New here my name is Luke McGrew purchased a 1994 miata and decided to build it towards spec miata with a goal of going racing in the next year or so. Been tracking/instructing and use to time trail since 2008 in various cars, mostly 2008 Dodge Viper with all ACR Mods and some suspension setup, a viper ta, and a track prepped e46 m3. I ordered a new Viper ACR a few months ago and while waiting to get it, ive decided to build a miata. Co drove one sometimes autox and recently drove a friend of mines at ncm which was a blast. Funnest cars ive driving on track are an arial atom followed by a miata.
I Probably should have purchased a 99 but this one was close and cheap and im not looking to be a major contender just mainly for fun, it was smoking some from an over heat and i thought it was a stuck rings or valve seals. I replaced the seals and that didnt fix it, so i decided to pull the engine and found that cylinder 1 wall had some damage. Purchased another block and going reuse pistions and crank from this block as everything looks good. Got a long list of items as this car is stock. Learned alot already from the wealth of info on the forums.