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Shhh, you're all ruining my car flipping secret!
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Found out I had the hood squeak something fierce. Grabbed some of those felt furniture movers for a buck. Perfect fit on top of those rubber hood stops. Squeak is about 95% gone. Pulled the plug to the door "chime" as well. Sweet, sweet relief for my ears. What do you guys do for batteries? I read that the O Reilly 51r72 was a good battery; about 100 more CCAs and requires very minor modifications to fit. I went to pick one up but found out they only had the 51r72j which did not have the vents. They called in to another store and said they couldn't source one with the vents.  Also, "2twisty" flush ((idle car with 3qt ATF, 1qt SAE 50 for 1.5 hours, flush with kerosene (optional) )) for noisy lifters on start up, yay or nay?
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Mar 7, 2013 01:16
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Batteries Plus sells a Duracell or Rayovac branded one for pretty cheap.
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Mar 7, 2013 01:18
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AF posted:Also, "2twisty" flush ((idle car with 3qt ATF, 1qt SAE 50 for 1.5 hours, flush with kerosene (optional) )) for noisy lifters on start up, yay or nay? This sounds like a horrible idea.
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Mar 7, 2013 01:29
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A mysterious box arrived. This was inside. It's a journal bearing. Should I be able to spin the compressor wheel by hand? It turns, but has too much friction to spin on its own.
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Mar 7, 2013 01:33
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Miata pricing follows no known rules of economics. After I bought my Miata I started seeing shitloads of really ratty ones getting dumped for much less than I paid and all the really expensive garage queens dried up. Confirming this. I bought my '09 GT new in Dec '09 for $23000. I sold it in Oct '11 with 24000 miles on it for $20000.
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Mar 7, 2013 03:19
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saint gerald posted:A mysterious box arrived. This was inside. It should spin freely. You won't be able to really spin it much to get it to spin on its own but you shouldn't feel any real resistance as it goes around. See if there's a rough spot, but it's probably fine and just needs oil.
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Mar 7, 2013 03:36
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AF posted:Also, "2twisty" flush ((idle car with 3qt ATF, 1qt SAE 50 for 1.5 hours, flush with kerosene (optional) )) for noisy lifters on start up, yay or nay? Jesus Christ no. Noisy lifter start up is normal for all NA Miatas get used to it. If you want to clean the motor out run synthetic Rotella for a change cycle, then go back to 10w30.
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Mar 7, 2013 05:23
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I just switched from unknown black as night dino to royal purple 10w30 and now my NA engine sounds smooth as hell. Could also be the new plugs+wires but I am sure the synthetic played a small part.
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Mar 7, 2013 05:28
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OK, will stay away from that idea. Thanks again. For any Bay Area people, here's a '97 with 20k miles for 4.3k: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3663128505.html VVV  I don't know my special editions. Edited, thanks
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Mar 7, 2013 06:58
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AF posted:OK, will stay away from that idea. Thanks again. That's not an M or has been painted.
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Mar 7, 2013 07:00
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It's been painted since 97's didn't come in yellow. Could be an M though, it's got the lovely shiny wheels.
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Mar 7, 2013 07:59
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looks like it might have a hard dog x-brace roll bar too. I'm not sure how the hell that roll bar works with a glass-window top. Hog Obituary fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Mar 7, 2013 |
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Mar 7, 2013 08:20
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Jesus, someone just listed an 05 MSM with 16K miles on it for $16K. A dollar a mile isn't bad! That is, incidentally more than I paid for the 6.
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Mar 8, 2013 03:24
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Rhyno posted:Jesus, someone just listed an 05 MSM with 16K miles on it for $16K. A dollar a mile isn't bad! That is, incidentally more than I paid for the 6. Go on miataturbo, and buy a better turbo Miata for less than half that. Stop wasting your time looking for MS Miatas.
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Mar 8, 2013 04:19
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Larrymer posted:Go on miataturbo, and buy a better turbo Miata for less than half that. Stop wasting your time looking for MS Miatas. This. They're god awful cars.
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Mar 8, 2013 04:21
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Phone posted:This. They're god awful cars. This is the first I've heard of that. What would you say is so awful about them?
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Mar 8, 2013 04:37
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Various other posters have said it's actually quite a good car if you do a few minor mods.
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Mar 8, 2013 04:40
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Rhyno posted:Various other posters have said it's actually quite a good car if you do a few minor mods. They aren't awful but I'd rather buy an already turbo'd Miata instead of spend 15k on a MSM + the extra money to fix the issues
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Mar 8, 2013 04:55
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Nodoze posted:They aren't awful but I'd rather buy an already turbo'd Miata instead of spend 15k on a MSM + the extra money to fix the issues 1. I don't trust my skills to turbo it myself. 2. I don't want to buy a potential hackjob someone else put together and then dumped off.
