Shumai

[Vincent123]

Teaser pic of my homies shooting the car up in the canyons near my house




And he sent me one of the photos after a quick edit. Alot more to come
Photo by Jordan Mo Photography

[Vincent123]

Teaser photo

[rsingh3g]

Such a dope looking Miata. The retrofits are hella clean.

[rice4life]

Was that shot up at GMR?
If so, there was a pretty nasty wreck at that exact spot a few years back involving a civic.

If not, GMR has those kind of walls at parts of it.

[smithyyy]

oh god... this thing is some damn good looking
makes me want a miata!! hah

[Vincent123]

Just picked up a 3.9 Torsen LSD off a 2002 SE 6 speed type 2

No more 4000rpm going 80mph

[Vincent123]

Was that shot up at GMR?
If so, there was a pretty nasty wreck at that exact spot a few years back involving a civic.

If not, GMR has those kind of walls at parts of it.

It was shot at chantry flats, north of Arcadia all the way up santa anita

[Vincent123]

Got my 3.9 torsen lsd installed today. Was only supposed to take 2 hours, but found out my axle seal was shot, so I had to drive all around town trying to find a mazda dealership that had some in stock

Drives great, car feels a bit slower driving around town now since the rpm's are lower. But I'm sure itll feel better on the freeway


Heres my mechanic driving my car in







Axles off




Painted my braces red since I saw a can of high temp red engine enamel at the shop laying around




Drove about 40min away just to pick up these damn seals




Side by side




Greased it up and put the new seals in




Redline oil ftw




Mixed with Amsoil 75w90




All done and torqued down. Diffuser installed




Decided to try out some new oil since I needed an oil change
Motul 5w40. Feels good so far, but then again I only drove 5 miles haha
Plus my mechanic sold it to me at his cost, so might as well!




Engine bay shot after oil has been changed







Overall Im liking the 3.9 torsen. I'm sure I'll get used to the lower rpm's. And if I ever decide to go boost in the future, I'm all set

[Vincent123]

Here are some pics of the test fit. Not the greatest but it shows you how it sits

[Vincent123]

So heres the thing. After test fitting my apr gt wing, I dont think I can use my oem trunk spoiler with it since the only flat area I can mount it on will have the wing sit too far forward.

Should I either.. cut a slit in my oem spoiler so I can mount the wing further back, or run it with no trunk spoiler?

OR, pick up a touge run duck bill spoiler, and sell my oem one? And mount the gt wing with the touge run spoiler.
But the touge run spoiler is like $200 ><
Got my OEM one for less than half of that


Decisions decisions, looks kinda plain to me with no trunk spoiler =\

[rsingh3g]

I agree with you on how the miata looks plan without the spoiler. I think you should just cut slits on the oem spoiler and then if you can find a cheap touge run get that then.

[Vincent123]

I agree with you on how the miata looks plan without the spoiler. I think you should just cut slits on the oem spoiler and then if you can find a cheap touge run get that then.

Yeah I agree, I think thats exactly what I will do. Hopefully I can cut the spoiler cleanly

[rice4life]

It was shot at chantry flats, north of Arcadia all the way up santa anita

I was talking about this hahaha.

I have to take a cruise up there, I like trying new roads.

[Mr Von Smack]

Here are some pics of the test fit. Not the greatest but it shows you how it sits

Damn, this is coming along nicely. I think you should just cut slits in the OEM lip to fit it. I think it will look clean.

[Vincent123]

Me and Thanh (ThaiT) filling up gas, on our way to KINOD meet. Havent been to one of these in awhile.




My APR wing on top of David's (dilly) gt wing. Can anyone say downforce?




After the meet, we decided to eat at Tops Burgers. Luckily enough, today was their 60th anniversary so their famous pastrami burger was only 60 cents. Originally close to $7 for the burger. SCORE!
The promotion is going on tomorrow too, so if anyone in socal has a tops burgers near you, I suggest you go try it!