The are 3 types of Miata owners… The old farts that like their Miatas stock, the young ones that tune the crap out of them and the racers. While each type of Miata owner will often cross those boundaries, for the most part, each type is rather clearly defined. Guess which type is here? This…
This is it. 2014 is definitely the year of the Miata. Enthusiasts look at the history of the world’s favorite roadster. The tension rises as we await the unveiling of the ND Miata. Scroll down for the videos Mazda’s focus in 2013 was to promote the new Mazda 3 and Mazda 6. It’s now evident…
I spent a lot of time looking at steering wheels for the RallyWays Miata. The new steering wheel had to be both functional and retro. No funny racing shapes and flat bottoms would do. I finally settled on the Nardi Deep Corn 330mm for Miata you see here. The Nardi Torino Deep Corn is a…
When I decided to replace my stock Miata steering wheel with a smaller sport aftermarket wheel, I opted to use a Momo steering wheel hub for Miata for the installation. Since Momo is the only company that I’m aware of that makes a crushable hub I was adamant about it. The steering wheel hub, otherwise…
Can you improve your car’s handling and precision by replacing your stock rubber bushings with polyurethane bushings? That’s what this project is all about. Our mission is to install a full set of polyurethane bushes in our Miata and find out. The bushings, or bushes, are the rubber bits holding all the moving parts in…
Original Miatas have a problem. They are generally inexpensive, at least as of this writing. Mazda made a crapload of them – 431,544 worldwide to be exact, between 1988 and 1997. Because they are plentiful still, people don’t usually put much money into restoring them yet, so many are quite ratty. When you find a…