Hello all,
I would like to know if anyone has ever seen this Miata before. It is the one that I am considering purchasing. I have the money in hand ready to meet his offer, just want to know the history behind this car if anyone else knows it. It's in FL, and I'm in GA, so I haven't been able to see the car in person yet.
Thanks!

 

I'm pretty sure that guy posts on clubroadster all the time. It looks like a very good car to me.

 

I've seen it on ebay more than once. Thought it was overpriced.

 

Looks real solid.

 

omfg. I need to do that, but in green. Hopefully it performs half as good as it looks.

 

Yeah, that's actually how I found the car. Talking to the owner, he said he started the price high so only serious bidders would look at it.
What's overpriced though, it has a lot done to it? I'm looking for any opinions, not questioning your opinion.
Thanks!

 

he's on clubroadster.net, leatherface24. IIRC

http://clubroadster.net/forum/garage...ehicle&CID=180

 

I don't remember the specifics of the car, but want to say it's some sort of bastardized diy turbo system (though looks like he did it right) and the starting bid was $9k, on a $5k car.

Why don't you shoot some details of the build?

 

i like the gold foil treatment for space travel.

but i do not like the spray painted thermostat housing that was not well-masked.

otherwise the car looks tip top ****.

 

This is what I have from him:
ENGINE:
STOCK INTERNALS
NEW MAGNECOR PLUG WIRES
1MONTH OLD PWR RADIATOR

FLYIN MIATA II TURBO KIT (INCLUDED WITH THE KIT IS AS FOLLOWS):
RC ENGINEERING 550 CC INJECTORS
LINK ECU AND PC LINK (HOOK UP TO TUNE ON A LAPTOP)
GARRET GT2560R TURBO
FLYIN MIATA DOWNPIPE
FLYIN MIATA INTERCOOLER
FLYIN MIATA EXUAST MANIFOLD
ALL PIPING AND COUPLERS AND CLAMPS
ALL EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT REMOVED
NEW FLYIN MIATA BOOST SOLENOID
THIS KIT HAS GIVEN ME NO ISSUES AT ALL ACCEPT FOR THE BOOST SOLENOID WHICH WAS REPLACED. NOT A BIG DEAL.

BOOST IS ROCKSTEADY AND IS CONSISTENTLY AT 15 PSI WITH NO PROBLEM.

DRIVETRAIN:
CUSCO 1.5 WAY LSD
ACT EXTREME CLUTCH
FLYIN MIATA LIGHTNENED FLYWHEEL
CLUTCH SWITCH OVER RIDE

SUSPENSION:
BILSTEIN SHOCKS
H&R SPORT SPRINGS
MAZDA R-PKG SWAY BARS

EXHAUST:
FLYIN MIATA DUAL TURBO EXHAUST
STRAIGHT PIPE CAT

TIRE AND WHEELS:
NEW PERFECT SPORTMAX 002 15X8 WHEELS WITH A 0 OFFSET
KUMHO ECSTA MX'S ALL AROUND
HAWK HPS PADS
GOODRIDGE STAINLESS STEEL BREAK LINES

EXTERIOR:
BRAINSTORM PERFORMANCE LOW PRO HEADLIGHTS
MIATA R PKG FRONT AIRDAM AND REAR LIP SPOILERS.
MOSS MOTORS TURN SIGNAL INTAKES
RUNABOUT CROME SIDE MIRRORS
NEW SOFT TOP WITH VINYL WINDOW INSTALLED 6 MONTHS AGO
SELECT RACING FRP FENDER FLARES MOLDED TO THE FENDERS

INTERIOR:
FAUX SUADE COVERED DOOR PANELS
METRO MOTORSPORTS WINDOW CRANKS
NEW INSTRUMENT HOOD
SHORTENED SHIFTER
SONY RADIO/MP3/CD-R/ IPOD AUX INPUT RADIO
ALPINE FRONT SPEAKERS WITH CLEARWATER TWEETERS AND CROSSOVERS
NO RIPS OR TEARS AT ALL ON THE INTERIOR SEATS OR CARPET
EBAY STEERING WHEEL 320MM STEERING WHEEL
AUTOMETER ULTRALIGHT BOOST GUAGE

You've named 2 things among a few others that I'd change about the car.

 

What's the asking price? Or did I miss it?

 

You can get a Miata like that for 5K? I have to move to Atlanta-ish...

 

i love that car!i would buy it if i had the money.there is a video of it at clubroadster.it looks sweet going down the road.

 

buy it and get a hardtop, your car will smell like sex

 

Haha! And I actually have someone selling a red hardtop on standby if I get it.

 

also have sex in it, leave some snail trails

 

damn that's sexy.

 

Yeah i was about to say that seems like a guy name leatherface on msprotege. He can never sell it it seems.

I like it except the previous mentioned, and also the fender flares.

 

At first glance it looks like a really nice car. The exterior is very nice, but I never have really liked those wheels. Under hood looks good until you start really looking at it.
Breather on the PCV
Bronze painted thermostat, sorta..
NASA Gold heat shielding?
FMII...sry I had to
-Michael-

 

Yeah, like I said, a few things I want to change and fix, make the car more customized to me. I'm not big on the attempted paint job on the thermostat, the heat shielding actually works really well, but it's coming off the intake manifold, and I'm going to find some way to tone it down/hide it, that's a little more bling under the hood than I want.
As for FMII, they seem to have their sh** under control, and I keep hearing how easy the Link is to use. I'm pretty excited about the whole deal.