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So, for those SCCA Solo'ers in the thread, what the HELL class is a base '01 with a torsen swap, no interior carpets or sound deadening, aftermarket ARBs, intake, strut brace? SSM due to the interior missing?
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I think SSM still requires an interior, Spec Miatas run in DP iirc.
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ionn posted:Or even better, if someone here has an NB with cruise control and is willing to take a peek and see what in the wiring harness matches what in the servo actuator. Mine is a 2002, but it seems at least 1999-2003 are the same, so probably goes for all of them. I'm just going to quote/bump myself because I srsly need halp plz. Edit: Got this from someone at miataturbo.net: quote:. Notch Enough for an initial attempt, I guess. Would mean it maps pink -> blue/orange blue -> blue/red gr/y -> blue/yellow gr/b -> blue/black Will see how it goes. ionn fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jun 13, 2018 |
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Guinness posted:Now here's an interesting new "confirmed" rumor: 2019 Miata to get power bump from 155 to 181hp along with redline bump from 6800 to 7500rpm. Voltage posted:I finally finished installing my new clutch+rear.main seal+rear oilpan seal and new slave cylinder. I only broke off 3 exhaust bolts! The difference is night and day, so much easier to drive now. I need to stop by a muffler shop tomorrow and have them drill out and slap in the new bolts, its a little loud but not horrible enough not to drive around for a few days, just not totally sealed up.  also check out the sway bar 
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mobby_6kl posted:Thanks Mazda, just as I was convincing myself to maybe get a used ND in a year or two. How'd you get pictures of my car?
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Don Lapre fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Jun 16, 2018 |
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Jun 15, 2018 19:20
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Don Lapre posted:Would anyone be willing to look over this for me. Guy is asking $4800 and is firm. Comes with the mis matched hard top which i would probably just sell. That's $1000 more than I paid for my similar condition 97 without a hard top. If you can verify it's actually free of rust it seems like a pretty fair price.
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DogCop posted:That's $1000 more than I paid for my similar condition 97 without a hard top. If you can verify it's actually free of rust it seems like a pretty fair price. Thanks!
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Jun 15, 2018 20:22
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How many miles? That's knocking on good deal for a NB territory here.
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Okay brake job almost done. In the sense that I'm driving it, just without the parking brake because I couldn't get bracket off either old caliper.  (top left here, with the bolt sticking through it) Any ideas how to get it off? It doesn't seem to be very rusted at all but just wouldn't budge. I don't have an impact wrench which I suppose would do it. Worst case I'd just take it to a random shop on Monday and have them have a go at it. Also, after bleeding the rear, the pedal seems to travel a bit more before biting properly. Do I need to also bleed the fronts or is there something else I could adjust? It never bit immediately in the first mm of travel like in some other cars, but seems like it got a bit worse.
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mobby_6kl posted:Okay brake job almost done. In the sense that I'm driving it, just without the parking brake because I couldn't get bracket off either old caliper. I ended up getting rebuilds from rock auto. I couldn't get that bastard off either. I let someone else have that problem.
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puberty worked me over fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Jan 4, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2018 00:29
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Update: Suspensions all sorts of hosed. Good news, it's not irreperably hosed. I need new tie rods and bushings all around. And I need to fix, uh, this. It's missing the alignment ring welded to the LCA 
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drat, I'm going to have to check under mine to make sure I still have the half-moons. If I do, I think I'll add a couple more tacks. e: after swapping the springs from end to end and dialing the damping all the way up, this car rides sharp as hell on track! Not breaking anything on race day has me very pleased.
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Any tips for removing all my old rubber bushings on my '95? I just picked up a 20 ton hydraulic press and the energy poly master bushings kit so it shouldn't be too hard but just curious if someone else has done the job.
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Fire.
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Jun 18, 2018 17:11
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Someone buy this drat car.
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Would had that instead of my 99 if it was available when I bought. I just love how happy NA's look 
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TrueChaos posted:Fire. Jesus people, stop burning out bushings like total mouthbreathers. A ball joint press and an impact does it faster and doesn't make your neighborhood smell like a tire fire. Make sure you have a collection of drifts and receiving tubes. Think of the load paths and don't bend up your control arms. IIRC the rear lowers are susceptible to it.
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um excuse me posted:Someone buy this drat car.
