Turbro Miata. To ruin or not to ruin?

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For the past 4.5 years have been the owner of a 2011 VW GTI. It was lightly modified with coilovers, mounts, intake, exhaust, tune, intercooler, diverter valve, interior bits, sceneboy aero, wheels, and im sure more that has been forgotten. The car was not aging very well and I decided that I needed a better platform to tinker with and not worry about paying the euro tax to maintain. (Thank you DFD for finally showing me the error of my ways). I sold the car a few weeks ago and had some newfound money burning a hole in my pocket.

Now comes in the 1999 NB Miata. The previous, previous owner had some small modifications made to the car. There seems to be a hamster wheel attached to the engine. It makes noises and the car goes faster than a Honda. The last owner bought the car about four years ago and only managed to take the car from 98k to 109k miles. The car has sat quite a bit the past year or so. So I will be doing a lot of looking over and preventative maintenance on parts that appear worn, or seem to warrant a safety measure.

As of now I have made a small list of things that need to be done for the car. Please let me know what you think of and what I should be looking for.
1) Find and install stock seat belts (car only has 4 point harnesses)
2) Adjust harnesses or possibly buy harness bar(theyre not mounted comfortably)
3) Oil change
5) coolant flush
6) right roof latch replace
7) rewire amp and speakers
8) secure trunk amp and make false floor
9) transmission fluids
10) who knows what else

This is the immediate and cheaper list of things for the car. In the future I want to get the fueling and ECU upgrade so I can get the full power from the turbo kit(FM II). I would also like a hard top and coilovers.

Moar pictures to follow.

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Before you get too far into dicking with belts and harnesses, make sure you like the seats enough to keep them. Different seats will likely require different belt/harness setups.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:27 pm Before you get too far into dicking with belts and harnesses, make sure you like the seats enough to keep them. Different seats will likely require different belt/harness setups.
The seats will be sticking for a good while. I have the maintenance and finishing the turbo upgrade for the car that will come before $1000 seats.
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coogles wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:24 pmin4pics
Pics from the craigslist ad in OP now. I need to get my own photos and upload them. I also cant access any photo sharing websites at work. Which is where I usually DFD.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:38 pm
troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:27 pm Before you get too far into dicking with belts and harnesses, make sure you like the seats enough to keep them. Different seats will likely require different belt/harness setups.
The seats will be sticking for a good while. I have the maintenance and finishing the turbo upgrade for the car that will come before $1000 seats.
Why spend $1000, do you already know what seats you want?

There are tons of :notbad: ebay seats for as little as $100 a seat.
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Car looks great!

These seats are rather :waxer: , but what I always wanted to put in the Miata build in my head.

http://rev9autosport.com/car-make-corn- ... -seat.html

The Miata is so narrow and has so little head room that it's hard to find seats that sit low enough and don't interfere with the door card. I always thought these had the perfect minimalist look to match the Miata styling while also actually fitting in the car properly.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:39 pm
Barnes93cb wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:38 pm

The seats will be sticking for a good while. I have the maintenance and finishing the turbo upgrade for the car that will come before $1000 seats.
Why spend $1000, do you already know what seats you want?

There are tons of :notbad: ebay seats for as little as $100 a seat.
I figured most if not all ebay seats would be crap. I was looking into name brand seats. But honestly Im down for anything that fits my 220lb fatass and can recline. Id prefer black cloth.

This is what style im looking for. Obviously doesnt need to be bride if there are ebay seats that are comparable.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRIDE-CUGA-Blac ... e2&vxp=mtr
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coogles wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:48 pm Car looks great!

These seats are rather :waxer: , but what I always wanted to put in the Miata build in my head.

http://rev9autosport.com/car-make-corn- ... -seat.html

The Miata is so narrow and has so little head room that it's hard to find seats that sit low enough and don't interfere with the door card. I always thought these had the perfect minimalist look to match the Miata styling while also actually fitting in the car properly.
Those look great. But with my back I need the ability to adjust the seat more.
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Pics won't load, but I'm totes jelly of a turbro miata
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1) Dildo shift knob
2) Dildo hand brake for drifto
3) Moar low
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Barnes93cb wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:20 pm
troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 12:39 pm

Why spend $1000, do you already know what seats you want?

There are tons of :notbad: ebay seats for as little as $100 a seat.
I figured most if not all ebay seats would be crap. I was looking into name brand seats. But honestly Im down for anything that fits my 220lb fatass and can recline. Id prefer black cloth.

