Hey I'm Harry
I'm originally from SoCal but been in Washington (outside Seattle) the last few years
I've had my miata a long time and it still aint much but it's honest work...
Hopefully some bits of the "build" are interesting but regardless I do have more plans for it and this thread should be some motivation!
Here's the earliest photo I have shortly after purchase in 2009.
It's a 92. If anyone cares, it's an A package - power steering, crank windows, cloth seats, A/C, open diff
I'll put the rest of its story in other posts
soft-top and rear carpet removed
I'll weld these rails back up some day, maybe plate them
I moved to norcal around this time but left the miata is socal, in a less ignorant state
Here's the miata finally in sf on rotas 🤢
For many many years essentially nothing happened
DurtyHarry Miata thread 😎 now it's a party 🎉
Balcony - welded diff, stock angle
Bought a hardtop
were your ssr's 100pcd or 114 with adapters?
I was rear-ended which is why the finish panel was ziptie stitched
This photo (Col on clubroadster/@frogeyes) was a big inspiration for 13" wheels so my friends and I tried to recreate the shot lol
Ah yes the days of potato cam lol
Lane dot guts
HELL YEAH! The OG-est of the OG Miatas. So glad you still have it.
Mazdaspeed motor mounts
"solid" sway bar brackets
SS braided clutch and brake lines
Had to switch back to rubber brake lines in the front and notch the upper CAs because of the horrible CA angles - don't do this lol that said never had an issue
Stance extended front top hats - allowed me regain preload and go lower
First ever driving event, auto-x
Broke my oil pan driving to a miata meet (KINOD) in LA
Replaced the oil pan and did some other work to prevent cracking it again without raising the car because LOW LIFE OR NO LIFE amirite??
Welded on skid plate
raised engine via hardware store washers lol why didn't I put these on the engine side of the mount? 🤦
you need to slot the driver side motor mount hole
Order of events won't be perfect but ill try lol
Robbing parts from my first miata that I bought back from insurance. Only had it 3 months and then a Lexus RX pulled out in front of me. 1.8 C-package car, torsen lsd but I sold the drivetrain/motor like a dummy 😖
Swapped to hawk hps pads and 1.8 brakes with the caliper brackets from the white car, photo somewhere in the shadow realm
open diff problems lol
Goofy ass Jackson Racing cat-back exhaust tip (was on the white car when I bought it)
ARP extended studs
Hard Dog (lol) roll bar and 13" MK-IIs/MK-IIIs
wait you still have this car??