Need opinions on keeping this MazdaSpeed I got
 

Won this at storage unit auction. Good price too. What do I do with it??? Body is about an 8 out of 10, typical parking lot dings, top is excellent, interior is in good shape...missing the motor. :vash: Its not broken it is not :vash:in the car. I did get the 6-speed tho.

I've been searching the web and these cars are worth a lot in parts so should I part it or try and rebuild it as a stock mazda speed (knowing how hard and expensive its going to be to find all the missing bits and motor)to sell or just toss a 01-05 VVT motor in it sell my 2000DD and pimp this car NA, in till future turbo mod.

I have seen all the extra bracing and aero on the underside of the car, cool stuff.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1337695398

I'd say keep it. That color looks fantastic, the interiors on them are nice, the extra bracing is neat, etc.

HOWEVER,

The wiring and ecu will most likely have to be swapped to make the 00 motor work on it.

So might not be worth the trouble.

Keep the car, throw the 2000 engine in it for now, turbo it later on, sell the 2000 as a rolling shell or part it out. You can get an ECU from me so that you won't have to swap the harness/ECU/keys etc from the 2000.

/\ Or that:)

Make it a daily driver, I don't think those make good track cars because they are too heavy and too nice.

I'm thinking of selling the 2000 as is. Good 2001-2005 motors are cheep.

So think you can make a MS that would PNP a 2001-2005 motor in the MSM with out harness swap?

Price?

I'll trade you my 92 body without motor for that...


or PM me a price on the body.

This sounds like a GOOD IDEA.
All the MSM goodies + VVT.

win win

The two reasons I suggested you use your own 2000 engine is because a) you know it is in good condition and b) you won't have to pay extra for a VVT controller to use the VVT. I'm PMing you on the MS setup.

Your PM inbox is full.

If someone here could fix my "supporter status" I would have access to my PM's. Been a paying supporter for three years and now it dropped me. There is a thread about these problems in front desk forum. I'm not going to delete 500 PM's so I can be under the 25 limit.... anyway.

REV just email me please.

Mike@icantdo55.com

Email sent.

When FM is looking for donors for customers to do a V8 swap, they are recommending MSMs so you could contact them and see if they are looking and see what the buyer would offer.

Or sell it to me.

^^This. With that understood, there are a lot of guys who have replaced the hot side on their MSMs with a real turbo :giggle: so you should be able to source that. We all gut the OEM intake/exhaust for the FM little enchilada. Did you get the diff and half shafts? They are special. The motor isn't special but some bits like the oil pan and bungs for the oil & water to the turbo are unique.

How is the title on a car like this (storage auction)? If it is clean and you can put it back close to stock they are selling for $12k all day long.

i will buy the transmission. or do cash plus trade a six speed. how many miles?

No idea on mileage yet, have not put a battery in it. This week is crunch time for BABERally.com

Are you going to be the next big thing on "Storage Wars"?

Damn! I'd build that up as a nice street car for sure.. How much did you pay? And do you want to sell it ? ;)

I'd say keep it, but what do I know, just a n00b - had to get rid of my MSM recently, not because I wanted to but because life threw some things at me which required a revisiting of priorities - plus, mine was heavily modded and my daily driver - not so good since I easily clear 1,500 to 2,000 miles a month, mostly in rush hour traffic >:|

There's a guy here in dfw selling the motor/tranny out of his Miata for 800 for the motor or 1200 if you want both - its listed in craigslist, not sure if it is up here in the forum. Not turbo, but a start...

OR, you could always put an LS1 in there

I'd put a 3.63 in that bitch and flauce on the way to work every day with the top dropped, holler back, "money aint a thang".

Well after a year of DMV BULLSHIT I finally have a clean title for this car. Let the building begin!

Got ahold of a 2000 short block. Some pistons and rods are on the near future list than machine shop. Glad to finally have a direction for this car. For a while there I thought I would have to just part it out.

I'm thinking.....EFR.....

So I decided to just build a piston/rod build a 2000 shortblock I have here an than I see on a local page a guy I know around here that has a 2004 Mazda speed has just got hit in the back and its totaled. Guess who bought the total.....this guy.

So now I have a 93K running mazdaspeed. Don't know much about these motors except they are non VVT on an 04?

So any benefits to building the 04 Mazdaspeed block or is the bottom end the same?

What head is it? 99-00?

Does it have setup for oil drainback and feed already?

To reroute or not to reroute?

Goals will be 300whp street car.


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1368429545

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1368429545

It has better cams. The head is a 99-00 head and besides the turbo plumbing the rest is pretty much the same. I would do the reroute but make sure to use the 94-97 head gasket.

thats badass man... that car doesnt look TOO damaged either.. i know i cant see the whole thing by the pics, but im surprised they totalled it. lol

Not sure if he took anything off, but here is the FS thread for that red MSM on CR.
ClubRoadster.net

Not much in performance upgrades listed but a few extras that might be nice.

Why so? It's pretty much got a 99-00 motor in it already.

I know it's got that transponder BS or whatever it is that makes my red "key" light flash at me all the time in mine, but i also don't know exactly how that stuff works.



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Sorry... just double-checked post date, my bad.

The MSM 6 speed is worth more than a normal 6 speed and the motor is basically a 99/00 but with a BP4W head and VTCS instead of VICS. The block has oil and coolant bungs for the turbo. The pan has a spot for an oil drain already and you can't beat the +5whp provided by the sexy oil cap. The red cam cover sucks for COP retrofits but the OEM half-COP setup isn't too bad for <15psi.

You have an embarrassment or riches going on - especially if you paid book for that wreck. I've done that and I generally feel like a dick charging anyone for a part off it considering it pretty much funded my whole build. :giggle:

The damage on the red MSM doesn't look like a total. Can you post more pics?

Crap. Nice snag on both of those. Sounds like you will have a full functioning MSM for cheap. Following this.

I have an MSM head in my 99, the coolant passages on the MSM head are the same as the VVT heads.

Also the bottom end has a mains support brace.

Kid had is slammed for years and the undercarriage shows it, I'm sure that was taken into account when it was totaled.


Oil drain back is in the pan or the block on the 1.6l? I got it for a good deal, considering all the parts there to sell. Is the 6-speed different than the "normal" AE and LS 6-speeds? Never heard that before. An the oil cap is baller!

So same passages as the VVT? So what HG? To reroute or not to reroute.

Oil drains are almost always in the pan. The MSM 6 speed have shot peened gears or so the legend goes. If you sell it, proudly advertise the MSM heritage and hold out for a good price with a comma in it.