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MushyHeirloom
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
Hey, I was going straight-on Nice Price, No Crack For Me - rather a rude phrase, don't you think? Should be No Crack For Me, Thank You - until I realised that it didn't run, and was thus a very, very nice paperweight.

Knock a few grand off, maybe we'll talk.
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PatFromGundo
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
Crack pipe. A non-running NA Miata is a non-running NA Miata, it doesn't matter how many cubic inches are under the hood. I suppose the beefed-up drivetrain bits are value-added for someone wanting to just bolt in a new 302, so maybe this is a $3000 car. Maybe.
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MikeHerbst
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
260rwhp?
Meh.
There are Flyin' Miata turbo kits running on STOCK Miata blocks making 300+ rwhp.
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Spasticteapot
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
Fuggeddaboudit.
There is only one V8 suitable for use with a Miata - the singular Hartley V8.
[www.h1v8.com]
More than tripling the horsepower while *reducing* weight is hard to argue with - and it's built by a fellow Wisconsinite to boot.
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Al Navarro
08/05/09

@Spasticteapot:
Anyone who mentions the Hartley is Jalopnik enough for me.
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LionZoo
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
I don't like the 302 conversions as putting in that V8 messes up the Miata weight distribution by quite a bit, changing the nature of the Miata into something else. If that were the case, you might as well just get a Cobra replica.
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Al Navarro
08/05/09

@LionZoo:
[OMBUDSMAN'S NOTE: Thanks for giving me a great example of not reading existing comments before commenting yourself. I'm going to deduct some style points for that.]
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Bret
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
I voted nice price. Rebuild the engine, maybe throw on some aluminum heads (if not already there) and with a little setup and freshening you've got a fun track rat for ~$15k.
Miatas are stout little cars. They take very well to insane levels of power. This car, if built well by the fine folks in Canuckistan, is a cheap way into V8 Miata-dom.
Oh, and yes we all know how well the BP engine takes to boost. However, there is nothing like the stunned looks as people at stoplights look around for the source of the burbling idle, only to find it's the well dressed guy in the cute little red car.
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imdstig
08/05/09

@Bret: I agree. Doing this conversion on your own with buying a car would cost you $12k - $16k. You can rebuild or even replace what is in the car for that money.
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Bret
08/05/09

@imdstig: Yeah, the conventional wisdom is that it takes $10k to do a cheap v8 Miata (this doesn't include the car). This $10k Miata is already done, just need to fix the engine.
Hmm... I need some new curling shoes, I might have to swing up to Vancouver sometime soon. Wonder how hard it is to import a Canada market car into the Washington...
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Novaload
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
I voted "nice price" solely on the basis of "Rodandy!" -- I'll never get to say that again.
And it's Canadian Dollars, right? So that's like Monopoly money.
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Mobius
08/05/09

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$9500 less, and I could take it to the second greatest endurance race series ever.
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TimTim
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
I like it. It probably costs more to collect the parts and assemble yourself, but that's how I'd prefer it. I'm always wary of buying someone else's fabrication work, therefore: Crack Pipe.
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Turboner
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
I'd take it for half that, with all the work involved, if it is as nice as it says. The T5 won't handle more power (not for long, anyway, I knew a 327 that ate them for breakfast), so a Richmond would be in order. I doubt the cage cost more than $1k, but it could still be nice. It's got "rollerized" lifters, to boot!
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Chuckie_A
08/05/09

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Crackpipe...'nuff said.
And since my comments no longer show up I don't see the point. See ya.
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Jeb_Hoge
08/05/09

@Chuckie_A: This one showed up.
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Turboner
08/05/09

@Chuckie_A: They show up to the "people that matter." :) J/K, I somehow got a star just as this new commenting thing got underway. Not sure how that happened, I'm niether relevant, nor funny.
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area_educator
08/05/09

@Chuckie_A: And suddenly, I do see the point.
On a serious note, if it's only your own comments you want to see, you only need an Etch-a-Sketch.
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Al Navarro
08/05/09

@Turboner:
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
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Al Navarro
08/05/09

@area_educator kids...:
[OMBUDSMAN'S NOTE: Excellent point. Keep up the smartness.]
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pinzgauer
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!

The hard work has been done, which is cleanly shoehorning the V-8 in there.

Motor mounts, plumbing, and EFI are the challenging parts.

If they were handled, it shouldn't be that hard to get back on the road and ready to terrorize your local megalopolis! Just find on of the many 5.0l mustangs cheap and do the swap.
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Electro_Boogie
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
If it had a running LS1/LS2 in there then we could talk. But 260whp? Turbo miatas are making that kind of power. CRACKPIPE.
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
Plonk in the turbo 4 from the Solstice/Sky GXP and we can talk.
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suspekt360
08/05/09

In reply to Tokyo-Defending 1990 Miata for $10,000!
keep in mind the exchange rate. a few months back the cdn dollar was trading at $0.80 per $1USD... so $10,000cdn would cost $8,000USD. Presently the rate is about $0.91, so the car would cost $9,100 before export fees and taxes... I also think that if you haggled the owner down to $7,500 or so, and could manage the engine swap yourself, this could be 'nice price' considering what running Monster Miata's sell for. Lastly, there is almost nothing cooler on this planet than hearing a Miata pull away from a light rumbling like an early 90's fox body with flow-masters... symphonic!!!
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