Whoops. When I plugged in 1990 Miata, it came up as $95, must've been something else. If I had known it was double I wouldn't have linked it.

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1974 Alfa GTV 5MT
1990 Mercedes 300SE 4AT
2002 BMW R1150RT-P 6MT

Yes, single stage paint is very easy to clean up and despite what some say, I think very forgiving. Before you do the job make sure you post here or do some research at Autogeek. Don't attempt this by hand. With the proper polisher and pad you will be amazed by the results.

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Silence is golden and duct tape is silver.

2005 Pontiac GTO 6MT
2011 Ram 1500 CC Laramie 4x4

Sure about that? You DO drive a Miata.

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'12 Chevy Sonic 1.4T 6MT
'08 Giant Trance 1

Oh thtop

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

So Tuesday I went out and bought (from a craigslist ad) a spare airbox. This morning my girlfriend and I drilled some holes and swiss cheesed it and installed it (well, technically me, she just stood there looking beautiful and handed me tools and such when I needed them ).

I am quite pleased with this modification so far. For $30 for an airbox, it's $30 to give me peace of mind to throw my stock one back in if I don't like the swiss cheesed one. But I do! It sounds awesome and growly under WOT, especially at midrange RPM. It sort of tapers off at higher RPM since the engine's mechanical clatteriness drowns it out, but you can still hear it. During cruising and low throttle it sounds 99% stock. Which is great, because I don't want to go ricing around everywhere. Loud when I want to, quiet when I don't. Awesome combination if you ask me.

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

Theres a reason I replaced my airbox with a cone even though the factory box is known to flow perfectly fine in cars pushing 400hp. TERBOWZ MAKE WOOSH!

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I would've replaced my box with a cone but there were 2 reasons why I wanted to stick with the drilled box/paper filter method:

1 - Had I replaced the box with just an open cone, it would've taken in A LOT of hot air. The airbox is placed nearly right next to the exhaust header. I would've had to fab up a heat shield or drill into my firewall so it could take colder pressurized air from the cowl area. Not something I wanted to do. With the drill method, I drilled holes only into the fender side, bottom side, and headlight side of the box, thus keeping it from sucking direct hot air

2 - Wanted to retain stock filtration levels. Cloth aftermarket filters flow better than the stock one, but the Miatas bottleneck is the AFM, not the filter. Since it's not the bottleneck, I decided to stick with one that would filter more particulates than say, a K&N cone that might flow better but has been proven (on many threads on miata.net) that it doesn't filter as well as the stock paper filter.

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

Screw K&N. Youre paying for a name. AEM Dryflow is a better filter

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I was just using that as an example. Besides, nothing filters better than the stock paper filter. I live right by the beach. Sand gets EVERYWHERE (and I literally mean absolutely everywhere on/in the car) so I wanted the best filtration I could get.

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

So I have a leaking clutch slave cylinder (one of the most common Miata problems). I have to refill the clutch fluid reservoir about weekly. $57 sent to 949 Racing got me a clutch slave cylinder and an extended clutch line (stainless flex hose) which makes the bleeding process infinitely easier according to Miata-ers (it replaces a hard line that actually loops 2 times!) So those 2 things are going in as soon as I get a chance to go to my old house to work on it.

Also, I ordered a HUGE amount of parts from Rosenthal Mazda in VA (they sponsor Miata.net and stock just about every OEM part you need for a Miata). This includes Timing belt, water pump kit (with gaskets), accessory belts, all 9 coolant hoses, cam seals, crank seal, crank key, crank pulley, tensioner, idler bearing, tensioner spring, CAS O-ring, valve cover gasket, thermostat, and thermostat gasket. This all goes in when I send it to a member of Windy City Miata Club who does work on other members' Miatas. I am not looking forward to the labor cost + parts cost I already spent, but I am so looking forward to having almost all maintenance items nearly done and being able to focus more on driving it and carefully selecting mods!

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

has it stripped paint off of your firewall?

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1986 Mazda RX-7 sport ^ blown engine
1986 Mazda RX-7 base > Project car

Luckily no. The clutch slave for Miatas (and most manuals I think?) is right on the transmission.

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1994 Corolla - 1990 Miata

Ah, my brain skipped right over 'slave cylinder' and went straight to 'master cylinder'.

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1986 Mazda RX-7 sport ^ blown engine
1986 Mazda RX-7 base > Project car

Mine is inside the bellhousing (ghey)

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That's where I bought my RX-8. Haven't ordered parts from them yet, though. How are their prices and how much did you pay for shipping?

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2009 Mazda RX-8 R3