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Old 01-21-2017 | 08:27 PM
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During the end of the great Mayan Calendar Event of 2012 a series of cosmic events occurred that forever changed my life. As though having been pulled by the gravity of time, a constellation of moles on my sagging **** cheeks fell into perfect alignment with the center of a black hole where all my car-dreams converge in a spiraling vortex down the drain into some other dimension where sh** works out. It was then that I purchased my first Miata and I found this site. As it turns out I was gently pocket raped by teen twinkle toes when I NAIVELY answered a Craigslist ad that I didn't realize was really a secret right-of-passage/initiation ritual for automotive wisdom seekers. 1990 Short nose w/ hard top and an FMII--no electronica al la MS3X. Non disclosed rod knock FTW. Miami Board of Tourism: You'll Never Miss Home So Much. Seriously.
1990 FMII as described
Less than 3 months go by and I bite the bullet on a 2000 70k long block, meet a local mechanic, and drop cash on a engine swap while he time rapes me for 2 years with my car in his shop and my engine floating in a dark void where even Buddhists fear to gaze. Miami Board of Tourism: We'll Eat Your Face Off Under A Palm Tree *****! Towards the end of those 2 years in purgatory I had been perusing my local Craigslist ads and found a 1997 Base Montego w/ 64k for under 3k. This is not what it looked like when I purchased--imagine everything through virginal eyes. It was stock.

1997 67K Montego described.

Yes, I bought it. Then I did this in this order:
  • Painted Stock Wheels gun metal (RAD!)
  • Wet Sanded, compounded, polished, buffed etc.
  • HDHCRB
  • Swapped gun metal stockers for 15x7 RPF1s
  • Reupholstered Seats with Foamectomy
  • New OEM sub frame (storage unit find cheap)
  • FM Stage 1 clutch & 10 lb fly
  • Poly Bushes everywhere & painted control arms
  • Tein Flex Z
  • Painted trans & Diff
  • 2003 Sport Brakes with Booster and Master, SS lines and painted calipers
  • ARP Extended Studs & Hub-centric spacers
  • SS clutch lines w/ new Master/Slave
  • Cut out & Pop rivet in small areas of rusted floor pan
  • Garage Star Fender Braces
  • FM Frame Rails
  • HD Door Bars
  • 90-93 Dash Swap
  • M-tuned Reroute
  • SuperMiata Rad
  • SuperMiata Damper w/ 4 tooth triggy (after 36-2 fail)
  • AEM Inline Wideband (other gauges not installed yet)
  • MSPNP2 (Currently major f-ing fail to no avail)
This past December I purchased another Miata--One that both words and pictures fail to glorify. It's a red 1990 full Autokonexion Fastback and Widebody unicorn w/ rectal rainbows and all. Anyway, greetings everyone and I could not have done it without everyone of you whom I have enjoyed reading and rereading over the years.
The Mythological Beast

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Edit: Thanks Monk

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Old 01-21-2017 | 09:27 PM
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You must be known to us already.
You are fluent in our ways, and yet you post no cat pics.
Who are you?
Old 01-21-2017 | 10:00 PM
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Faux pas with claws. Thanks Monk.
Old 01-21-2017 | 11:30 PM
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Allow me to anoint thee with thy first poscat
Old 01-22-2017 | 08:59 PM
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Beauty. I want autokonexion parts, but I am terrified to deal with them after reading some things.
Old 01-23-2017 | 06:58 AM
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Autodiskonexion stopped taking fastback orders in late 2015 until March of 2016. Apparently, they were trying to subcontract the work to another glass shop. Mike put me on the waiting list for the faskback and I never heard back from him. I waited months just to get on the waiting list to wait. FWIW CCP Custom Race Car Products | Race Car Part Fabrication | Porsche 924 944 Fiberglass Race Parts | Mazda Miata Fiberglass Race Parts | Volkswagen Fiberglass Custom Parts is supposed to be coming out with a fastback on the quick if thats your fancy. Check em.
Old 01-23-2017 | 11:22 AM
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That fastback makes me want to do naughty things to my car now
Old 01-23-2017 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Philosopher
Check em.
Damn, I love finding things I had no idea bout. Just when I thought I had my build finilaized in my head. $550 for a replacement top + the needed extra bits, is a pretty good deal. Now if they can make something like the fastback and tuckin99 flare style things...
Old 01-23-2017 | 01:07 PM
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Welcome to the forum. Any plans to run at Sebring or HMS anytime?
Old 01-23-2017 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexzar
Damn, I love finding things I had no idea bout. Just when I thought I had my build finilaized in my head. $550 for a replacement top + the needed extra bits, is a pretty good deal. Now if they can make something like the fastback and tuckin99 flare style things...
CCP Fastback rumor with glamor shot here:https://www.reddit.com/r/Miata/comme...ck_on_the_way/
Old 01-23-2017 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Monk
Allow me to anoint thee with thy first poscat

Poscat sacrament from a Monk. Deep bow. Poetic. Honored.
Old 01-23-2017 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
Welcome to the forum. Any plans to run at Sebring or HMS anytime?
Thanks man. HMS has been calling me. I drive by the damn thing a few times a month and always imagine being Charlton Heston.
What I imagine racing feels like.

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Old 01-23-2017 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Philosopher
Thanks man. HMS has been calling me. I drive by the damn thing a few times a month and always imagine being Charlton Heston.
What I imagine racing feels like.
It's a little bit like that, only with Miatas the horses are smaller.


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And I accidentally discovered a reminder of Rule 34 when searching for the above picture.

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Originally Posted by sixshooter
Rule 34
I...am sold. No one ever told me about rule 34! How much rebound is in his suspension?
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Rules of the internet. There ARE some.




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