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Ziploc posted:A dropped (don't they mean collapsed?) lifter would be clacking all the time. Yeah, noise on deceleration is a new one for me.
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Another cross post. Decel noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXa1NabcOUA Cold start up and revving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc1SyZ0Z2_4 Note: this was taken with my phone and the 2nd video sounds much much worse than it is. It sounds like you can't even hear the engine in the video until it makes the messed up sound that I assume to be a rod knocking. Changed the oil and it was glittery, but the particles were very very small. Stethoscope also sounded loudest at the oil pan, though something could have been going on in the head as well. Also I checked the compression. 197-195-197-200 from front to back. I've ruined a basically perfect engine.  My buddy didn't see how it could be a bearing and insisted the it has to be the lifters, until I checked out all this stuff tonight. It definitely sounds louder than a ticking lifter, at least from my experience with DSM's ticking like a bomb. Right now the route I'm thinking is pick up the 50k mile 1.8 engine in the junkyard for $350 and swap over all the Miata poo poo to it (it's from an Escort GT) and call it a day.
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Drive it until catastrophic failure then post pictures in that other thread...
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What all can I do to give the miata a more comfortable ride? I mean, I know it's a small roadster and that's why I bought it, but I would like if it were a little more comfortable around town. It's got about 150k miles and I haven't had it checked out so I imagine the shocks are hosed, because I can feel every single bump in the road and I can feel it hard. Will upgrading the suspension help significantly? What aftermarket options are a good choice? Is it worth upgrading the seats? I know AI may not be the best place to ask because it is an enthusiast forum, but for right now I want to get as much comfort as I can because it is fun as hell to drive, just a little rough. Also, anything that can be done about wind noise with the top up? With the soft top up the car is noisy as poo poo around 70-80 mph. I'm guessing the only way to fix it is with a hard top?
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I found it's noisier with the hardtop. (Is it because the hardtop reflects sound while the softtop absorbs it?) The car's got little to no sound deadening, so it's going to be noisy all the time.
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-Inu- posted:What all can I do to give the miata a more comfortable ride? ... You're fighting an uphill battle. Refreshing the suspension might help a bit if it's never been done (it'll help handling more than comfort - and at 150k it's definitely due), but the fact of the matter is that it's a very stiff little car with little to no sound deadening. All the noise and road feel are things to be embraced, not "fixed". It's a loud, stiff, communicative little car, which is why I/we love it.  If you're looking for smooth and quiet, you'd be better off dumping the Miata for something else. It's a losing proposition to try to turn a Miata into a GT car. It's been engineered from the ground up to be quite the opposite. Guinness fucked around with this message at 18:00 on May 11, 2010 |
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May 11, 2010 17:58
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-Inu- posted:What all can I do to give the miata a more comfortable ride? I mean, I know it's a small roadster and that's why I bought it, but I would like if it were a little more comfortable around town. It's got about 150k miles and I haven't had it checked out so I imagine the shocks are hosed, because I can feel every single bump in the road and I can feel it hard. Will upgrading the suspension help significantly? What aftermarket options are a good choice? Is it worth upgrading the seats? I know AI may not be the best place to ask because it is an enthusiast forum, but for right now I want to get as much comfort as I can because it is fun as hell to drive, just a little rough. Wind noise? Hard top helps a bit. My smaller mirrors helped a little bit. The thing that will help the most (aside from earplugs) is buying a PRHT NC or a different car  edit: I am a bad person and use earplugs or those ear sealing earbuds in my car when I take a trip on the highway that's going to be more than a hour long
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-Inu- posted:What all can I do to give the miata a more comfortable ride? I have heard that the Flyin Miata Butterfly brace and/or frame rails help with comfort. Basically, stiffening the chassis means the suspension will better do the job it's meant to. One quote I read somewhere was "it feels like the wheelbase is 2 feet longer." It is $400 for the whole thing and installation looks unpleasant though.
