Evolution of the Miata

[Roadster]

A few months ago...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1070676-2.jpg

Tonight...:D

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090277up.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090276up.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090288up.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090284up2.jpg

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Comments, concerns, criticism, bashing, flaming. Do what you will. :goodjob:

[EliteGSR]

slam that bish

[Roadster]

That bish is as slammed as she's gonna get. It's on AGX's/Tein S-Techs.

[Brown Man]

nothing crazy but cool

[Pavlo]

Aren't you the guy I always see at the Caribou coffee off of Lenox?

[Roadster]

Hmm, never been there actually. Similar car?

[Oz10]

Looks good. Miatas are great cars.

[Repost Squintz]

hmmmm what motor you have in there a straight 6? if so motor shots... i mean i see a sticker that says engine systems, and the sn straight 6......so

but clean ride

[santacruz77]

lol no he doesnt he has a v12

looks good! next plans are?

[Doppelgänger]

H&R springs will get you low as well as KONI shocks. AGX's are for the more budget oriented i guess... though the KONI's are like $100 more. IMHO the Tein springs are quite soft.

The GV lip is nice.... now get some TSI's and paint the lower rocker panels white to match the car (thats why it looks so high up). Oh and the WW spoiler looks great.

I had the RB springs and Koni's on my 96......but you can see how much the painted sides make the car look lower... (custom pearl white FTW)

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/247000-247999/247483_125_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/247000-247999/247483_123_full.jpg

[cdhtang]

lookz clean, can you post some day time pics? also want is done to it?

[scooby_snack]

Looking good!

[Roadster]

hmmmm what motor you have in there a straight 6? if so motor shots... i mean i see a sticker that says engine systems, and the sn straight 6......so

but clean ride

Thanks mate. Engine Systems is where I work. The Miata is just the stock 4
banger. I used to have an E30, hence the SN. Guess I need a name change.

Ian--Haha, you know what's consuming all of my income now. The Miata is pretty much going to stay the way it is.

Badger--You're right about the Teins, they're a little soft for my taste already. Yours does look good with the rockers painted btw. And the wing on my car isn't a Wings West piece, it's actually from some rare Motorsport Aero 7 kit that was discontinued some time ago. I've never seen another one.

cdhtang--Hard Dog Hard Core bar, Fidanza 8lb flywheel, Rota MSR 15x6.5s, Tein S-Techs, KYB AGX's, Racing Beat front swaybar, custom header and Flowmaster 40 exhaust, front strut bar, removed AC and power steering, gutted interior except for door panels and dash pad, front and rear spoilers, Hawk HPS on the front. That's about it.

Daytime pics, these are before it was lowered:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0177-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0176.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0179.jpg

[-Blown-]

Nice pics :goodjob:

[AlliRae]

love the pics!!!

[koffebean00]

Cool!

[scooby_snack]

Hang on..... when did you change wheels!? How come I've never seen them before or you ain't told me!

[.gauge.]

Nice whip.

[Repost Squintz]

Thanks mate. Engine Systems is where I work. The Miata is just the stock 4
banger. I used to have an E30, hence the SN. Guess I need a name change.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0177-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0176.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0179.jpg
ah... now it makes sense lol. well my sn is confusedkorean so... daytime shots definitely make it look a lot better

[Roadster]

Hang on..... when did you change wheels!? How come I've never seen them before or you ain't told me!

I had them on at the first autocross we did and at a few of the Athens meets. Dunno where you were mate, haha.

[0DISPLACMENT]

love the lip ;)

but it doesnt even look like its lower to be honest. i had eibach springs and it sat really nice and stiffish.

[AnclyT]

did i sell you this miata?


either way it's lookin good

[Roadster]

did i sell you this miata?


either way it's lookin good

Sure did! It's been an absolute gem. Never had a single problem out of it, despite merciless abuse.

Darrin--Yeah I kinda thought the same thing. The front stayed about the same, but the back dropped quite a bit. I like it though, I can still get in and out of driveways.

