I know I’m like definitely being paranoid about this, but I washed my car and decided to wash my engine bay off cause it had some oil I spilled, and my tiny peanut brain seemed to forgot that I just got home from work and the engine was still hot, I sprayed everything down and right when I got to the headers and saw all the steam that’s when I realized I messed up and probably shouldn’t have hosed everything off. I drove the car this morning and it drove fine, but my paranoid self thinks I’m smelling a weird burning type of smell that I never smelled before. I know it’s probably fine but I need other people to tell me that lol

Been debating this with some friends and I’m curious what everyone here would do.

You get $50,000 cash, but the only rule is you have to spend it on a car.

What are you buying?

I’d probably go with a BMW M4 Competition, but I’m interested to see what everyone else picks.

I keep getting adds and I dooo need an alignment on my NA and NB. I’m wondering if it’s worth the squeeze. In the same token, should I have swivel plates so the tires don’t had any drag while doing it? I don’t track, but I do like my sprited drives. Both cars are lowered with 205 200tw tires

A mouth breather owned this car before me and crunched theses frame rails in with jacks. I’m probably gonna end up welding angle iron down each side of them but I figured I’d check and see what y’all thought before I did it.

Initially i tried changing just the bulb for an led but twisting the cap off the whole assembly snapped in half. I ended up using some amazon nilight foglights for a 2009 nissan Xterra. For the plug i bought a male and female connector to make it plug and play. The fitment and outcome came out pretty nice.

Hey, back again on the powersteering leak thing

So some of yall mentioned it being a return hose and its correct but what I'm confused about and is almost nowhere talked about, is the hard pipe connecting to the steering rack with a flare nut

Pics are included. The rubber hose obviously will be replaced and is easy to find

The hard line/pipe however I cant find anywhere.

(3rd pic added as clarification where it connects to steering rack)

Anyone had this issue and found the solution before?

Thank you!

Big pain help

1990 Miata 1.6L

Planning on redoing all top and bottom gaskets, timing belt, water pump, clutch, and a deep clean due to the engine being entirely coated in sludge. Not sure what happened before I got it lol

Trying to save money so a 1.8 swap is probably not happening yet, I'm committed to the 1.6 until it goes

I've heard Miatas are as easy as it gets for pulling engines, but this will be my first attempt so any advice is appreciated

Edit: thanks guys, lots of good info that I didn't think of and definitely added some things to my list. Gonna go for it this weekend. Will update soon with how it goes

Sittin sideways!

There was a cement column exactly behind the pillar in the blind spot and I reversed into it…
How much will it be to repair this and can it be done? I’m completely devastated right now

Yesterday was hot, outdoor temp in the car finally dropped to 105f. It was a top up, crank up the A/C

35-40f top down if I'm in town

40-50f top down on the highway or in town with my wife. Heaters are amazing

50-85 top down

85-95 top up with my wife is in the car, top down when it's just me.

95-100 top up, A/C cranked. Might be OK if I'm not going to be stuck at a stoplight. Then I will be shade hopping, something I picked up as a cyclist. Being stuck next to a semi trailer in the shade is nice

100+ why am I even outside

Yesterday the heat index as 114f. Brutal and yet I still had a cigar outside sitting in the of a swamp cooler that I filled with ice. Kind of a cheater outside A/C

The new problem is getting a deferral until it becomes a bigger problem. Right now, it's just oil in the coolant. I'm not gonna concern myself with it until it's coolant in the oil.

A mouth breather owned this car before me and crunched theses frame rails in with jacks. I’m probably gonna end up welding angle iron down each side of them but I figured I’d check and see what y’all thought before I did it.

As a gear head, I’ve owned several sports cars, including multiple high end ones (458,911s) but my ND RF Miata gets the most compliments by far, especially from older women (grannies) and kids.

What surprises me most is how often people come over just to chat about it. That almost never happened with my other cars.

What is it about the Miata that makes it so approachable? Anyone else with similar experience across multiple brands and models?

Found this in an auction, but it's got a surprise under the hood.

Just removed the style bar that one of the previous owners had installed on my 95. I kind of liked the silver look though. Any recommendations for functional bars that are a similar color?

I just got this Miata, it needs a crank saver done. So while it’s open I’m doing a timing belt and water pump. It did run and move, but I couldn’t get it to idle very good before I dove into this project.

FWIW it’s a ‘94 with the 1.8, and a fast forward supercharger.

Found on Facebook Marketplace for a 100$ CAD

I guess I’m glad it seems to be just the one panel. No one ever sees these small cars when changing lanes.

This is our first Miata and now I fully understand why people love these little cars.