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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here!
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    Hello from Nashville, TN

    Thanks for the approval. Been a Miata owner for over 11 years now (same car). I've pretty much turned every nut and bolt on the car in that time. I've built a few motors, transmissions, and diffs. I also did body and paint work myself. I went with a Toyota Cement grey. It has been a SCCA STS2 prepped car, a turbo street car, and now its a built high compression VVT motor that I daily and do some HPDE events with. I also race with a few friends in Champ Car races in the Southeast as well. I'm also preparing another NA chassis for SuperMiata S2 with WRL.







    Champ Car endurance racer


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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone TNRooster3's Avatar
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    Welcome to the forum, I'm also close to Nashville.

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    Welcome aboard the MR forum

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    Welcome, Great to have another fellow Miata enthusiast who understands and appreciates the beauty of a great car.

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone TNRooster3's Avatar
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    Midtenn86 did you name your car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNRooster3 View Post
    Midtenn86 did you name your car?
    Never really have. My cars in the past have always been named by friends. Like my 92 Camaro RS that was purple was called Barney. Then I got a Super Sonic Blue Pearl Integra GSR and it was called Barney II. So not very creatively named. I'm open to opinions though.

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    Welcome! lets see some photos of your Miata!!

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    From Grid Life South 2017. Photos by Justin Marlow, Team Rowdy USA:

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone TNRooster3's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Midtenn86 View Post
    Never really have. My cars in the past have always been named by friends. Like my 92 Camaro RS that was purple was called Barney. Then I got a Super Sonic Blue Pearl Integra GSR and it was called Barney II. So not very creatively named. I'm open to opinions though.
    May be kinda corny but how about Grey Ghost?

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    welcome to MazdaRoadster.net !!!

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    Welcome!
    It looks like the car is set-up nice for the track.
    I like the hood vent with the Gurney flap.
    Stance & wheels are perfect.

    What is that front bumper???
    Last edited by MiataQuest; 02-20-2018 at 08:29 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiataQuest View Post
    Welcome!
    It looks like the car is set-up nice for the track.
    I like the hood vent with the Gurney flap.
    Stance & wheels are perfect.

    What is that front bumper???
    Its a good compromise between a street car and a track car. I have another shell I'm preparing as a full track car, so this car is getting to be more street friendly. The hood is a stock hood I modified when I did the paint job. The front bumper is a Racing Beat Type II copy. I knew I was going to be doing a lot of track days and it was going to be abused, so I couldn't see spending nearly double for the real thing only to destroy it with an off. So far its held up pretty well.

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    Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

    Cement Gray...Jimmy Hoffa?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dweikum View Post
    Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

    Cement Gray...Jimmy Hoffa?
    Jimmy Hoffa-- that's a good one.

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    Outstanding first post. I love the cement grey reference with the first pict being on cement.


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