CSTG's next big project
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Hopefully I'll post awesomeness. Our goal with the project is a fun and streetable track car, hopefully we can tick all the boxes. I'm also excited for NA hotness.
I'll also be doing all of this inside my one car garage, so it'll be a decent document about how much work is actually involved and how hard it'll be for a moderately skilled mechanic such as myself.
I'll also be doing all of this inside my one car garage, so it'll be a decent document about how much work is actually involved and how hard it'll be for a moderately skilled mechanic such as myself.
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^thats why they sold so many of them. It offered buyers an economical option to drive top down and not pay much more than the econobox they would otherwise be driving.
They didn't sell a million of them on exclusivity and specialness
They didn't sell a million of them on exclusivity and specialness
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First piece of the puzzle has arrived! Subframe looks great. Beautiful welds left and right, I'm hoping the tubular aspect of it also make's access to engine mounts and other things a little easier. You can see the offset engine mounts, much different than a Miata. Rest of the kit should arrive "1st or 2nd week of January" according to the K-Miata peeps.
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Driver's side unwrapped:
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Bottom of the same side:
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Purchase of the Merlot has also been given the go-ahead, as soon as money is transferred it'll mine, all mine! Muwahhahaha. By the end I'm guessing the trunk and interior will have no carpet, soft top, and hopefully no leaks.
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Driver's side unwrapped:
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Bottom of the same side:
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Purchase of the Merlot has also been given the go-ahead, as soon as money is transferred it'll mine, all mine! Muwahhahaha. By the end I'm guessing the trunk and interior will have no carpet, soft top, and hopefully no leaks.
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Looks great guys.
Yeah, unfortunately we had some small delays because of the holidays. Our suppliers were on time with production, but their zinc platers, anodizers, and powdercoaters weren't :(
So the rest of the parts ship as soon as we are done making them pretty for you.
Any tear down of the chassis yet?
Yeah, unfortunately we had some small delays because of the holidays. Our suppliers were on time with production, but their zinc platers, anodizers, and powdercoaters weren't :(
So the rest of the parts ship as soon as we are done making them pretty for you.
Any tear down of the chassis yet?
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I am now wondering if curly is going to go from the boosted side to NA side like so many others on this site.
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Chassis has not been acquired yet. We're deciding where to put the money/time first. It's currently between chassis prep, and engine prep. Neither is really useful without the other, but there's no point in a Miata without a K-series engine ready to go in it.