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Member ID: bill_keksz

Location: edgewater, MD

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Vehicle Info

1997 Mazda Miata

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

  • Sony Head Unit 

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Nov 27, 2009

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bill’s Mazda Miata
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  • Currently 2.9714285714285 /5 Stars.
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1st Gen Windblocker
I was staring at the cockpit brace, contemplating a DIY windblocker, when I realized the distance between the brace & the shelf looked close to the width of the scraps I after left over from framing a kitchen door. Actually, it turned out to be exact. bill_keksz's 1997 Mazda Miata bill_keksz's 1997 Mazda Miata
Cut it to (IIRC)35 1/8", and added a couple L-brackets from Radio Shack. The bracket is screwed into the wood, and uses the existing boot Tennex to bolt to the interior - no drilling.

This is actually pretty effective - your hair will still get mussed, but it keeps the warm air in, and is virtually unnoticeable, especially after I painted it black. Also provides a good place for the CB speaker.

I recently made a more traditional Lucite version which is a bit higher - no pics yet. And nike's replacement now sports an OEM NB windblocker - Modified, of course, to fit behind the HDX2, by flipping its brackets sid-to-side.

OMP Pedals

bill_keksz's 1997 Mazda Miata Why OMP? Two reasons - the clutch pedal is chamfered to ease left-foot braking, and the brake pedal has a lip to prevent the right foot from getting caught under it. Practical benefits. One oddity - I mounted the gas pedal upside-down to align better with the brake pedal.

Door Handle Retrofit
bill_keksz's 1997 Mazda MiataI've always felt the armrests in the '90-93 & '96-97 weren't appropriate, looking more like something that belongs in an econobox. Besides, with my relatively long legs & splayed-out driving position, the handle rubbed against my left thigh. So I scarfed up a pair of the '94-95 grab handles (from someone who was doing the opposite!), which are round in cross-section and allow more knee room. Each uses two of the three mounting points from the armest. I covered over the indentation and extra hole with a piece of lucite, painted black.

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scottbowen  

Posted by: scottbowen

11/26/2009 12:47PM

gimme a quarter mile head start, on a half mile track and i'll race you!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bill_keksz

Location: edgewater, MD