i've been busy and haven't had to do any work on my MX-5 this winter. in fact it's coming to a whole year since the last time it had any mechanical issues. 24 years old this year.

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Everyone has been on Christmas holidays. Welcome back /mg/.

>>28816315
Cute thread!

>>28816325
Classy

>>28816340
you may enjoy this manga
https://mangadex.org/title/675ee9b2-19bd-46f4-a592-e7eb256a465e/open-car-girls

mazdaspeed3's on fb marketplace talking to me like the green goblin mask
must resist.
>tfw still haven't replaced brake master cylinder on the miat
tomorrow...

>company retrofits miatas with a kit to be EV
>they want $20,000 just for the kit
would it really be that hard to buy a dead miata and put a gokart motor and battery in it? I really want a miata, and I think EVs are cool in principle but cant stand how gay they are in practice, but also cant justify buying a second car unless I can save gas or something with it

>>28816315
>>/lgbt/ is that way

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>>28816368
>miata EV
I don't think it's a great idea. There's a big risk that it won't feel like a Miata anymore. I'd pick another car with a shittier driveline for this.

>>28816368
>Take a slow lightweight car
>Make it's pig fat heavy with fucked up weight distribution
Yeah idk about that one dog

I have bad knees from an injury and test driving a miata while fun, left me in pain because its too small for me. is the mazda speed 3 comparable?

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>>28816441
>is the mazda speed 3 comparable?
No, it's a FWD hatchback. Did you try the most roomy Miata, the NC?

>>28816441
Definitely a touch roomier. They look like fun.
>tfw rehabbing l4/l5 bulge and stenosis
Pain…

How strict are autocross classes? I bought some things and want to buy more things for my car but I also want to try autocross soon and I don't want to be put in a class I'm not ready for.

I got the carbonmiata spyder grille which I doubt makes much of a difference but it's technically lighter and improves airflow.
I also got the roadstersport race exhaust. negligible hp gains but its lighter. I want to get the versus rear diffuser to compensate for the turbulence but I don't know if that would be an upgrade in SCCA's eyes. also thinking about the versus throttle pedal spacer.

>>28816315
redpill me on miatas
>t. car newb, buying my first car soon

It's winter so Miata is in storage. No one works on their cars and if they did no one would care to post about it. General threads are 10x better than the other generic ai 4chan threads they pop up.

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>>28816362
Yooooo, this got past the oneshot? Fuckin' A!

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>>28816907
Mine's not in storage for the winter I don't experience, though it is true I am not working on it (much) because I spent around $6k in just parts on it last year and would like a bit of a break from working on it for now. I put a set of paint matched OEM small tupperware on it that I found a good deal on but I am just enjoying driving it for now (especially given I'm balls deep into a clutch job on a different car of mine that isn't a Miata at the moment), not much to post about in /mg/ for me.

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>>28816315
I've not really been driving my Miata 'cause of the shitty weather and problems it's developed lately. There's a leak coming from *somewhere* in the driver's foot well, the genuine Mazda clutch master I bought squeaks after warming up / pressing the pedal for a while, and the rear window still has two gaping holes that have only now just started to drip in water (I have no idea why these haven't leaked in all the years they've been there, but meh). My brother has had his Scirocco in the workshop for the past 3 weeks while he waits for a new starter to come in, and I can't work on anything outside because of the aforementioned weather, so I've been unable to make progress on *anything*.

I feel like I'm in purgatory... -_-

>>28816907
>It's winter so Miata is in storage
pfft, casuals

summers get so fucking humid where I live that I unironically enjoy driving with the top down more in our 40°F winters

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I got a new head unit for my NA but I got someone else to install it, which was a huge mistake because they broke some trim and screwed through the little cubby underneath the radio, with the spikey side of the screw facing towards me. A little surprise for me whenever I reach for my wallet :)
Lesson learned.

>miataposted on the stock market thread on /biz/ this morning
>still getting roasted after several hours and multiple threads

>>28816884
they're reliable and affordable sports cars. not as much power as other sports cars but can be more fun to drive. if you're a fag that prefers driving fast in a straight line then look elsewhere.
car guys will either look down on you or think you're based. most girls think they're cute, especially the NA generation with the pop-up headlights.
avoid ND1 miatas since they're prone to tranny failure. I think NC miatas are the cheapest. they're the fat ugly middle child that nobody likes but they don't look that bad in person and they're more spacious if you're tall or fat.

>>28816925
This is why I always put a cover on mine. Not that it leaks, but to protect from the hot Australian sun and prying eyes. Ten years now, third cover with no problems.

