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His name is irrelevant; all that matters is that he's owned a lot of high-performance rs. I had a 2015 Miata tt r for the day. I loved , but the llector didn't really get . The r seemed a ltle childish, he said. Goofy. Not as honed as a 911. (It should be better, I said. A new 911 Carrera st as much as three Miatas. Du was unmoved.)</h2><style data-emotn="css aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="1" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I was remd of that nversatn two months ago, when I drove 19 modified Mazda Miatas, a day and a half, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Se. At least three laps each, to try and learn somethg. It was a dumb, amb plan, and on the surface, also seemed childish and goofy. </p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Not to put too fe a pot on thgs, but that's part of why was great. Miatas foster goofy; they take the air out of ser moments. Everyone needs that. What better way to celebrate the thg than chasg that feelg on purpose? </p><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="3" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Land vehicle, Vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Car, Automotive mirror, Automotive exterr, Luxury vehicle, " tle="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Land vehicle, Vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Car, Automotive mirror, Automotive exterr, Luxury vehicle, " loadg="lazy" width="4785" height="7169" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="4" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Mazda's semal sports r has been productn sce 1989. Every Miata sce has orbed the same theme: low matenance and buy-, big fun, seemgly endls reliabily. And like the Mol T or a 1955 Chevrolet, the r has some effable qualy that mak ripe for screwg wh. People turbocharge Miatas, motor-swap them, transplant their bs to k rs. Every new versn of the mol brgs more vote, more aftermarket bolt-ons. Few rs live such bright liv, post-factory.</p><p data-no-id="5" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Over 27 years, Mazda has built four generatns of Miata—NA, NB, NC, and ND. As a kd of tribute, last October, we cid to survey the field. I trekked to an event lled Miatas at Mazda Raceway, an annual track day-slash-party at Laguna Se that draws hundreds of rs and even more people. Wh the help of a few iends and Colorado's Fly' Miata, an event sponsor, we assembled 17 privately owned rs, om V-8 swaps to bone-stockers. We borrowed two special rs om Fly' Miata self. And I spent two days on the ground—drivg nstantly, photographg rs a makhift garage stud, and nductg a short terview wh each owner.</p><style data-emotn="css d9wkvk">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw) 0.9375rem;width:100vw;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="6" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Eyewear, Visn re, Automotive sign, Car seat, Helmet, Vehicle door, Wdshield, Automotive wdow part, Head rtrat, Car seat ver, " tle="Eyewear, Visn re, Automotive sign, Car seat, Helmet, Vehicle door, Wdshield, Automotive wdow part, Head rtrat, Car seat ver, " loadg="lazy" width="7027" height="4690" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css 1gccgwy">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:1rem;}}</style><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="7" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This isn't a clil tt; was drkg om the fire hose. By the end of the weekend, I was so tired I uld barely remember my own name. The rs are listed below, orr, along wh what they were like. I did a warm-up lap each, then a risk-ee lap at about eight tenths, then a ol-down. To keep thgs movg, we left out the gnarly mechanil tails of each build. (If you want specifics on any one r, email me at <a href="" target="_blank" class="css-7l5upj et3p2gv0"></a>.) Most rs had upgrad brake fluid and pads and ckp safety gear, so those ems aren't mentned unls the owner's choic were out of the ordary. And my drive not are wrten prent tense, bee that's how my head works. </p><p data-no-id="8" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Fally, this tt volv neteen rs. Even at paragraph or two per r, was never gog to be a short story. If you don't like Miatas, this may seem like a lot to swallow. Maybe you thk they're gay, or for hairdrsers, or some other lame stereotype. All the more reason you should scroll down and read a b.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="9" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Mazda Miata" tle="Mazda Miata" loadg="lazy" width="7360" height="4912" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This story is an attempt to parse why people like the rs, but also a parallel for Miata ownership self: Screw the stereotype. You own the thg, you n't stop drivg. </p><style data-emotn="css 18pb4rg">{borr:0;borr-bottom:th solid black;marg:1.875rem 0;clear:both;}</style><hr data-no-id="11" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="12" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Text, Le, Font, Black-and-whe, Circle, Number, " tle="Text, Le, Font, Black-and-whe, Circle, Number, " loadg="lazy" width="3022" height="1204" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"></div></div></div><hr data-no-id="13" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="14" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive mirror, Automotive lightg, Hood, Vehicle door, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive mirror, Automotive lightg, Hood, Vehicle door, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="15" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="16" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Two and a half lers.</p><h2 data-no-id="17" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="18" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The enge is a 2.5-ler Mazda MZR four, replacg the factory 2.0-ler MZR. This is a mon NC swap; the 2.5 mak siar horsepower but almost 20 more lb-ft at lower rpm. The eng were shipped —among other thgs—the Ford Espe and Mazda 6, so they're easy to fd, and the swap is cheap. It also addrs a mon Miata plat: You have to rev the crap out of the r to get anywhere. Spensn and muffler are Fly' Miata. </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="19" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Motorsport, Land vehicle, Car, Sports r racg, Hood, Performance r, Auto racg, " tle="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Motorsport, Land vehicle, Car, Sports r racg, Hood, Performance r, Auto racg, " loadg="lazy" width="1600" height="1067" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><style data-emotn="css km1qe9">{lor:#343434;font-fay:FixtureLight,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;letter-spacg:0.02rem;le-height:2rem;m-width:100%;paddg-top:0.625rem;width:0;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{le-height:1.3;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{le-height:1.3;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{le-height:1.3;}} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">2006 MX-5 (NC) — Mild Spensn Upgras, 2.5-ler Swap</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="20" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="21" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I drive this one first, early the morng, h as a daisy. Cold track, unr that crackly Monterey morng sun. The r is sweetns and light—simple, gobs of grip, fivg and predictable. The ont tir sli first, a dt of unrsteer. The r isn't slow, but 's not fast, eher. The spensn helps; the last stock NC I drove didn't feel this chipper or small. </p><p data-no-id="22" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I've driven too many big rs lately. Morn rs are fat and too distant. I miss steerg feel. I miss ty rs that turn like thought.</p><h2 data-no-id="23" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says: </h2><p data-no-id="24" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">This is my first Miata. I wanted one for a while, and fally got permissn om my wife. I ed to have a 2.0-ler wh a supercharger. Even if you're not gog fast, you feel nnected to the r. You turn the steerg wheel, you get feedback.</em></p><hr data-no-id="25" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="26" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Automotive tire, Car, Rim, Headlamp, " tle="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Automotive tire, Car, Rim, Headlamp, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="27" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="28" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Claimed 175 hp at the rear wheels. </p><h2 data-no-id="29" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="30" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The tradnal, naturally-aspirated, high-rpm track build—rare Miata circl, as turbochargg is ually cheaper. Latouf's r had a stripped terr, AST spensn, a roll bar tied to the ont floor. The enge was over-bored (1.9-ler) and foced on high rpm, wh hotter ms, port work, and dividual throttle bodi.