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SiB posted:After about 3 years of wanting one, I finally got one (worth buying). The cars around here (northern alberta) are usually junk, 300,000+ km, or bashed to hell, or salvage titles... That was a fuckin' steal, nice work. Shouldn't be too terribly hard to get a new quarter for it. EDIT: gently caress, you got a hard top too? That's even more of a deal than I thought! Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 12:19 on May 3, 2011 |
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I figured I'll quote myself from where I posted this in another thread. Step 1. Get a Miata.  Step 2. Strip the body from the drivetrain.  Step 3. Add some scaffolding.  Step 4. End up with two fat blokes and a fun looking machine.  The machine is a MEV Exocet. It an exoskeleton car that basically sits on top of the Miata drivetrain with not modifications to the suspension or subframes. It supposed to be the cheapest, easiest kit car to assemble to give you an Lotus 7 or Ariel Atom type car. Weight loss has been listed as over 300kgs to half the total vehicle weight, which wikipedia has as 980kg for the NA when it launched.
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May 3, 2011 13:29
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How much for the kit?
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May 3, 2011 16:09
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My god that is one ugly motherfucker at the wheel. Does look like a lot of fun, though.
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Russian Bear posted:How much for the kit? From the MEV website: http://www.mevltd.co.uk/exocet_price.htm quote:BUILD THE MEV EXOCET FOR LESS THAN £2,000 including VAT I have no idea how much it would be to get a kit shipped over to the US but one guy already has in Georgia. He's posting a build thread part 1: http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=exocet&action=display&thread=719 part 2:http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=exocet&action=display&thread=961 he says: quote:Shipping/importing - looks like this will be around £1200 including a case and packing. However, Stuart mentioned that the cost of shipping over two kits is almost identical to shipping one. If that is the case, I think those of us in the US should consider going in together and having the kits shipped in pairs. It sounds silly for us to waste the extra money on shipping when we could be putting that cash back into the build.
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I just bought my second Miata, a rusty white '91 with 156k and a hard top for $1500. I'm going to be using it for parts to rebuild my '90 Mariner Blue that I've owned since 2000. I probably paid too much for the parts car, but I'm hoping to recover most of the cost by selling the hard top and any other parts I don't need. Anyone else part out a car before? Any sage wisdom to offer? I've got an ad on Craigslist that's generating some attention. Looking at eBay a lot of the used parts there seem to be going nowhere fast, with little bidding going on. I'm off to a good start, I got $125 for the hood within 10 hours of putting it up on Craigslist.
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Its funny this post goes up but all the Exocet guys have to part out all the parts they don't use so if you go look at the various build threads they have going a lot of them will post their parting out advice and experience. From what I've gathered they say: -clean up the part a little -take good photos -price a little below what the salvage yards ask -include a buy it now option
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May 4, 2011 11:56
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Was I right to loudly exclaim "gently caress off" upon viewing this or did something happen in miata world and NAs are now rare collectors items http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1994-Mazda-MX-5-Miata-Convertible-W0QQAdIdZ279991264 I know 94 is a desirable year but 8 grand wtf edit: horry poo poo! I went on to looking at the rest of the listing for Halifax and they are all ridiculous. The least expensive NA is 6 grand something. http://halifax.kijiji.ca/f-miata-ca...SearchFormZtrue Is this normal? Is it just Atlantic Canada? PISS Gay but Spooky fucked around with this message at 23:13 on May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 23:11
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That's definitely on the high side, but a good condition 94-97 without a shitton of miles, especially a desirable trim package, tends to run 5-6k in my area, maybe a little more for an exceptionally clean/low miles specimen.
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May 4, 2011 23:20
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NA Miatas are probably done bottoming out price wise, to be honest, judging by other stuff from the generation. FC's and FD's are rebounding in price pretty strongly lately, I've noticed. SW20s seem to have hit a crazy spike as well (lord knows why). There's a lot of spergy dudes who think they will be a majorly collectible car in 20 years. I disagree mainly because no one really lusted after a miata in the 90s as a 16 year old or whatever... This also seems like a pretty bad time to buy a NB. As soon as NCs start consistently going for less than $10k, people will (psychologically) flock towards them, and NBs will probably drop right down to NA prices (relative to their year/condition). Jean Eric Burn fucked around with this message at 01:43 on May 5, 2011 |
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May 5, 2011 01:40
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Hope so. NB's are the only Miata that I actually like the look of.
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Coredump posted:MEV Awesomesauce Wow, that kit and build thread are fantastic. I was going to supercharge my $1k 95 Miata and drive the crap out of it, but maybe an MEV would be a fun alternative too 
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revmoo posted:Hope so. NB's are the only Miata that I actually like the look of. Me too, and thats why I dont expect NB's to ever just drop in price.
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Coredump posted:Its funny this post goes up but all the Exocet guys have to part out all the parts they don't use so if you go look at the various build threads they have going a lot of them will post their parting out advice and experience. From what I've gathered they say: Thanks for that. I'll see how it goes with my tail lights.
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May 5, 2011 11:02
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I kind of want some door bars but I would feel pretty weird paying $300 for what's literally a bent tube welded onto some plates. I literally can't figure out why these cost more than $50. God I need to just learn how to weld.
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The Amputee House posted:
Why is the 94 desirable? I have one, so I'm just curious, because I thought i remembered reading this at some point but no one ever said why. I was checking miata prices for shits and giggles 'cos I bought my NA last august for $3680(yea guy was weird) with 107k miles on the clock, and I still see beat to poo poo NAs going for 3200-4000 in my area with like 160k+ miles 
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Russian Bear posted:Why is the 94 desirable? I have one, so I'm just curious, because I thought i remembered reading this at some point but no one ever said why. I was checking miata prices for shits and giggles 'cos I bought my NA last august for $3680(yea guy was weird) with 107k miles on the clock, and I still see beat to poo poo NAs going for 3200-4000 in my area with like 160k+ miles 1.8L, real oil pressure gauge and OBD1 so it's easier to turbo/supercharge.