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>>28816925
>>28816833
Saw your post in another thread about covers. No need to reply here.

>>28816315
I literally bought one of those toy ND for my Niece last Christmas. It came in pink. She really likes cars and I'm going to make sure it's the right ones.

>>28816362
BIG CUTE

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Things really don't seem to be going to plan, lately... Loaded my MX5 on my brother's trailer, and got roughly a mile or so up the road before I noticed smoke coming from one of the trailer wheels. After pulling over to inspect it, I can only assume that the rubber suspension inserts in the axle have given up the ghost, as the the wheel has flipped back on itself, in turn forcing the tyre into one of the floor supports and shredding a layer of rubber from the outer circumference. Fun!

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>>28817837
This is how everything *should* look.

>>28817837
at least the miata is ok

>>28818148
True, silver linings and all that.

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Picture time.

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>>28819965

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>>28819970

Is there any reason to get a ND Club over a Sport if you plan on getting aftermarket coilovers?
Like the main draw of the club is the suspension?

>>28816921
Looks clean. I like the contrasting black lug nuts, but why does only the left side look like it's heavily tinted?

>>28821430
Trick of the tint, I guess? Both sides are tinted with the same tint, but you're viewing the passenger side through the inside plus the soft top glass you're seeing it through is untinted as that actually voids the soft top warranty if you read the fine print.

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>>28821442
At least doing the doors stops people staring at you at the lights. Few more stickers on the back and you won't need to tint it.

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Is this too high mileage/ too modded for a daily driver street car? Says 145k

Zuckerburge site com/marketplace/item/1171031131507226

>>28821622
Sorry, says 156k. I'd have to fly out and drive it back so ass another 1k to expenses

>>28821112
limited slip differential.

>>28821632
>I'd have to fly out and drive it back
Do it if you're comfortable with the idea that you might be stranded on the side of the road after you buy it because your car is overheating and the guy who sold it to you "forgot" to mention that, and your 20 minute test drive wasn't enough to get it to the point of overheating. Speaking from experience after buying a 175k mile NA

>>28821929
Yeah I'm gonna pass mostly because the value of the mods isn't worth over the value of a stock car with possibly 75k less miles for 1-1.5k more. He actually told me 12k is the lowest for now

Do I buy my hispanic coworker's absolutely CLAPPED (yet mechanically sound) NA with 120k miles for $2800?

>>28823735
Is it restoreable for under 2k

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>>28823735
>CLAPPED NA
If it's really rusty, give it a pass. Also do some math on how much it may cost to repair it. Things like a new top may add up more than you think.

is there anyone who has managed to retrofit flip up lights in the post-flip up miatas?

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>>28824759
Not seen it, but I have seen an NB front fitted (poorly) to an NA

>>28823735
that sounds like a steal to me.

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>>28824759
i don't know but some japanese shop did this for the GR86 so hopefully they decide to do the miata.

>>28824804
dang, now if only theyd do it for the zzw30, but that things probably too curvy for it to ever work

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Did I fart? Seems quiet in here lately.

>>28825814
it's just dead for some reason.
maybe too many yankees. can't drive their miatas in salt-the-road weather.

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I put together a pretty good solution for the lack of spare tire on the ND, at least on initial testing. I got one of the Moss Miata trunk racks and it seems like it should work, but it does sit just a little taller than I would have liked. With a factory 17" wheel, the center sits right above a cross bar on the rack, and a simple U-bolt spare tire mount from a farm supply store fits the bolt pattern well. I just need to get some stoppers so it can't scoot sideways, and I recommend putting the top down before opening the trunk, because it's heavy now and the tire would probably go through the back window if fully opened.

With the top down, the trunk still won't open all the way, but it will stay open on its own and there's enough space to fit a carry-on bag through, which is pretty much all of the usable trunk space. The rack has a 50 pound weight limit, and I purposely hit some bumps today to test that, and I see no deformation in the trunk lid. There are some scratches in the paint on the inside of the trunk opening from the rack clamps, and those only happened after driving with the weight of the wheel on it, so I'll need to put some film over those spots.

I'll drive it more on Saturday and put some top-down highway miles on it to make sure that there are no weird sounds or wind effects due to the spare wheel, and I'll have daylight available to take pictures.

>>28825914
i have the same konigs on my NA.
based.

>>28821448
Why the fuck does that trailer need 3 axles?

>>28821430
it's because the interior is less lit than the outside. you're looking into a dark space through a tinted window vs looking out to a bright space.

>>28825952
They seem to be quite popular and I understand why. I appreciate that the inside is dark gray instead of the gloss black that most other companies selling polished-rim wheels are doing.