</p><h2 data-no-id="31" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="32" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">That enge! There's so much to be said for the old-school way of makg speed: It sounds killer, for one. Snarly and clean. It's also mmy and weird; you have to rev the thg, like a stock Miata, but power livery is glorly light-swch. It's still a momentum r—still more grip than motor—and if you stay off the curbs, the ont tir sli before the rears. Jt gobs of throttle and short gearg.</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="33" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css claf3g">{text-align:center;marg:2rem to 1.5rem;paddg-top:0;paddg-bottom:0;borr:thick solid #E6B72A;}{-webk-background-posn:center center;background-posn:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;ntent:'';display:block;height:1.563rem;marg:0.625rem to 1.625rem;width:18.5rem;} {background-image:url('/_assets/sign-tokens/roadandtrack/static/imag/');}</style><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 1xtgzba">{lor:#434343;font-fay:GTSuperDisplayMedium,serif,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.5rem;letter-spacg:-.02rem;le-height:1.2;marg:0rem;paddg:1rem 1rem 0;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.2;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90"> I steal an extra lap Tarek's Miata bee 's jt a sweetheart.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="34" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Hell of a vice. What you'd build if you cid to get to Miatas and wanted the bt noise possible. I steal an extra lap Tarek's Miata bee 's jt a sweetheart. It remds me of the SCCA rs I grew up wh, jt a bright, chewy piece of ndy. </p><h2 data-no-id="35" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="36" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">This was my first r, high school. Nothg too crazy except for the aero, I gus; I went wh the wg bee I got a good al on . Not many people do naturally aspirated—'s expensive but seems reliable. I've seen a lot of reliabily issu wh forced ductn. It's a lot of fun seeg the other guys wh big power—their fac when you pass them.</em></p><hr data-no-id="37" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="38" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive mirror, Vehicle, Automotive wheel system, Alloy wheel, Hood, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive mirror, Vehicle, Automotive wheel system, Alloy wheel, Hood, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="39" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="40" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The bt four-cylr street Miata I've ever met.</p><h2 data-no-id="41" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="42" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The ND is one of the most volvg new rs on the market. A lot of that is down to the factory spensn libratn. This was the first modified ND I'd ever driven, and I wonred: When you screw wh the r, do you lose the magic, or jt amp up? Dekker's r had a stock drivetra but dual-purpose Fly' Miata spensn. Pl an FM big brake k and muffler. Save the aftermarket wheels, the whole thg looked showroom.</p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="43" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="mazda miata nd" tle="Mazda Miata ND" loadg="lazy" width="7360" height="4912" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">2016 MX-5 (ND) — The New One</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="44" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="45" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Sliy, ntral, sublime. You take the r by the scff of s neck and jt chuck toward the horizon. It mak a stock r look lethargic, roll-heavy, almost stupid. And at no time do even ht at bg you. Woof. So good. </p><p data-no-id="46" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">At one pot, I get to traffic wh a uple of Spec Miatas—purpose-built race rs wh more grip than Dekker's r but ls power. The spec rs are on race tir and Dekker's r wears street bber, but our pace is siar. It tak every ounce of rtrat I have to not pull to the ps, unbolt the passenger seat, and jt spend the afternoon bump-draftg. The stock r's magic didn't go away. The magic is your new bt iend. The magic is beg beer-bonged to your bra stem.</p><p data-no-id="47" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Dollar for dollar, if there's a more entertag new r on the market, I'll eat my sho. </p><h2 data-no-id="48" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="49" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">Oddly enough, 's a life. A muny. I found the Wild Rose Miata Club Edmonton—I've been volved wh that for 22 years. I mean, this r, 's silly, bee you n have so much fun and not worry about gettg pulled over by the ps. Or if you do, 's okay. I have iends across the whole world now as a rult of this stupid ltle r.</em></p><hr data-no-id="50" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="51" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Vehicle, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Land vehicle, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Vehicle, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Land vehicle, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="52" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="53" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Tailpipe flam unr brakg. </p><h2 data-no-id="54" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="55" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Daly-Jensen, who is 23, built his own ECU and turbo manifold. He wasn't sure on horsepower, bee the r has never seen a dyno. One of the enge heat shields was ma om an old license plate. The r sported a six-speed gearbox place of the stock five-speed and track-foced spensn; Daly-Jensen add ABS. (Anti-lock brak were a factory optn on early Miatas, but this r didn't e wh origally.) He and his fianceé, Hailey, e the r for road trips and mpg, often towg a trailer full of gear. </p><h2 data-no-id="56" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="57" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">LAUGHS. LAUGH AND LAUGH AND SO MUCH SILLY LAUGH. Boost. Boost and layed-reactn slis at the end of each rner. Words that e to md: Homebuilt atomic rat turbo manual-steerg nutbag. The clutch is a tight, short-travel p un—quick take-up, jt immediately sptg torque back to the rear wheels. You wrtle-bend the r to a rner, then wa on the gentle wallop of torque. Somethg tells me be a big hairy weirdo when you ask for everythg 's got. Still a Miata, still goofy and small. But Michael J. Fox Teen Wolf. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A few hours later, I tch up wh Aidan and his girliend, Hailey. They're grng. </p><p data-no-id="59" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"The r sp flam!" she says. Unr brakg, g onto the ma straight.</p><p data-no-id="60" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">When your homebuilt cise-missile Miata hot rod craps fire, you are almost certaly dog somethg right. </p><h2 data-no-id="61" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="62" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I actually bought as a gas-iendly muter. I had a iend at the time who was like, 'You bought a Miata? I did a track day a Miata years ago.' And then he bought one. And sudnly we're dog track days. I've got over 20 on . It's my first real project r; 's been turboed sce about six months after I bought .</em></p><hr data-no-id="63" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="64" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Transport, Automotive parkg light, Land vehicle, Automotive lightg, Headlamp, Hood, " tle="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Transport, Automotive parkg light, Land vehicle, Automotive lightg, Headlamp, Hood, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="65" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="66" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Claimed 340 hp at the rear wheels.</p><h2 data-no-id="67" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">That power a dual-purpose street r. Fly' Miata FM2R turbocharger nversn, Ground Control il-over spensn wh revalved Bilstes and Eibach sprgs. Like a lot of people, Ian turbocharged his r partly bee of track days: He was tired of beg held up by more powerful rs. </p><h2 data-no-id="69" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="70" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">You'd thk a turbo Miata is a turbo Miata. But Ian's r feels nothg like Daly-Jensen's r. It's got power steerg, for one—you bounce toward an apex on a fgertip. It's also an NB wh a full terr, round and chy plastic, an update om the NA's simple, flat panels. Ian's turbo is laggier and sleepier than Daly-Jensen's. The boost-ntrol panel on the dash has three settgs: X, Moar, and ALLof. