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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) ![]() |
So, somebody suggested I should make a build thread for my miata in the off-topic section, so, here goes.
![]() I got it from a speed shop in santa clara, basically what happened was someone brought their car to this shop, the shop pulled the cylinder head to see what was wrong, found a chipped valve, the customer couldn't afford the bill so he sold the car to the shop and the shop sold it to me with a rebuilt cylinder head for $1900. It needed a few things, but was mostly sound. The only bad thing is the car was totaled on the passenger rear quarter panel, the damage is cosmetic only and the car is a drift car now, so it really doesn't matter. Anyway here's the first round of "fixes" I did: rewired the stereo (it was staying on even with the car off, haha) painted the license plate panel black (it was silver which clashed terribly with the red) reconnected the left side speaker broke off the wheel locks since I didn't get a key with the car Made my own battery tie down, it didn't have one before, and I really needed one... removed the stock antenna added a new convertible top, the window was pretty much ripped out of the old one New top being tested out in the rain ![]() And a pic of the "before" ride height: ![]() Next was a set of coilovers of course! Here's a pic of the megan racing EZ street coilovers that I got for it ![]() slammed... my buddy josh in the car, he was visiting from hawaii where he is stationed, and told me this car would still be considered needing "moar low" if it were there ![]() And just to say that I could... I had about a 1/4" clearance, ![]() I drove it like that for a few days before deciding it was just too low to be practical, so I raised it about 3/4 of an inch which gave me this: ![]() -------------------- ![]() 94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) ![]() |
Wow this thread needs some updating, my car and my driving have come a long way
![]() Foam-ectomy of the passenger seat. It's basically just ripping out some of the foam so you sink into the seat a little more giving slightly better head clearance and a little more "race-seat" feel ![]() Water pump pulley with a bunch of holes drilled for lightness then painted green for drifter-ness? I got it for free in a trade so I figured why not? ![]() Decals like every drift car needs ![]() ![]() Then I started buying parts to piece together my own turbo kit, since I was not satisfied with any of the off-the-shelf kits, namely because I was trying to save a few bucks. I started off with this: ![]() ![]() ![]() Tires at the ready ![]() ![]() Turn signal intakes and no more A/C, washer bottle, and some other misc. stuff that I consider clutter in the engine bay ![]() ![]() DIY alignments, I've gotten pretty good at them now ![]() ![]() This post has been edited by 6strngs: Aug 27, 2013 - 11:43 PM -------------------- ![]() 94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive |
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