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Hog Obituary posted:I have heard that the Flyin Miata Butterfly brace and/or frame rails help with comfort. Basically, stiffening the chassis means the suspension will better do the job it's meant to. One quote I read somewhere was "it feels like the wheelbase is 2 feet longer." It is $400 for the whole thing and installation looks unpleasant though. I've got the braces for the frame rails but not the butterfly. I replaced my suspension at the same time so I can't comment on it. I still think the car is a bit soft up front even with the braces and a Hard Dog roll bar. (HDHCHT double diagonal)
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May 11, 2010 21:55
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-Inu- posted:I know AI may not be the best place to ask because it is an enthusiast forum, but for right now I want to get as much comfort as I can because it is fun as hell to drive, just a little rough. What size, brand, and model tires are you running, and how old are they?
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Guinness posted:All the noise and road feel are things to be embraced, not "fixed". It's a loud, stiff, communicative little car, which is why I/we love it. destructo posted:What year do you have? 99-00 seats are miserable, 90-97 and 01-05 seats are pretty comparable comfort-wise. Some people put Lotus Elise seats in their cars for extra ballin points. It has a set of Proxes FZ4's on it, 195/50-15. I have no clue how many miles they have on them (I've only owned the car about ~1k miles) but they have quite a bit of tread left. I work 5 minutes from Rspeed, does anyone have any experience with them?
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-Inu- posted:I DD a motorcycle so I'm used to the wind noise (oh boy am I used to the wind noise) and comfort factor. My passengers aren't though.  sports car and treat it as such, but until recently, no one has ever actually expressed displeasure with it. It's usually at least novel. Now I'm dating a girl that says it "scares" her. 
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-Inu- posted:It's a '90. Elise seats sound pretty sweet though.  edit: carpet/interior save seats is stock, it's a Tokyo Limited. destructo fucked around with this message at 05:20 on May 12, 2010 |
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May 12, 2010 03:30
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itt, we post interiors that cost 5x as much as the car cost
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-Inu- posted:It has a set of Proxes FZ4's on it, 195/50-15. I have no clue how many miles they have on them (I've only owned the car about ~1k miles) but they have quite a bit of tread left. Cool, so you could always go back to stock 14" wheels with 60-series (or higher) tires for a bit more sidewall. But it's not like you're running rubber bands now. And my current NB came with some old Michelins that had plenty of tread left, but they were starting to dry-rot and noisy as hell. Buying new tires made a huge difference, especially with the top up. Lusso fucked around with this message at 15:38 on May 12, 2010 |
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destructo posted:That's a sweet interior, but I'm afraid to ask how much it cost to do all that work. I can only imagine it's one of those things that costs more than the car is worth, but you'll never ever recover if/when selling the car.
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I kind of got rear-ended by a semi today. Well, it was more like a bump but it was scary as poo poo. We were both moving forward, pretty slow, and he just sort of nudged me forward. If I was going 15mph, he would've been going say 17mph. It was actually right about here: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Vernon+Hills,+Lake,+Illinois+60061&ll=42.199788,-87.931888&spn=0.002933,0.006968&t=h&z=18 ...going South in the right lane, and we were going slow because shortly ahead of us the left lane merges into the right one due to never-ending construction. I feel a jolt forward, hear a thump, and see the semi tractor's right on my rear end, and he stays on it until I accelerate a bit and then stop; he also slows to a stop a ways behind me. I got out and looked at my car, but there wasn't a scratch (he can see that as well.) I ran over to the guy and yelled, "You rear-ended me!" at him (kind of a trashy-looking trucker), and he goes, "No I didn't!" Again, it's obvious there's nothing wrong with the car and he can plainly see that, and I can't prove he hit me, so I just got in my car and continued driving (to work.) I did write down his plates (Minnesota, PAK2950 in the front, 10881ST in the rear) but there's really nothing I could've done, and frankly as long as the car is ok (I'm fine too) I'm happy. I was definitely pissed at him, but after work I got to drive home with the top down (the first time in a couple weeks that's happened) so that made it all better. Once again, the car is fine, drives perfectly, and has no evidence of any impact. I can't believe it myself, but this thing is a little tank (remember, I also got a nearly-clean bill-of-health from the mechanic a few weeks ago.) I loving love this car.