[Thighs]

you parked next to me at the v. lol
i woulda got out and talked but it was COLD. nice miata btw

[Roadster]

you parked next to me at the v. lol
i woulda got out and talked but it was COLD. nice miata btw

Ooooh hey, you're Matt's buddy, we never officially met for some reason. What year is yours? Just get it?

[87 Turbo II]

its cars like yours that make me proud to be a Mazda owner :)

[matthewAPM]

only fags drive miatas. lol. jk. i really miss mine. would do anything to have it back...

[0DISPLACMENT]

ya i could make it over driveways with the eibachs, the lip hit often, but thats why i used zipties, they let the lip bend.

but your car looks amazing, sadly my 7 took a dump thursday morning so i couldnt make it to the varsity. BUT i am seriously looking into a 302/lt1 swap for the 7. if u know some1 with a totalled out mustang gt let me know.

[0DISPLACMENT]

you parked next to me at the v. lol
i woulda got out and talked but it was COLD. nice miata btw

where at in dacula do u live? my gf lives up there, so im there a lot. but i dont think ive seen your car, unless its got a black fender and its sorta low.

[87 Turbo II]

ya i could make it over driveways with the eibachs, the lip hit often, but thats why i used zipties, they let the lip bend.

but your car looks amazing, sadly my 7 took a dump thursday morning so i couldnt make it to the varsity. BUT i am seriously looking into a 302/lt1 swap for the 7. if u know some1 with a totalled out mustang gt let me know.
please don't do that thing where people intentionally destroy their rotary before moving to V8, anything you take out to make way for the piston engine, I'll take off of your hands.

[JEY$JDM]

dang good lookin!!!! keep us posted!!!!

[metalman]

Lookin' good man. :)

[0DISPLACMENT]

im not going to intentionally blow it up :D

it did it all by itself.

but im looking into completely rebuilding it for now. not sure what im going to do yet.

[jorge095]

nice pics

[Thighs]

Ooooh hey, you're Matt's buddy, we never officially met for some reason. What year is yours? Just get it?

haha yeah. mines a 90, and yeah i got it about a month ago.

[ARFNSX]

I have two Miatas myself. What front spoiler and rear wing are you using?

[metalman]

I have two Miatas myself. What front spoiler and rear wing are you using?

The front spoiler is from Garage Vary...available from these fine folks...
www.rspeed.net located in Marietta.

Straight6 will have to answer on the decklid unit.

[Roadster]

I have two Miatas myself. What front spoiler and rear wing are you using?

The duckbill spoiler is from the Motorsport Aero 7 kit which was discontinued some time in the mid 90's. Hand-laid fiberglass, fits really nicely. I have no idea where you'd find one. I had a hard time even finding out what it was.

[ARFNSX]

thanks anyway!

[IronEagle]

Looking very sharp! I had a red/black 92 B pkg that I still miss! Great cars.

[Lucky.]

nice car, now get a hardtop....convertible miatas=teh gayness

[bastarling84]

nice car, now get a hardtop....convertible miatas=teh gayness
I heard that the hard top made a lot of noise.

[Roadster]

I heard that the hard top made a lot of noise.

Header + exhaust + flywheel which causes insane gear noise + gutted interior means I have to have the top down as much as possible to keep from going deaf. And the extra $850-up for a hardtop is so much better spent on other parts. :D

[Roadster]

nice car, now get a hardtop....convertible miatas=teh gayness

Says the tC driver...:ninja:

[Elbow]

Yeah seriously, plus with roll bar they look good. And after you drive one topless you will fall in love.

[eYezs1ck]

improvement :goodjob:

[Lucky.]

Says the tC driver...:ninja:

i didnt mean it like that, but when you see a guy with their top down in a miata it looks kinda fruity

[Roadster]

i didnt mean it like that, but when you see a guy with their top down in a miata it looks kinda fruity

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/untitled222.jpg

[bastarling84]

i didnt mean it like that, but when you see a guy with their top down in a miata it looks kinda fruity
When you see a guy in a Miata it looks kind of fruity regardless of the top being up or down.

