/MG/ - Miata General: stuck brakes edition

Rear brakes I opened earlier are stuck again and I have too much brake fluid in reservoir wat do

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PUMP PUMP PUMP IT OUT

I have no idea, dont listen to me.

Time for new calipers. Also, this is a terrible general OP user.

my fuel filler lid > yours

i also bought a daily

That's so fucking stupid, how long does it take you to unscrew all those to fill your tank

i had a rad idea but idk if itll work
could a 626 or even a 323 digital dash be transplanted into a miata?

Convince me to get an ND instead of the Abarth 124 Spider. I'm torn.

Literally about to wire $3500 to my bank account for a 97 softtop with 115,000 miles.

Do you think this is a good deal?

Why the fuck does my na STILL smell like its burning?

i'd offer $2700 and work from there.

Most I'd pay is $3k

You can adjust the starting position of the pistons in Miata rear brakes by turning a single screw behind each caliper with an allen wrench. It's very easy.

Even considering meme-tax? This is one of the best deals I've seen after searching for nearly a year.

garbage car for literal retards: the thread
>pic related

yeah well if its anything like mine, the fucking thing just keeps coming undone on its own. i really need to replace that piece of shit caliper soon

The flamer in the driver's seat.

I'd rather an MR2 turbo. The maiti is a car you settle for and make the best of, not a car you want. All the cool cheap RWD coupes are pretty much bought up/scrapped/one with a tree at this point.

my wiring harness in my NA6 is toast should i buy a new harness and try to fix it myself or just sell the miata

I used to think that was cool but then I got out of high school and realized it's a boomer-tier accessory that just stands out way too much. OEM is master race - also that's not even the good aftermarket one. Should've gotten the other style that sits flush. That's 100x better than what you have.

drive it off a cliff

anyone else unable to upload images right now?

yeah not working for me either, blame seth rich

ok ;^(

holy shit you're fucking stupid if you think that's how it opens.
i wasn't going to buy one to begin with, but the price was right and it matches my mirrors.

>holy shit you're fucking stupid if you think that's how it opens.

So what you're saying is that they're pointless and your gas lid is vatozone tier ricer bling

t. poorfag

W A T A N A B E

Are those just resprayed daisys?

No

2get for my ND today

Gay.

Link for mirrors?

ND has a nicer-feeling but slightly less robust transmission. It doesn't suffer from tarbo lag but has a much narrower powerband. Other than that it comes down to looks. Could argue suspension setups but that's only if you're going to keep the stock shocks for some weird reason.

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the ND transmission problem is only an issue with the 2016 models, and is covered under the drivetrain warrantee if it breaks. likely a line in the cast for one of the gears or something caused manufacturing errors.

Can the newer ones handle more torque? From what I understand, the 124 uses the NC transmission because the ND transmission wasn't very good at handling the extra torque, although for all I know it could be because Mazda had a shitload of those transmissions left over and was pissed at FCA.

considering the ND manual kept breaking the same gear in the same way, I'd say they can. the NC transmission also has longer gears and is heavier. Mazda likely didn't want to share their newest drivetrain more than anything else.

Okay. I'm fairly timid about buying an already turbo'd NA but the price seems logical and the miles are low. Any insight?

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No pics of engine bay, and it's also a 1.6.

my drivers door won't open from the outside but will from the inside
anyone have this issue?
Solutions?

My cat, Charlie, decided that my soft-top was his bed today.

Sugoi! Kawaii!

Fuck birds

Since i have a garage i feel blessed in that regard. Fuck birds.

gday cunts,

my NB started acting up when i took it to a track, i hit redline for the first time and suddenly the tach goes crazy along with the power and it cuts out, i took it to a mechanic who said the same thing happened but i need to take it to a specialist. on the way home i stayed under 2500rpm trying to get home and it died 3 times along with the tach and power going crazy,

anyone know what this could be? been told its not coils and both the mechanic and the pro driver told me it could be a fucked crank angle/ cam angle sensor

if anyone has any ideas that would be fucking tops because im about to take it into a place who hopefully can chuck it on the dyno and see whats wrong

Turbo or supercharger on NC?
BBR do turbos here in the UK but there's also a company that offers a supercharger. Both come in around the same price.

