Hello everyone, new here! I recently bought a 1990 Miata. I was driving around a 2000 Mustang, when I saw my Miata for sell and I couldn't pass up the offer. Since getting the car, I haven't had to do too much work on it yet, but I plan to do a turbo build in time.

I am 26, have a family and work full time, but also work on cars as a side job with a friend of mine. I own 6 cars for now, but have found me favorite car so far! Below is just a few photos of the car, still need to vacuum it out a bit.

So far the Miata is lowered on what looks like fortune auto coilovers (I will be finding out what they are this weekend), has an aftermarket steering wheel, fender flares and a hardtop. The paint isn't the best, but I like it and will be having it most likely repainted in the upcoming months.

 

Welcome to the forum. Suspension appears inoperative, lol.

The car will handle better if it can follow surface irregularities without losing traction.

Hardtop is good. But 1.6 car is not a good platform for adding boost. It will require a 1.8 diff and axles, has no variable throttle position sensor, has smaller brakes, smaller fuel tank, smaller clutch, and a host of other hurdles. Pretty expensive prospect to start with a 93 or older because of these things. Better to just drive it if you like it.

 

Thank you, and that is good information to know. I really had no idea about any of that, just saw the car and it looked nice so I figured for the price I can't beat it. I might just keep it looking pretty and daily it or something.

 

You can boost a 1.6 fine. You just have to upgrade some things that come standard on a 1.8 car. Both motors will get you to 225-250whp reliably. On the 1.6 car you need to upgrade to a 7" 1.8 diff. Thats $400 to $1000 depending on rear end drive ratio and if LSD or not. You will also want to upgrade brakes most likely. 1.8 brackets swap right in and give you a slightly bigger rotor. That runs about $150-$200 to do with new pads and rotors all around.

 

Okay cool, I was planning to upgrade the brakes, because it is a good thing to upgrade. Thank you for the information.