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If you're lucky you can find another wrecked car that has a good front clip for cheap. I bought a front clip for an NA a few years ago for $250!!! Just a thought. Otherwise parting it out would probably be best, you'd get more money for the parts and keep what you want to transfer to whatever new NB you get.
Speaking of donors, anyone know for sure how much lighter the early 1.6 cars are? ::Naughty:
I think that is the guy I bought mine from. If so, he buys and sells a lot of Miatas, and may be able to find you one for a lot less that fits your needs. Might be worth a call to ask if he can help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
I would check out VFR750's clear title blown motor edition
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Originally Posted by Billy Blaze
+1
Sorry about all the bad luck lately Mike. :(
Sure, I'll come take a peek :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by VFR750
don't fix it unless you plan on making it a race car, which is still a bad idea. I should have scrapped my old vw when I wrecked it up instead of fixing it, and it leaked water, and was generally stupid and the body never really lined up.
Just go buy a cheap ass blown up 1.6, ragged to shit, and swap everything over. Sell the hydra and buy mspnp.
Or you could tube frame the front of it cheaper than you re-clip it.
my 1.6 with a roll bar, one stock and one sparco seat, hard-top and a full tank weighed in at 2224lb with full interior and all accessories.Quote:
Originally Posted by redmenace
Don't know when I will be home, maybe another couple weeks. I will be in touch. thanks........
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Originally Posted by MiataMike
Still looking for a '99 Miata Donor car
Here's one - LINK
And another - LINK
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Originally Posted by CraiginTX
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get an NA dirt cheap, swap everything over, sell hydra and buy MSpnp, and you'll have a better, faster, cheaper car.
Thanks for the input but not everything that I have will be compatable with the NA model. Plus I would have to pay to have the motor re-tuned with a new application or retune it myself. The hydra is already set and would be plug and play. Not to mention it is a much better application for what I have. (IMO)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brg
Mike you are correct, mr brg just has a thing for the MSpnp
I've heard good things about the MSpnp. I'm not saying its not a good application. I just have to much invested in the Hydra and everything else just to abandon it and go with a NA model and have to do an entirely different wiring system for a motor that is not for that wiring harness ect. ect. and so on. I would be creating just that much more work for myself and further complicating something that is already going to be difficult; and extremely time consuming
I was just trying to help. He could have a $1500 NA to swap everything over to this weekend, or search high and low for an NB for...how long has this thread been around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magma
or he could be like me and let everything sit in the garage for a year.
I just recently found out that it wasn't going to be repaired. So, I haven't really been looking for a new NB for very long. VRF750 has a miata that I'm interested in; but hes never in town for me to get it :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brg