This is what style im looking for. Obviously doesnt need to be bride if there are ebay seats that are comparable.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRIDE-CUGA-Blac ... e2&vxp=mtr
IIRC you also are not tall? Short and wide means most seats are going to be made for you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-RSC-400BK-R ... 2045590322

or Sparco R100 are both made for short wide people and much cheaper than the Bride stuff or you can get no-name seats for $100 each. I have 2 different no-name seats and like both a lot but neither are cloth, one is PVC "leather" and the other is fake suede.
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Melon wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:49 pm Pics won't load, but I'm totes jelly of a turbro miata
One of these days ill make it to a DFD meatup. Others shall be able to try out the turbro miata.
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SixSpeeder wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:59 pm 1) Dildo shift knob
2) Dildo hand brake for drifto
3) Moar low
All of those are a hard no.

I actually want to raise the car some. Even though its only on lowering springs.
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SixSpeeder wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:59 pm 1) Dildo shift knob
2) Dildo hand brake for drifto
3) Double Penetration
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troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 2:06 pm
Barnes93cb wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:20 pm

I figured most if not all ebay seats would be crap. I was looking into name brand seats. But honestly Im down for anything that fits my 220lb fatass and can recline. Id prefer black cloth.

This is what style im looking for. Obviously doesnt need to be bride if there are ebay seats that are comparable.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRIDE-CUGA-Blac ... e2&vxp=mtr
IIRC you also are not tall? Short and wide means most seats are going to be made for you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-RSC-400BK-R ... 2045590322

or Sparco R100 are both made for short wide people and much cheaper than the Bride stuff or you can get no-name seats for $100 each. I have 2 different no-name seats and like both a lot but neither are cloth, one is PVC "leather" and the other is fake suede.
Correct only 5' 10".
Those NRG seats are noice. And im pretty set on cloth. I dislike leather or similar surfaces. I guess I will need to explore my options and work the ~$600 into my budget.
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Just make sure you get seats that are narrow enough.

https://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/seats.php
Optimal Seat Dimensions 19.5 inches base width and 21 inches shoulder width.
Most seats you find will be wider than that in the shoulders and require you to hack up or run without a door card. :disappoint:
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Barnes93cb wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 2:18 pm
troyguitar wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 2:06 pm

IIRC you also are not tall? Short and wide means most seats are going to be made for you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRG-RSC-400BK-R ... 2045590322

or Sparco R100 are both made for short wide people and much cheaper than the Bride stuff or you can get no-name seats for $100 each. I have 2 different no-name seats and like both a lot but neither are cloth, one is PVC "leather" and the other is fake suede.
Correct only 5' 10".
Those NRG seats are noice. And im pretty set on cloth. I dislike leather or similar surfaces. I guess I will need to explore my options and work the ~$600 into my budget.
:word:

The suede ebay seats I have are really comfortable for me but they'd be too tight for you and I don't know if they'd even fit an NB anyway.
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SixSpeeder wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:59 pm 1) Dildo shift knob
2) Dildo hand brake for drifto
3) Moar low
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coogles wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 2:38 pm Just make sure you get seats that are narrow enough.

https://www.flyinmiata.com/tech/seats.php
Optimal Seat Dimensions 19.5 inches base width and 21 inches shoulder width.
Most seats you find will be wider than that in the shoulders and require you to hack up or run without a door card. :disappoint:
That works okay for me. I was thinking about making flat panel door cards.
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SixSpeeder wrote: Wed May 10, 2017 1:59 pm 1) Dildo shift knob
2) Dildo hand brake for drifto
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Hey look at me. I made a car that hates itself and everyone around. It hurts to drive and might kill you.
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Found a guy locally who is a Miata guru. He and I are going to give the car a solid shakedown soon. Im sure things are about to get very expensive for me. He did give me some insite as to seats, ecus, and injectors. Overall I might end up saving some money. But the upfront cost is going to suck.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 9:41 am Found a guy locally who is a Miata guru. He and I are going to give the car a solid shakedown soon. Im sure things are about to get very expensive for me. He did give me some insite as to seats, ecus, and injectors. Overall I might end up saving some money. But the upfront cost is going to suck.
Doing it right the first time is always cheaper than doing it twice.
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Apex wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 9:43 am
Barnes93cb wrote: Fri May 12, 2017 9:41 am Found a guy locally who is a Miata guru. He and I are going to give the car a solid shakedown soon. Im sure things are about to get very expensive for me. He did give me some insite as to seats, ecus, and injectors. Overall I might end up saving some money. But the upfront cost is going to suck.
Doing it right the first time is always cheaper than doing it twice.
Thats the plan. I learned the hard way on my GTI.

Im just looking forward to having the car sorted.
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