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Mar 8, 2013 04:58
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They're pretty awesome. Definitely have their flaws but it's basically the best Miata ever made by Mazda.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:01
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Phone posted:This. They're god awful cars. No they're not. MSM's are for people that want a reliabale factory turbo Miata. How they're awful is beyond me, it's still a Miata the last time I checked.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:18
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leica posted:No they're not. MSM's are for people that want a reliabale factory turbo Miata. Because the internet says so. By that reasoning my MS6 is a bad car.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:23
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The ignition cut is at 6500 RPM, the boost spools at 4000, and in order to get anything that resembles power you need to replace the entire turbo system with something aftermarket. My parents own one. It's a nice car, but it's annoying as poo poo to drive.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:24
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The MSM is a great car if you're allergic to wrenches and can't read an internet forum. Buy an NB for 5k, spend 3k on turbo parts and have a much, much better car.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:26
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Well in that case horrible is relative, Phone's parents seem to enjoy it. And if Ryno would enjoy it who gives a gently caress really?
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Mar 8, 2013 05:30
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I'm also looking for ease of initial ownership here, I don't want another huge project to tackle.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:34
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Also destructo failed to mention labor costs and tuning which will run another couple grand or more. And good luck finding a shop that will do it right and back up their work. If you don't want to gently caress with turboing a Miata yourself it's not a cheap upgrade whatsoever.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:39
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Plus suspension and seats and chassis bracing and everything else you get with an MSM.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:41
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This is pretty much what I learned from you guys in my thread and in my other forum browsing. I am enjoying how divided this thread is over it though!
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Mar 8, 2013 05:44
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leica posted:Also destructo failed to mention labor costs and tuning which will run another couple grand or more. And good luck finding a shop that will do it right and back up their work.
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Mar 8, 2013 05:50
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We're not talking about you though, we're talking about Ryno who he said he doesn't want to gently caress with installing turbo kits. I would install a turbo/charger/ITB kit just fine, you don't have to talk me into it 
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Mar 8, 2013 06:38
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destructo posted:Remember the part where I said "allergic to wrenches"? Tuning is a couple hundred at most to get spark optimized, fueling you can do yourself in a couple hours. $2000 for a BEGI-S kit, another $1000 for Megasquirt, injectors and a clutch and you're good to go. If you can do a timing belt, you can install a turbo, I'm mechanically retarded and I figured it out just fine. This setup won't pass smog if you care about that kind of thing. If the cause of the salvage title really isn't so bad, this could be a pretty good deal: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3599821418.html 
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Mar 8, 2013 06:46
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"holds a salvage title due to some scratches on the fender, bumper, headlight and a headlight replacement" Haha.
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Mar 8, 2013 06:56
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Wouldn't gently caress with a salvage title Miata, there's no point when there are so many clean ones available
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Mar 8, 2013 07:01
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leica posted:Jesus Christ no. Noisy lifter start up is normal for all NA Miatas get used to it. This. Although I just run Rotella T6 5w40 all year round. 1.6 with a JRSC M45.
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Mar 8, 2013 07:47
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Does Rotella T6 do anything special (compared to other synthetics)? I run Mobil 1 and still get some lifter tick every now and then.
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Mar 8, 2013 09:49
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8th-samurai posted:Does Rotella T6 do anything special (compared to other synthetics)? I run Mobil 1 and still get some lifter tick every now and then. It isn't a shadow of its former self and isn't riding on its accolades of the past.
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Mar 8, 2013 14:26
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Nodoze posted:Wouldn't gently caress with a salvage title Miata, there's no point when there are so many clean ones available I got my '97 with a salvage title and it seems fine, it was only $1,200 and it makes me care even less about beating on it or blowing it up on track - however I do wonder what happened to it, the PO had it for 100K miles (it has 200 now) and never had an issue. I am too cheap to carfax it, that $35 could buy a tank of gas!
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Mar 8, 2013 15:12
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Nodoze posted:Wouldn't gently caress with a salvage title Miata, there's no point when there are so many clean ones available The 95m I bought with 40k on it was salvage. The guy who bought it from auction and owned it before me (also owns a body shop) showed me the damage, it was a cracked bumper and what ever that plastic bit is between the truck and the bumper was cracked as well. Supposidly there was some damage to the diff cover but Ive been in, out, and all over that car and cant find any evidence of a wreck. TLDR: I bought a super clean salvage 95m with 40k on it for around 4.2 and have no regrets 20k miles and several track days later.
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