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iv been into honda for awhile so a gave up my last honda..
for a few weeks iv looked into 240s and those are play out so much so i wanted to go a different rout and get a miata
soo i was doing a search and stuck with goin with miata and this is what i came up with
97 miata m edition w/ 91xxx montego blue, bone stock, hail damage on hood, little paint fading here and there
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...1237064490.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...1237064538.jpg
Welcome
Looks like a nice car, if the hail damage is just on the hood that wouldn't be too expensive to have PDR'd (paintless dent removal). I have been told that there is a good PDR guy that comes out to our Wednesday night meets once in a great while and cuts us good deals and we have a PDR party, you might wanna lookout for that.
Welcome to the forum and to rear wheel drive.
welcome. nice car.
Welcome. Hate to tell you though, that's not an M-edition. 97M was a darker green with tan leather. The montego blue M edition was a 94 and also had tan interior.
You still got a nice ride and will have lots of fun with it. Congrats!
Welcome
srry sharpie i did the vin# and it came up saying m edition and my mistake it is the dark green color..
and where is the meets weds nights at? my drive by some time
Welcome, the meets are discussed in the forum each week. So stay tuned each week for the restraunt du-jur.
You have a montego blue. The 97 M is Marina green.
See here: http://www.miata.net/gallery/na.html
umk well that clears it up lol
well all i know im love driving it around town..just need a radio lol
Welcome! :clap:
I wondered how long that would take for someone to post that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpie
This is a 1997 M Edition....Marina Green (note wheels, tan interior, badging)
http://www.miata.net/gallery/images/97marina.jpg
This is a 1994 M Edition....Montego Blue (note polished 7 spokes, tan interior, badging)
http://www.miata.net/gallery/images/94montego.jpg
WHhhhaaat!?!? well ateast it's its still got a nice turbo right? right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpie
Who wants that heavy M-stuff anyway?? :) Stick with us manual guys (and listen to us whine about our non-Torsens)!!
Welcome and enjoy
haha, this wasn't a joe special. It actually wasn't advertised as a "m", he was just confused by the vin description on autocheck.com. Regardless, he bought it for a very good price.
Good luck with the car brian. I'll see ya at the next auto-x ;)
Nice ride. :D
You'll love how easy the Miata is to upgrade and maintain! FAR easier than a Honda for water pump/tb changes, etc.
For the 1.8, do yourself a quick favor and look at the hoses between the master brake cylinder and the engine. Those 2 hoses are the heater core hoses. Check them for oil gunk then check under the CAS (sensor on the back of the valve cover, just above the hoses) for oil drips.
There's an o-ring on the CAS that tends to leak. When that happens, the oil gets on those 2 hoses and weakens them. When they rupture, and they WILL if they have oil on them, you could lose coolant and damage the engine.
Other than that, the engine is just about bulletproof and will happily bounce off of the rev limiter and will easily survive missed downshifts. Honda engines won't survive those types of things well at all. ;)
sweet thnks for the info..ill go and check it now.
damn im loving this little car..
i just need a radio..get tired of hearing the wind lol
Do yourself a favor and go to Mazda-Nissan Heaven (wrecking yard) and get an OEM type radio. You don't want your top slashed over a radio.
Welcome. Enjoy the car. Personally I like the sound of the wind, the exhaust sounds,..................
Heck I have a radio from a 97 that you can have. My son replaced it with an aftermarket. All you have to do is donate $10.00 to this site and it's yours.;)
^It's 12 fiddy now. Stupid recession.
Swiftracing reminds me of a Ron White joke. Thank you to whoever stole my radio, I got to drive back to Texas for 18 hours listening to nothing but the wind, it's catchy.
Hate to sound like a honda fanboy on a mazda forum, but what the hell are you talking about? t-belt/waterpump replacement is similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
..and since when are hondas engines considered unreliable? maybe I haven't researched deep enough into miatas, but I've yet to come across 120hp/liter+ N/A miatas revving to 10k+.
not really sure what you mean by missed downshifts either, are you reffering to weak synchros?
/rant
Not if you break a belt! ::Drive2::
Is that why Honda quit making them? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sprayed
I'm referring to missing 4th gear and putting it into 2nd... Resulting in broken valve keepers and valves dropped into the engines. If you get lucky enough to not break the keeper you will have stretched them and will need to replace them before they break and drop a valve into the engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by sprayed
TB/WP is on the front of the engine which is at the front of the engine bay on a Miata, not on the passenger side of some FWD beast crammed against a strut tower. ;) THAT makes it easier. (Yes, S2K is RWD, but the rest of the fanboy crowd gets to play with FWD)
Oh, and like Rogue mentioned, don't break a timing belt on a Honda! $$$$
If you break one on a Miata, you'll be parked at the side of the road until you get towed and a new belt installed. On a Honda you'll end up with screwed up valves and possibly pistons to go with that belt. Hopefully it doesn't end up with cylinder wall damage to add further insult to the injury.
;)
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Originally Posted by JuanoTejano
I remind you of a Ron White Joke? Spill it I want to hear the joke.
:D
He did...Quote:
Originally Posted by Swiftracing
"Thank you to whoever stole my radio, I got to drive back to Texas for 18 hours listening to nothing but the wind, it's catchy. "
^ lol
I was comparing to B16 motors to keep things in perspective. I would say it's because their customers would feel cheated buying a new car with 1988 technology. I hope you dont think jz and rb motors are crappy because they're no longer in production. and it's not like Mazda's own 13b has remain unchanged.
I did a little bit of reading on non interference engines. Interesting, and good news for us miata owners, but it's hardly an argument for a better engine. reminds me of the pushrod vs ovh argument.
strut tower doesn't get in the way of a t-belt change. labor rates are similar for both cars FWIW.
I love my miata but it's not the engine that makes it great :)
Oh, it is $12.50, and be sure to tell them it's for me. But before you do, let me go put my hands on the radio. I think I know where it's as but I'd like to make sure.
http://forums.dfwmiata.com/payments.php?
do you got the radio ? lol
where do i put your name?
all i do is click the mme supporter and high light 12.50 and click order?
Sorry a little slow on the uptake. I get it now. The brain didn t see what I was typing.Quote:
Originally Posted by HudsonHawk
Yep, found the radio under a bed, and it's yours if you want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1.8-M
Also, I think you're on the right course to donate to the forum. I'll send you my info via e-mail.
TD
good guy..now i jus got to figure out why i have no sound nor static.umm
thanks again
Did you cleanup the volume knob? Is the speaker plug attached until it clips? Antanae attached?Quote:
Originally Posted by 1.8-M
Let's start with something a little more simple.
Have you pulled the door panels to see if there are any speakers installed?
:clap: LOL, yea, that should be a good place to start. However the volume knob was having some minor issues, so if he didn't open it up and clean it out it, then the volume may not be rising.Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
yup i just check all the speakers and they are hook up...and i took off the faceunit to clean the volume and no luck...
so then i putin a cd to check that with volume and still no luck...freakncd player didnt even eject my hannah montana cd....