Mikelly Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Don't get me wrong, I like Miatas. They're great little cars. But I didn't "plan" on buying another one... And then the phone rang, and my son needed money for a "divorce" of sorts. Without getting into the particulars, in order to make his ex-fiance whole, he'd need some cash. His Turbo Miata Project car was up for sale already, so I suggested we buy the car from him and let him pay back the difference. Yesterday afternoon this showed up in my driveway: It's got the FLyin' Miata Turbo kit with their "happy meal" clutch kit, bilstein coilovers, full Flyin' Miata exhaust system, Megasquirt2 Standalone PNP ECU, the rollbar, and sparco seats. Everything else works well too... The car has a studder around 4K RPMs so I'm going to have to get smart on tuning it. Probably a fuel issue. It apparently is sucking the fuel down pretty good. Anyway, I was happy getting down to fewer cars, but my commute is round trip 150 miles per day, and since having the GT3 delivered May 28th I've put over 10K miles on it alone. So, We'll use this as a commuter car and hopefully it will be as fun as the combo sounds. I really didn't want another Miata... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Mike, when you and your son get tired of the little M, hit me up Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 That thing looks great! Joey local turbo M, lol: http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3276701661.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Nice buy Mike, I love my Miata and can see how they might 'reproduce' when left in a garage. Joe, If you get a Miata, you have to do this Edited September 24, 2012 by zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Will, you know I have the "modify" disease! One thing you can bet on, it won't stay stock Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Couple more pics after washing her up... Mike Edited September 24, 2012 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Nice DD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Browsing craigslist two days ago I found a paint-matched hardtop just 10 minutes down the street from my client site. I think that really finishes it off nicely!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 This is a good application for an old laptop-use it to tune the miata.The challenge is to tune it for a good daily driver thats gets good fuel milage and idles and runs good in traffic.If you turn into a perfect tune freak you will probably data log your drives to work.It might make 30 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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