so after spending so much money on the Z and her finally being where i want her (for now) i decided to pick up something cheaper to mess with and modify for the low since i want to keep my truck the daily driver and reliable... found a great deal on a beat up 95 miata and got to work. after about 3 months of cleaning repairing and researching what was wrong w her i got her running smooth and repaired her main issues. she has come a very long way in 3 months of ownership from completely stock... this thing is a real blast to drive and autox giving the Z some rest from the track has been nice( not to mention its much more competitive then the Z was) btw i picked the miata up for 1500

anyways on to pictures...

when i bought her



took some shots w the sibling ;-) when i first got coilovers on dropped her down

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ended up having to raise the rear a tiny bit to get the alignment spec performance savy..-4.5 in the rear just wasnt gonna cut it. and in the end performance outweighs looks. tho i still want it to look good.

proper shoot

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The Miata looks good. I like how aggressive it looks. What mods did you do on it?

 

so far switched out the beat up steering wheel for a 350mm dish n hub/ repaired tons n tons of broken interior peices n bushings(shifter/diff all sorts) test pipe to full exhaust, couple cosmetic things like H4 conversion connected to HID conversions, red out tails blacked out few things tow, then megan ez street coilovers, and xxr 002 wheels 15x8 0 offsets square on ss595 federals... next month will prob bring a X brace roll bar and a front sway bar..soon after that seats. the stock 1s are torn pretty bad and the seat covers are cheezy

 

then the obvious changed all fluids diff tranny motor radiator and a full tune up runs great and gets around 30mpg w me ripping around town. for prob 90hp it feels amazingly quick

 

omg thats so cute the paint needs some tlc. the z is flawless. i see a dust spec though lol

 

i've always wanted to mod a miata... one day ima grab one

 

Throw a cheap turbo on there and you'll be set. I had a Miata back in the day and wish I would have kept it.

 

I'd like to do a s2k but no way can't get that for $1500. That's nice op. I like how u did it. Aggressive lil thing!! Can't have enough toys though for sure.

 

Beautiful! Love those wheels. I followed the same path earlier this year.

 

Wished I fit in a miata :c (6'4")

 

Very nice MX5 op, and she looks great! I have always wanted one of these cars and I even modded a few of them for friends. The flying Miata turbo kit has your name on it if you want a little more umph to the tires!http://www.flyinmiata.com/turbos/turbosNA8.php

 

That looks a nice lithe project car. Looks awesome and I know the performance(track wise) is there as well. Love what you have done with it!!

Chris

 

nice ride very clean. perfect for autox

 

thanks gents!

ya i wasnt sure at first then found 1 for the low and said how bad could be it. but i couldnt be happier. deff needs some more power tho.

yea thats what im thinking for the near future.




nice!!! how was that roll bar install looks to be same 1 i plan to go with.

maybe so joe. you would have to try it out a friend of mine unsure of his height sat in it and he could almost see over the roof lol. im 5"10 and fit perfect

yea im deff looking into it but for now its the same things

thanks its deff a blast to drive. esp because all the old farts see how "low" it is and dont think it will perform at this height. then i catch up to within .5 of a second to there times and they are on star specs/ rs-3s and that was before an alignment and a slight raise.

 

^ Im 6'4" and the height is in my legs.

I sat in one once and yeah....no go :c

Ill probably pick up a 89 zenki

 

man i've been eying a couple in my area as well. in the same price range...

one day...

 

Nice, I've always been a fan of the Miata. They seem like they are very fun to drive.

 

Very nice! Definitely a fun car.

 

Nice. I like it a lot.

 

Nice Miata. I got myself one last year and built it into a little track toy. Its a fun car and parts are so cheap compared to the z.

Here is a semi recent pic of mine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66609977@N07/6866546840/