Funny story, really.

[chriscar]

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

C

[midnightdorifto]

Stevan - thanks so much for the help with everything! 24 hours into ownership and I couldn't be more smitten.

[SirHustlerEsq]

If it's a '95, it's OBD-I

Not always. There is at least one OBDII 1995 car in south Texas.


Yes, if OBD1 you want MS3 and VVT. It is the promised land.

[goofygrin]

Blown engine... time for v8. No replacement for displacement.

[midnightdorifto]

I've got 11.7 liters of friendly fire on my side between my daily and my PlaySkool plastic fantastic redneck Ferrari! I could go for something that doesn't wake everyone up with the sound of carpet bombing when I leave for MSR at 6AM on a Saturday.

[altiain]

$350 for an R Pack with a blown motor? Damn, you did make a score! Congrats.

You won't get it done for $1250, but with a nice shell and a blown motor I'd probably be looking at something more like MugenS2's AP1 S2000 engine swap. A higher mileage AP1 engine/tranny combo with factory ecu probably wouldn't be much more than a good VVT engine, Megasquirt, and the required tuning time/$ to make it run right, plus you get ~200 whp, a 9000 RPM redline, a pretty bulletproof motor, and no tuning required.

Just make sure to use OEM Honda oil filters, and make sure they're tight. Don't ask me how I found this out.

[black roadster]

You won't get it done for $1250, but with a nice shell and a blown motor I'd probably be looking at something more like MugenS2's AP1 S2000 engine swap. A higher mileage AP1 engine/tranny combo with factory ecu probably wouldn't be much more than a good VVT engine, Megasquirt, and the required tuning time/$ to make it run right, plus you get ~200 whp, a 9000 RPM redline, a pretty bulletproof motor, and no tuning required.

Just make sure to use OEM Honda oil filters, and make sure they're tight. Don't ask me how I found this out.

But Iain, then he would be removing the soul of the Miata!

[CosmosMpower]

$350 for an R Pack with a blown motor? Damn, you did make a score! Congrats.

You won't get it done for $1250, but with a nice shell and a blown motor I'd probably be looking at something more like MugenS2's AP1 S2000 engine swap. A higher mileage AP1 engine/tranny combo with factory ecu probably wouldn't be much more than a good VVT engine, Megasquirt, and the required tuning time/$ to make it run right, plus you get ~200 whp, a 9000 RPM redline, a pretty bulletproof motor, and no tuning required.

Just make sure to use OEM Honda oil filters, and make sure they're tight. Don't ask me how I found this out.

By the time you bought the S2000 motor, supporting parts and paid the hundreds of hours of labor to get it turnkey it'd be a 12,500 dollar Miata.

[Nails]

Yep that kinda work you coulda had a V8.

[OZMDD]

By the time you bought the S2000 motor, supporting parts and paid the hundreds of hours of labor to get it turnkey it'd be a 12,500 dollar Miata.

Yep, and it would still get smacked-down by a Miata.

[miataspeedracer]

Saw your post on dfwautoclub.com. Congrats on the new ride and your future track days with it.

Ditto. Oh, and I'll buy it from you today for $500....

[miataspeedracer]

Best advice: Figure out what your "end" budget for the car will be, and work backwards from there. A Miata is infinitely "buildable" from $1000 to over $25K, so it's best to know up front what you want this car to be and how much $$$ you want to throw at it.

If it were me, I'd keep your motor expenses to a minimum and focus on safety (roll bar!), decent suspension, and a good set of 15" wheels and tires. That alone will get you 90% there. The rest is incremental...

[ptech]

http://www.dfwmiata.com/threads/24861-FS-2000-longblock

[effse7en]

$350 for an R Pack with a blown motor? Damn, you did make a score! Congrats.

You won't get it done for $1250, but with a nice shell and a blown motor I'd probably be looking at something more like MugenS2's AP1 S2000 engine swap. A higher mileage AP1 engine/tranny combo with factory ecu probably wouldn't be much more than a good VVT engine, Megasquirt, and the required tuning time/$ to make it run right, plus you get ~200 whp, a 9000 RPM redline, a pretty bulletproof motor, and no tuning required.

Just make sure to use OEM Honda oil filters, and make sure they're tight. Don't ask me how I found this out.

Heh, john is in that thing for way more than 10k, just saying...

[mk2tmr2]

I called it.

On the serious tip, though...that might actually be an R-Package. Buy it.

(From the DFWAC forum.)

Congrats on a killer deal!