FS: 1994 Miata FMII Turbo, $9000
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I bought this car for $4700 with 82k miles on it in early 2005. It’s now four years and only 6,000 miles later (it has 88,696miles on the odo right now). I haven’t driven it much in the past year since I moved to a new house. The drive to work is all highways, now, and the highway is not where this car begs to be driven.
Although the car has been a lot of fun, I need to make room in the garage (and the wallet) for a car for my new wife. Unfortunately the wife’s not interested in the little Miata. I guess it’s her loss.
In March of ’05 I purchased and installed a Flyin’ Miata FMII turbo kit (among other things, details and $9217 tab listed below). This system more than doubles the power output of the 1.8L engine. We’re talking over 220 rear wheel horse-power in a little 2300lb Miata! It is a total blast to drive; a major kick-in-the-butt. First gear is now pretty much useless: say goodbye to your rear tires!!!
In addition to the turbo kit I also installed a high-capacity aluminum radiator to keep things cool. And I replaced the sway bars, springs and shocks. This lowered the car and really tightened up the suspension. The car is on rails, now.
The car is in really great shape for a 15 year old car, but there are a few flaws that I should point out. There is a small dent on the driver’s side front quarter panel (you can see this in the pictures linked to above). The rear bumper has three vertical scratches that are pretty deep and go through the paint and into the plastic material below. Some touch-up paint will go a long way to covering these up.
Brakes have a lot of life left in them. I replaced the rear pads shortly after I got the car. Tires? It needs new ones. There isn’t a lot of tread left on any of the tires.
Stock specifications:
Cloth seats, power windows and mirrors, A/C (works well and blows cold air), Torsen limited slip differential (a must-have for a turbo car), 5-speed manual transmission, 14” aluminum wheels, Laguna Blue paint, driver and passenger airbags, side-impact beams, floor mats.
The Laguna Blue paint is pretty rare. Of the 20,000 Miatas made in 1994, only 1788 were Laguna blue. In 1995 they made only 440 in Laguna blue. 1994 and 1995 were the only two years for this color.
After-market goodies:
-Nakamichi CD-400 stereo system with AUX input for your iPod (or other MP3 player of choice).
-Soundstream D100II, 2-channel, 100W amplifier. This really wakes up the stereo system and allows you to hear the music when you’re cruising with the top down.
All the items below purchased through Flyin’ Miata for over $9,000.
http://www.flyinmiata.com/
-Flyin’ Miata FM2 turbo kit: Exhaust manifold, heat shield, downpipe, intake tubes, turbocharger, intercooler, airfilter, bypass valve, boost gage with pillar mount, Link ECU with keypad, boost control solenoid, knock sensor, 550cc fuel injectors, lots of other bits and pieces.
-New shift boots, thermostat, fuel filter, sparkplugs and wires, timing belt, camshaft seal and valve cover gasket.
-AEM wideband O2 sensor kit: allows very accurate measurement of your air/fuel ratio from very rich to very lean.
-Serial link interface and cable: connect your laptop to the ECU and log all important engine data as you drive.
-Flyin’ Miata Stage 3 suspension kit: front and rear sway bars, front strut tower brace, stiffer springs at all four corners and KYB-AGX adjustable shocks.
-Flyin’ Miata Clutch/flywheel happy meal that includes an FM Level 2 clutch, lightweight flywheel, clutch switch override, pilot and release bearings.
-Flyin’ Miata FM Single Turbo M1 stainless cat-back exhaust.
-Flyin’ Miata Aluminum M1 race radiator.
-Hard Dog roll bar.
The numbers:
$4700. Paid for car
$9217. Paid for all Flyin’ Miata stuff.
????. Stereo and amp (and I also put new speakers in the doors).
Total $$ over $14,000!!!
