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Old 11-06-2012, 04:05 PM   #711 (permalink)
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Good for you! dead hookers always give the best traction. 100 lbs of dead hooker equals 150 lbs of lead.

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Old 11-06-2012, 08:19 PM   #712 (permalink)
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Yea and you can put a turbo charged chevy 350 v8 or ford 5L in it too - Monster Miata.









Corvette engine fits is a Fiero too:

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Old 11-06-2012, 08:31 PM   #713 (permalink)
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Planning gunmetal steelies, two long-range driving lights mounted above the grille, and nothing else. Couldn't help but to photoshop it.

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Old 11-06-2012, 11:51 PM   #714 (permalink)
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If it had one driving light instead of two; it would remind me [more] of my first car, a bullet-nose Studebaker.

So, leaning toward the Miata over the Festiva? I found this in my Imgur stash:
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Old 11-07-2012, 02:43 AM   #715 (permalink)
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I wish there were a pre-smog miata. Those are rad cars.
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Old 11-07-2012, 08:40 AM   #716 (permalink)
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I had a pre-miata mazda, a 72 rx2. I bought it for $100 with 60k miles and I rebuilt the rotory engine. 16 mpg was typical 18 was good. It would rev so much there was an alarm on it. Unfortunately I put the minimum clearances in the side seals and one cracked after I over revved it to 9000 rpm. To get crazy hp, all you have to do is grind the ports bigger.

Guess which one is the rotory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=aRv6smAOWAw

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Old 11-07-2012, 10:15 PM   #717 (permalink)
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Right now I'm considering an EF HB (4spd) as well. Not sure what was different on the HB or when the VX came into existence but it wouldn't be a bad car.

But I really, really want a Miata.
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:26 PM   #718 (permalink)
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Sir, If you want a miata then by all means get one. There is no time like the present. I was just looking at one owned by a friend this past week. Had big tires heavy springs and sway bars. Basically a gocart with plates.

My dad bought me an Austin Healy Sprite in 1969. I remember passing folks on entrance ramps with it. All the while I was using a 1/4th the fuel of the average v8.
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Later on I had a 350 CI Fiero. It looked stock but rumbled.
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Old 11-08-2012, 09:58 AM   #720 (permalink)
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Here is my Fiero Tony.

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