That being said, I just got a 94 R package Miata 2 weeks ago and it is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

[Elbow]

^lol exactly

[Roadster]

Well, the Miata got a little banged up tonight. My boss backed into it at a pretty good rate of speed in his F-250 dually. Moved the entire car over a foot or so. :(

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090404.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1090405.jpg

[ARFNSX]

Time to sue your company...

Honestly one of my valets hit a black miata the other night in one of the parking lots with a Lexus SUV because he couldnt see it behind them.

Miatas are little and I still love them.

Be glad you were not in it.

[Roadster]

True enough, Miata's are small, but the real problem is that everything else on American roads is ridiculously, extravagantly, uselessly huge.

Not suing, but it's getting paid for. Fortunately all of the damage was confined to the door itself. I count myself lucky as hell he didn't hit the rear quarter panel, it was a near miss.

[Thighs]

OHHH NOOO! lol

good thing it wasnt the 1/4. if it was the car would most likely be totaled.

[metalman]

Damn. Screwed that door for sure.

[six7teen]

nice miata

[matthewAPM]

time to call kurt. lol

[Doppelgänger]

i didnt mean it like that, but when you see a guy with their top down in a miata it looks kinda fruity

And guys in tC's don't ? lol

I think the tC is more of a ***** car then a Miata hahaha. :lmfao:

Miata- Designed as a sports car, rwd, 2 seater. Used in hundreds of races, won countless trophies among alot of other things

tC- Basically a Camry coupe. Built with the same concept of the Civic... to get college students to school and back and to haul groceries. Only racing the tC's ever did was the celebrity charity race....and they use them because they are slow and cheap to fix lol.

[Roadster]

time to call kurt. lol

Already did. The Miata is back in one piece. New door, window, window regulator, side mirror. None of the new pieces fit quite right though, and for some reason the room for adjustment wasn't enough to make the panels line up quite right, nor the window in relation to the top, but it keeps the cold out. I don't guess it'll ever be quite right again. :(

Thanks to Kurt for helping me out in a bind!

[Kamikaze]

And guys in tC's don't ? lol

I think the tC is more of a ***** car then a Miata hahaha. :lmfao:

Miata- Designed as a sports car, rwd, 2 seater. Used in hundreds of races, won countless trophies among alot of other things

tC- Basically a Camry coupe. Built with the same concept of the Civic... to get college students to school and back and to haul groceries. Only racing the tC's ever did was the celebrity charity race....and they use them because they are slow and cheap to fix lol.

You're trying to compare apples and oranges. I'm a huge Mazda fan, but I also have a tC. The Miata debuted in 1989 before the whole "tuner" scene existed; right before automakers lost their balls and started going FWD. The Miata was a car for the female that loved spirited driving. Yeah Miatas have been in many races due to the fact their RWD, compact, nimble, cheap, and they've been around for 20 years.

Fast forward 16 years later and you have the tC; launched in 2005 in the middle of the "tuner" scene. Designed to be easily customizable, reliable, and fuel efficient. However, that is changing. For example, you have Chris Rado and his time attack tC:

http://i17.tinypic.com/81jiknb.jpg

You also have Jackson-Dawson Scion:

http://www.aempower.com/images/content/222dc516-4acd-47f9-9ec7-f6e863cd38df.jpg

There is also a 739whp tC sponsored by Nitto:

http://bmserver2.ciestudios.com/img/tC5x7_02.jpg

And most recently in the works, a RWD tC sponsored by Scion and RSR:

http://www.tunerzine.com/news/82/1.jpg

So, please, cut the crap. Trying to talk trash about something you know nothing about isn't a good look. :doh:

[santacruz77]

honestly your now saying tcs will become better race cars that=n a miata? what is the third one you posted? tc= kids wanting to be fast and furious

[Kamikaze]

honestly your now saying tcs will become better race cars that=n a miata? what is the third one you posted? tc= kids wanting to be fast and furious

Where in my post did I say the tC would become a better track car than the Miata? Exactly, I didn't. Besides, I doubt that will happen in it's current form. Why don't you try reading before you post.

