In March 2001 I purchased my '92 Sunburst Miata. It was bone stock, and some would say kind of cute.
In March 2001 I purchased my '92 Sunburst Miata. It was bone stock, and some would say kind of cute.
I loved the little thing, but I had to give it my own touch.
I was living in California, so I was afraid to touch the engine. That changed in 2004 when work transferred me to Texas.
Out from under the evil CARB thumb, the car got some power.
I soon found new hangouts,
And spent a little time at the track.
After a few years, I grew bored with the car, so it went through a little change.
The old roll bar moved to it's new garage-mate.
And it was even left outside one night.
Then last year during the great Dallas snowstorm of 2011, I got stuck in North Carolina on a business trip. DFW Airport finally let me fly home the Saturday before the Superbowl. I had the Miata sitting at the airport waiting for me so I figured I was screwed. Approaching the airport, I could see cars of all types on the roads, and they seemed fine. I was told that the road crews were doing a great job because of the Superbowl, so I headed out. The first 40 minutes of driving were fine, then I got past the tourist areas.
Last edited by Titus; 01-13-2012 at 11:59 PM.
Dat antenna!
Like the car though, color is pulled of by a miata better than most cars.
Hey now... 10 years ago, that antenna was cool! It was a gift from the wife so it had to stay until now. I recently informed her that it was destroyed in the wreck.Originally Posted by ChrisJuliano
Pics of the new Momo and door handles installed, along with a preview pic that I call perspective.
Perspective.jpg
'92 Sunburst- The Rotten Banana
'93 LE- officially the wife's car, but usually my daily driver
Very nice
I don't know if I can take the abuse.
LOL
I thought I would try to document the mods so far. I am sure I will have to come back several times to add forgotten items...
- Jackson Racing M54 Supercharger
- Track Dog Racing Intercooler
- Custom intake with parts found on the warehouse shelves of TDR
- RC440 Injectors
- 150mm Crank pulley
- 67.5mm nose pulley
- LC-1 Wideband
- Old School Racing Beat 4-2-1 Header
- Track Dog Header blanket
- Racing Beat Sport Connecting Pipe
- Racing Beat Power Pulse Dual Muffler
- ACT 1.6 Stage 1 Clutch kit
- 1.8 Torsen diff
- PWR Aluminum Radiator
- Brakes/Suspension:
- 1.8 Calipers and rotors
- HPS Pads
- Old School Flyin Miata springs
- KYB AGX shocks
- Flyin Miata Sway bars
- Moss Front Chassis Brace
- Flyin Miata Frame Rails
- Harddog M2 Hard Core Hard Top Double Diagonal Rollbar
- Polished Dual Hood Lift Kit
- Moss Lo Pro Headlights
- Drivers side NACA duct headlight lid (unknown origin)
- GarageSTAR Side-mount license plate bracket
- Hardtop
- Moss Rubber Antenna
- VooDoo Magnum shift knob
- VooDoo E-Brake handle
- Redline leather shift boot
- Redline leather E-Brake boot
- Polished aluminum door sills
- DDM Works stainless steel radio surround
- Westach A/F Gauge
- Westach Boost Gauge
- Nakamichi CD-45z headunit
- Soundstream D60 II
- Vifa Coaxial 6.5s
- Soundstream SA120 (hooked to nothing at the moment)
'92 Sunburst- The Rotten Banana
'93 LE- officially the wife's car, but usually my daily driver
Added a couple items I realized were left off.
'92 Sunburst- The Rotten Banana
'93 LE- officially the wife's car, but usually my daily driver
The Damage doesn't look so bad, but it actually added up to over $3000 and it was a fight to keep them from totaling it. I ended up blowing every penny from the insurance company on mail order parts for it's resurrection. It was placed on a trailer, and my Tahoe was packed to its limit with parts. It was towed to Miata Solutions (Forum user Rogue) and the parts were unloaded. Sometime soon I hope to be able to reveal the new and improved Rotten Banana.
I quite like what you've done with your Miata. However, it looks as though you've just got started.
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