It is a rather difficult decision to sell the car because I very much enjoy driving the car on the street and track. The best comment I heard from a Porsche Boxster driver at Thunderhill: what do you have in that car? He was not used to non-turbo Miatas moving away from him.

Pros:

• Built Motor with 949 Racing CNC head, Super Miata Intake and Exhaust Cams and valves. 11:1 Compression Supertech piston, H-Beam forged rods, boundary engineering pump.
• Square Top intake manifold and Skunk Throttle body, MS II CPU tuned by Jei at Blacktrax
• Custom Made intake tube, Ebay exhaust manifold, 2.25" pipes and Roadster muffler
• Dynoed at 149 whp, compared to 105 whp stock on the same dyno (BlackTrax in Milpitas, CA). Their Dynos are know to read low. This may be a 160hp else where. I don't know so it is conjecture at best. I told Jei to give me a conservative tune because the car would see track time. The car has seen 7 or 8 track days since the rebuild with no issues.
• Smooth shifting 5-speed. No funny sounds or notchy feel
• Hard dog roll bar, Fat Cat Motorsport (revalved Bilsteins) coil overs with 500/325 # of springs
• Racing Beat 1" anti-roll bar up front. Stock anti-roll bar in the back.
• -2.5 degrees camber both front and back. Car is fairly set up fairly neutral
• Carbotech XP10 pads
• Bucket seat with harness
• 949 racing 9" wheels with fresh Kuhmo v730 225 tires
• Car does 2:05 at Thunderhill East, and 1:49 at Laguna with me driving it. Should be be 2:01 and 1:45 car with better drivers.
• It is a decent looking car. I still get a lot of compliments from people.
• It is a well set up dual purpose car. It is comfortable enough on the street and not embarrassing on the track.
• I have most of the receipts
• I have owned the car for 10 years or so

Cons

• The body and paint is straight but not perfect. I had it resprayed 2 years ago and they did an ok job. However, it is presentable
• There is a hole in the top. The top will need to be replace before the next raining season
• There are holes in the passenger seat
• The driver seat is a little worn
• There is an oil leak. It bugs the s--- out of me. I think it is from the oil filler tube.
• If the buyer is CA, smog is on you. The car does not have the necessary smog equipment. I have some of the parts, you will need to put them on.

Reason for sellingPrice

• $9,500 obo $8000
• Considering I have $7k in the motor ($4300 for the head alone), there are not that many miles on the motor or coil overs. I have 4 other cars, this car was not used for commute.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

GLWS, that’s a great price for a Miata around here. Plenty of idiots with beater Miatas are asking similar prices for a lot less car.

Jei at Blacktrax is a great tuner - he tuned my K-swap and the results are phenomenal. He uses a Dynapack, so his numbers are going to be conservative if you’re comparing to other styles of dyno.

 

Might also list diff, brake, suspension mods.
GLWS

 

What brand are the coils?

 

Thanks Emilio. It was a difficult decision to sell the car mostly because I don't want to part with the motor/head. Thank you for making them available when you did. They transformed the car.

 

They are Fat Cat Motorsports. I bought them new so I know they have not been abused. They were revalved new Bilsteins shocks so they last forever.

 

Lowered price to $8k to make it happen. No haggling please. If it does not sell in the next few days. I am going in a different direction.

 

What route did you end up going? I am torn between wanting a quick turbo miata, or a motor-only more reliable car. Would be for fun / weekend driving only.

 

I have been daily driving it. It has a lightened flywheel so it reeves super quick, faster than anything this side of a true race car. I love driving it on the street. The LS3 has more power for sure, but this car I can drive anywhere, without having to worry about it.

 

sounds awesome. If it ends up for sale again around spring time, I may have to take a look lol

 

Hi @mx5booster if this is still for sale please reach out via PM.