Y-you too
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It doesn't matter because NC a shit.
>Painted baby teeth.
Why.

>TFW engine light was on while get because lazy tuner hadn't sent updated file yet

Changing out a wiring harness is a pretty time consuming job. You have to strip most of the parts off the car for access. But it can be done. It would be easier to sell and buy a better condition one. But it is not past worth saving if you have the knowhow and time.

Yes, I have seen oit a few times. When it happened to mine t was because the bolt the holds the lever mechanism that moves the outside handle came out, so it had no pivot point. Easy fix, put the bolt back in.

It could also be the latch or small metal arms themselves. either broken or popped out. Youll probably have to take off the door panel and start looking/messing around inside the door.

the 1.8 mzr with a supercharger felt very strange when i drove one, felt peaky like a turbo, could have been a shit tune idk

the 2.0 is stout as fuck and can handle 350 crank hp easy and the later gen 2.0s were even more built and are regularly tuned to rev to 7900 rpm with stock head/valves/springs

i would advise against going FI on a NC1 as the engines are fucking timebombs

show me where the NC touched you

Cheers for the input mate. I know people tend to prefer superchargers on mx5s traditionally but thought it would be worth asking.
Mines a facelift 2.0l it's one of those sport black special editions (mk3.5?) so would that be considered the later model? Not that I'm planning on going nuts with performance/tuning.

yea 2009-2015 is nc2 and nc3
they hold up the best to FI
ive driven a 2.0 with a cosworth supercharger and another with the rotrex and they were fucking awesome but both kits went through several iterations because almost every customer had some problems

from what ive read cosworth has officially abandoned their NC blower because of all the inherent flaws/issues and has sold off all the stock

flyin miata had the cosworth milled off the blower while bbr still seems to display the badge so idk

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was initially plagued by engine failures and poor drivability due to problems with the tune/maps in the reflash that was part of the kit. The problems including the tuner shit storm surrounding it are very well documented on forum.miata.net.

>The cost of replacing and refunding engines that had been knocking them self to a certain death might be the reason Cosworth pulled out and sold the rest of the kits/design without the Cosworth brand.

www.mazdaspeedy.com/2014/02/a-closer-look-at-cosworth-mp62.html


i guess you could go bbr and just hope theyve fixed the tuning and cooling lol

I do too, had to have it outside a grand total of 4 hours while cleaning it. 4 hours was enough for 3 huge shits.

I'll be repainting them black soon

Post pics of your daily.

V6 miata.
> 250hp
> great, GREAT sound
> still good weight distribution
> no hacking or welding.
6000 pound fucking sterling. And you have to get your own engine block.
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Swap a hayabusa engine instead, there is a whole build thread on moto iq that goes step by step

engine. you have to get your own engine.
the block is just a part of the engine.

And that's a perfectly acceptable price for an oem quality conversion with literally everything you need.

CAS O ring

Do you know anything about turbo cars?

Did he just slap a turbo on, or is it a full build? At that price I'm guessing the former. He's probably pinged the shit out of the motor and now he needs to sell it before it self destructs

I have no idea. Cam angle sesnor is an easy diy job. Not sure how much they cost.

It runs well when it's not acting up?

Sure the price is right from a sellers perspective. And they seem to be in it to build genuinely good kits. So in all fairness i shouldn't complain.
It's just that the kit would be twice the price of a decent miata. Somebody who buys a miata because it's an affordable little sports-y-car is not going to just
>accidentally 7K
on that car.
More to the point: I cannot justify spending that amount on my miata. Even though it looks, and sounds!, very good.

Put ITBs on the 1.8 and you'll have a great sound too.
youtu.be/9ye2Fn62xDc
Go to 1:04

I'm guessing it would come down to taste and i'd prefer the sound of the v6. to each his own tho.

