# Miata/Race Car Peeps **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223 "2009-01-13T07:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/1 "2009-01-13T07:28:50Z")
Do you think 800 bux for this ![http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l235/evotech96/miataparts.jpg](http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l235/evotech96/miataparts.jpg) (its missing the top/trunk lid) is a good price? apparently it has a good running 1.6 and factory LSD i dont need the motor. How do i know for sure it has an LSD? ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/2 "2009-01-13T07:44:52Z")
Any frame damage? Miata frames are a little fragile. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/3 "2009-01-13T07:46:31Z")
Purple Miata…is this your way of coming out? ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/4 "2009-01-13T07:51:45Z")
no. Factory 1.6 diff was garbage. They break under normal driving and being a viscous lsd they normally had a life span \>80,000. Almost none of the 1.6 lsds still work. My old miata had one of these at first, the lsd never worked so it was an open diff and after a few track days it whined and chattered… I bet rad support and radiator are doomed. Maybe even the frame. Looks like it has a top in the picture. So no bumper/top/trunk/hood/lsd for 800 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/5 "2009-01-13T07:52:12Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > Any frame damage? Miata frames are a little fragile. no frame damage, but i dont really need much of the frame either ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/6 "2009-01-13T07:54:12Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > no frame damage, but i dont really need much of the frame either sooo why are you considering buying a purple miata? Float for the pride parade?? ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/7 "2009-01-13T07:54:24Z")
I only need Spindles/brakes Sway bars Rear diff Rear subframe rear suspension steering column and some other misc bits The rest of the car will be sold away as parts ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/8 "2009-01-13T07:57:05Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > I only need > > Spindles/brakes > Sway bars > Rear diff > Rear subframe > rear suspension > steering column and some other misc bits building a westfield or something? If the interior is in good shape you might be able to part the rest of the car and break even. ---
**Author:** ![deliverator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@deliverator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deliverator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/9 "2009-01-13T08:33:52Z")
With a little effort you can find wrecked 1.8l miatas for the same price. You’ll get bigger brakes and a beefier differential. The rear subframe should be the same, as should the arms. And you can’t seriously want to re-use 16+ year old shocks. Also, as was mentioned above, the 1.6l LSD is crap. Viscous model, and after all this time it almost certainly is functioning just as an open diff. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/10 "2009-01-13T08:39:33Z")
considering the use of the photoshop filter, the paint/body is probably pretty tore up (or worse than it looks at least) ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/11 "2009-01-13T08:47:20Z")
anybody have any ideas for finding a wrecked 1.8 miata? ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/12 "2009-01-13T08:49:23Z")
I’d avoid that, you can find a driving one for practically the same money … ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/13 "2009-01-13T08:54:08Z")
If you are just going to be making a track car out of it… and go a few times… I wouldn’t bother … just track your M… Cause you are just going to get fucking bored with the miata ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/14 "2009-01-13T08:55:37Z")
i just need the miata for a donor… wont be driving it ---
**Author:** ![OriginalSterm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/originalsterm/32/4964_2.png) [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-race-car-peeps/61223/15 "2009-01-13T08:59:18Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > anybody have any ideas for finding a wrecked 1.8 miata? Go to a race weekend and wait for one to crash, then offer the driver $$$ on the spot. I know several Miatas have changed hands this way. At one race, a Miata rear-ended another Miata crunching both pretty good. One driver offered to buy the other car so he could combine the 2 into one good car.