I'm kind of on a budget.

 

Ok, Not McLaren, but maybe Lebaron? (turbo?)

 

Nothing wrong with a stook daily driver!

< Drives a stook every day

 

So happy to hear you got it back. You can talk to your insurance and possibly NOT make a claim since you got the car back. You can then take the money you would have spent on the deductable and rebuild the car and there will be no issues with the title.

 

Like I've said, I'm not gonna have time nor money to rebuild the whole thing again. It was my only car for awhile.

 

buy car back from insurance, use extra money to buy a motor, swap it in. spend the rest on hookers and blow.

 

make sure to call the cops and tell them you're getting ready to blow the hookers brains out cause she didn't perform fellatio properly

 

Easier said than done. With my skill level and tools in my gayrage, that'll probably take more than a couple months. I'm borrowing a car right, so I'm in need a something like next week.

 

There are people on this forum in your state. You should see if anyone experienced will help you swap engine over a weekend. They may have the necessary tools and know how that you need. It really is not that difficult of a job if you have a hoist. Even easier with air tools. You would be surprised how helpful people in the community can be. Just need to source a used engine and drop it in. They are pretty cheap and relatively plentiful.

 

Yeah but then I have to factor in a new ecu from Rev that works with a 1.8 (I've got 1.6 ). Then I'm gonna have to have Lars build me a new manifold for the 1.8. Then a new clutch and so on. It is definitely something to look into. But if insurance salvages the car I don't won't to put money into a car with a rebuilt title, never gonna get nearly my money back I would if it was clean title.

 

Or you could do what people said above and not make a claim so there is no salvaged title. Then you can buy a 1.6 on the cheap and just get the car running again.

 

Or make the claim. And buy it back. And let me buy it from you at salvage price. Then I'll pick it up from you with cash in hand and fix it

 

I like this idea

 

OP:

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS.

1. let them do a claim and total it.
2. find out the insurance buyback amount.
3. PM me or Aidan. We will make it worth your time.

 

Yeah sure you can buy it back, after I take off all my goodies.

 

Lol. Thats no fun.

I actually am about to pull a 1.6 out of my car this winter.

 

Well, if you want to buy it back and part it yourself, that's a good plan too.

The point is, don't just let the ins company total it and give you nothing for it and take it from you.

 

You can use your 1.6 ECU with the 1.8 motor no problem. Your clutch will also switch over. The only slow part would be me getting you a 1.8 manifold. Which I could probably get done and in the mail early next week.

 

You also would never get your money back turboing a miata lol. Its not something you do for profit.

 

Oh yeah for sure, I'm getting a claim and keeping the car no matter what. But if you're serious about buying it maybe we can talk numbers and I'll give you a deal if I leave everything on the car.