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Voltage posted:Any tips for removing all my old rubber bushings on my '95? I just picked up a 20 ton hydraulic press and the energy poly master bushings kit so it shouldn't be too hard but just curious if someone else has done the job. Heat gun! Put a few hundred lbs on the bushings (I don't even think I hit 1 ton) then hit em with the heat gun and they'll slide right out.
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If any goons have a snugtop hardtop and can't find latch hardware, I've discovered who made it. Eberhard draw latches Here's a print My top was missing one hook foot thingy. Now I gotta getty side strikers for the car itself.  E: mnet and their posters can be so useless. These tops have been around for 20 years and nobody could find the latch hardware. It took me 10 minutes with my wife to take off the top and another 10 to look up the word embossed upon the latches. 
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BloodBag posted:I ended up getting rebuilds from rock auto. I couldn't get that bastard off either. I let someone else have that problem. Now, ugh, get the car back up again...
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I somehow must have forgotten to torque down the two transmission PPF bolts when I did my clutch, because they both fuckin fell out. I have a wedding to go to 3 hours away this weekend and my wife is taking a trip to boston this week and the soonest I could get the bolts is Thursday  Now I gotta blow $500 to rent a car for the next few days 
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Voltage posted:I somehow must have forgotten to torque down the two transmission PPF bolts when I did my clutch, because they both fuckin fell out. I have a wedding to go to 3 hours away this weekend and my wife is taking a trip to boston this week and the soonest I could get the bolts is Thursday Couldn't you just get some big fuckoff bolts from oreilly?
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BloodBag posted:If any goons have a snugtop hardtop and can't find latch hardware, I've discovered who made it. The hardtop I used to have was a Snugtop. I ditched those janky latches and made plates to bolt the top on. Those eberhard latches were never meant for the loads and connection points they were being used on.
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BloodBag posted:Couldn't you just get some big fuckoff bolts from oreilly? They are like a foot long. This is clearly a ratchet strap job.
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I mean it drives ok just the shifter Bobs up and down, which is exactly what my old miata did, i wonder if it also had the same thing and i drove it like that for years  UPDATE: made it without issue to my/the inlaws Poconos house/garage to switch it back out for my jetta, just saved myself a shitload of money , AND im much closer to the wedding here anyway 
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Voltage posted:I somehow must have forgotten to torque down the two transmission PPF bolts when I did my clutch, because they both fuckin fell out. I have a wedding to go to 3 hours away this weekend and my wife is taking a trip to boston this week and the soonest I could get the bolts is Thursday  If it makes you feel better, I forgot to properly torque my lugnuts when I was messing around with the brakes. Something started rattling horribly on a test drive but thankfully I pulled over and tightened them before anything fell off.
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Yeah Jesus go to enterprise and get a Nissan sentra or something, I recently rented a car in Texas and I think it was $80 for the like four days
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Unfortunately where i live even a Nissan versa is $100 a day. Anyways i ended up avoiding all that and snagged my second car.
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I'm not really in the market, but I'm curious what people's thoughts are on this: https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/d/mazda-miata-1995-very-special/6619911676.html
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Extremely solid deal for 6k imo, someone snatch that up betore he changes his mind.
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The chrome is stupid but it seems to be in good shape, or maybe im just jaded frol sinking so much into my red 95 that still looks like poo poo.
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Jun 25, 2018 16:17
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Return to stock, get rediculous amounts for old hard to find aftermarket stuff, sell for $3000, profit
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I'm the Wilwood front disc brakes - very expensive on a street car that weighs 2100 pounds and can probably outbrake itself using Schwinn 10-speed calipers
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I'm the 6 auxiliary gauges (plus I assume RPM LED lights in the cluster!!) for the more or less stock engined car.
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How are you supposed to pull the tombstone if the eyeball vents aren't there anymore? I guess those two hidden screws didn't get reinstalled. I wonder if the wiring to all those gauges are done with twist&tape or what. He really did grab-bag almost every available mod onto that car.
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Miata prices in the UK are no less retarded than his asking price tbh. I paid £2k for my 'limited edition' Icon model from 2000 after getting £500 off asking. 40k on the clock, hard top, fresh rag top, two sets of rims, private plate rust free rails and immaculate. All the classifieds for dog rough equivalents are asking £3.5-4k. 
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