so i bought this turd for 1k
 

thoughts?

-ps belt taken off?
Ac lines cut out and interior completely gutted but the ac compressor is still there?!?
got a bumper and support on there
massive exhaust leak
fans controlled by switch, probably overheated.
bad wheel bearing
horrible brakes


has a hard dog roll bar
supposedly w/lsd
came with cxracing turbo manifold and front mount w/ some piping
runs and drives



Plans are to get the brakes and cooling sorted out, add the bilstein's to it that i picked up, and maybe turbo the 1.6 / 1.8 swap and turbo / lm7(ls1) and t56


hoping for 250+whp cone slayer more interested in response and torque than whp#'s.

Im wondering if its possible for under 1k with everything I have now (would need a t25/8 and wg, bov, oil, injectors, and diypnp

Not sure exactly what you are asking, but my used ms3 was like 750.....so......

im wondering if i should try to get rid of the car an get a 1.8 car or if its possible to get to stated goals for 1-2k

If you aren't totally in love with that 1.6, sell it. When you buy it 1.8,you get: bigger brakes, bigger clutch, bigger axles and a bigger differential.

You vastly underestimate how much it will take to turbo your car and not have it explode.

1.6's do require alot more to safely turbo as stated above^. i believe the only reason i did my 1.6 is i have a strong connection to the car and a healthy motor.

Think I'll shoot for that then. I'm just hoping I can get out of this car without losing $

Any guesses as to what I could sell this thing for? It does have a bumper now and i already bought all the brake parts

Do the 1.6 and 1.8 bolt up to the same transmission? and motor mounts?

The 5 and 6 speed transmissions bolt to all 90-05 motors fine. The motor mount brackets are different for 1.8 cars. The 1.8 drops right in though with the correct motor mounts.

good to know - maybe the right play is just to buy a 1.8 and put some rods and pistons in it and swap it in down the road. I would need a new turbo mani but the rest should all swap over...

how much of a limiting factor is the axles and diff? (ie what power level are they mostly safe until?)

The stock 1.6 diff breaks at stock power levels. You are looking at $500-$1000 to replace it with a 1.8 setup. That will include the diff, axles, and driveshaft which all need to be replaced.

If you are planning on building a 1.8 motor, expect to be $2500 or so into the bottom end. Your best bet if you want a built motor is to call Savington@TrackSpeedEngineering and write him a check for $3000 and get the built bottom end he has sitting on the shelf.

sell the turd. it's not worth 1k at all. it looks like a $250 piece of trash

buy a real car

you want to buy it I make you a nice price


looking around on CL and other places locally looks like it'll be 3g's plus for the NB that run and drive



Thanks for the feedback everyone

Yeah, that's a bit of a risk for $1k. Finish stripping it, fix the brakes and the wheel bearing, new fan switch in the thermostat housing (probably why the fans are on a switch), flat black the bumper, and hope to get $250 above what you've now put in to it.

i figured worst case- sell the roll bar 300 manifold 150 and intercooler and piping 150. im at 600... can probably get another 250 for the wheels (4 rims and 2 steelies). still leaves me the whole car for 150 ish


I might just keep it how is it for my wife to beat on so I dont have to worry about her destroying a nice car.


Thanks again guys for all the quick info

The manifold sells for like $100 new on eBay.

this manifold Turbo Manifold for 89 93 Miata 1 6L with T25 T28 Turbo Flange | eBay

ya, that one can be found for 100 shipped on ebay.

it's a raging pile of junk, so you'll have to find someone stupid enough to buy it even for 100

You can find them for cheaper. All of those ones are complete crap and will crack on you. If I had one I would throw it in the trash before selling it to someone and making them suffer.

Take all the stuff you bought, back to the store. Sell that turd and hope to just get your money back. Learn a little more about these cars and what you want to do with one.

Take this new found knowledge and make a better purchase decision next time.

what?!
do you mean to tell him that it's not smart to spontaneously buy a bunch of stuff and then try to figure out if it's junk or not?

buy first, research later