>6'3"
>want a miata

How much will I need to mod it? I understand I can "fit" in one, but I'd like it to be comfy.

New seats? New steering wheel? Are the pedals pretty much all the way back already?

Just remove seats and pedals, you'll be fine Mr. Skeletal.

How did you know I was a skeleton?

140lbs btw

FINALLY got my wheels back from the powder shop and they came out pretty damn good. I'm off work tomorrow so I'm going to end up polishing the rest of my lips and putting them back together. I thought about starting a thread to post in as I went along, but I know Veeky Forums hates my wheels, so I didn't know how much interest there would be. Would anyone want to see something like that?

lmao nice fidget spinners

A friend of mine who was about 6'2" ~260lb had one for a little while. It was definitely a tight fit, but he never did a foamectomy or anything like that. Most people say that's something you need to do, but he got away without it. Maybe you can make your own seat brackets and bolt the seat directly to the floor?

>Maybe you can make your own seat brackets and bolt the seat directly to the floor?
I would probably just buy a seat and brackets from momo honestly, I'm just wondering if it will work at all.

What is the average height of people here, and how comfortable do you think the car is?

I've sat in a stock NA, and it was tight, but not unfixably tight, at least in my eyes. I was just wondering if there was anyone else who was tall and owned one who could give advice/first hand experience.

I'm only 5'9" ~130lb and I fit perfect in it.

1. Foamectomy.
2. Sit in the four generations to see what fits best from the get-go.
3. As another poster said, lower fixed seat brackets might help.
4. It really depends on your proportions. I'm mild manlet status at 5'9" with a long torso and short arms and legs. The only things that really fit me are sportscars with adjustable wheels and pedals, sportbikes, and my 01 Ram 1500. I love my NB and NC, but they are just slightly uncomfy due to odd genes.

haha manlet

Check out this shitbox I bought two years ago.

Wow it looks great user.

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I have 5k, I could literally go buy this right now, and 1k could probably get me a few simple mods to make it comfy.

Really might do it m8s

>1992
It is a nice looking little thing, but look up the VLSD issues.

Literally a non issue. It probably didn't have the lsd to begin with, and if it doesnt work than it's just like an open diff which is fine on a miata. Only reason to have an lsd on a car with 100whp is to do donuts.

I'm 5' 11.75", 190lbs and fit just fine in the na and nb.

haha fatty

So it's hot as fuck out today and I am having a difficult time trusting my Miata in this heat. There hasn't been any indication of it overheating (going by the thermostat) but in the past the thermostat has been a little funky jumping all over the place.

What are some ways I can tell if my car is overheating? I checked under the hood, it's hot as fuck. Can't even touch any of the coolant hoses or it would burn me

>11.75
Please don't do this.

remove the radiator cap immediately after driving and check the temp with a meat thermometer.

>tfw not sure if this guy is serious or is trying to get severe burns on my face

Might be relevant here
Jumping all over, what does that mean? Does it go above the normal range? If not it's probably fine.
Don't do this

I wonder if the dude in the grey miata who honked at me (in a friendly way) on the E6 also posts here. You sure drove fast.

What's going in the background there

It's how we park our cars in sweden. Volvo's are durable as fuck you know.

That's what I'm afraid of. An NA with 55k miles and a hardtop for $4.5k with "a turbo" just sounds a little suspect

Finally did my brakes for the first time. Never again am I doing it without a lift. Took me over 3 hours on a hot day.

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brakes are easy as fuck man. the hard part is just familiarizing yourself with how it all works in a miata (particularly the rear brakes)

literally garbage

I cant believe you are still wasting money on those wheels.

cars and coffee last weekend.

ay blue guy I know you're out here.

I've got an American imported NA and the odo and all is in imperial. The trip counter however goes up to about 2500 between every refill. Surely it's defective or in another unit than miles?

Thats a lot of money for plastic bits.