Engine, interior completed!

thats a hood riser, don't worry, it does not last long!

1993 LE interior goes in

Pimp'n gauge cluster



Here it is going in, don't worry, I decided against the red gauge hood later.







unnecessary wiring



fitting the carpet


rollbar goes back in



coming together!

Refinishing the 1993 LE dash

The colored Miata dashboards came with the top painted, and many got nasty and sticky over the years, so I cleaned it all off with carb cleaner (which may have been bad - it started cracking afterwords but I repaired that during the refinishing process) and resprayed it.






all done

Out with the old interior

to get the new stuff in, the old has got to go!

Look Ma, No carpet! I actually drove like this a bit before the engine came out...





dash is out!







it gets worse, before it gets better

1993 LE interior arrives...

will for this Miata project a new engine was just not enough. While the car sat in the garage mice got in and ruined the tan carpet, so thanks to Tom at Partsgroup I got a great LE interior at a very nice price.

look what showed up!

Wire Tuck, Engine goes in!

The new engine deserved a great looking engine bay, so I began the process of a wire tuck, running everything I could through the fenders for a clean look.

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looking good...

One afternoon my Dad agreed to come over and help put the engine in. He was two hours late, and by the time he got there it was already in...

Engine assembled!

After a quick trip home, assembly and few coats of paint... we have a shiny new engine with
-10:1 compression pistons from '01 miata, cryo treated, ceramic and moly coated
-ETD racing rods
-shaved 99 head
-fully balanced
-decked, "squared up" block
-SI Stainless steel valves, oversized on intake
-SOHC protege cast crank
-01' oil pan and MBSP
-Fidanza cam gears
-new oil pump
-ARP studs throughout
-'00 diy ported intake manifold with VICS (not shown here)

And the engine comes together...

I had the machine work done by Chastain Racing Engines

99 head with oversize valves






block with '01 pistons


ETD rods and lighweight protege crankshaft, notice the missing counterweights, thats worth approximately 12 lbs!

Jumping to 2006

Well, I've decided If I don't jump ahead a couple years this thing is never going to get moving. In the next two years, a lot of things happened...

Got a new set of wheels, Chapparals from Rspeed:


Thanks to poor engine management, the rings toasted, so it was time to go all-motor. No more boost, just reliable, fun power fitting of the roadsters character.

uh oh..


99 head. Better ports, better cam, more power!



various goods, ARP studs, gaskets, mounts, crap, etc


lightweight flywheel



10:1 compression pistons, Cryo'd, moly and ceramic coated



ETD Racing rods


Next it all comes together.. as the beast sits and waits. Pissing off the HOA despite doing nothing at all.