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="71" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">This is old-school turbo stuff, like a Porsche 930.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="72" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This is old-school turbo stuff, like a Porsche 930: brake, mat the throttle, turn, nothg, then uuuuuuuubberband power. Daly-Jensen's r was brals, but this tak a reful foot and thought. Turbo rs ed to feel turbocharged, like this—back when turbos were special, not jt a piece of hardware that some factory engeer hung on a Fiat to keep om gettg n over traffic. </p><p data-no-id="73" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Some of the rs are ser speed science, and some are simply wicked ltle snot rockets. I n't ci which approach sus the platform better. But five rs , 's pretty clear that the wicked part is important. </p><h2 data-no-id="74" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="75" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I bought the r brand new. Took to the first track day '99, been dog ever sce. It's been gettg progrsively ls stock as the years go on. This is the third eratn of the turbo system— started at about 200 hp. I like ltle sports rs. You know, dynamic, elemental, rponsive, all those adjectiv.</em></p><hr data-no-id="76" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="77" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive mirror, Vehicle, Hood, Automotive parkg light, Transport, Car, Alloy wheel, " tle="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Automotive mirror, Vehicle, Hood, Automotive parkg light, Transport, Car, Alloy wheel, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="78" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="79" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Origally built by Fly' Miata engeer Ken Hill the late Neti, and basilly unchanged sce. A snapshot of how people modified the NA when was new. </p><h2 data-no-id="80" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="81" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The first-generatn Fly' Miata turbo k and spensn. Estimated 220 hp at the crank.</p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="82" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="NA Mazda Miata" tle="NA Mazda Miata" loadg="lazy" width="7360" height="4912" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1990 Miata (NA) — Old-School 1990s Street Turbo Conversn</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="83" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="84" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A silly ltle wonrbox. Gobs of lag, jt entire months spent wag for power. Soft throttle, too—the r needs huge blips on downshifts, like you're angry wh the pedal. Yantzer's r isn't fast by morn standards, but 15 years ago, mt have felt nuts. Jt answerg a problem, and then you eat Porsch for lunch. </p><p data-no-id="85" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The r feels stiffer roll and damper than the other Miatas; you have to be a ltle more gentle wh the tir bee of . It still feels like a Miata—the -out warng on a sli, the wear--like-a-su ckp—but the hardware is sharper than the bber. Jt ltle fs and danc if your hands get too quick. </p><p data-no-id="86" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">One basic r, a zilln different choic how people change . I had no ia the thgs would feel so different om each other. </p><h2 data-no-id="87" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="88" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I was here for the 25th-anniversary event a uple years ago, my first time dog anythg like that, and I loved . I knew the r was pable, but I didn't realize how much more pable—and fun— was than anythg I'd driven. Far more pable than I am.</em></p><hr data-no-id="89" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="90" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Land vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Automotive lightg, Automotive wheel system, Car, Automotive mirror, " tle="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Land vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Automotive lightg, Automotive wheel system, Car, Automotive mirror, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="91" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="92" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A ont-nng example of the sgle greatt thg to happen to road racg sce the ventn of the helmet.</p><h2 data-no-id="93" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ? </h2><p data-no-id="94" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Bee the Miata basilly saved club racg, ma affordable and attaable aga. </p><p data-no-id="95" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Spec Miata began life more than ago as a Sports Car Club of Ameri regnal racg class. To prrize driver skill, the class mandat intil aftermarket spensn bs and a near-stock enge. (A good Spec Miata mak a ltle more than factory power but will out-rner many superrs.) Gog solely by field size and longevy, the class is the most popular road-racg history. </p><h2 data-no-id="96" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="97" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"It don't make anythg below 6800," Auger told me. The shift light triggers jt past 7000. The enge, a 1.8, feels like most Spec Miata eng—loud, top-heavy. Two basic pch of noise—brappy drong off-m, and brappy drong on-m. (If you hear the brappy off-m a lot, you're slow. Brake ls.) Like most quick Spec Miatas, the r is set up to rotate, so mov quickly when you make a mistake. An ch of unrsteer here, a half-send of rear-tire motn there, and every ounce of a sli is paful. You n almost smell the vanished momentum. Even when you get a rner right, you spend straights untg your to and cleang dt off the shift boot. </p><p data-no-id="98" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Never drive a Spec Miata by yourself. The rs really only wake up packs, bump-draftg at 90 mph. I've n a few Spec Miata rac; unr a flag, the r jt disappears to the balls-out work of a road race. It be a kd of crazy herd animal—so talkative and easy, you beg to thk that drivg a race r is the whole reason for your existence.</p><p data-no-id="99" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In my not, I wre, "ridg saddle on a pack hamster."</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="100" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">On my send clean lap, on the back straight, the enge blows up.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="101" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">On my send clean lap, on the back straight, the enge blows up. A sound like a VW b tryg to climb a steep hill, then a bang, and a nnectg rod punch a hole the enge block. Oil sprays out and ign on the hot exhst. I briefly see flam the mirror, lickg over the tnk.</p><p data-no-id="102" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In the paddock, Auger is nonchalant. "Eh," he says, "'s a race r."</p><p data-no-id="103" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">R&T bought Auger a new enge, bee was the right thg to do. Commissng the check remd me of two of racg's tisms: One, the sport breaks everythg; Miatas are some of the most durable race rs anyone has ever seen, but racg n blow up anythg. And two, 's impossible to drive a good race r whout wantg . </p><p data-no-id="104" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">So now I want a Spec Miata aga.</p><h2 data-no-id="105" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="106" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I've been through a uple of 'em. I started racg Spec Miata about seven years ago—you tend to shed a few rs as you go along. The class is still really petive—the numbers have been steadily climbg.</em></p><hr data-no-id="107" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="108" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive mirror, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive exterr, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive mirror, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive exterr, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="109" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part: </h2><p data-no-id="110" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">100,000 , and sentially stock, save wheels and tir.