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Is there anyone in MA around Boston with a miata I can drive? I want to replace my S4 with a manual + rwd commuter* and wanted to try one out before looking more seriously. *Decided I want to be gay.
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I'm pretty much going to ignore everything I wrote in my last post because it's completely eclipsed by what just happened. I got home a short while ago after a hell of a night. After work I went to a now-former co-worker's going away party, about 14 miles away, mostly highway driving. On the way home, about 80% of the way (a different route, ~13 of ~16 miles) I see steam, smell antifreeze, and see my temperature gauge is pegged all the way to the right. I take a short detour in the opposite direction and pull into the nearest stop, which happens to be a gas station. I pop the hood, and the coolant reservoir is near empty (halfway between the "low" mark and completely empty.) I buy some 50/50 pre-diluted coolant, and fill it up (I did not wait for the engine to cool completely.) I start the car, and there is still no leak, but the coolant is not being pulled from the reservoir. The fans work. Over the course of a couple hours, I am able to let the engine cool, drive it until the temp gauge inevitably rises, and repeat. At one point I pull off the side of the road near some houses, and the occupants who were out smoking come over to help. They were Hispanic, and my knowledge of Spanish is pretty much limited to saying that I don't speak much Spanish; we try to communicate (I'm just trying to tell them that I'm waiting for the car to cool down) and they try to take a look at the car but there's nothing to be done. While the car was off, I heard some burbling or hissing sound and saw that some of the coolant had been drawn out of the reservoir (from the "full" mark to halfway between "full" and "low.") I thought maybe the problem was resolved (wishful thinking) and start to drive again as the engine has cooled sufficiently. I have to continue creeping along and making stops in order to make it home. (I probably stopped 4-5 times.) I had the timing belt, water pump, and radiator replaced in October at ~61-62k mi. I am at well under 67k mi. Sooo... I'm going to bed now. The car is parked in my driveway and I'm exhausted. I did some preliminary research and found the obvious miata.net stuff: http://www.miata.net/garage/cooling_system.html http://www.miata.net/garage/CoolingSystemProblems.html http://www.miata.net/garage/waterplug.html I suppose the water pump seems the likely culprit, although it is very new. The radiator cap is another thing to take a look at, especially since I did hear that "percolator" sound as indicated in the first link (I heard it twice, but only the first time did some coolant get sucked into the system.) The water plug (3rd link) would be my next option. There's a useful Overheating section in that 2nd link, but I'm too exhausted to deal with this any further. Wish me luck tomorrow.
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DreamOn13 posted:Cross posting from miata.net about my money shift. Update time. Turns out that 3-2 shift loosened my flywheel bolts. I drove probably 150 miles or so home from the track after it happened, and another 15-20 to my friends place to see what he thought about it. On the way home from that, all but 1 of the bolts had fallen out, and the clutch assembly was wobbly as gently caress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6E6X4j5Ano Managed to machine my bell housing a bit for some sweet weight reduction and ruin the new clutch I had just put in. It should be back together in the next week or two though, still trying to source a flywheel since I can't buy a new one from Autozone or the local stores.
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Well, there was nothing else I could do for the car this morning. It's being towed to my mechanic right now.
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Well, after discussing this with a friend, we came to the conclusion that the car has a blown head gasket; I'm hoping it's not a cracked head, but then again I could be extra-unlucky. I'll find out sometime tomorrow once my mechanic takes a look at it. I'm going to attach the photo I wanted to attach with my last post, which was automatically removed by the forum software after I hit "Preview Reply." Edit: I forgot to reduce the size of the image, I'm going to ask a mod to delete it. Sorry.
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So, I'm in the market for a DD. Looking to spend about $2k, and I came across a few NA Miatas in that range with low to mid 100s in miles. (SF Bay Area  )I drive about 50 miles to work each way, 4 days a week. Putting that many miles on my MKIV R32 is not ideal, which is why I'm looking for a DD. I guess my main question would be if Miatas make good DDs? I plan on doing all the maintenance myself.
