

Joined: January 24, 2010, 9:59 am

Posts: 62

Location: Okinawa Japan





I'm using a 95 N/A A/T 1.6liter (Japan only model) Miata that's been sitting dead for a few years that I picked up for $100 I stripped it and using the sub frames, engine, drive line etc out of it for now. (It runs btw) I'm keeping the stock wheel base of the Miata, but will be using a off set wheel to give it a little more width. Once I have it all together I plan on beating the living crap out of it to test the chassis and get the suspension set up. When I'm convinced all is well it'll get a Manual transmission, diff and turbo charger or a 13B and FD transmisson.











I moved the engine back 10" and dropped it 2 1/2" You can see the old mounts in the sub frame and the new mounts I made to relocate the engine. The plan is to keep the sub frame height near that of the stock Miata so it will keep the optimum steering geometry and then drop the the engine, transmission, floor pan etc a few inches to lower the center of gravity. The seating position will also be moved back 10" as well







I cut off the power plant frame and have most of the mount made for it. The transmission will be solid mounted and tied in to the tranny well that is yet to be made. I also shortened the drive shaft 10" to account for the engine being moved back in the front sub frame.











I picked up this used header on E-Bay for $28 and hacked it up today. The exhaust will go out and run down the side of the car. The inside of it was a bit rusty and the ceramic coating on it made it a pita to weld, but it's not going to leak and will eventually be replaced when the car goes turbo or gets a 13B engine put in it..







Once I get everything fabricated and sorted it'll get stripped down, cleaned up and painted. I'll update the thread from time to time as I make progress. by te way as you can see it is a PITA working out of a 20ft container that is already full of car parts and tools. I really wish I had a real garage, but unfortunately the don't exist here in Okinawa Japan So I recently decide to build a tube frame car to beat on, drift, dodge cones and any other kind of abuse I can think of to put it threw. Mostly I'm building it for my 17 year old son and wife to drive and to teach my son some mechanical skills. So far I have 6 x 12hr days in to it.I'm using a 95 N/A A/T 1.6liter (Japan only model) Miata that's been sitting dead for a few years that I picked up for $100I stripped it and using the sub frames, engine, drive line etc out of it for now. (It runs btw) I'm keeping the stock wheel base of the Miata, but will be using a off set wheel to give it a little more width. Once I have it all together I plan on beating the living crap out of it to test the chassis and get the suspension set up. When I'm convinced all is well it'll get a Manual transmission, diff and turbo charger or a 13B and FD transmisson.I moved the engine back 10" and dropped it 2 1/2" You can see the old mounts in the sub frame and the new mounts I made to relocate the engine. The plan is to keep the sub frame height near that of the stock Miata so it will keep the optimum steering geometry and then drop the the engine, transmission, floor pan etc a few inches to lower the center of gravity. The seating position will also be moved back 10" as wellI cut off the power plant frame and have most of the mount made for it. The transmission will be solid mounted and tied in to the tranny well that is yet to be made. I also shortened the drive shaft 10" to account for the engine being moved back in the front sub frame.I picked up this used header on E-Bay for $28 and hacked it up today. The exhaust will go out and run down the side of the car. The inside of it was a bit rusty and the ceramic coating on it made it a pita to weld, but it's not going to leak and will eventually be replaced when the car goes turbo or gets a 13B engine put in it..Once I get everything fabricated and sorted it'll get stripped down, cleaned up and painted. I'll update the thread from time to time as I make progress. by te way as you can see it is a PITA working out of a 20ft container that is already full of car parts and tools. I really wish I had a real garage, but unfortunately the don't exist here in Okinawa Japan

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