[0DISPLACMENT]

The Miata was a car for the female that loved spirited driving.

how about you show where the **** you got that from??

ive never read or heard that anywhere, you are obviously either:

1. an idiot
2. dont have a miata
3. like talking **** that YOU dont know about.
4. an idiot

you showed 3 racing tc's. probably the only 3 real "racing" tc's there are..

and i quote
"So, please, cut the crap. Trying to talk trash about something you know nothing about isn't a good look."

-darrin

[Kamikaze]

The Miata was a car for the female that loved spirited driving.

how about you show where the **** you got that from??

ive never read or heard that anywhere, you are obviously either:

1. an idiot
2. dont have a miata
3. like talking **** that YOU dont know about.
4. an idiot

LOL don't get your panties in a bunch. I like the Miata, hence the reason I haven't said anything negative about it. Unless you count the "female driver" comment.


you showed 3 racing tc's. probably the only 3 real "racing" tc's there are..

No ****, Sherlock. The tC has been in existance for only three years. Whereas the Miata has been around for almost 20.

[Roadster]

Wow, what happened in here? Lol.

Kamikaze is right, it's comparing apples to oranges.

The tC isn't really...good at anything, and apparently wasn't meant to be. Fwd, mediocre handling, goofy looking, and average gas mileage. The Miata is the opposite of all of those things.

I like the examples of the road racer tC's, btw. Most any car can be something really ridiculously awesome if someone puts a few hundred grand into it. Gimme about $75,000 and I could make a Volvo 240 wagon run with that time attack tC. ;)

The Miata, however, takes a significantly smaller investment to turn it into a giant killer.

[Kamikaze]

Wow, what happened in here? Lol.

Kamikaze is right, it's comparing apples to oranges.

The tC isn't really...good at anything, and apparently wasn't meant to be. Fwd, mediocre handling, goofy looking, and average gas mileage. The Miata is the opposite of all of those things.

I like the examples of the road racer tC's, btw. Most any car can be something really ridiculously awesome if someone puts a few hundred grand into it. Gimme about $75,000 and I could make a Volvo 240 wagon run with that time attack tC. ;)

The Miata, however, takes significantly less investment to turn it into a giant killer.

Finally, someone gets my point. Reps for the OP.

[0DISPLACMENT]

well.. why are you posting about tc in miata thread :P

[Kamikaze]

Reading is fundamental. Go back a page or two and I'm sure you can figure it out. :goodjob:

[0DISPLACMENT]

why did it ever get in here....?

not what did sum1 say.. why is it in here..

i said nothing about who said it.

[Doppelgänger]

The Miata was a car for the female that loved spirited driving.




Trying to talk trash about something you know nothing about isn't a good look.


And suddenly you're a resident expert on the design and purpose of Mazda vehicles? Practice what you preach on the whole 'don't talk about what you don't know'....

But if your comment holds truth about the Miata, then Corvettes are designed for balding old men with small ****s who never drive fast, Civics are designed for Asians, SUV's are designed for 5'2" soccer moms who have no kids, Camaros were made for rednecks, and the list of assumptions like your's can go on and on.

It's a fact that the tC was designed to be a cheap, economical vehicle that was "fun to drive" and purposefully aimed at a younger generation of buyer...as were ALL the "Scion" brand cars.


What's the point in this? You shouldn't just come in going "Miatas with the top down make and guy driving them look gay" when you don't even know anything about them.

[Doppelgänger]

Sorry for the threadjack.

Heck, if your boss was paying for the damage, i'd at least have taken the parts to a shop for proper fitting. But hopefully you'll get it sorted out.

Now to go see if Kurt has some parts i need.....