Hello everyone. My name is john. I'm 22 and recently purchased my first Miata. A 00 ls trim completely stock. I bought it non-op. P/o said it had a bad head gasket. After replacing the head gasket I quickly learned that the real problem was a crack in the intake port of cylinder no. 2. I picked up a tired 1.8 out of a 99 car. Removed the head, had it surfaced, lapped the valves in and slapped it in the car along with some new arp studs. Now my little red Miata is running like a champ and I've fallen in love with it. I plan on slowly modifying the car to my liking which will likely include a pretty aggressive power plant. I have the short block from the doner engine and plan to fully build it with forged internals/slightly lower compression ratio in preparation for boost. The car is not my daily driver so i have the luxury of tearing it apart whenever I want. I've found that every google search I do leads me here so I've decided to join. I look forward to becoming a part of the community. Thanks in advance for all the help/welcome!

 

Some pics of the Miata, and the dd in the background.

 

That's an attractive car. Welcome to the forum.

 

I loves me some red NB1 with little tupperware. Your paint is nicer than mine though.



Read through the stickies in the DIY Turbo section and through a bunch of build threads, but you already sound like you know enough to know what you are doing.

 

Welcome, Jws3. Check out the Miata Gallery and post up some pics!

 

Thanks everyone! I've got a general idea of what to do and how to do it. But it's nice to have you guys for the details. I would be super interested in meeting up with some locals in my area. If anyone is near oc or ie please let me know of any meets or clubs. Thanks!