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The car:
1991 Mazda Miata Limited Edition , British Racing Green with tan leather interior, tan boot, and black top.
Equipment: Nardi wood shift knob and hand brake handle, tan tonneau cover, stainless sill plates, air conditioning, compact disc player, limited slip differential, includes A and B package options: power steering, leather-wrapped steering wheel, aluminum alloy wheels, AM-FM/cassette stereo, cruise control, power windows, headrest speakers.
Optional on the Limited Editions: hardtop, automatic transmission, ABS (I only have the ABS)
Production: limited to 4000, numbered sequence with badge, all produced between 12-03-90 and 3-30-91. Note that Mazda described the model as a "Special Edition" although many would describe it as a "Limited Edition"
Base MSRP: $18,899 plus $299 + $35 freight, plus options.
I got the car with 121,000 miles on it...
Mods:
Suspension:
-11" from fender to hub, all around
-15x7 +38 Kosei K1's (they are sanded waiting for paint right now so they are flat silver)
-Project Kics 25mm spacers
-Toyo R1R 195/50/15 (they run wide... and the grip is unreal wet or dry, but I lack horsepower)
-STANCE AL+, rears all the way down (all collars touching), fronts a few turns up from lowest setting (8k/6k springs, aka 500lbs front/325 lbs rear--for a 2200 lb car)
-Flying Miata frame rail braces
-TCSportline tubular rear upper control arms
-NB front upper control arms
-Energy Suspension Bushing kit
-R-Package outer tie rods
-Secret Element super angle inner tie rods
-Hard Dog Hard Core Dual Diagonal Hard Top (HDHCDDHT) roll bar
Alignment:
-2* of camber front and rear
1/16" toe in
+5* of caster (depowered rack)
Engine:
-14 degrees of timing
-Bosal Muffler
-Jackson Racing Hi-Flow 2.5" Cat
-Racing Beat Resonated Midpipe
-RX7 AFM
-UHMW Diff Mounts
-UHMW Motor Mounts
-Unknown Brand Header
-Wrinkle Red Valve Cover (soon to be sparkle blue/green flip flop)
Brakes:
-Hawk HPS pads
-Powerslot Rotors
Interior:
-320mm steering wheel
-Aluminum center console block-off plate
-Carbon Fiber shift boot
-Center dash pocket
-Custom shortie center console
-Black cloth seat with foam mod
-NACA duct quarter windows
-Red gauges
-Simpson Platinum 5 point harness
-Valentine 1 hardwired
-Voodoo pearl shift knob
-STRIPPED
Exterior:
-Autokonexion lip spoiler molded into trunk
-OEM R package front lip
-Rennenmetal towhooks (not currently on car)
-Turn signal intakes (TSI's)