1990, 5spd, 138k miles, no accidents, new top, glass back window, it's a bit shaky at 70mph but i think the wheels aren't balanced properly, and i paid $1600. It's gonna be my fuck around toy. I plan on some coilovers, 15" wheels, and some sticky tires, and that's it. and no i'm not gay.

Nice!


I'd rock the hell out of that myself If i found one for 1600.

Diesel, are you gay?

Yeah, Hex you would, once you've thrown 5 different sets of wheels on it and resold 4 times.

No way, he'd never drive it. Wouldn't want to risk lowering the resale value further by putting on more k's.

Congrats...but I would rice the hell out of that car...

You fuckin' bastard, that's what I want.

The 65-70 MPH shimmy is a common Miata problem. get your wheels balanced on a Hunter 9700 machine to a high tolerance. Also, is it a short-nose 1.6 or has the engine been changed or the crank been replaced?

sweet

Are you going to track/autocross it?

Paulie D would be pleased.

Sweet!! I wished i could spare a few gs to get a toy.

yeah it is a short nose, but the owner says he's never had any problems, so we'll see how long it lasts. If anything, i'll just swap it for the 1.8 motor when the days comes.

turboooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

1.8 with JRSC or ban

the Jackson Racing supercharger is wayyy more expensive then a Greddy turbo kit.

GAY.

I would personally vote for this.

You know how I know you're gay??? ...shakes head...

change my vote from turbo to V8 conversion

yeah the V8 conversion is bad ass.

V8 conversion + widebody kit...mmmm....

do you know how i know you're gay? oh wait.. you already are. i miss you nigga!




guys.. V8 conversion is like $5K at the LEAST! too much money. the reason i bought the miata was because it's cheap fun. don't want it be a money pit.

With your impulsive buying, YOU are your own money pit!




Hey baby. You got some 'fries' with that 'shake?'

It's your homie Dennis.

You know you are gonna end up buying something ridiculously expensive anyways. Might as well start with awesomeness. You can always draft in hex to find you a LS3 for $15 and supersized happy meal.

V8 conversions are not what I'd do in a Miata, they push the weight distribution a couple percent to the nose and it's hard to salvage the handling, though some guys do it. You can put a mildly hot head on a 1.8 for about $2000 altogether and be looking at about 150 NA horsepower. If you were gonna do a swap, I'd suggest a KL V6 swap

Fuck, I need to get a bigger place, and start making more money, so I can have a fun car.

Nice little car. I'm assuming that for $1600 there was no hard top included with the deal? I have been waffling between a first gen Miata or a 914 for a couple of years now.

no.. no hard top. but i was too late a red miata in LA for $2150 with a hard top.

This.

I imagine you bought a Miata for its reputedly excellent handling... not for its straight line grunt..... riiiight?

because its a better product.

Fixed. "Better" is a subjective term, not an objective term.

i was speaking of the E-damage part of the greddy turbo kit

wheres the pics of the engine!?!

got it lowered yesterday on KYB AGX shocks with Eibach springs. Rides sooo much better!! but now i'm rubbing. Especially with the new wheels 15x8 with +0 offset. But can't beat picking up a brand new set of wheels (not even brake dust) with brand new tires for $250.

i gotta roll my fenders!!!

I respect the deal, but I think I just died a little inside.

haha.. you're gonna die more when i slam it and poke and stretch the wheels/tires. I think only Hex will appreciate.

Haha... here I come in thinking that those wheels need more stretch and slammage, someone read my mind!

Not a fan of Sportmaxxes... but at $250, I'd have done too.

Oh god

Eibach Pro-Kits, I hope not? You'd get shot on any miata forum. The AGX are good though, that's probably all of your ride benefit came from putting in those shocks.

should have got Tokicos.
and +1 on the to the pro-kit's.

Worst.
Springs.
Ever.

the pro kits are going out once i get some more money. gonna put in Ground Controls.

Well it's a weird intermediate step but Ground Controls are definitely a lot more like it. Cornerweight that shit!

*high five* Diesel...joining the NA club

The 002's look good, but everyone has got them, which makes them ghey. You need flares BTW; they are too wide.

Keep the 1.6; they are much stronger than the 1.8

Look into getting a roll bar, or a butterfly brace, as it fixes up A LOT of the flex; it's the one thing I hate most about my car; it flexes so much with the hard top off. I just bought a TB roll bar, and it's in the mail, can't wait.

Also, get a racing beat front lip, and leave it black...looks sex

Congrats

what the hell is the point of buying one set of springs that are known to be crap, only to spend more money on another set of springs that you should have got in the first place?

I was gonna say same thing. Quit wasting money on ricer shit and save up and buy the good stuff once and for all.

keep on saving little guy

I can't even be bothered to adjust the suspension on my Forza 2 cars, let alone a real car. Couple that to my propensity for trying to figure stuff out through trial and error and I would either wreck myself or the car before long.

the shocks/springs are used, but sorta new, and came as a package.

ghetto

I ask him this question with everything he buys ALL THE TIME. lol