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I haven't had a chance to read all this thread yet, only halfway through. BUT, how the hell are you 6+ footers fitting in these drat cars? I went to find a NB yesterday to sit in at a couple of dealerships. They all jerked me around because I guess I don't look like a serious car buyer. I finally got frustrated and went to a Mazda dealership to see if they had any older NB's in stock. When I got there of course they didn't have any. I still decided to take the opportunity to sit in an NC even though I know they are a lot roomier inside than an NB. Now I'm only 5'10" on the best of days and I had the seat all the way back and leaned back as far as it would go. If I slouched in the seat I was okay but I sat up straight I was in the roof. This was a soft top also. Is there really that much room to be gain with a NB and foamectomy? Does anyone here have aftermarket seats in their car? Does it give you a lot more room? I admit I'm a fat fucker but I have room around the steering wheel and all the other places being a fat fucker would cause problems. I just can't believe how hard my head is in the roof of this thing. If only 240's were not impossible to find.
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Elysium posted:If you're 5'10 you really shouldn't have any problem at all. I don't get it. Maybe I grew since my last physical but I'm all of 5'10" on a good day and my head was IN that NC's roof. I had the spreader bars for the top resting on my scalp. I had to slouch to the point that I could tell it wouldn't be comfortable for a long drive before I could get out of the roof. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX posted:
I'll see what happens on Miata.net then. How friendly are they to new people just jumping in and saying "I need to sit in your car!"? I know a lot of automotive forums have a newbie area they make you post in 10 times or more.
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Feb 5, 2008 16:50
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Schwack posted:I dunno how you guys are barely fitting in. Im 6'3 and fit without ANY modification to the seats at all. Its almost all the way back and slightly tilted. Perfect fit for me. Although, I'll probably have to do a foamectomy if I want to fit in there with a helmet on and the top up. I wish I could get someone like you to go with me to go check out a Miata. At this point something is not adding up. Either I'm not really 5'10" or you're not really 6'3". That's a 5 inch height difference and my head was IN the roof and you can fit fine? I know my rear end isn't THAT big.
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Feb 6, 2008 02:26
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Schwack posted:MIATA MEGATHREAD: Not For Fat-Asses  But I have a really good personality...
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Feb 7, 2008 03:40
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Is it just me or are prices going way up on these cars? All the ones I see are around $5,000 or so with +150,000 miles. Jesus Christ.
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Jun 8, 2008 23:22
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I figured I'll quote myself from where I posted this in another thread. Step 1. Get a Miata.  Step 2. Strip the body from the drivetrain.  Step 3. Add some scaffolding.  Step 4. End up with two fat blokes and a fun looking machine.  The machine is a MEV Exocet. It an exoskeleton car that basically sits on top of the Miata drivetrain with not modifications to the suspension or subframes. It supposed to be the cheapest, easiest kit car to assemble to give you an Lotus 7 or Ariel Atom type car. Weight loss has been listed as over 300kgs to half the total vehicle weight, which wikipedia has as 980kg for the NA when it launched.
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May 3, 2011 13:29
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Russian Bear posted:How much for the kit? From the MEV website: http://www.mevltd.co.uk/exocet_price.htm quote:BUILD THE MEV EXOCET FOR LESS THAN £2,000 including VAT I have no idea how much it would be to get a kit shipped over to the US but one guy already has in Georgia. He's posting a build thread part 1: http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=exocet&action=display&thread=719 part 2:http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=exocet&action=display&thread=961 he says: quote:Shipping/importing - looks like this will be around £1200 including a case and packing. However, Stuart mentioned that the cost of shipping over two kits is almost identical to shipping one. If that is the case, I think those of us in the US should consider going in together and having the kits shipped in pairs. It sounds silly for us to waste the extra money on shipping when we could be putting that cash back into the build.
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May 3, 2011 18:43
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Its funny this post goes up but all the Exocet guys have to part out all the parts they don't use so if you go look at the various build threads they have going a lot of them will post their parting out advice and experience. From what I've gathered they say: -clean up the part a little -take good photos -price a little below what the salvage yards ask -include a buy it now option
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May 4, 2011 11:56
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Beach Bum posted:Mother of God, it's like a 911 and a 280Z got together and had a baby. I think I like it! Well, MEV is making a kit that makes the Miata look like this:    http://www.mevltd.co.uk/mevx5_specs.htm
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Dec 3, 2011 18:44
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Yeah I know. Makes me wonder if there would be some way to make just the glass pop up? Edit: The other thing I don't like is how narrow they make the front hood opening. Coredump fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Dec 3, 2011 |
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Dec 3, 2011 19:55
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What is it about the Miata that attracts taller people trying to shoehorn themselves into the car?
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Dec 14, 2015 22:57
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Tall people aren't happy with other people's approval, a greater chance of winning the presidency and vastly improved chances of overall financial and professional success. They also want to take away our tiny gay cars. And here I thought tiny gay cars was my harbor, my "safe space" in life. But no, they want to take that away from me too.
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Dec 14, 2015 23:10
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martinlutherbling posted:So I'm still trying to find an NA to sit it, no success yet. But it got me thinking, there's a good chance that the Miata just won't work for a big dude like myself. With that in mind, I'm wondering what else I should consider? I've seen people cut out and lower the floor pan.    
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Dec 17, 2015 20:34
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martinlutherbling posted:I still haven't sat in an NA, but if I do ant it doesn't fit I'm not gonna go welding in a new floor pan. Quitter.
