6strngs's project drift miata Options

[6strngs]

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:

[Box]

Very nice. How do you like it? I've thought on and off about getting a Miata, just seems like it'd be too impractical of a car though for an only car.

[6strngs]

Very nice. How do you like it? I've thought on and off about getting a Miata, just seems like it'd be too impractical of a car though for an only car.

Before getting coilovers on it, it was kinda fun to drive. Afterwards, I'd say I've never driven anything this fun before! I don't think it could be my only car though, seeing as I can't fit a guitar in the back... But I did help a buddy pick up an engine block for his 99 civic si, so I can say a B16A2 block fits in the trunk nicely nicely with a little room to spare

FM stuff is brilliant, nicely modified. Will you do anything about the short nose crank? I should endeavor to copy your heat shield.

Yep, I've got a FM stage 1 clutch and 10.3 lb flywheel on the way right now, supposedly were supposed to ship from the manufacturer to FM today, so whenever they see it (later this week hopefully) it should finally be on it's way to me. As for the short nose crank, I was just going to call it pinnochio and have it tell a couple lies No, but if I do blow this engine (which is very possible cause I beat the crap out of it, haha) I'll just pick up a 1.8 off craigslist for cheap, give it a quick rebuild and slap it in, although I've been toying with the idea of a more extreme swap, I just can't think of any affordable engine that I'd actually want in this car. I don't want a v8 because I love being able to drive to the track, beat the crap out of it, and drive it back getting 30+ mpg. I wish I could mount up a 3s-gte in rwd layout The only other options I think I'd be happy with are an F20 or an SR20, but either of those would cost way too much.