Modifying Cars
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Bulding a Track Car – The Miata has wheels
This morning the 16″ Enkei wheel arrived from Tire Rack mounted with a set of Bridgestone RE-11 Potenza tires. The call came from the guys at Performance Chassis and I headed right over. After cutting them out of the packaging… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Really close to completion
With the seats finally bolted in and the interior just about complete I was waiting for the coil-over shocks to arrive from Flyin’ Miata. Friday came and so did the UPS truck with the box from Flyin’ Miata. I took… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Is it done yet?
Progress continues. The big accomplishments are: Getting both the seats in! The Miata is not easy to fit racing seats in. There is not much space and it got even tighter when I installed the optional door bars that came… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Miata door panels fabricated
I can’t get any credit for originality here, but I really like how these ABS plastic door panels turned out on the track Miata. I searched about on the Internet to see what others had done to improve on the… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Back from paint and back to work.
It was nice to unload the Miata from the roll back yesterday and nicer still to take a look at it this morning. I spent the day re-installing all the lights on every corner. The headlights were in but all… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – A peek at the Miata
Its getting close. I went out today to see just how far things have come. Masterblend has the car in the booth and the doors and hardtop done. The hardtop looks great. The Miata is not looking too shabby either. The paint… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – The Miata being prepped for paint.
Yesterday I drove out to Masterblend to meet with Phil and see how things were looking as regards the Miata. He had already been working on the hardtop prior to Mark and I bringing over the Miata. I had thought… Continue reading
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Discovering Your Ride is a Chick Magnet
Last Saturday Mark was good enough to help me by loading the Miata onto his roll-back and we transported the soon to be Track Miata to the paint shop of Masterblend in Rolesville. Phil has done a lot of work for… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Closer to Paint
Today a few for details were taken care of on the front bumper cover and a lot of time was spent on the rear deck area behind the seats. With the carpeting, the convertable top, and other interior trim pieces… Continue reading
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Building a Track Car – Oil cooler
With the engine running and in great shape it was time to add one more piece. A good deal came up on a used Cobalt kit that relocates the oil filter to the firewall and also adds an oil cooler. … Continue reading
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