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2000 NB build. 19 yr old going to college and working, im busy but Ill try to take as many pics with my tab as well as be as informative as possible.
Bought car like this:
Fast forward to now (1.5-1.75 years later), car looks like this (although pic taken 3-4 mos ago):
Car is pretty dialed, there are a few things here and there that will be addressed, butttt other than that, lets start the part stockuppp for my slow turbo build:
99 head
turbo mani flange, CAS parts, VC paint and stuff to get the burnt oil out of it, i returned the red and got something wayyy better (more original IMO) than red
hks oil cap
lol, not sure if this will get used
protege VC
after i shaved the mazda logo off
what the inside looked like after an hour of scrubbing, still gross
almost done, another hour or two of scrubbing
got into some nooks and crannies a little better, and she is done, just needs some bungs welded on and then paint!
why buy a 6 spd for bank when you can get a jspec t2 for 150$? (and an excuse to drive to sf)
then found a snug top without a window for a good deal, and another excuse to drive to sf again.. so a polycarb window will be going in it, pic taken after i scraped out all the gross rubber window adhesive **** and primered it when it got warm enough for a few hours
my driver side window motor is slowly dying and old man winter sure isnt helping so i got these for when it goes out
frankenstein bolts and a turbo blanket, i got teh turbo blanket half off on black friday, i knew i wanted a t3 framed turbo, so i bought the t3 blanket size, i will hopefully order my turbo sometime soon...
then started working on the basic template for the hardtop, justin, (a new miata owner himself due to my car :mrgreen
is helpin me with my template, i will get some shots of his car (na8) when we mess with it somemore.
Bought car like this:

Fast forward to now (1.5-1.75 years later), car looks like this (although pic taken 3-4 mos ago):


Car is pretty dialed, there are a few things here and there that will be addressed, butttt other than that, lets start the part stockuppp for my slow turbo build:
99 head

turbo mani flange, CAS parts, VC paint and stuff to get the burnt oil out of it, i returned the red and got something wayyy better (more original IMO) than red

hks oil cap

lol, not sure if this will get used

protege VC

after i shaved the mazda logo off

what the inside looked like after an hour of scrubbing, still gross

almost done, another hour or two of scrubbing

got into some nooks and crannies a little better, and she is done, just needs some bungs welded on and then paint!

why buy a 6 spd for bank when you can get a jspec t2 for 150$? (and an excuse to drive to sf)

then found a snug top without a window for a good deal, and another excuse to drive to sf again.. so a polycarb window will be going in it, pic taken after i scraped out all the gross rubber window adhesive **** and primered it when it got warm enough for a few hours

my driver side window motor is slowly dying and old man winter sure isnt helping so i got these for when it goes out

frankenstein bolts and a turbo blanket, i got teh turbo blanket half off on black friday, i knew i wanted a t3 framed turbo, so i bought the t3 blanket size, i will hopefully order my turbo sometime soon...

then started working on the basic template for the hardtop, justin, (a new miata owner himself due to my car :mrgreen
