Hello Everyone

My Miata is currently at a storage, but here is a picture of my Z4 engine bay. It's daily driver. It's mostly stock, I recently took it to the track and it wasn't bad for an auto. The Z has the optional sport package so the handling was good.

My old track toy. The rear sub-frame was going bad and needed reinforcement plates ended up selling it last year after having it fixed.

^Nice I love the E36 it brings back memories.The E36M3 chassis should be better than the flimsy E46. My old e46 started deforming around the mounting points in the back. That's great you have your 92. I made a mistake in selling mine. I remember paying about $2k for my 92 years ago now it's about double. It had FM suspension w/ butterfly brace and hard dog roll bar. I had Rebello do the top end work. What do you think about Racing Beat exhaust for your 92? I had the sport variant and quality was good. BTW, are you on the Bimmer forum? I'm sure the Galaxie will sell for a good price.

Just got done replacing the speaker. The plastics gets brittle with age. Now I gotta buy new parts lol. Tomorrow I'm gonna finish the shocks. Coffee helps.

^Thanks. I go to this site BMW Forum, BMW News and BMW Blog - BIMMERPOST
You might like H&R swaybars for your E36. Check out Turner Motorsports they have some good stuff. There's also ECS Tuning.

Not sure if you're familiar with garagestar you might like their parts. I knew the owner back when I used to go to meets up in Norcal.This is my old miata, I got the pic from mazdaroadster.net just now. Do you have a picture of your 92? The turbo exhaust sounds cool. It reminded me of this guy I knew at a muffler shop he made me a custom welded intake for my old 92. I wish I could find the picture.

Shocks arrived today. Wrench time.

Everything for the back end arrived today including the reinforcement plates for the top mounts. I'm still waiting for the front struts to arrive, but for now I'm happy.



The back end felt a little bouncy I knew it was time for new shocks lol. Look at that.

Someone took this pic of the 92 a couple of weeks ago.

You're not going to talk about the Porsche in the photos??

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Someone took this pic of the 92 a couple of weeks ago.

You're not going to talk about the Porsche in the photos??

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That's a nice 92 you got there. You look like you're having a lot of fun! That's what I love about the miata, you can push the car hard without having to worry about breaking something. They are super reliable and the consumables are very minimal. My 92 is in the storage right now just needs a good buffing and suspension overhaul. I would be happy with 150-160rwhp on NA miata that's all it needs, It is very light.

Last time I mentioned the Porsche years ago a couple of forum members here gave me a hard time about it, saying that I was pretending to own one. One guy even went out of his way to try and make up stuff and said that I took pictures of cars off the street, but hey I offered to give them a ride and they never responded back. I try to keep it on a down low to avoid attracting those people.

Now that you mentioned it. The 911 is all stock except for a tune. Factory hp is 355 at the flywheel if I can remember. After the tune it's closer to 385 @flywheel. Ive only taken it twice to the tracks years ago, but it was great no doubt about it. Even without the ECU tuning the car felt truly complete. I just got a deal on the tuning. Trackday expenses are on the higher side with this car, so I just rent a Uhaul bike-trailer for $50 and bring the 900RR to the tracks.

My plan is to take the miata to the tracks eventually. I felt that my old 96 gave me the best bang for the buck. The aftermarket support for the NA is unbelievable.

Just finished draining and refilling my Z's auto transmission. Still waiting for the front struts to arrive.

Replaced the Guibo. Car is now much smoother on acceleration.

Installed new engine mounts. The old ones were a bit compressed and cracked. Overall, the Z is much smoother. Zero Vibrations on idle.

Replaced the old ripped transmission mounts. The Z feels almost brand new. All mounts replaced made a huge improvement.

Bought a pressure washer and cleaned the engine and under-chassis. The only thing left to install are the front struts. The pressure washer is truly a game changer for cleaning all my toys. Made the cleaning experience fun on a whole new level.