does anyone know anything about this car?
 

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looking at buying and just curious if people have seen it

Details about car setup and how much $$$...
I'd say "it looks decent", but it actually doesn't.
Post details and I'll tell you if it's a rip off or not.

well i don't wanna give off to much info. (preventative from it being sold to someone other then me)

i know my fair share around a miata. i'm just curious if anyone knows anything about it.
it's a good deal for whats in it. paint is new (within the last 6 months) it's a 99 that was white and was an auto but is now blue and have a 6-speed. lots of work done to the car

looks very similar to phrenetiks car. I would remove the spacer asap or get new wheels, that second picture looks god-awful.

What are you asking anyway?

well i've bought many cars over the internet so i've just found merit in trying to find out info about the car before i buy.

anyone know the guy that owns it (unlikely but its a chance)
seen how it's been driven?
quality of parts or reliability of things?

i don't know. maybe i'm just excited about this car and want to have an excuse to show it off before i even own it. (my bad)

I know my self, for a car that has a bunch of work done to it, I would never buy it with out going to drive it first... I made that mistake once, and will likely never do it again. Doesn't matter how it looks in pictures, or how it "drives" on paper.

That's just me though.

well the hood and hardtop are chaser parts, they most likely don't fit like OEM and the top could leak depending on the quality of work the owner invested in getting the weather stripping lined up right.

You can see a small intercooler out front, is it supercharged or turbo'd? You can tell the quality on that from the parts they use.

I personally wouldn't buy it if it doesn't have a WB and EMS...Unless I know the owner very well.

agreed. i just live very far away from the car and can't really drive it. (it's a chance i have to take)

how bout this setup. good or bad? looks ugly in my opinion
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1334073930

Meh, Dosen't look any thing special to me, but im also not a fan of SCs (at least not on the Miata). Looks like its got Tein coilovers? What is he using for engine managment?

EW! centrifugal SCing is a joke.


almost as funny as that wheel/tire/offset combo.

it's got a fm voodoo controller for injector control (so i'm told) I have an EMU that i was going to use in a different but changed my mind and i would throw in here if that has any merit

i'm not a fan of the centrifugal either. id sell it and do something better.

if its cheap and he used proper EMS and tuning (ie the car is running safe), I think its not a bad buy. You can sell most of the supercharger junk off and get a turbo and drop it in place! you will already have most of the piping done and it looks like he has an oil line going down past the thermostat (another thing to check too).

One thing that really annoys me is the rivits on the front bumper. What the ---- was he thinking there?

https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1334075377

i assume these guys allow a sharper turning radius?
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1334075377

homade roll bar?
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1334075377

its a half cage. which is a bit ironic considering the stock passenger seat and the full carpeted interior!

The tie rods are for doooriiiifto!

Car has/had abs. And it has non-stock knuckles i think.

I wouldn't eliminate it, but I would definitely not plan to pick it up as a daily.

i'm not a fan of abs. it just annoy's me. i know what my tires are doing. last 4 cars haven't had it. never had an issue... other the more control :D

he tells me he has the rest of the interior and will install it
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1334075922
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it urks me when i car looks so nice on the outside, then utter crap on the inside.



it has pluses for sure. but those pictures show three different wheels and body styles.

comes with the rims in the first picture.
hard top has oem latches up top and is bolted on the side.
for the price of the car, like i said, it's a good deal.

not knowing the price and just looking at the pictures, what would you think the price of the car would be? gives me a more accurate sense of actually a good deal or me just wanting it to be a good deal

sportmaxxes look okay. too bad not the u6ls.

I like the tiens and the custom tie rod ends.

just needs a real man's power adder and a real man's engine managment.

it has potiential and i would put it in the 6-8k range.

I would say on the lower end of that range when you can get something like thi

http://www.miataturbo.net/showthread...155#post862155

for $8k

i was basing my estimate from what they are commanding up here in the great white north.
like this base model for 12k
http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2950005273.html

my car has no interior either...but waht I don't understand is why he still has a stock passenger seat.

sold all my nb's for over 10k
few years ago sold na's for the 10 mark. now they are down to 6-7ish

hoping to get $7500 for mine with the hard top

Car:
1999 Mazda Miata 128k Miles
Car was originally an automatic
Not Sure of the Package
Car Has ABS
Power Windows
Cold A/C

