Long term street MX5

Hi everyone, this is my car below.

It's a 1995 1.8 liter Miata that I've owned and drifted since April 2012. I don't feel like my style in this car is suited for competitions, so it has only seen daily driving and open drift days for the entirety of it's time with me.

I'm really passionate about drifting and forming my own style, so this car is kind of my time capsule that picks up character from every era of driving, breaking, neglecting, and reviving that comes with 70,000 miles of daily drift car duty. Seat time is king, so drift what you're comfortable in and enjoy. I personally like a street legal style so that's what you'll find below but I've been through stance phase, big wing phase, and currently more aggressive oem+ I think.

Feel free to ask me questions. I'll probably answer unless I don't.

Pretty comprehensive breakdown of parts if you're curious:

Some photos to start the thread:

Driving it home onto a ferry April 1st, 2012.

130,000miles, 16 inch mini cooper wheels, and a style bar. Original cost: $2500

And here are some recent pictures that reflect where the car is at in 2023.

There's over 10 years between those photos, so potentially I have a lot more to share if interested.

I don't know where this forum is going to go long term, but I'm intrigued. I built this car in ClubRoadster days so I'm reminiscent of how forums used to be. After over 10 years of ownership I have a fair shake of knowledge about the MX5 chassis and drifting, so I'm willing to pay it forward to the next generation and document some stuff or help out.

I have fun plans for the powerplant next year, doing a BP4W swap with some sorta unique choices to go with it.

I'll try to document that here instead of anywhere else, maybe make an effort to also document some of the technical stuff in other threads too if I can count on the drift club to host them forever.

That being said I'm an adult with a busy life so please just be chill and we'll probably get along.