</p><h2 data-no-id="111" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="112" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The NC Miata was veloped when Ford owned Mazda; to trim sts, Ford dictated that the r share a platform wh Mazda's larger RX-8. The NC was th noticeably bulkier than any prev Miata, and 's now wily viewed as a parture om form. </p><h2 data-no-id="113" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="114" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Alpert warns me about the spensn—healthy, but the shocks are almost spent and origal. It means the r grips and pots okay but never really settl to a rner. Next to the NC I drove earlier, the softns emphasiz the r's size: If you s an early Miata, you s on one of the. Good r though. And a remr that nothg operat a vacuum: When the NC was new, was the most engagg sports r on the market. It's still imprsive, but I n't stop thkg about Dekker's ND—lighter, smaller, stiffer, better.</p><p data-no-id="115" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This is Alpert's first track r. After I drive , we discs what the worn shocks have tght him on the track. Slow hands, he says; you have to make buttery steerg puts, to not overwhelm the dampers. It rais an tertg qutn: If you're learng to drive, do you want a r to expose your bad habs, or hi them? At what pot do learng to overe obstacl get the way of forward motn? In a Miata, I'm not sure matters; the r is jt always on your si.</p><h2 data-no-id="116" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="117" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I'm om Detro. I grew up wh mcle rs, sleepers. II wanted to learn to drive on the track. Almost every sgle fom was like, 'Buy a Miata.' I mean . . . the Miata was the r that Corky Romano drove the movie. Super lame. But turns out this is sort of the ultimate sleeper, right? The driver is so important.</em></p><hr data-no-id="118" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="119" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive parkg light, Spoke, Automotive lightg, Rim, " tle="Tire, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive parkg light, Spoke, Automotive lightg, Rim, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="120" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0"> The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="121" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">98,000 and basilly looked new. </p><h2 data-no-id="122" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="123" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Fly' Miata Stage II spensn on a nearly stock NB. The NB was basilly a heavy face-lift of the NA—smetic tweaks, pl a ltle more power and brake. </p><h2 data-no-id="124" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="125" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">More Fly' Miata spensn! God, I sound like a shill for them, but their stuff jt works. I n't tell you how rare that is wh aftermarket parts—too many pani jt throw a bunch of sprg and damper at a r and ll a day. (Cocintally, most tuned rs blow goats.) FM's bs give gobs of travel and nice, progrsive behavr at the lim. </p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="126" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="NB Mazda Miata" tle="NB Mazda Miata" loadg="lazy" width="6889" height="4598" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">2001 Miata (NB) — Mild Spensn Upgras</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="127" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The NB feels like an NA. Stand unr one on a lift, 's clearly the same r, but the edg have been honed. The extra power and brake don't change —'s still ls than fast, more than slow. You mostly jt notice the wdshield ame, the door tops, how nse the terr feels next to an NA. How much the whole boodle wants to be your iend. That short-throw gearbox, maybe the bt history, hasn't changed. </p><h2 data-no-id="128" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner:</h2><p data-no-id="129" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">The balance, you know? It's cheap. The way I've got set up, almost no gas, no brake pads. The tir will last for a year and a half of trackg. Everythg is super-affordable. I was lookg at gettg a 911, thkg, 'Would I take on the track?' I don't know if I would. Might be too nice. And then the pric jt went woomph, so I got a Miata. It's been awome.</em></p><hr data-no-id="130" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="131" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Automotive sign, Mo of transport, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Car, Hood, Automotive parkg light, Alloy wheel, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Automotive sign, Mo of transport, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Car, Hood, Automotive parkg light, Alloy wheel, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="132" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="133" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A claimed 215 hp at the wheels om a Honda motor. A mmy, high-rpm four-cylr, and that awome yowly S2000 noise. You know the one. </p><h2 data-no-id="134" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="135" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Miata enge swaps are mon; there's room unr the hood and the r begs for more power. The fenrs of an NB are barely taller than a K-Seri long block. Are you tellg me that don't sound great?</p><h2 data-no-id="136" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="137" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It ripped. And the noise. Oh lord, the noise. </p><p data-no-id="138" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The shifter is weird and angled, like a Shelby Cobra. McKelvey had the tach reprted, prumably bee the K24 is a snoozy pet below 6000 rpm. You have to rev the yowlg whee out of , and you try to keep up high, on m, where the take honk go om bass to treble.</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="139" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">The enge's personaly mak you thk you're gettg more done than you really are.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="140" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The enge's personaly mak you thk you're gettg more done than you really are. (Si note: If this isn't a parallel for the Miata as a whole, I don't know what is.) McKelvey ed a power-assisted Miata steerg rack and then powered , no hydrlic boost. The quick, unassisted rat means you have to mcle the r around, loadg the r wh your biceps. </p><p data-no-id="141" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">But that enge. Skip over an apex wh the motor on m, 's voodoo. It sounds big-league. You feel like some kd of real al. Hot-rod people will tell you that any good sports r is a small-block V-8 away om beg great. I am here to tell you that any good Japane r is a Honda K-seri away om givg you Senna Mona fever dreams.</p><h2 data-no-id="142" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="143" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I had an S2000 race r before this, actually, for a long time. I uldn't race as much as I wanted to, so I end up sellg . I wanted a street r aga, but nothg new really appealed to me. The goal was buildg somethg streetable . . . enough to keep up wh most rs on the road, but reliable. I've been mutg for the last three months.</em></p><hr data-no-id="144" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="145" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Wheel, Vehicle, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Automotive parkg light, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive lightg, Automotive wheel system, " tle="Tire, Wheel, Vehicle, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Automotive parkg light, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive lightg, Automotive wheel system, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="146" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="147" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">An terr that appeared to have been assembled by monkeys. Pl race tir. </p><h2 data-no-id="148" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="149" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Like the 24 Hours of Lemons, ChumpCar sanctns endurance rac $500 rs. The l are th, and homebuilt solutns are enuraged. Miatas are mon, for obv reasons. Almand's r sported open-source fuel jectn (Megasquirt), a 1.8-ler four, an take ma om PVC pipe, ed Hoosier R-pound tir, Spec Miata spensn, and nted, multi-hued bodywork. (I referred to my not, admirgly, as the Technilor F***at.) It reprented the Miata way to budget road racg—dirt-ugly and DGAF. It was also spectacular. </p><h2 data-no-id="150" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="151" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This is the journey a nutshell. Almand learned to race this r, and that's basilly the bt thg a Miata do: Open a door (to wrenchg, or better drivg, whatever) and teach you to walk through . </p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="152" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="NA Miata Chump Car" tle="NA Miata Chump Car" loadg="lazy" width="7360" height="4912" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1991 Miata (NA) — ChumpCar Race Car</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="153" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The r is ferocly hio but charmg anyway, like Auger's Spec Miata but weirr. The whole r seems to be held together wh zip ti and a healthy dose of middle fger. The stock shifter still wears the factory knob—plastic, shaped like a kernel of rn, polished om years of e. In traffic, wh the obnox exhst note, I fd myself jt rippg the box om third to fourth gear, over and over, bee 's fun. </p><p data-no-id="154" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">That's relevant. The rs amp up the tails, make them important. Example: That weird thg where you snap a Miata shifter to the next gear at redle. Snap. Snap snap. The lever travels a ltle arc beneath your hand, no more prsure to move than what you e to hold a raw egg your fgers.