08-23-2005, 09:35 PM
Some of you may have noticed I added a '90 miata to my sig a few weeks ago.
Some of you may have noticed a vehicle under a car cover at my house at the cookoff.
Some of you probably put 2 and 2 together.
Yep, I bought Miata #2. It was too damn cheap to pass up. Under $500 cheap. And no, it doesnt run. What fun would that be?
![[Image: 1.6_side.jpg]](http://evan55.homeip.net:8080/images/1.6/1.6_side.jpg)
![[Image: 1.6_front.jpg]](http://evan55.homeip.net:8080/images/1.6/1.6_front.jpg)
So whats wrong with it?
![[Image: timing_belt.jpg]](http://evan55.homeip.net:8080/images/1.6/timing_belt.jpg)
The Bad:
-Busted timing belt
-Hasnt run in over 2 years
-Electronics may be buggered. When the owner hooked up a battery the lights did funky things. Also there was a CB radio of some sort that looks to have been ripped out in haste
-Apparently a squirrel called the car its home for a while. When i took off the undertray it was packed with leaves and grass, and there was a half a walnut
-It took mazda 5 or 6 years to figure out how to paint miatas white, so the paint is peeling in a few spots
-one tire has a slow leak
-cracked rear window
-no rearview window
-90s had a short nosed crank that can crack and kill the engine. Im hoping that the broken timing belt didnt expidite this process
The Good
-the price
-straight, rust free body
-uh....shit...maybe this was a bad idea...
At the encouragement of several notes from my neighbors threatening to tow the car, Matt helped me get it into the driveway. Now the fun begins.
Plans for it: Fix timing belt, flush fluids, drain gas tank, new battery. Pray it runs. Fix electricals that Im pretty sure are at least mildly fugged up. Pray harder.
Drive it around. Have fun. Resist b00st. Resist building another SM.
Oh, and thanks to RJ and Snobeck for helping me load it up and tow it from baltimore.
arent they cute
![[Image: 2busted_miatas.jpg]](http://evan55.homeip.net:8080/images/1.6/2busted_miatas.jpg)
Some of you may have noticed a vehicle under a car cover at my house at the cookoff.
Some of you probably put 2 and 2 together.
Yep, I bought Miata #2. It was too damn cheap to pass up. Under $500 cheap. And no, it doesnt run. What fun would that be?
So whats wrong with it?
The Bad:
-Busted timing belt
-Hasnt run in over 2 years
-Electronics may be buggered. When the owner hooked up a battery the lights did funky things. Also there was a CB radio of some sort that looks to have been ripped out in haste
-Apparently a squirrel called the car its home for a while. When i took off the undertray it was packed with leaves and grass, and there was a half a walnut
-It took mazda 5 or 6 years to figure out how to paint miatas white, so the paint is peeling in a few spots
-one tire has a slow leak
-cracked rear window
-no rearview window
-90s had a short nosed crank that can crack and kill the engine. Im hoping that the broken timing belt didnt expidite this process
The Good
-the price
-straight, rust free body
-uh....shit...maybe this was a bad idea...
At the encouragement of several notes from my neighbors threatening to tow the car, Matt helped me get it into the driveway. Now the fun begins.
Plans for it: Fix timing belt, flush fluids, drain gas tank, new battery. Pray it runs. Fix electricals that Im pretty sure are at least mildly fugged up. Pray harder.
Drive it around. Have fun. Resist b00st. Resist building another SM.
Oh, and thanks to RJ and Snobeck for helping me load it up and tow it from baltimore.
arent they cute