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May 7, 2011 08:02
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1.8, almost all of them have torsens, obd1, real oil pressure gauge, 8.8:1 compression.
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May 7, 2011 20:03
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Just finished my homemade hoist, am I crazy?
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May 7, 2011 21:08
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depends on how much stud you found
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May 7, 2011 21:15
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Oh I assure you I found a nice, beefy, manly stud to screw into.
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Can someone with a NA post a picture of their trunk, specifically the area the battery is in, ideally with the trunk liner removed? All I can find with this detail are NB trunks and I know they're a little different. My sister-in-law's '95M has a dead battery and is in Los Angeles. Her roommate hosed off for the day and the only service she can find to deliver wants to charge $125 plus the cost of the battery itself. So realistically she will end up finding a ride and/or cab to Autozone or OReilly or something, getting a battery, and getting a ride back to her car to swap it herself, and I will end up walking her through it. Alternatively, is anyone near the Culver City area and bored? 
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Sorry for the poo poo quality, it's dark in that corner of my garage. Make sure she takes note of which post is where, the positive goes on the left when looking in from the back of the car. Some batteries have it on the other side. 
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May 10, 2011 00:06
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$25 foamectimied seat if anyone needs one: http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/2373963520.html
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FatCow posted:Sorry for the poo poo quality, it's dark in that corner of my garage. Make sure she takes note of which post is where, the positive goes on the left when looking in from the back of the car. Some batteries have it on the other side. Thanks for the photos, I was able to walk her through it via text and these helped. Autozone selling her only a crescent wrench to do the job with didn't
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mobn posted:Since everyone says this is the case now, for goons only I will make it $800. Sadly I need any kind of money more than I need a hard top. Mobn are you still selling this or has it already moved? I'm nearing my home date and I'm still in need of one. I'm not sure I'd be buying yet but we'll see.
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   I really like this car, even though it probably steers like a big ol' bag of poop.
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destructo postin''
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Vitamin Jonell posted:destructo postin'' Man, even I think that car looks dumb, although the Trap finish panel is nice. I'm trying to decide between 225/45/15 RS3s @ $412 and wait, or get 205/50/15 Star Specs for $352 and get them now. Looks like I'd lose 0.3" in tread and 0.5" width per tire if I go with the Star Specs. I feel like since I have 15x8 wheels I ought to use RS3s, but the extra cost and treadwear makes me think twice. destructo fucked around with this message at 00:00 on May 13, 2011 |
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That car above looks clean, though I can't say I'm a fan of the whole sink the tires in the fenders look. So I'm ready to buy a roll bar and I think I'm going to get the Boss Frog Clearview Standard. I found it unfinished for $423 here http://www.deftracing.com/miata_parts/miata_boss_frog_clearview_single_hoop_rollbar_standard_unpainted.htm and according to the vendor it'll fit Miatas from 90-05 and will fit under hard tops... the only downside seems to be complaints people have regarding seat belts sometimes don't retract, but there is an adapter if that gets to me. Has anyone here ever repainted their own Miata? Mine was originally Montego Blue, but then at some point repainted to British Racing Green which has since gone to crap quite a bit. I'm thinking about either getting it resprayed or doing it myself...
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destructo posted:Man, even I think that car looks dumb, although the Trap finish panel is nice. I'm trying to decide between 225/45/15 RS3s @ $412 and wait, or get 205/50/15 Star Specs for $352 and get them now. Looks like I'd lose 0.3" in tread and 0.5" width per tire if I go with the Star Specs. I feel like since I have 15x8 wheels I ought to use them, but the extra cost and treadwear makes me think twice. RS3's. You won't regret it. They are fuckin' amazing. Almost as good as the old school Azenis
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Beach Bum posted:RS3's. You won't regret it. They are fuckin' amazing. Almost as good as the old school Azenis gently caress you. RT-615s are a god awful tire.
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Phone posted:gently caress you. RT-615s are a god awful tire. Dunno dawg. They seem to make a good budget sticky tire that isn't RS3 money.
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Ziploc posted:Dunno dawg. They seem to make a good budget sticky tire that isn't RS3 money.  Falkens at work there, IIRC? I've never had the RS3 but they are one of the hottest tickets out there for autocross. I loved my RS2s when they were new but unfortunately my drive is pretty much nothing but highway commuting, and when they harden up, they get LOUD.
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Feces Starship posted:Mobn are you still selling this or has it already moved? I'm nearing my home date and I'm still in need of one. I'm not sure I'd be buying yet but we'll see. Still for sale, $800 just for you.
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Phone posted:gently caress you. RT-615s are a god awful tire. The pre 615K Azenis.
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Beach Bum posted:The pre 615K Azenis. That would be the RT-615, you can tell because it doesn't have a 'K'. e: the 615Ks are more expensive than pretty much everything in Miata sizes.
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Ziploc posted:Dunno dawg. They seem to make a good budget sticky tire that isn't RS3 money. The RT-615 is dead and the only reason to get them last year was because it was the only summer tire in 14" and you could pick up a set for 240 shipped. The R-S3s are wider, stickier and cheaper than Star Specs, but you have to go up to 15s to play.
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Phone posted:The RT-615 is dead and the only reason to get them last year was because it was the only summer tire in 14" and you could pick up a set for 240 shipped. The R-S3s are wider, stickier and cheaper than Star Specs, but you have to go up to 15s to play.
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