Potatoe Pealing Project

Builds
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Year 1.
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Installed tein s-tech lowering springs on the OEM sport bilstein shocks.
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Shortly after that I picked up some ghetto rota slipstream’s 16x7 terrible offset,
They only stayed on for a few months.
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Then some crack head from across the bridge on the ghetto side of town decided to take my ashtray with a wopping $4-8 dollars.
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So I went out and found a yellow hard top for $400.
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Obviously It wouldn’t stay yellow, So I rattled it flat black at first.
Then got it color matched.
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It was my daily driver at the time so I ended up putting in an Alpine navigation system.
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Short while later I ended up finding a Jackson racing M45 supercharger.
Also ended up putting in a MISHIMOTO Radiator.
See below
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The suspension wasn’t cutting it so I ordered and installed Apex’i ExV Coilovers. Sadly my camera broke around that time so I didnt get a chance to get a shot of them new.
See below
http://www.gruppe-s.com/images/suspension/apexi_suspension_250.jpg

Bought knock-off mexican 16x8 -0 offset w/ potenza re-11 tires.
Had to roll the fenders. Overall I ended up hating the rims, but LOVING the tires. So much so that I bought them again.
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Then the safety needed to be increased due to the sticky tires increasing my speeds on corners.
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Got a little older, moved in with wife. -Needed something more practical.
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Ended up going a little bit crazy over the 2010-2011 Winter.

Car originally came with a 6 Speed transmission so decided to keep that.
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4 Wheel Big Brake Kit - Wilwood Calipers - Floating Rotors - SS lines.
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Somethings to hug me tight.
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Somethings to hold my car tight.
Flyin’Miata Butterfly Brace & Frame Rails
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BRP M62 Supercharger & Track Dog Racing Intercooler ,
Track Dog Racing Heat Shield
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Unorthodox Racing Cam Gears
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Walbro 255 fuel pump.
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http://www.boostedmiata.com/fuel_pump/Side%2520by%2520side.JPG

Megasquirt EMS w/ AEM Wideband- car being flat-bedded to tuning.
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Lower Mileage 95’ 1.8l Engine w/lower compression
150mm Crankshaft Pulley
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Track dog racing Oil cooler
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Foglight delete - Airscoop for oil cooler.
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Seats installed
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Decided it was time for nice wheels.
Had them refinished & Widened.
15x8 +13
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Can’t have $300 tires on $2500 rims.
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After almost 7 years the paint was pretty beat up as you may have noticed in some of the earlier pictures as we got deeper into the build.
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The first sedan wasnt cutting it, The mx-5 was off the road for over 1 year.
Decided it was time to spice things up.
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On the highway its a dream.
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Frame rails installed
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Mexican wheels + low = damaged shit
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Friend does quality work- Damage being reversed.
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This is how the car sits currently.
By next week it will be out the paint booth & I’ll be looking for some track rims.
Updates later.

2

Bad ass car man

3

cool beans

4

Nice. I knew you were rockin’ a Miata, but I’d never seen pics or anything. Totally dig it dude… I didn’t realize the new body style is 7 years old already… Bodes well for me since a new bodystyle Miata is on the short list.

5

damn this project is proper.
keep up the good work Tim.

6

miata is best

7

and then…

where’s the pari of black lines on the road?

call you tomorrow…i’m in the hood…

8

Dope.

9

this is a good build thread

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bad ass i like

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Couple new things

Some lightweight rims w/ nitto nt01’s for the track.

thanks for the kind words guys!

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fawk ya, nt01s <B

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Love this car tim! You still have to take me for a rip on the track!

14

now all we need is to get you on track. Sunday?

oh and nice story.

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Sweet thread man! I hope to see more updates and pics soon.

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Updates:

Went to the west indies, St Lucia. Where they dont believe in flush, only POKE
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Saw an r33
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Every single road outside of major cities are like this, but usually paved a lot better… The entire time I was there I was on the move, or in a tour buss, or cab, or unable to stop so I didnt get a chance to take my own photos of these beautiful roads… I thought I’d be able to go home and google them, but as i found out there is only 1 or so photos of the winding roads in st lucia.
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Saw a bunch of CRAZY sti’s but sadly they were moving too fast for photos.

Did a bunch of drinking , water sking , zip-lining, etc.
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Came home, got the car.
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Got GarageVary Eyelids & color matched them
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Put 25mm Spacers on the OEM wheels.
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Updated shot of the CURRENT suspension/brakes.
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Found some light weight wheels…Perfecttttttt sizes 15x8 +30 - ATS DTC
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they also had some nice tires on them :slight_smile: I want to put them on right now but the treadwear is 100.
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Added a Roadster sport exhaust
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Learning how to use my camera
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mp62 supercharger has clearance for the OEM strut bar. - still learning how to use camera.
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looks awesome dude, makes me want a miata!

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The ATS wheels look awesome! Come to an autocross this weekend :slight_smile:

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miata is best, again

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dlete