So Phee is my second Miata. She is really a continuation of Jumbata's build, but I won't do everything exactly the same the second time around. I crashed Jumbata less than two weeks ago and through my insurance company and craigslist, Phee was in my driveway four days ago. Very happy with the whole process - especially how fast it was. I feel almost back to normal. Almost.
I named this car Phee, a more girly incarnation of Pheonix. The car that rose from the ashes of Jumbata.
Say hi to Phee.
The goods: never in any accidents. The PO was a 62 year old cool guy who was really into the Miata. He did quite a few mods I hadn't even done with the previous build. All polyurethane bushings through out the whole suspension. Stainless braided brake lines and clutch line. Brand new paint this past November! I looked at all the panels for repair work - he assured me there wasn't even any bondo except for one place on a rocker. Besides being a little dirty and having swirl marks in the paint (but not terrible) I think it looks as good as any stock 1994.
I sold the red hard top to a buddy the same day I brought the car home.
Over the next 72 hours... the last three days in a row, I have done very little besides work on swapping parts into Phee. My family was out of town so all I did was work on the car, eat, shower and sleep. I easily have 45 hours into her.
Swapped in my tail lights and TRM wheels as soon as I got home.
FCM coilovers and sway bar going in. Not a huge fan of the painted calipers but I have wilwoods going in anyway so for now I can deal. Cool upgrade on the stainless lines.
Cool! Racing beat rear end links! My old ones were stock so bonus upgrade!
BEFORE - look at how HIGH Phee's butt is! Ridiculous. Almost embarrassed to drive her like that.
After. SO much better.
Next I got busy on the interior. Swapped over my tombstone, center console, shifter knob, eBrake handle, vent rings, upper door card bolsters... and my brand new Roadster5 door cards. No door handles installed yet. I'm having some custom made.
Phee already feels like home... but she sure doesn't have any guts. She's stock under the hood with 177,000 miles and has left a few ponies out in the pasture. She'll puff some smoke on hard shifts and acceleration. PO upgraded the clutch, which is nice but so did I, so I have a motor with 22,000 miles on it ready to drop in. I really miss my supercharger.
Installed the Hard Dog Extreme roll bar and my custom harness bar. Didn't take many photos, but here is the support behind the seat.
In this shot you can see both backing plates for the roll bar install.
Went ahead and did a little work under the hood just for pride's sake. Nothing I'll need to undo for a motor swap. Gas shock hood raise was first - to make working under the hood easier... forever.
PO did the powdercoated VC and intake manny, plus the strut tower brace. I added the washer fluid relocation, Garage Star cowl cover and the Moroso coolant overflow tank. Need to remove the stock washer bottle to make room for the Rotrex gear. Thought it would be nice to turn that bottle into a water/meth storage tank... but let's not get too far ahead of the build!
Better photos coming, but a buddy of mine took this one after a my first canyon run in Phee, with the new suspension, wheels, roll bar and Project-G bikini top. Not bad for three days of work!
I named this car Phee, a more girly incarnation of Pheonix. The car that rose from the ashes of Jumbata.
Say hi to Phee.
The goods: never in any accidents. The PO was a 62 year old cool guy who was really into the Miata. He did quite a few mods I hadn't even done with the previous build. All polyurethane bushings through out the whole suspension. Stainless braided brake lines and clutch line. Brand new paint this past November! I looked at all the panels for repair work - he assured me there wasn't even any bondo except for one place on a rocker. Besides being a little dirty and having swirl marks in the paint (but not terrible) I think it looks as good as any stock 1994.
I sold the red hard top to a buddy the same day I brought the car home.
Over the next 72 hours... the last three days in a row, I have done very little besides work on swapping parts into Phee. My family was out of town so all I did was work on the car, eat, shower and sleep. I easily have 45 hours into her.
Swapped in my tail lights and TRM wheels as soon as I got home.
FCM coilovers and sway bar going in. Not a huge fan of the painted calipers but I have wilwoods going in anyway so for now I can deal. Cool upgrade on the stainless lines.
Cool! Racing beat rear end links! My old ones were stock so bonus upgrade!
BEFORE - look at how HIGH Phee's butt is! Ridiculous. Almost embarrassed to drive her like that.
After. SO much better.
Next I got busy on the interior. Swapped over my tombstone, center console, shifter knob, eBrake handle, vent rings, upper door card bolsters... and my brand new Roadster5 door cards. No door handles installed yet. I'm having some custom made.
Phee already feels like home... but she sure doesn't have any guts. She's stock under the hood with 177,000 miles and has left a few ponies out in the pasture. She'll puff some smoke on hard shifts and acceleration. PO upgraded the clutch, which is nice but so did I, so I have a motor with 22,000 miles on it ready to drop in. I really miss my supercharger.
Installed the Hard Dog Extreme roll bar and my custom harness bar. Didn't take many photos, but here is the support behind the seat.
In this shot you can see both backing plates for the roll bar install.
Went ahead and did a little work under the hood just for pride's sake. Nothing I'll need to undo for a motor swap. Gas shock hood raise was first - to make working under the hood easier... forever.
PO did the powdercoated VC and intake manny, plus the strut tower brace. I added the washer fluid relocation, Garage Star cowl cover and the Moroso coolant overflow tank. Need to remove the stock washer bottle to make room for the Rotrex gear. Thought it would be nice to turn that bottle into a water/meth storage tank... but let's not get too far ahead of the build!
Better photos coming, but a buddy of mine took this one after a my first canyon run in Phee, with the new suspension, wheels, roll bar and Project-G bikini top. Not bad for three days of work!