</p><p data-no-id="155" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Third to fourth.</p><p data-no-id="156" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Third to fourth. </p><h2 data-no-id="157" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="158" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">This started out as a LeMons r back 2010, I thk. A good iend of me was really ep to Miatas and knew a lot about them. We were centivized to keep pretty cheap, bee we didn't really know what we were dog. But we started to enjoy racg, we got better as drivers, we ma the r better.</em></p><hr data-no-id="159" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="160" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Wheel, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, Automotive exterr, Car, " tle="Tire, Wheel, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Land vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, Automotive exterr, Car, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="161" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="162" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Drivetra swap om a 2004–2005 Mazdaspeed Miata. Factory turbocharger and 178 hp. </p><h2 data-no-id="163" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="164" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The Mazdaspeed b, and the NA/NB hybrid part. The two rs are so siar, people often backdate NB parts onto an NA. There's a stock Mazdaspeed Miata on this list—number 16, below—but this was different: stripped terr, track-foced aftermarket spensn (949 Xidas shocks, gobs of sprg rate, ne-ch-wi wheels), not a street r. </p><h2 data-no-id="165" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="166" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Daly-Jensen's r whout the aggro. M a ltle b of power, pl a ltle more grip. The kd of thg you'd hand to a track novice wh a few veats. The lag isn't so great as to require a huge amount of planng. </p><p data-no-id="167" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">But more important: At this pot the tt, the NA feels like an old iend. It jt tak so well to anythg people do to . </p><p data-no-id="168" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Leavg the hot ps, I was momentarily distracted by the starter and fot which r I was . (Twelve rs of the same mol, one after the other, will do that.) I bra farted and accintally gave Kelley's r the same amount of lnch throttle I had jt ed Almand's no-motor ChumpCar. It may have laid bber on the track's p-out road, jt whoop!, two elevens. </p><p data-no-id="169" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Mazda Raceway people, if you're listeng: Sorry about that. (Not sorry.) </p><h2 data-no-id="170" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="171" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I had a 2005 Mazdaspeed Miata that I was trackg. As I was slidg through the gravel one day, occurred to me that maybe I should jt build one specifilly for this stuff. I got this one for $1400 wh the hardtop, and bought a wrecked Mazdaspeed for the drivetra. The rs are cheap, they're light, and they don't break until you do thgs like this. Also, I n eat $150,000 German and Italian thgs for lunch.</em></p><hr data-no-id="172" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="173" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Alloy wheel, Hood, Automotive wheel system, Rim, Car, Performance r, " tle="Tire, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive tire, Alloy wheel, Hood, Automotive wheel system, Rim, Car, Performance r, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="174" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="175" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Claimed 358 hp at the wheels on 20 psi of boost. Mann is 72. He raced Corvett the Sixti.</p><h2 data-no-id="176" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="177" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As Mann said, "It's jt a stock Miata motor wh fed rods and Wise pistons, bored a uple of limeters over. Big-valve head, Precisn 5558 turbo. Hydra ECU. At low psi, 's about 327 hp at the wheels." Pl R-pound tir and a pared-down terr.</p><p data-no-id="178" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In other words, the most powerful non-V-8 Miata at the event. Perspective is important. </p><h2 data-no-id="179" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="180" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It felt like beg reful, then gog on a murro rampage, then beg more reful. All packaged a Miata, a r wh a face like a t of oki. Odd dichotomy. </p><p data-no-id="181" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">There's lag, and then there's Lag. As pedal down nothg nothg whoa YUP THERE IT IS and you have a moment of personal clenchg. Mann's r is the latter pl sly fenr vents and a big splter. Fast a straight le, but the rear spensn is—how to put this—maybe not entirely down wh the program. Which wouldn't matter if weren't tryg to channel a cent amount of torque. It fights back, leav rners siways snatchy, on-off jerks, so you eher tiptoe up to the tir' lims or agree to nstantly battle the steerg. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="182" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">Don't get me wrong: I love rs like this.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="183" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Don't get me wrong: I love rs like this. But was exhstg like nothg else here. If Mann's Miata were a dog, would be a Rottweiler wh a llar ma of kniv. And you would give that dog hamburger by the pound, nailed-shut woon crat. He would rip to those crat whout enuragement, bee he's that kd of dog. You would feed him ser amounts of meat. </p><p data-no-id="184" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Also Corvett. </p><h2 data-no-id="185" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="186" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I built . I've been racg sce I was 16, and now I'm too damn old, but I like track days. I was gog to get another Corvette, and a iend talked me to the Miata—'Hell,' he said, 'for what you spend on one Corvette tire, you n buy a whole Miata.' I actually bought an [NB] and put the Fly' Miata FM II k on , but wasn't fast enough. I didn't want to cut up bee was that yellow they only e out wh every 10 years. Sold and bought this.</em></p><hr data-no-id="187" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="188" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Automotive mirror, Automotive tire, Car, " tle="Tire, Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Automotive mirror, Automotive tire, Car, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="189" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="190" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A Miata, jt lighter, stronger, and faster. Also, looks like a bad-ass fish.</p><h2 data-no-id="191" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="192" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Every great road r has had an element of Lego about —people g the parts k rs or homebuilts. The Catfish, one of the better Miata ks, pairs a steel space ame wh NA or NB mechanils and spensn. It sts $13,900 pl the donor r, and the fished product weighs around 650 pounds ls than an NA or NB. The k was veloped by Ber Limed Productn of San Mars, California. Brandt's r had street tir, a Japane-market 1.8-ler, a turbocharger, a Torsen-limed-slip, a six-speed, and Wilwood brak. It ma a claimed 215 hp at the wheels. </p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="193" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Ber Catfish" tle="Ber Catfish" loadg="lazy" width="7360" height="4912" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">Ber Catfish (NA/NB) — Tube-Frame K Car</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="194" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like?