Miata Turbo Forum - Boost cars, acquire cats. - Hey everyone! Glad to have joined the community! (Quite a few pics!)

For starters, my name is Jacob and I've wanted a miata for about 7 years now. I picked up my NB1 (1999) in October 2022 with 235k miles, salvage title, missing rear window on the soft top, missing bell housing bolts (if you can't tell, this is a project), and so on. I'm EXTREMELY excited to wrench on this car, I've already did some maintenance:

new latches
new strikers
new radiator/hoses
air freshener (interior is stinky due to missing rear window)
spark plugs
air filter

Changing the radiator out was the first time I've ever done a job like that. Most extensive labor I've done on my cars has been mostly bolt ons to my 2018 wrx.

Anyways, I know you would love to see pics and less text so here you go:
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The day I got her :')

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First fill up! (Such a pleasant change to fill up 87 on the miata vs Shell 91 for my WRX).

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Probably my favorite pic of the NB.

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Air filter difference.... You should've seen the spark plugs lol.

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The engine bay before any modifications.

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First radiator job I've done myself (very messy whoops). Aside from *minor* alterations, super happy overall.

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Second pic, diff angle.

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For funsies, tossed in the Zeta III I have for my WRX (on wrx rails so it sits high in this pic).

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Look at how ridiculous it looks, I love it.

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First commute to work! It did very well aside from NVH due to missing rear window.

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Fitting in tiny spots is the specialty.

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Second commute to work and thought it was funny parking next to a good ol American SUV.

These pics look huge, sorry if that's annoying :)

I'll end it here with my goals for the car:

300+ whp boosted
Track oriented but streetable
work done mostly myself except for machine shop work

I've lurked for a long time, as I slowly get the car up to speed with maintenance I am deep diving into old forums for first steps to reaching my goals. If anyone is around the Santa Cruz area (California), I'd love to catch some meets if I have the time. Would love to see your builds!