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>>28826763
Thanks. Figured it out when the owner said the back window wasn't tinted.

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>>28826409
>3 axles?
Thinking he's whipping down to the pub for a few cases of beer, a packet of darts and some ice.

>>28825914
how's visibility through the rear window with the top up?

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Watching Noryaro's coverage of an Itasha show and spotted a cool NB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=427gqfb0zO4

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>>28828324
and an NA with the NOPRO front.

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>>28825914
>>28828221
It's not terrible, but it is obstructed. I can see under the rack and enough around the tire to know that I'm safe to change lanes between a shoulder check and the mirror, but I'm tempted to move the spare off to the driver side.

I drove it for a couple days with the wheel mounted, on normal roads, bumpy roads, highways, highways with 40+ mph winds, and washboard dirt roads, and I love it. The first thing people should know is that the clamp screws on the rack need threadlocker. Not only for security purposes, but it doesn't take a lot of uneven terrain to loosen them up, and only 1.5 miles on a rough dirt road jostled them loose. When they get loose, they start scratching paint and adding unnecessary noise to bumps.

On the highway, with the top down, under 75mph, the cabin seemed a bit quieter, but the wind would hit me in the back of the head in a way that's not normal. No complaints, it's just different. Above 80mph, the wind noise overwhelmed everything, which is the same as my experience without the rack/spare. My 150 mile trip today averaged 30.9 mpg, which is about normal for me, but keep in mind that there were 40+ MPH winds for half of this trip.

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>>28828410
Here's a picture of the way I have the tire mounted. I used a few clamps from bicycle water bottle holders to act as stoppers, keeping the spare tire holder from moving sideways.

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>>28828412
This is an example of the paint scratching I was getting when the clamps loosened. It isn't much, but it's less than ideal.

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>>28828412
I'd be thinking of adding a cover for that tyre, like 4WD's often run.
I have a different type of rack for NA/NB by RS System. It pivots so you can open and close the top. Can't use it on the PitCrew though, as I filled over the frankenstein bolts.

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>>28828413
I put film over those spots and it doesn't seem to be getting worse. Aside from those little scratches, I'm satisfied with the rack and it's a nice way to have a full size spare tire. I'll experiment more with moving the tire off to the side, and a carry-on bag might be able to fit and still make it under the 50 pound limit.

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>>28828420
That's my plan, for security and for looks. I want to go with a plain gray cover to match the top, and because I have some gray kydex plastic that I'm going to turn into mudflaps. The fatter tires tend to spray mud across the side of the car and I don't care for that.

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>>28828420
>filled over the frankenstein bolts
>>28828422
>carry-on bag
A drinks cooler would look neat.

clutch hydrolics are fucked. FAWK I don't fawkin feel like working on the fawking car but I will do it anyway fawking hell... muddafawka fawkin master cylinder and/or slave cylinder suck my nuts. Suck 'em good too. and I'm replacing the hard line with a flexible braided stainless steel line too

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>the Cars movie was produced in 2005
>first Miata was released in 1989
>so back then she was underage
>does pic rel with her sister

Why are they such a little sluts?

In my opinion Mitsuoka is infinitely more cool than Miata and Fiat

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‘iata or liter bike? I can only afford one for now.

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>>28828676
Are you the Le Seyde owner? If not, you should get one of them. I'm a big fan too.

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>>28828712
This is the Mitsuoke Himiko, based on the NC Roadster.

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>>28828424
>mudflaps
Did you know the factory mudflaps are available on eBay? If you want to make your own, check out these listings to see how others have done it.
https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e1217352618
https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n1216551387

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>>28828676
I really like the Rockstar. Extremely cool, and infinitely better looking than either the Miata or Fiata.

>>28828822
That actually looks pretty good, which is surprising of it's a mitsuoka

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can ND miatas really use the same filters as NA/NB? If so I might start buying filters from them so I can get more of those free flyin miata stickers. these are cheaper than the stock filters at my local dealerships anyway.

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>>28829547
Ignore this post, I answered my own question on Bosch's website.

>>28828672
What would be a good cheap (CHEAP) beater car for winter to avoid fucking up my car? electric is fine

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>>28829632
Depends where you live.

>>28829640
Upper Midwest, roads get salted like crazy, snow gets cleared from main streets within a couple of hours

What size wheels do people usually get for NAs? 14" tires are impossible to find and 15" isn't much better. Do 16" wheels fit fine?

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>>28830030
Most people stick to a 15", even when buying aftermarket wheels. There are examples of people using 16" wheels, and they will fit so long as you get the correct size tyre, but I think they look a little silly thanks to the "rubber band" look they have. Not sure why you're having trouble finding 15" tyres, they're extremely common and usually very cheap.

