Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

miatas are extremely fun to drive.. gay but fun to drive

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

Looks good! I like Miatas. Great stuff for hella cheap.


You need the N/A RX-7 LSD, axles & driveshaft & a great clutch. The 1.6L rear end has a tendancy to kill itself. Sometimes at 200-220, sometimes not till 250. Then again there are some that have failed 100% stock LoL!

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

for how much they cost, a miata is one of the funnest cars i've driven. and the motors are ------- awesome and can hold up to some decent power

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

nice wheels

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

ya, I'm suprised my rear ends held this long especially after some 12 runs at the strip. The only reason i hink its lasted this long is because I slip the clutch off the line and realistically the clutch doesn' have that instant lock between shifts which is probably enoough to save my dinky rear end.


theres a totaled miata sitting in my backyard with the larger 1.8 rear end (same casing, shafts, etc. as the rx-7 but with a gear type lsd and not a clutch pack style) I tried to swap it last summer when my turbo ---- was getting cermic coated however after shattering some sockets, I realized it wasn't coming out without a torch and I threw in the towel since I had a week and a half before I went back to college and Boston=no car.


I'm at the point now where I want to put a stouter rear end in, a stand alone, and ground controls with agx shock and sway, poly bushings, etc but college is a priority right now so I'm gonna wait until i can do it "right".....either that or i'm gonna sell the car and buy a 1.8 (94+) and piece together a turbo kit with some beefier compnents.

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

If you're already doin 12s I'd keep going with the car, do the better rear, with a bigger gear, a better clutch, stand alone with a couple more psi, thats prob a half second right there

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

guess I'll post a list of ---- done for those curious...



greddy manifold
tdo4-15g
starion intercooler
forge diverter valve
ceramic coated manifold, downpipe, turbo exhaust housing, powder coated valve cover, intake mani ec.
2.5 stainless stright back, no cat :-X, magna flow straight through muffler
BEGI afpr
msd 2225 pump
autometer fp & boost gauge
profec b II
bipes timing control
semi gutted interior (no carpet, radio, speakers, console, consenser)
autopower roll bar
stripped ac/soft top/emission equipment/bumper suports/tons of random ---- that I didn't deem necessary :)
rota c8's w/ azenis
factory hard top
ebay'd cf motorcycle mirrors (the stock mirrors are ridiculously huge)
momo team wheel (axed the air bag)
simpson rear bumper (mounts flush and gets rid of a bunch of 5 mph crash bullshit)

mmm...some other stuff i probably forgot

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

Too bad you weren't closer, my cousin is selling his rx7 and you could've had some nice parts for cheap.. i'd go searching around the junkyards ;)

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

no no, I WISH i was in the 12's, I meant I've probably done some 12-14 runs at the track all of which were in oor around mid 14's :'(


the best I can muster as of yet is a 14.4 at 97, however (here come the excuses) it was extrememly humid and literally 96 degrees, the night I went my friends gti and sr20 sentra were running about2-3 tenths slower then when hey ran later that fall.

I'm hoping this year with better fueling and roughly a 100 lbs less weight and some 40 degree cooler air I can break into the 13's on a stock bottom end and ecu which I'll be happy with since stock is around 16.7. I think the new afpr and pump alon will help alot since at the track my car was running out of fuel up top.

Re: noob with a gay ass miata
 

I like miatas with hard tops, thought about gettin one but got the Z instead