6strngs's project drift miata Options

[6strngs]

So, somebody suggested I should make a build thread for my miata in the off-topic section, so, here goes.



I got it from a speed shop in santa clara, basically what happened was someone brought their car to this shop, the shop pulled the cylinder head to see what was wrong, found a chipped valve, the customer couldn't afford the bill so he sold the car to the shop and the shop sold it to me with a rebuilt cylinder head for $1900. It needed a few things, but was mostly sound. The only bad thing is the car was totaled on the passenger rear quarter panel, the damage is cosmetic only and the car is a drift car now, so it really doesn't matter. Anyway here's the first round of "fixes" I did:

rewired the stereo (it was staying on even with the car off, haha)
painted the license plate panel black (it was silver which clashed terribly with the red)
reconnected the left side speaker
broke off the wheel locks since I didn't get a key with the car
Made my own battery tie down, it didn't have one before, and I really needed one...
removed the stock antenna
added a new convertible top, the window was pretty much ripped out of the old one


New top being tested out in the rain


And a pic of the "before" ride height:


Next was a set of coilovers of course! Here's a pic of the megan racing EZ street coilovers that I got for it


slammed... my buddy josh in the car, he was visiting from hawaii where he is stationed, and told me this car would still be considered needing "moar low" if it were there


And just to say that I could... I had about a 1/4" clearance,


I drove it like that for a few days before deciding it was just too low to be practical, so I raised it about 3/4 of an inch which gave me this:

[6strngs]

The next issue to address was an overheating issue I was having whenever I pushed the car hard in the backroads. So I put in a new lower temp thermostat (180 degree instead of 195). Also relocated my license plate so it would not block so much incoming air through the front grill. And lastly wired my two fans together so that whenever one fan would come on, both would (normally, the passenger sde fan only comes on when you turn on the A/C)




The next thing the car needed was a decent roll-bar instead of the chrome ebay "style-bar" that was there when I got the car. So I dropped a decent chunk of change on a harddog's most agressive and SCCA legal roll-bar, plus some high density roll bar padding and a nice vinyl cover to keep the padding from fading in the sun-light.



Next I got an ebay "tsudo" exhaust system. I got it second hand and one hanger was missing so I took this shot while I was at the muffler shop getting a hanger added:


Next I bought this:


I bought that car for $800, and it ran! It just needed a suspension installed in it, and had $800 in back fees on the registration. I tried selling the car for a long while but after no takers I eventually just parted it out. The wheels in the pic are now on my red miata, and they just so happened to be a set of genuine BBS mahles! Not everyday you buy a car for $800 that comes with a set of $500 wheels