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I have a 1990 na6 Miata I traded a $500 1998 Dodge Ram 2wd for.
Much of the wiring was chopped up and the interior and motor were shot. I would say the body was clean, but I would be lying. After some work, honda wheels, and a hardtop, it was road-worthy.
Replaced mirrors, wheels, front bumper, top, and fixed many gremlins.
Also, emptied probably years of ashes and cigarette butts from the interior.
Later, I was able to get a spare motor to refresh. I resealed everything except the head gasket. It was healthy and low mileage, so I risked it. Swapped the motor and did a slight wiretuck. At this time I put on a Yonaka exhaust, raceland header, jackson racing intake, Speedyefi pnp, and AEM Uego wideband. I bought good condition used interior, speakers, and a new headunit.
I was also installing silicone cooling lines.
At this time I was also attempting to repaint the car. A combination of bad weather and other issues I had to handle, I wasn't able to finish the paint job. In fact, my hood was rushed and needs redone. I also repainted a set of Avid.1 AV08s. I didn't want to be driving around on a set of honda wheels forever!
Quick glamor shot.
Recently, I was trying to make it to a cars and coffee locally. I intended to rush install my kraken turbo kit in less than a day. BTW, running Bosch 700CC injectors and 10 psi on wastegate spring.
I have zero experience installing an aftermarket turbo kit, so it took me 15 hours. Being tired, I didn't have my tune or vacuum lines correctly setup. I didn't make it to the cars and coffee. Later that week, I was able to fix my vacuum lines and adjust my tune for the larger injectors. I still need to adjust my tune, but am learning as I go.
On a side note, I traded one of my trucks for a 2002 NB2 that was previously a drift car. The owner had very little information about the car as it changed hands a couple times fairly quickly. I will be working on getting it more represent-able soon.
I plan on having plenty of fun. I've had probably around 50-60 vehicles including motorcycles at this point. The na is my first real build, though. I have Meisterr sportive coilovers to install, but my rear suspension is kinda crusty. I am not looking forward to cutting it out.
I buy junk cars and punish myself by fixing them
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