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Dec 18, 2015 13:49
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Thanks for the backstory on that. Didn't Moti from Blackbird Fab run shocks from Shaikh?
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Dec 26, 2015 05:03
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Bovril Delight posted:Agreed. There is discussion and there is hand holding. Pick up the phone and call around. Not hard. What's wrong with asking for the price people have paid in their part of the country to get a mental idea what to expect?
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Jan 13, 2016 18:39
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crutt posted:I'm back! Picked up this 97 with 18x,xxx miles for 1700 a few days ago. Completely stock, runs well but needs a complete refreshing and checkup.. and brakes... and suspension.. First NA and I think I already like it more than my NB. That is a smoking deal and I'm a little jelly.
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Feb 7, 2016 17:55
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poxin posted:This is a fun little series. That series of videos is better than anything that comes on tv for car shows. That dude was super meticulous too. I need to rewatch that.
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Mar 2, 2016 15:48
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It seems really weird to me that an automatic Miata would need a tranny cooler but I've given up on trying to understand the logic behind Mazda decisions. I wonder if you could turn that trans cooler into an oil cooler somehow.
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Mar 8, 2016 18:44
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Elephanthead posted:All specific car forums are terrible, all non specific car forums are worse. Nissan s chassis forums are a special breed of stupid. Although I shudder to think what Subaru forums would be like.
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Mar 23, 2016 15:19
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urakawa posted::stuff: Nice work man.
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Apr 8, 2016 20:18
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Great Beer posted:Am I right in assuming this was pretty much all 76s fault? Seemed like 13 bumped him twice before he moved right.
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May 19, 2016 18:53
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Larrymer posted:That sounds like the placebo effect to me. It ain't gran turismo where you change the oil and gain 10hp. I think you're right about placebo, but dammit I feel it too when I do a fresh oil change. Atomizer you're not alone!
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Jul 12, 2016 16:36
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FatCow posted:You guys who claim you can feel a difference in the tractor motor wanabe that is the BP series crack me up. Well the tractor motor wanabe that I experience this in is a ka24de but close enough, and tractor enough.
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Jul 13, 2016 16:37
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Did fresh oil change, can confirm increased jinba ittai. Also did a wash and wax for maximum.
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Aug 3, 2016 05:10
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I've recently stumbled upon a Miata Kart facebook group. What they do is strip off all fenders and doors leaving just the unibody that connects to the drivetrain and then cage it. It looks pretty temping to me. Someone is swapping a used engine into an ex nc-cupcar and it looks like it will be ballin.
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Aug 5, 2016 18:56
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I had a grouchy 3rd gear that no lie Amsoil seemed to help with. Plus it gave me speed AND class.
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Aug 20, 2016 23:11
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krnhotwings posted:Hmmm, got an NC? My NC's 3rd gear doesn't like being short-shifted anywhere under 4k when the transmission's cold. But when it's nice and hot, no issues. I actually don't have a Miata at the moment. Usually I'm talking about my 240sx when I mention car stuff. 
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Aug 22, 2016 14:38
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I saw a Miata with a Cummins 4bt this weekend.
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Aug 28, 2016 23:01
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Miata parts for sale on Facebook seems willing to ship and has good prices from what I've seen. Also Miata Karts of Murica probably has folks with parts to sell as they ghettocet their Miatas.
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Sep 3, 2016 05:35
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mekilljoydammit posted:Enh; I'm about 95% sure you can make a Duratec bolt into an NA/NB by juggling transmission casings and not having to actually make/buy anything major. I don't need a second project Miata though. Project Ugly Horse was a foxbody mustang that was going to use a Focus ST 2.3 Ecoboost mated to an NC transmission. Apparently they bolt right together. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/features/a8020/project-ugly-horse-miata-transmission/
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Oct 24, 2016 16:09
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Someone post pics of this keychain.
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What’s the proper way to move the piston back into the calipers?
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Dec 1, 2018 20:33
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GD_American posted:That's not the problem. The problem is it won't be road legal anymore. If you were to do a goon sale how much would you be interested in getting?
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May 13, 2019 23:33
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Elysium posted:Why do so many Miatas for sale have aftermarket steering wheels? I'd imagine its something along the lines of this. https://www.autotrader.com/car-shopping/do-airbags-need-to-be-replaced-at-a-certain-age-245010 quote:Exceptions
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Jun 13, 2019 22:22
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Or a steering wheel that will SHRED YOUR FACE OFF #justtakatathings
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Jun 14, 2019 00:12
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Rhyno posted:I follow a bunch of drifters that use Miatas as alternate cars. Adam LZ is a oval office but he's drifted an MX-5 in the past. Taylor Ray does too I think. I wonder what happened to his C5 Corvette he was tryin g to drift there for a minute.
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Aug 7, 2019 02:47
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Wibla posted:The NC PRHT is basically a convertible RX8 without the wankel engine, if you want a newer car that feels like an NA, get an ND. It also sounds like your suspension is shot. Isn't the RX8 generally praised for its handling?
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Wibla posted:Yes, but it's not a Miata. Which was the entire point of that first sentence. See also: the last sentence (re: handling). But you said, "The NC PRHT is basically a convertible RX8 without the wankel engine," and if the RX8 is praised for its handling, and the NC Miata is basically a convertible RX8... wouldn't its handling be really good too? Its not like Mazda doesn't know how to make convertibles handle.
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