</h2><p data-no-id="195" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Weird ltle thg. Also fantastic.</p><p data-no-id="196" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Really nice bodywork qualy. Funny how much looks like an ND but effectively predat that r. Jt lovely l. Brandt's Catfish is a ltle too low and stiff for my taste, so kd of stantly leans on the tire— n be a handful if you're feedg power anywhere near full spensn load. The enge is obvly Miata, but the rt of the transplanted bs blend together. The nose knif to rners, and the whole package is rigid as hell. </p><p data-no-id="197" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">More important: You n do this wh a Miata! For $14,000! How ol is that? </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="198" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Tire, Wheel, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, Rim, Car, Fenr, " tle="Tire, Wheel, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Vehicle, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, Rim, Car, Fenr, " loadg="lazy" width="7152" height="4808" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">Ber Catfish (NA/NB) — Tube-Frame K Car</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><style data-emotn="css 108o02t">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{clear:both;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{clear:both;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:50%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:0rem;float:left;clear:left;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:50%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:0rem;float:left;clear:left;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:50%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:0rem;float:left;clear:left;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:45%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:left;clear:left;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:45%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:left;clear:left;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:45%;marg-right:1rem;marg-left:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:left;clear:left;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="199" class="align-left size-medium embed css-108o02t e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Cap, Glove, Baseball p, Employment, Belt, Service, Workwear, " tle="Cap, Glove, Baseball p, Employment, Belt, Service, Workwear, " loadg="lazy" width="4563" height="6837" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><style data-emotn="css 78jldq">{paddg-left:0rem;}</style><div class="css-78jldq e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">Julien Brandt, the owner of the Catfish.</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="200" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I love the ia of the rs as a parts b for What the Hell? projects. Like air-oled Beetl were the 1960s and 1970s. And I n't help wonrg how many rs like this were dreamed up by guys who like to drk. Bee the Catfish is a great ia, as ss, while sober. Four or five beers , would be the bt damn batsh on earth. </p><h2 data-no-id="201" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="202" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I had a Merces C63 that I knew was gog to burn through a $1000 set of tir every time I took to the track, and risk blowg up a $30,000 motor. I wanted a cheap platform to really learn and hammer on. I'd always wanted to build a r—'s a ol way to learn more than jt changg brak and oil.</em></p><hr data-no-id="203" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="204" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Automotive sign, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Hood, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Car, Performance r, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, " tle="Automotive sign, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Hood, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Car, Performance r, Alloy wheel, Automotive wheel system, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="205" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="206" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Milewski's r, built by Fly' Miata, is believed to be the first street-legal LS3 Miata California. Also, has a V-8. </p><p data-no-id="207" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Eight cylrs a vee. Dee-tro. V-8.</p><p data-no-id="208" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">In a Miata. </p><p data-no-id="209" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Did I mentn the V-8?</p><h2 data-no-id="210" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="211" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">People have been motor-swappg Miatas for years—the same ia built the Shelby Cobra, but also untls hot rods and backyard specials before that. Small r pl big, reliable power equals massive hoot. You n do a Miata V-8 on the cheap, wh a junkyard enge and ed parts, or you n pay a reputable shop for labor and buy a new crate motor. </p><p data-no-id="212" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Milewski liv California; the state's notorly strgent emissn laws required that he e specific, ernment-certified parts orr to register the r for the street. This took time and effort, bee some of those parts didn't really f onto the r to beg wh. The buildg procs clud seam-weldg the body and modifyg the rt of the r to handle the torque. (The gearbox is a Tremec, the diff is om a Camaro, etc.) All told, the job booked about 1000 hours of shop labor. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="213" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">I tried bee sweet fancy J, V-8 Miata.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="214" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">But that don't answer the qutn. I tried bee sweet fancy J, V-8 Miata. </p><h2 data-no-id="215" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like?</h2><p data-no-id="216" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Oh. </p><p data-no-id="217" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This is gog to be a problem.</p><p data-no-id="218" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">You know that feelg when you're the middle of some pastime or hobby that you really love, somethg where your bra jt ps the rt of the world? Livg the moment, relief om everythg adult? </p><p data-no-id="219" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's not that fast. The turbo rs were almost as quick, and I've driven morn rs that are quicker. It's the gr-so-hard-your-teeth-hurt thg, where you feel like you're playg a giant joke on the universe. You get gnt everywhere, always and forever, no lag. In a r the size of a lawn tractor. Pl hooty roller-skate yaw.</p><p data-no-id="220" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Here's how a sorted V-8 Miata works a rner: Brake ep and hard, then roll off the pedal gently, to keep the nose happy. Roll the r down to the apex a kd of hurried snter, then fd the throttle and quickly walk toward the floor. If you do right, you get a sktery, sewy ltle rip toward the edge of the track and a bunch of implod scenery. If you do wrong, the r is sloppy, sliy, not fast but also not slow. (That sounds faiar.) </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="221" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">It's a big-boy r. You nnot be timid. </blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="222" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's a big-boy r. You nnot be timid. You will go fast if you are timid, but you will not see the light.</p><p data-no-id="223" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I drove a Shelby Cobra once—the real thg, built the 1960s. Dpe what everyone says, they're docile rs. They sli like big, pliant go-karts, bee Shelby's people took the time to sort them. To make the chassis work, whout beg bound up and awful. </p><p data-no-id="224" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Fly' Miata did a nice job here; they risted the temptatn to oversprg the r, for one; the street-foced spensn is pliant but still satisfyg and pable for track work. Stoppg is handled by Wilwood six-pot lipers, ont and rear, and the r always has enough brake. The steerg is light but full of feedback. The enge wants to sp and mak nutball noise the procs. The gearbox, a Tremec, feels mcle-r durable. It's all jt . . . enough. </p><p data-no-id="225" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I talked to Keh Tanner, one of FM's engeers, after I drove the r. "Everyone expects them to be fast," he said. "Nobody expects them to work."</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="226" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">I wrote "Nuclear Christmas" my not.