Track day Bro?!

[drifte]

My buddy has those wheels on his Miata but on 225's, turns like no other.



His cars gotta rough body, looks like you got pretty lucky with a clean straight shell to work from.

[mx5_matt]

figured I'd do another update on progress on the car.
Got the 1.8 all put back together after doing timing belt, water pump. couple new hoses, new radiator, new clutch master / slave and a few other bits.



also got some new tires, 205/50 nitto nt05 on a 15x9



got my new coilovers installed as well. still need to adjust height and get an alignment and then she'll be ready to drive.



Just need to install a new test pipe, adjust a few things on the motor and then head out to the Autocombine in jax, FL april 1st.

[TheCrabMaster]

Hey look i'm upside in a miata

[mx5_matt]

Okay, finally gonna compile some of the progress of this build.



Got both the motors ready to transfer some parts over, and the entire front end body taken apart ready for paint.



dacrabmasta ( project hardshell ) unbolting the brake booster from the pedal in the most comfortable way possible.



ok, got rid of some rust and dirt, and etching primered the entire front end.



So shiny, decided on silver after seeing charlies time attack miata and fell in love. tad bit brighter than his bay was but i still like it.



I was tempted to make the effort of doing a harness tuck, but only had a week to work on it, and didn't feel like pulling the dash to tuck the fuse box, so settled for cutting out a few wires i no longer needed, and rewrapping the entire harness in fresh tape and looms.



How it looks with the body back together, still need to align all the panels. but ready to drop the motor in.



1.8 is in. now its time for a new radiator, timing belt/water pump kit. and some other minor stuff before it ready for the touge.

[mx5_matt]

Man o man, been a while since iv'e updated this, but decided it was time.

pretty much havn't touched the car too much since the last update, until about two weeks ago. the valve seals/piston rings slowly have been wearing down and iv'e been prepping for a 1.8 swap. while driving through some twisties, my clutch decided give out on me. Found a 1.8 and trans on a facebook group for a steal and picked it up that weekend. proceeded to tear down the engine bay for a much needed respray while i was at it. Motor will be in tomorrow and getting everything hooked back up. ill update some more once its done.

[TWM Performance]

Looks awesome on those wheels

Renato
Team TWM Performance

[mx5_matt]

tiny update: got some 20mm spacers on the rear,only have 5mm up front, thinking of bumping that up to 15mm.
also picking up a Torsen LSD this weekend to get rid of my weak 1.6 open diff.

[exilekiller]

Sick Miata Man. Keep up the hard work. Love that vodka trick too!

Lookin forward to new updates.

[mx5_matt]

ordered some more stuff I guess. spaced the fronts out 5mm. still need to finish rolling the rears before putting 5mm spacers on those.
Also ordered a garagestar steering rack spacer and windshield banner. goin full racecar!
and picked up some local cheap ebay Emusa coilovers, hopefully can get these lower than i am now and will last until I can afford BC coils.

[dburgoon]

Headlight go up, headlights go down...headlights go up, headlights go down.....

I love miatas! Still upset I've never had one for the road. Great work man, coming along nicely.

[TheCrabMaster]

Throwback-ish

[EricT93]

cars coming along great sir!

[DeltaAlpha9]

Wow, those wheels look great mounted up. I didn't think they were anything special when it was a just a head on shot of them, but damn.

[mx5_matt]

slight update, got the wheels mounted, gotta mess with alignment,fenders still.


also picked up a mercury capri 1.6 valve cover that will be powdercoated eventually.

[Motoman325]

gotta love this car

have you thought about the hard top that goes all the way over the trunk?