The next reader build showcase we have comes from Andy in Rhode Island. For the past four years, Andy has been hard at work transforming a mild-mannered NA Miata into a turbocharged wide body beast of a sports car.
This is what the little Mazda started out as. Talk about humble origins.
The list of stuff done to Andy's Roadster is long, and he did nearly all of the work himself. Under the hood is a fully built, turbocharged version of the original Mazda four cylinder with a Megasquirt standalone system. After completing the motor before the winter, it made 256whp with a vacuum leak. Andy hopes to hit 300whp once spring comes.
To handle the extra power, the car has also been fitted with a transmission and rear end from a turbo FC RX7 – something that took quite a bit of fabrication to pull off.
Dominating the exterior is a full AWR wide body kit.
And fitting into those beefy fenders? A set of Work Equip 01's sized 15×10 in the front and 15×11 out back. Wow.
Without a doubt this is one of the coolest Roadster builds we've seen in a while.
Thanks for sharing Andy!
-Mike Garrett
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it's so sinister, and gorgeous
Sexy!
Where's the build? Just looks like trash to treasure before and after???
Rad. I'm feelin this.
never was a big fan of the Miata....not much has changed
Damn, shoulda just done a rotary swap
Props though, man, I love Miatas and I love this build.
wallpaper of pic 4 please!
Work Equip 01's look so tough on MX5's.
Equip 01's and Miatas, match made in heaven, one of my favourite wheels, I look forward to nabbing a set for my Z. doesn't take much to make a little Miata look damned aggressive, like what he's done here.
no engine bay pics?!
shame.
great car though.
love those rear arches.. meaty.. very meaty - it wasn't until i drove one of these little rockets that i really started to look out for modified ones - this one looks quite mean and moody! - thanks for the run-down.
11" !!!! Wow! can see a lot of hard work has been put into this build and it has totally paid off. Love it!!!
I love it, but come on man, give me a shot of the engine bay. pretty please.
very nice indeed. if he'd smooth out the rear fenders, drop her a bit more and tint those taillights it might very well be the sexiest miata ive seen in a long time!
Awesome !!!!
The best miata: powerfull & beautiful
Nice idea! shame for the body work quality though.
Yup! Sexy in Black...
sweet!
i remember this build on miata.net, 4 years all the work himself, thats dedication
Remember sharkra?
lovin it
i or degree it
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i wish mine were like that
Nice work.
But still like Chris' more. Sorry.
Meh
What a freaking gorgeous little car. I was never a Miata fan before, but this build completely changed my mind. Four years... wow. Labor of love, and it shows.
megasquirt LoL
four cylinder with a Megasquirt standalone system
This is my car, thanks for all the comments guys! I'm really honored that my car was chosen. It's been a long uphill battle, but it's finally starting to pay off. I have a build thread floating around on a few miata forums, with plenty of pictures and details. Thanks again for all the support!
beautiful
Yeaaaaaaaaah!!!!! I love this car!!! Congrats Andy! My car is living vicariously on Speedhunters through your feature. Dig the photos my dude!
you mean boost leak, right? how much vacuum do you see when that turbo is spooled? lol. also a small boost leak wont prevent the car from making power, the turbo just has to work a bit harder...whats the real reason for not meeting his power goals on a built motor and standalone engine management?