adam the MSM n00b
03-18-2009, 02:33 PM
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adam the MSM n00b
Hey all,
I'm Adam from Philly. I've been on the forum for almost 2 years, but I rarely post. Mostly I just look through the classifieds. I have been a miata owner for a while (I've owned 5 of them), but I haven't had a turbo MX-5 until now: my new to me 2004 MSM. The car is my year-round daily driver. I know conventional wisdom says it's cheaper to buy a non-turbo car and turbo it later than to start with an MSM and sink money into fixing the sub-par turbo, tiny IC, and rubbish engine management. My counter-argument (and the reason I currently own an MSM) is that if you're starting with a low-mileage, well equipped NB that you'll be daily driving, it's easier (and easier on the wallet) to finance $250/month for a turbo car and get some of the turbo excitement right now and upgrade in low-cost stages than it is to drop $4000+ in cash on top of the price of a nice car for a basic turbo kit, clutch, etc.
Anyway, so now I've got an MSM as my daily driver and a high-mileage 1991 project car that's slowly becoming a track ****. I'll probably keep the 91 NA, at least for the time being, but I plan on doing some moderate upgrades to the MSM, and figured this was the place to be.
So this is officially hello...
I'm Adam from Philly. I've been on the forum for almost 2 years, but I rarely post. Mostly I just look through the classifieds. I have been a miata owner for a while (I've owned 5 of them), but I haven't had a turbo MX-5 until now: my new to me 2004 MSM. The car is my year-round daily driver. I know conventional wisdom says it's cheaper to buy a non-turbo car and turbo it later than to start with an MSM and sink money into fixing the sub-par turbo, tiny IC, and rubbish engine management. My counter-argument (and the reason I currently own an MSM) is that if you're starting with a low-mileage, well equipped NB that you'll be daily driving, it's easier (and easier on the wallet) to finance $250/month for a turbo car and get some of the turbo excitement right now and upgrade in low-cost stages than it is to drop $4000+ in cash on top of the price of a nice car for a basic turbo kit, clutch, etc.
Anyway, so now I've got an MSM as my daily driver and a high-mileage 1991 project car that's slowly becoming a track ****. I'll probably keep the 91 NA, at least for the time being, but I plan on doing some moderate upgrades to the MSM, and figured this was the place to be.
So this is officially hello...
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