de-noobing
 

Hi there.
I've been lurking this place since beginning of the year. Picked up a 96 Montego Blue at the beginning of January. Bought it at an auction, and obviously it turned out to be a bag of problems :hustler:. Looks like the PO overheated it and blown the head gasket. Not wanting to fuck around with it, I just bought a used engine (off ebay, none the less...) and swapped it. Figured can always use a spare engine... like, build it up a bit maybe :)

Passed MD inspection a couple of months ago. Front shock turned out to be leaking oil, so I bought Koni Sports and will get Ground Control perches and springs later on. Dunno about the rates at this point.

TL;DR things I've done so far:
- Installed another engine & tranny. JDM, had a sticker and everything!
- Competition mounts
- SS clutch line
- Stripped the carpet, washed and painted it. Installed Reflectix.
- Koni Sports (just the fronts right now, waiting on 1 rear shock to be delivered :jerkit:)
- Bought 550cc injectors and 90% finished Megasquirt

To buy:
- Springs, GC perches, bump stops, NB shock mounts
- Wheels. Probably 15x9 6ul's, but maybe 15x8. Probably not, however
- Tires.
- Corrado brake upgrade, pads and SS brake lines.
- Roll bar.
- LC-1.
- turboz ;)

To do:
- Fix all the broken shit!

Pics. Nevermind that they are all different size. Too lazy to resize.
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:pitlab:
...and now the kicker. I didn't want to make an intro post until the car is all fixed up and looking pretty. But my exhaust fell off and I need to whore myself to 10 posts :vash: :crx:.
Say, anyone has a 96-97 exhaust lying around?

Looks good. Welcome to the board :) My exhaust is also broken, so I'll be getting one fabbed up pretty soon.

Moar boost

To be honest, I'm a shit driver. So I'd rather have a roll bar and better brakes before boost, for obvious reasons.

Welcome.

Though I'm a little bothered by the fact that you're whoring to 10 posts just to buy/sell it looks like you might be a contributing member yet, and the way you did it was smooth, so I won't tell hustler to rape your children:D

Looks like you wanna get the driver mod before power mods. Smart. What kinda racing do you plan on doing?

Oh yeah, needs MOAR BOOST:)

You used the term "JDM".

Your car is invalid now.

Get an ARTech exhaust FTW. Buy things right, buy them once.

you're just jealous of my +50 hp sticker. also, wts sarcasm detector.
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I will but not now. I just want to drive the car while collecting turbo parts. I thought about just getting someone to weld the original exhaust but frankly it looks completely rusted through.
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Where did you get that insulation stuff? Welcome to the board.
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Lowes. Its called Reflectix, and I read about it on some other forums (m.net I think?). It's light and cheap. I used adhesive spray to attach it.

4'x125' roll was like $45 and is enough to cover at least 2-3 miatas. There are smaller rolls but they didn't have it in stock.

Cool thanks.
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Apparently a new exhaust can be had for a whooping $62 shipped.
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sk...EPM961135.html - $69, plus a coupon code 'APWCART' for $7 off. Yep, I'm that cheap.
Probably will go this route if I can't score a cheap used one locally (read: for like $25)

we love you and your low f-stop lens.

An exhaust doesn't need a turbo. You can put it on an N/A car, i promise.

I know, but there are 3 issues with buying a nice exhaust right now:

1. I'll need to wait for it, unable to drive the car.
2. It's $450 instead of $62.
3. It needs extra shit to attach to the stock cat I'm using right now, like some sort of a coupler with a 3" v-band on one side and stock flange on the other.

Trust me, I won't be running the stock exhaust when the car is boosted. Pinky promise :rofl: