sooooo.
ive owned a few 240s, KA/SR, and have gotten pretty used to sliding them around on the street and track. driven KAs with welded diffs, monster SR's, stock of sr's, all sorts of different suspension mods on all of them.
heres some of my old cars: (im selling the s14 right now)
So im planning on buying a friend's 1997 MX5 in a couple weeks.
plans with my mx5 are stance coilovers, first and foremost; welded diff, roll cage / bar, maybe a hydro handbrake, upgraded calipers/pads/rotors.
any of you have experience drifting a miata, compared to a 240? i hear they are a lot of fun, and WAY more reliable in a lot of ways.
the car has 177xxx miles on it, runs good with consistent matienence (doesnt burn oil or make strange sounds whatsoever).
im planning on beating the hell out of it, clutch kicks/hard track driving (will be changing clutch out with an exedy oem).
im not sure if the mileage is too high to be doing this sort of driving, id like the motor to hold for a while.
also looking for some suggestions on lightweight 15" wheels. I cant seem to find anything in an offset I like, with the weight im looking for.
looking to find an offset between 0 and +10, and a weight between 9 and ~13lbs per wheel.
been checking out rota slipstreams 15x7.5 offset is +20 though
also checked out enkei rpf1s in 15s, but the widest offset is +35 :bang:
a friend of mine is selling some 15x8 bassett wheels +6 offset, which need a slight fender pull to fit right- exactly what im looking for. but they weigh something around ~20 lbs each, WAY too heavy to use on a NA mx5 drift car, in my opinion.
would a miata make a solid drift car, or am i going at this completely wrong? im tired of 240 problems.
just looking for some input really. thanks, sorry for the wall of text.