hey whats up..good? sweet
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hey whats up..good? sweet
Hello everybody. Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Ryan, I live in north Jersey and im 22. Currently working in a small machine shop, and going to school full time as a mechanical engineering student.
Anyway, I just bought a red 1990 miata with 147k in great shape with the 1.6, manual trans, and I love it already. I bought a book on turbo chargers a year ago and I have been wanting to turbo something for a while, but I haven't had the right car for it. This is definitely the one though! I'll be doing a lot more reading up before coming to bother you guys with questions. So far the car has the following mods:
stage 1 racing clutch
Cheap-o CAI
OBX 2.5" cat-back
NRG removable steering wheel
15" Enkei Apache II's
advanced timing (guy forgot how much)
Looking to do a very modest build using stock internals. It will continue to be a daily driver, just looking for about 150 to the wheels. I have a welder, lathe, and milling machine at my disposal. I'll be doing this on a college student budget so I will just be searching craigslist and the forums for turbo parts and a MS on the cheap when they pop up. I look forward to learning from all of you here, and reading through your builds. Thanks guys!
Anyway, I just bought a red 1990 miata with 147k in great shape with the 1.6, manual trans, and I love it already. I bought a book on turbo chargers a year ago and I have been wanting to turbo something for a while, but I haven't had the right car for it. This is definitely the one though! I'll be doing a lot more reading up before coming to bother you guys with questions. So far the car has the following mods:
stage 1 racing clutch
Cheap-o CAI
OBX 2.5" cat-back
NRG removable steering wheel
15" Enkei Apache II's
advanced timing (guy forgot how much)
Looking to do a very modest build using stock internals. It will continue to be a daily driver, just looking for about 150 to the wheels. I have a welder, lathe, and milling machine at my disposal. I'll be doing this on a college student budget so I will just be searching craigslist and the forums for turbo parts and a MS on the cheap when they pop up. I look forward to learning from all of you here, and reading through your builds. Thanks guys!
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I don't plan on spending too much, and my power goals are very do-able on a 1.6. If it blows up, I would likely put a 1.8 in through. I know a turbo setup will be pricey no matter what, but I would like to stay on the low side, at least for now.