a better platform, pics and updates of car and build hopefully are soon to come.

also any information on choosing a year or preferable engine to do would be of great help.

thanks everyone.

hello

Right on, just research before questions and you'll fit right in. Also, take a gander at the fabrication thread I'm sure you'd enjoy

thanks guys! and yeah i'll take a look into that thread, really excited to get started and if anyone is in texas maybe see you at a track or two.

Get a 1.8. Preferably 99+. Get a 6 speed and a torsen. I.e 10th anniversery or se. Where at in Tx?

I thought this was going to be a thread on why are my feet getting wet, and that the answer was going to be, replace your heater core.

Haha nope sorry and wouldent that get the passengers feet wet? And yeah I'm looking at a 99 with a blown motor right now lady wants 2200 for it and I'm in Houston tx

welcome! the miata IS a great platform to use... all around great performance

and the SRT-4, aside from the obvious (its a neon) was a great platform, very well engineered.... but that motor needs to be put in something RWD to get the maximum benefit of it...

'94+ is good. '99+ is better in some ways. '99+ is heavier but has a little better breathing cylinder head.

so overall do you think a 99 model would be best?

What do you want to do with the car? Have a dirty ass daily driver? 01+. No compromise race car and not afraid of doing a lot of parts swapping between years? 90-93 with 01+ engine. Want to save some parts swapping? 94-95. If you have to plug in smog then pre-obdII would be a good idea since we cant tune the stock ecu.

oh gross the stock ecu cant be tunned?? guess its gunna have to be a stand alone.. and no it wont be a daily it will be a track car but also will be streetable for when i want to play haha.

The year all depends on where you are. For anywhere with OBDII requirements during registration testing, get a 90-95, preferably a 94 or 95 for their 1.8 and bigger diff. Otherwise the year doesn't matter, later the better though. The later models will just need more shit torn out.