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>>28830030
I was the biggest ricer back in the day. Have run all sizes from 17" to 13". The taller the wheel and lower profile the tyre, the less it likes bumps. Run 185 60R14 Dunlop on 6 1/2" now and they're great, but have a 15' set up in stock if required. I would never go bigger than 15" again.

Lads, I have an NA with a short nose crank. Can I just swap in a crank from a later 1.6 or do I need a whole different engine?

>>28830841
Yes, but you also need the matching big nose (91.5+) oil pump and its o ring and gasket(90-93)/RTV (94-05), front main seal, timing cog, woodruff key, crank pulley and balancer, and crank pulley bolt. If you buy an oil pump (not harvesting it from a junk engine with the rest of these parts) I would recommend picking one for a VVT NB2 as they have the highest flow and fit big nose NA6.

>>28830073
>>28830518
Oh I see, I'll look at 15s then, thank you.

why is it that I have to start in 2nd gear to keep up with traffic? this is my first manual car and I can't tell if I'm doing something wrong or if everyone else is just driving insanely fast

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>>28831208
No idea if it's the same for NC and ND Miatas, but I know NA and NB's have very short gear ratios, which makes 1st gear in particular exceptionally short. This likely results in you not getting very far before having to change gear, which isn't an issue if you're quick enough, but if you're new to manuals then I'll assume you're not changing gear very fast, and thus are spending a fair chunk of time coasting while you find the next gear. Now consider that everyone else around you is most likely in an auto, and all they need to do is jab a pedal and go.

Obviously this is just a guess as I'm not in the passenger seat with you, but as far as I can tell, this is the most likely reason.

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would you?

There's an alleged rust free garage kept NA 1.6 near me that I'm checking out next week.

Is there anything particular I should look out for mechanically? Is $8k a good price for 120k miles stock if its as mint as they claim? Seller seems pretty firm.

>>28829632
I bought a suzuki sx4 a while back with low miles. There must have been a dealer in my area in the past, since they pop up for around $3k on marketplace/used dealers regularly. Manual transmission and a weird marketed AWD system that acts more like a 4x4. Great in the snow and fun enough to drive. No issues for me other than a rear diff seal that was easy to replace. Only downside is that the engine is crammed in there, so it'll be hard to replace the water pump when it goes.

>>28829632
>electric is fine
You do NOT want an electric car for the winter. If you think the quoted ranges are bad, in winter you can cut it in half and forget about running the heat at all.

>>28831221
I see. I've been deliberately waiting a bit to shift because I read somewhere that shifting too quickly is bad for the synchros or something.

>>28831581
That advice isn't exactly wrong, but you'd be better off double clutching if you're worried about the syncros, rather than just waiting a few seconds with the clutch depressed. Slamming each gear home like you're in the Fast and Furious is obviously not a good idea, but you realistically don't need to worry too much, just change gear at a reasonable but relaxed pace and you'll be fine.

Just as an example, the speed at which this guy - https://youtu.be/VrcZ5IR3jtg?t=121 - is shifting is perfectly fine for regular driving.

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Should I get this or a newer Miata?

>>28828664
>Tfw went through 3 clutch slave cylinders in 50k miles.
Fuck that's a real issue with these. It's only $50 but there's nothing like calling out to work, pushing your car off the street, and waiting hours for a tow just because of that damn slave cylinder.

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>>28831828
Whatever floats you boat, man. Driven similar model boxter and it's faster and more comfy than an Mx-5, but I won't be switching. Mx-5 feels more raw and exciting.

>>28832148
holy shit what are they feeding these birds

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Does anyone know the OEM manufacturer/part number of the downstream O2 sensor in the ND2 (2019+) Miata? Got a CEL suggesting I need to replace mine, the dealership quoted me an astronomical figure for the job and even the part alone is like $300.

From Mazda parts sites, the ND1 and ND2 O2 sensors have slightly different part numbers and it says the former is not compatible with my car. I've read on the forums that the ND1 O2 sensor is just a Denso part you can get from RockAuto for like 80 bucks. I can't confirm the source of the OEM part for the ND2 though.

The part number from Mazda is P518-18-861. RockAuto has a Walker one that is "OEM based" and while I like the sound of "based" I don't really know what that means. Any help on this would be based.

>>28832323
I'd just slap the Walker in it. Walker is a supplier for OE parts for many manufacturers. I don't know if they're the supplier for the ND downstream O2 sensor specifically but they do make good stuff, and the actual OE sensor price is a joke.