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="227" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I was supposed to take three laps. Milewski said he didn't re, so I cheated and took four or five. It wasn't enough. I found myself wonrg how Carroll Shelby lghed after his guys built the first Cobra. I wrote "Nuclear Christmas" my not. And the fallout om that—the ncer you get and n never shake—is walkg around all day, jong for V-8 Miata for the rt of your life. </p><p data-no-id="228" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I am gog to build one of the. </p><p data-no-id="229" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It's gog to happen. </p><p data-no-id="230" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">My wife is eher gog to kill me or unrstand pletely. </p><h2 data-no-id="231" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="232" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">General Motors, I love them for this, I have no ia why they did . But they sell ks: There's a smaller motor, the LS3, and the LSA, om the Cadillac CTS-V. You n get them wh a California emissns sticker that says you n put any r 1995 or earlier. But you've got to e the nverters and manifolds that e the k, and gettg those ts to f a Miata is really challengg. The transmissn is a [Tremec] T-56 Magnum, almost the same as a Camaro. The diff is CTS-V. It ma 396 at the wheels 49-state trim, and then we put all of the California stuff on and took through the referee. </em></p><p data-no-id="233" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">I get the "why" qutn a lot. People love the ia, then they go, 'You're crazy. That's Corvette money.' </em></p><p data-no-id="234" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">Corvett don't make me giggle. I say, 'Jt s . Here's the key. Jt start .' And the moment the mble starts, they start gigglg. They're amazg rs, almost telepathic, no bad habs whatsoever.</em></p><hr data-no-id="235" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="236" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Car, Automotive lightg, Fenr, Bumper, Automotive mirror, Personal luxury r, " tle="Automotive sign, Vehicle, Automotive parkg light, Hood, Car, Automotive lightg, Fenr, Bumper, Automotive mirror, Personal luxury r, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="237" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">The olt part:</strong></p><p data-no-id="238" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">178 bone-stock horsepower, sorted by factory engeers. Pl factory-tweaked spensn and brak. </p><h2 data-no-id="239" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="240" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">For a remr of jt how good big-league rmakers are at makg fast mach wh a warranty. Morris's r had aftermarket wheels and a few mor tweaks for durabily, but was sentially stock.</p><h2 data-no-id="241" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="242" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Lovely. After Milewski's V-8, a breath of h air. And a shockg remr of jt how good factory velopment guys n be, when they're given some rope. Mimal lag. Good brake feel. On street bber, jt enough tire that the r slis whout much roll. More ntral than the stock NB; you leave faster rners wh a few gre of yaw on the taillights. (Hey tuners: Spensn travel is your iend! Use .) </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="243" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">Hey tuners: Spensn travel is your iend!</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="244" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">You uld live wh this. Not a hardre track r, but a nice promise, a turnkey package for any purpose. There's probably a lson here, but I n't see , bee I'm too by thkg about HOW MUCH MILEWSKI'S CAR WAS F***ING INCREDIBLE. </p><h2 data-no-id="245" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="246" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">This is my first track event. I had a WRX before this. I origally lived Seattle, and when I moved, I thought this was the perfect California r—top down, not too powerful, won't get to too much trouble. But I'm havg more fun than I thought I would. You always hear drivg a slow r fast is better than drivg a fast r slow. It's fely more fun than the WRX, wh much ls power.</em></p><hr data-no-id="247" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="248" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Automotive sign, Hood, Transport, Car, " tle="Motor vehicle, Mo of transport, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Automotive exterr, Automotive parkg light, Automotive sign, Hood, Transport, Car, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="249" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="250" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Digally managed turbochargg is now crazy affordable, which is ol. But you know what that technology has basilly ma extct? Superchargg. </p><p data-no-id="251" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">You know what's ol as hell? Superchargg. </p><h2 data-no-id="252" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="253" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A stock 1.6-ler, 178,000 , and a Moss M45 blower paired wh Megasquirt. Pl a roll bar. The stock exhst had been fted wh an electronic dump valve activated by the swch for the pop-up headlights: Quiet when you want , noise when you don't. </p><h2 data-no-id="254" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? </h2><p data-no-id="255" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Lear. Like a Spec Miata wh more special. A remr that turbochargg robs any enge of lear power, and lear power is good. Satisfyg, bee 's nately predictable. I don't get much of a n this one, jt a few laps heavy traffic. But 's enough. In the 1990s, this kd of power mt have been giant-killg. Now 's the same pace as a ed VW GTI. But a GTI isn't on your si this much, at the lim. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="256" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-claf3g e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-1xtgzba e1pe3zr90">Funny, too, how NA Miatas don't feel old.</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="257" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Funny, too, how NA Miatas don't feel old. Not new, but not agg, eher. Jt a timels thg, stg outsi the normal spectm of ed rs, their own ltle world. </p><h2 data-no-id="258" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The owner says:</h2><p data-no-id="259" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">This is my send Miata. It's never gog away. I sold the first one six months after I bought and regretted . I wanted more horsepower—I went to a 400-hp SRT-4, a 500-hp supercharged Mtang. But I me back, bee nothg beats a lightweight r. There's huge aftermarket support, plenty of parts, always people dog different thgs. I don't know what is about them, but there's a reason they built a ln of them.</em></p><hr data-no-id="260" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="261" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Exocet" tle="Exocet" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="262" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="263" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Basilly a cheaper Ariel Atom ma om Miata parts. If that don't mean anythg to you, jt picture an enge bolted to two stepladrs and a seat.</p><h2 data-no-id="264" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">Why'd you try ?</h2><p data-no-id="265" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I've always wanted to die sg. The Exocet is a k, like the Catfish—a steel-tube ame rryg Miata spensn and drivele bs. Unlike the Catfish, there is no bodywork. Bugs go up your pants. Weight vari wh nfiguratn, our tt r was 1550 pounds wet. Two hundred and fifty turbocharged horsepower at the crankshaft. </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="266" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Exocet" tle="Exocet" loadg="lazy" width="7068" height="4785" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">Exocet—Turbocharged, Open-Wheel Heart Attack</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="267" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like?