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Hi, I'm Cody, and I just bought my first Miata. A White 2000 LS with the appearance and suspension packages, and just under 90k miles. It was previously in a minor front impact, and no longer has fog lights with the replacement bumper, but is in really great condition otherwise... My family is very pro-Miata, which is odd because growing up we never owned anything other than Fords. Now my mom has a 03 Shinsen, and my little brother is on his 2nd NA6, which is soon to be turbocharged. My dad is also on the lookout for a clean Red Mazdaspeed Miata for himself.
I am familiar with the BP engine, having owned several Escort GT's and an AWD protege. I even had an ugly green 95 EGT that was supercharged for a few years. My only current Escort is actually a Tracer wagon, with a few JDM/EDM goodies, Ksports, KLDE V6 engine swap, and I'm in process of installing an Eaton Magnusson MP90 SC. My other Project is a pretty clean little 89 Probe GT. I am still undecided on the direction to take, but I've kind of lost interest in FWD platforms a bit... Not really sure what the long term plans for the Miata are... Currently just enjoying it as is... But I've long contemplated (I've been on the lookout for a white NB for several years) between Turbocharging it or doing an LS swap... Being in Denver where the Air-Density sucks, it will need something eventually. Anyway, just thought I would introduce myself and share a few pics of my Miata... Enjoy! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331234996 |
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Howdy from Jesus Springs. Sounds like you've got a bunch of fun cars around the house. Was the AWD Protege a factory or swapped car? Did you leave the engine alone, boost it, ?? Pics of the swapped wagon?
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Howdy from Jesus Springs. Sounds like you've got a bunch of fun cars around the house. Was the AWD Protege a factory or swapped car? Did you leave the engine alone, boost it, ?? Pics of the swapped wagon?
The Protege was Factory 4WD. They made them in 90 and 91. It actually had the SOHC 1.8 "B8", but the plan was to hybrid the BP head with the B8 bottom to build a low compression, twin-charged monstrosity. (I did, but it ended up in the 95 Escort instead) Basically my Jerkoff Realtor screwed me out of the Protege. We ended up homeless, and couch surfin' for a few months between the old apartment and our new home purchase, even though we had an offer on a house like 7 months before the lease was up... Long tedious story... boring... blah, blah... I was pissed, but when the lease ended, I found a place to store two cars as long as they were running... But since the protege wasn't currently doing so, it along with the 93 MX3 SE both got sold to a dude who I'm sure cut them up and parted them out since they had nowhere to live. :vash: I did put the twins on the Escort GT for a few days, and was trying to get it all tuned up, when the wagon decided to spin a rod bearing in the 2 liter swap, around a very tight highway interchange at 85mph. (whoops oil-starvation) I ended up pulling the T3/T4 off the GT and just running the M62 so I could DD it reliably until we had a garage to complete the wagon KL swap in. I ended up getting pissed at the Supercharged Escort, because it had solid mounts, loud exhaust, a very stiff clutch, no interior, no heat, no AC, no stereo etc... At that point I was commuting 50 Miles round trip and always got stuck in traffic on 95 degree days... That combined with the fact that it ran on E85, and the E85 gas station in Lakewood went belly-up. It was time to call it quits on that car. I bought the Probe... Which has barely more miles than my Miata, and everytime I drove it, something ended up braking. It was getting pricy, so I just bought my Miata after dealing with 6 months of drive, break, fix drive break fix drive... I swore a long time ago, nothing newer that 96 EVER! Turns out that Age has a lot to do with reliability, and I wanted a DD that will just drive. And I've always been fond of NB's. Anyway, sorry for the Novel... Here's some pics! First Escort: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Second Escort, brother's first Escort: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Meteor: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 2nd Escort, 1st and 2nd Tracer (still have wagon, now KLDE) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 3rd Escort, 1st BP https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Supercharged Escort: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Before: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 After: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 AWD Protege: (got further, before I lost it :( no newer pics...) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Wagon Version 2.0 (liter) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Wagon Buggin' out (MS'd NA in foreground) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Super GT sitting LOW! And dirty wagon. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Foggy Wagon: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 11 second Fairlane pass http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/i...P1030517-1.mp4 Fairlane Launching: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Getting ready to be homeless for 2 months :( https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Got a garage! Progress to KL swap! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Got Probe? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Version 2.5 nearing completion: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 MMM Shiny! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Sittin' Pretty! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 It's Alive! but not fully ready yet... http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/i...t=SUNP0001.mp4 Probe Got LOW! For like $79 (Junkyard aftermarket goodies FTW!) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Hey there was an engine under that rats nest too! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 Aw hell, why not! Let's add boost to this one too! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1331440364 That's about where it is now... I have plenty more pics, but these were some of my fav's. I've owned Several other vehicles too... Mostly Fords. A Few Mazdas. And Two Turbo Subarus. I like Boost... And V6+Boost, or V8's. Thinking about a Turbo 5.0 swap for that Meteor too! It has a 221ci V8 2 speed auto currently... |
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