Body:
2001 Front Face Lift
Large OEM Side Skirts and Front Valance
SlickAuto APR Carbon Mirrors $200
ChaserAero Carbon Fiber Scoot Hood $300
ChaserAero Carbon Fiber Hardtop $900
30mmm ZG Flares
Shaved Antenna
Paint by Clay Deen Satin Blue Metallic

Drivetrain:
1999 Automatic 1.8 BP (Stock)
2003 6 Speed $400
Stock Open Diff
Fidanza 9lb Flywheel
Spec Stage 3+ Clutch (3k miles)

Performance:
VF Engineering Vortech Supercharger Kit $2,500
Stage II Boosting 8psi with Race By-Pass Valve
Also have the 6psi Pulley and a spare crank pulley
Custom Over the Radiator FMIC Setup
CXRacing Aluminum Radiator $100
Dual 10" Electric Fans with Relay and Toggle Switch
Raceland Header
Stock Midpipe, also have a 2.5" midpipe.
2.5" Rear Racing Muffler

Chassis, Suspension, & Brakes
2003 Rear Subframe Brace
Raceland Coilovers w/ NB Tophats $300
TCS Rear Upper Camber Arms $100
MTuned Brake Uprade Front 11" Corrado and Rear 10.9" Miata Sport Brake $200
Axxis Ultimate Pads, also have a set of Hawk HPS Pads Barely Used
Seeltuned Inner Tie Rods $75
Megan Outter Heim Tie Rod Ends $125
DCW Modified Knuckles (for quicker steering and added angle) $175
DCW 1 5/8" DOM Roll Bar
New Wheel Bearings

Wheels & Tires:
15x9 +0 XXR 002 Chromium Black $400
225/45zr15 Hankook RS3

Interior:
Stripped(car was tan, but I have some of the plastics and black carpet)
Amp in the Trunk with Jensen JPORT Mp3 Jack in the center console
Couple 5 1/4" Pioneer sitting the on the package tray
8" Bazooka Woofer in Trunk
Momo Hub and 350mm Steering Wheel $100
Autometer Sport Comp Boost and Water Temp $50
AEM Eugo Wideband $150
Momo RSGT Driver Seat $150
Driverside OMP 4 Point Seatbelt



this is a list of info he gave me

and i also have found out that he's started parting it out. he wants tog et away from modded cars completely. hmmmmm.

I was waiting until this thread filled up with responses to give my response.
Without reading the description, It appears to be a VF engineering centrifugal supercharger...but with a voo-doo box? That's bad news.
The paint sucks...the shifter sucks, the whole interior sucks, the flares suck, the stance sucks...the car is just so wrong in so many ways.
I wouldn't pay more than $3k for it, and if I did buy it, it would become more gutted than it already is, and it would be built strictly for the track.
There's my 2 cents...keep the change.

he took the tiens out. that's a shame.

ya he said the coilovers on it now will save my butt for the trip home to canada. (i still would of liked the teins.)

teins are not harsh whatsoever.

its really up to you about the car, i know two turboed NBs I'd buy first.

links?

frt is selling a fairly clean stockish NB its on here

the one has been linked, the other is technically for sale....yet.

as bad of a design as the supercharger is, it's still something i can sell to put that money towards a different power adder. for the same price... i agree that the blue '99 is not as in good shape, but being the mechanic guy that i am, i start to go crazy if i don't have something to work on. So projects are right up there for me. (thats why i have my current miata) the reason i want the blue '99 is becuase it's pretty much where i wanted to take my current miata but... it's just someone else funded that process, so in the long run it's saving me money.

ummmm... i may be confused. this is the car in question, are you posting just so the link is on here? (thought we weren't supposed to do that with other miata forums, so thats why i didn't):confused:

Hmm, sorry about that. Somehow I managed to post that before getting the message on there. I figured you would have better luck finding information if someone knew the guy from the other forum. I had just looked at that ad before coming over to this forum. I must've missed the part about not posting links to other miata forums, I'm sure the mods will delete it if it's an issue.

ok so i'm very close to buying this car. things are looking positive.
however for my drive back home to canada, i would LOVE to have the factory hood as well. I'm a crazy man and have little fear of things.
my question is, can i strap the factory hood to the roof to bring it home? wind resistance will be in question as well as the worry of catching a gust of wind and it catching the hood causing it to tear off the roof. thoughts?

I really hope you're not going to pay $8500 for that. I understand you really like it and all, but there is way more better put together miatas for less money.
Seriously...
That price is 3rd gen RX7 territory, not all jacked up miata pricing.