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pctD posted:So, I'm in the market for a DD. Looking to spend about $2k, and I came across a few NA Miatas in that range with low to mid 100s in miles. (SF Bay Area I drove my NB ~60k as my only 'modern' car - aside from largely cosmetic differences, the NB and NA are very similar. It is absolutely usable for a daily and is very affordable to use as such.
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Atomizer posted:Well, after discussing this with a friend, we came to the conclusion that the car has a blown head gasket; I'm hoping it's not a cracked head, but then again I could be extra-unlucky. I'll find out sometime tomorrow once my mechanic takes a look at it. Ugh, that sucks man. Here's hoping it's not that bad. IOwnCalculus posted:It is absolutely usable for a daily and is very affordable to use as such. Definitely, I've driven an NA or NB for just under 9 years collectively. They're great daily drivers.
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Well, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Apparently the only thing wrong with it is that a hose from the cooling system that attaches to/near the oil filter housing was detached/ripped off. I'm having a hard time coming up with a better description of the problem and/or finding some actual photos of the area. I'll try looking in the Mazda parts guide in the next few days.
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Atomizer posted:Well, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Oh god that one looked terrible to get to when I was replacing coolant hoses. I don't think I'd be able to do it without removing the intake manifold or doing it when the engine was out. I decided to say "gently caress it" and just keep the hose for later when one of those two things would happen.
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pctD posted:So, I'm in the market for a DD. Looking to spend about $2k, and I came across a few NA Miatas in that range with low to mid 100s in miles. (SF Bay Area I was DDing my miata in the bay area with a 50 mile round trip commute for 2 years 5 days a week with no issues. I'd just do a maintenance overhaul on it if the preview owner has no records. New radiator, belts, plugs etc. If you don't mind the interior space and lack of storage its a great DD, especially if you drive with the top down all summer, last year I didn't have the top up a single day in 3 months strait, it was great.
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So what's the opinion on the 10th anniversary edition? I'm eventually gonna LSD, 6 speed and they go for pretty cheap by me, but would I be better off looking at the earlier ones?
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Commodore 64 posted:So what's the opinion on the 10th anniversary edition? I think the general consensus on the 6spd is that it's a waste. The 5/6 speed top gear ratio is the same, so the 6spd it's just extra shifting for no "cruising" gear benefit. Might make sense on a corvette or something that's geared ultra-low to begin with, but not a miata.
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dreesemonkey posted:I think the general consensus on the 6spd is that it's a waste. The 5/6 speed top gear ratio is the same, so the 6spd it's just extra shifting for no "cruising" gear benefit. It is a stronger transmission though, which is nice if you like the boost.
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My miata is pissing me off. It's leaking oil somewhere, it burns what it doesn't leak. It doesn't run very smoothly. I put new tie-rod ends and got an alignment last month and now trying to find where the oil is coming from I find out it's already severely cracked both boots. I suppose it's time for an engine rebuild but I really have no interest in spending the time and money. Nor do I have the hoist and stand to do it. I miss my E30.
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dreesemonkey posted:I think the general consensus on the 6spd is that it's a waste. The 5/6 speed top gear ratio is the same, so the 6spd it's just extra shifting for no "cruising" gear benefit.
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Any of you guys who have had NAs and NBs...how much different, if at all, is the trunk space / opening between the two? My wife is flying out tomorrow and her big suitcase fits (snugly) in the trunk of our NB, but her sister is picking her up from the airport in a NA. Close enough that it shouldn't be an issue?
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You might have a problem. The shapes are different. Especailly if the NA has the spare still in. http://housebroad.com/Miata/90Miata_trunk.jpg
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Wedge in at least half, leave the trunk lid open, drive sanely. Use a bungee if you've got one. Done.
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Was browsing craigslists of neighboring small cities and ran across a NA for sale but with a very vague description and no pictures. It's listed for $2k with a hard top, so pretty much it's ~$1300 worst case scenario, with 125k miles. The kicker is that it's listed as "green" and "limited edition" so I can only assume it's the BRG. There were no other editions whatsoever for 1991, correct? Not going to get my hopes up really but this could be quite the steal. It's probably a beat up piece of crap.
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Yep sounds like a BRG, get it get it get it! I can't imagine much being wrong with it save it being a shortnose
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