Greetings from RVA
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Greetings from RVA
Long time lurker of this awesome forum. I have a 96 NA 1.8 M edition, manual and I love it to death. I acquired it 4 years ago and have been slowly modifying it. Goal is to make it faster. And a daily driver that I can drive to the mountains, track or autoX on the weekends. Progress has been slow as life has gotten in the way (married, baby, moved, new jobs). I honestly thought that covid would mean more time to work on the car but it's amazing how little you can get done with a toddler at home.
I got the car stock with 212k miles, but with a newer engine with 80k. Everything was stock and original except that. Since then, I've taken my time to slowly modify things and on a budget:
I got the car stock with 212k miles, but with a newer engine with 80k. Everything was stock and original except that. Since then, I've taken my time to slowly modify things and on a budget:
- Tein street advance coilovers (these are fine cuz they were cheap but I will go xida in the future)
- Polyurethane bushings with zerk fittings (most painful mod to do)
- Hard dog m1 hardtop roll bar
- Hawley performance coolant reroute
- Koyorad radiator
- Supermiata sport clutch and lightweight flywheel
- Flying Miata sway bars and end links
- Konig hypergram 15x7.5 with Yokohama S drive 195/50R15 (I don't care what you say, these are fun tires and sizes for this stock powered car. U can get the back out in 1st and 2nd if u want and still plenty of grip in the corners)
- Double DIN radio to replace the broken stock unit
- Hardtop and tossed out the soft top, which was torn (kinda regret this, might put it back in)
- Supermiata stainless steel brake lines
- Lots of maintenance (water pump, belts, valve cover gasket, slave cylinder, pads & rotors, spark plugs and wires)
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