</h2><p data-no-id="268" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Like every other r on track was a ponro turd. You leave every rner siways. You hummgbird your way through a lap. You uld rob banks wh this, bee no one would ever believe the wns scribg your pe. ("Jt some kda space r, I dunno. It was weird. Alien bug.") </p><p data-no-id="269" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Ridiculo, screamy acceleratn. The r is light enough to make a standard Miata seem dipped marshmallow. The tir yell at you through the wheel or the seat whenever the r is slidg, the steerg gettg light or your spe talkg to the rear siwalls. When the r go siways—ually unr power, but not always—you jt ri out, more throttle, the ffeated, snatchy ltle yips across the track. It is ncentrated sence of Miata, and if that sence uld be distilled to a powr, the r would be badgerg you to snort the stuff, like a dg. </p><p data-no-id="270" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Laguna's Turn 12 is a slow, send-gear left-hanr that leads onto Laguna's ont straight. I keep exg siways, one-hand, on the throttle send gear. Bee 's fun. I uld do all day. Get an Exocet wh sticky tir, head to track days and make Porsche guys feel butt-hurt. Then go home and pick the bugs om your nippl. </p><hr data-no-id="271" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="272" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Headlamp, Automotive lightg, Road, Car, Hood, " tle="Motor vehicle, Wheel, Mo of transport, Automotive sign, Vehicle, Headlamp, Automotive lightg, Road, Car, Hood, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2279" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="273" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">The olt part:</h2><p data-no-id="274" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Brand-new Miata, 525 hp, Chevrolet.</p><div size="large" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="275" class="align-center size-large embed css-d9wkvk e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Wheel, Tire, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Automotive wheel system, Automotive lightg, Rim, Floor, Fenr, Ceilg, " tle="Wheel, Tire, Automotive sign, Automotive tire, Automotive wheel system, Automotive lightg, Rim, Floor, Fenr, Ceilg, " loadg="lazy" width="7065" height="4782" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-1gccgwy e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">FMs Keh Tanner changg tir on the V-8 ND</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-h0avpl e6iqd2">Saroyan Humphrey</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="276" class="article-h2 css-578e et3p2gv0">What did feel like? 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IS THE MAZDA MIATA A GAY R?

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FIVE GAY CARS FOR THE ENOMIC APOLYPSEBY BRETT BERKOCTOBER 2, 2008SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEWH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FULL-ON ENOMIC MELTDOWN, EVERYONE NEEDS TO SLE BACK, EVEN THE GAYS. BUT CUTTG RNERS DON'T MEAN YOU N'T REMA CHIC. HERE ARE FIVE EXTREMELY ED—BUT STILL PELLG—RS YOU N EFULLY UTILIZE THE HARD TIM TO E, ONE FOR EACH OF THE RE HOMOSEXUAL (VEHICULAR) BODY-TYP.1) WAGON: 1979-1985 MERCES 300TDTHOUGH THE BENZ BOYS HAVE MA OTHER TOURG VEHICL THE HUNDRED OR SO YEARS SCE THEY VENTED THE TOMOBILE, THIS ONE IS THE CLASSIC. IT'S GAY AN UNRSTATED, BUT SOLIDLY TASTEFUL KD OF WAY: SUAL, SLOW, LILTG, BUT OH SO ELEGANT, LIKE YOUR RATOR, OR BILL BLASS. ON THE FISL DOOM SI, THE 300TD IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE MERCES 5 CYLR DIEL, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE MOST DURABLE ENGE EVER CREATED—REGULARLY NNG FOR OVER A HALF-LN —SO THERE'LL BE NONE OF THOSE TROUBLG REPAIR BILLS (AT LEAST ON THIS PONENT). IN ADDN, YOU N EASILY GET THIS POWERPLANT NVERTED TO N ON ED RTRANT GREASE, AND YOU KNOW THAT A DOWN-TURNED AMERIN ENOMY, THERE'S GOG TO BE PLENTY OF CHEAP IED FOOD BEG NSUMED, SO YOU'RE GUARANTEED A STEADY SUPPLY OF FUEL. FALLY, THE REAR SEAT FOLDS DOWN, CREATG A RELATIVELY LARGE SPACE WHERE YOU (AND YOUR DOG, AND MAYBE ONE SMALL IEND) N LIVE.2) CONVERTIBLE: 1989-1997 MAZDA MIATATHE PUNCH LE TO EVERY STRAIGHT A-HOLE'S JOKE ABOUT WHAT A GAY R LOOKS LIKE, MAZDA'S MORN TAKE ON THE BRISH ROADSTERS OF THE 60'S AND 70'S IS, TTH, GAY AS HELL. I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T BE UGHT AD DRIVG ONE PUBLIC FOR FEAR OF HAVG EGGS THROWN AT MY FACE, BUT THE NUMERO PRIVATE TIM I'VE DRIVEN MY IENDS' MIATAS I'VE FOUND THEM FIENDISHLY FUN (AND SO CUTE, I JT WANT TO GAY MARRY THEM). THE FIRST-GENERATN RS ARE TNIER THE CURRENT MOL, SOMEWHAT UNRPOWERED, AND OFTEN A B BEAT UP, BUT TH GREAT DEPRSN-STYLE CHEAP. AND THEY'RE JAPANE-LEVEL RELIABLE, AS LONG AS YOU TAKE RE OF THEM (AND DON'T GET THEM STOLEN BY JOYRIDG TEENS AND FLIPPED TO A OZEN LAKE, WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ONE OF MY PALS). OKAY, THEY HAVE ONLY TWO SEATS, MAKG THEM NOT EXACTLY FAY-IENDLY, BUT NOW THAT OUR ENOMY'S SPIRALG DOWN THE SHTER, YOU'RE GOG TO NEED TO CUT THAT SURROGATE LOOSE ANYWAY, THIRD TRIMTER OR NOT.MOST POPULARGEIA REPUBLINS SAY THEY'LL MOVE TO REMOVE FULTON COUNTY DA FANI WILLIS FROM OFFICE WH NEW STATE LAWBY ERIC LUTZOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPL3) SUV: 1981-1991 ISUZU TROOPEREVERYONE KNOWS A FAG WHO'S BOUGHT (OR LTED AFTER) A VTAGE LAND ROVER. THEY REPRENT A GAY FANTASY OF SOME MID-CENTURY, GRAHAM GREENE, CLOSET-SE, AMBASSADORIAL LIFTYLE, WH LOTS OF SLIM SUS, AFTERNOON CKTAIL PARTI, AND CUTE NATIVE POOL BOYS. BUT WHILE THE LAND ROVERS ARE DURABLE ENOUGH TO TREK ACROSS AIN SERTS, OR BE ED AS THE LEAD VEHICLE A TRIBAL WARLORD PARA, THEY'RE BY NECSY HEAVY AND OVERBUILT, RENRG THEM EFFICIENT FOR OUR UGAL TIM. FORTUNATELY, I'VE FOUND A VIABLE SUBSTUTE. BUILT BIG AND UPRIGHT LIKE A CLASSIC BRISH SAFARI VEHICLE, BUT WH A TY UNRPOWERED FOUR-CYLR ENGE AND A WHG MANUAL TRANSMISSN, THIS IS THE FIRST GENERATN ISUZU TROOPER. MORE A POOR-MAN'S TOYOTA LAND CISER THAN A BUDGET LAND ROVER, THE TROOPER LIV UP TO S NAME,(AS LONG AS YOU DON'T LET TOUCH ROAD SALT; IF YOU DO, START UNTG BACKWARDS OM ONE AND WATCH DISSOLVE). ON THE BIG-TIME PL SI, WAS ONE OF THE FEW VEHICL EVER TO E EQUIPPED WH AN ALTIMETER—THAT'S A VICE THAT TELLS YOU HOW HIGH YOU ARE ABOVE SEA LEVEL—A FEATURE WHICH WILL E PECIALLY HANDY DURG THE NEXT IMPENDG GLOBAL TASTROPHIC EVENT: RISG TIS.MOST POPULARGEIA REPUBLINS SAY THEY'LL MOVE TO REMOVE FULTON COUNTY DA FANI WILLIS FROM OFFICE WH NEW STATE LAWBY ERIC LUTZOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLHOW MK, THIEL, ZUCKERBERG, AND ANDRESEN—FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS—ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE, AUTOCRATIC REALYBY JONATHAN TAPL4) TCK: 1981-1985 VOLKSWAGEN RABB DIEL PICKUPYOU OWN A GAY LANDSPG BS, SO YOU CLAIM THAT YOU NEED A BIG TCK. BUT HOW MUCH (AHEM) EQUIPMENT ARE YOU ACTUALLY PACKG? A MOWER, A WEED-WHACKER, SOME CLIPPERS, A FEW HAND TOOLS, A BLOWER, AND TWO OR THREE PAIRS OF NAIL SCISSORS? WELL, 'S CNCH-TIME, SISTER. TIME TO TAKE THE LOSS ON YOUR RAM HEMI. FORTUNATELY, THE ENOMY'S LLAPSE CIS WH THE END OF GRASS-GROWG SEASON, SO THE ONLY THG YOU NEED TO CUT IS YOUR FUEL BILL. THANKFULLY, YOU N PICK UP ONE OF THE FOR ABOUT WHAT ALERS WILL BE OFFERG YOU FOR YOUR GAS-SWILLG, YEAR-OLD QUAD-CAB: A VOLKSWAGEN RABB DIEL PICKUP. THIS LTLE BABY IS ENOMY CLASS ALL THE WAY: HAS ONLY ENOUGH ROOM SI FOR YOU AND YOUR RRY-ONS, IS STRICTLY B.Y.O.E. (BRG YOUR OWN EVERYTHG), AND WILL S THREE ACROSS ONLY IF SOMEONE IS SI THE GUY THE CENTER POSN. BUT GETS ABOUT 45 M.P.G., LOOKS WEIRDLY STYLISH, AND HAS A FULLY FUNCTNAL RGO BED. I KNOW: 'S GERMAN. BUT, FORTUNATELY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T LIKE TO GIVE YOUR PK DOLLARS TO THE VENTORS OF THE PK TRIANGLE, THIS PARTICULAR VEE-DUB WAS BUILT A DOMTIC PLANT PENNSYLVANIA. GET SOME BODY LORED PAT AND WHE-OUT THE V-O-L-K AND E-N ON THE TAILGATE, AND YOU HAVE THE GAYT TCK THE WORLD: THE BACK OF WILL READ S-W-A-G5) SEDAN: 1994-1997 HONDA ACRDVOTE FOR YOUR FAVORE DOW-DROPP' GAY CAR(POLLS)YOUR JOB'S BEEN ELIMATED, YOUR NDO'S BEEN FORECLOSED, AND YOUR ACURA HAS BEEN REPO-ED. YOUR BOYIEND LEFT YOU FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULDN'T DARE ASK HIM TO ENOMIZE BY SUBSTUTG SMIRNOFF FOR BELVERE. YOUR CLOST IENDS ARE RIDG THGS OUT AN OFF-THE-GRID MODULAR DOWN BELIZE. LEAVG YOU WH NOTHG BUT A SCHLE OF MOR SMETIC PROCR TO ANIZE YOUR DAYS. AND YOU HAVE TO GET TO THEM SOMEHOW (YOU'RE NOT GOG TO LET KASIA, G, AND D'REE DOWN THIS TIME OF CRISIS). SO, YOU BUY ONE OF THE: A LATE MOL HONDA ACRD. IT'S STILL GOT THE "CHET" OF BEG JAPANE. IT'S EFFICIENT AND PENDABLE. AND AS SOON AS YOU REPLACE THE PURPLE NEON WASHER NOZZL AND BOOM' FFEE N EXHST THAT THE KID YOU BOUGHT OM STALLED, WILL BE A VERY STEALTHY VEHICLE, EFUL FOR SLIPPG UNR THE GAYDAR OF THE WDOW-SMASHG NEO-FASCISTS WHO ARE SURE TO BE ON THE RISE ONCE THIS PRSN REALLY GETS SOME TRACTN, OR THE CHILDREN OF MEN-LIKE CROWDS OF ANGRY URBAN OUT HUNTG FOR SEEMGLY VALUABLE GAY PREY.BRETT BERK

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Some lors make the r more of a "chick r" such as my Splash Green miata but I know lots of men (non-gay) that own them. The general public will look at you as a sissy or gay -- particularly if you get a red one (fely buy black or silver if you get one, perhaps dark green).

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It's eher a Woman or a gay man..... Now watch all the gay guy'shere give me thumbs will proof my pot. The only people that would ll a gay r are boys that are not sure of their sexual orientatn and maybe still hidg the closet.

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