Category: Miata Adventures
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Miatas at the Gap: 30th Anniversary – My Experience
Last year I did a day by day update. This year I’m going to just make one post to encompass the entire weekend. So let’s go! The event this year is August 6-8. I arrived on the 5th, so I could start early on Thursday and make sure I was rested and ready for an…
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The Miata gets a speaker replacement before the Dragon.
It was time. I have a Club trim which comes factory with Bose system and overall it sounded fine for a while. Recently I noticed I needed to turn the volume up a little more than I had. Also the speakers started to get very buzzy. I thought that maybe the voices in the podcast…
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The Miata gets an AFE Catted Header
It was time to uncork the exhaust. The ND2 head has bigger exhaust valves and ports. The exhaust ports are even re-worked to aid high RPM flow. I already hindered that a little by keeping the ND1 exhaust cam, but I was really killing flow with the ND1 factory header and cat. Mazda changed the…
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Project Frankenstein ECU Insights: ND1 vs Hybrid Setup Performance
This is going to be a quick, nerdy post, but I just want to get this out of the way first. No dyno numbers in this one. But I finally pulled a log on the car with the current setup. To keep it simple, I will refer to the original setup as “ND1” and the…
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MATG 2026 Prep Begins. Essential Pre-Trip Maintenance for Your Miata.
Miata’s at the Gap is just shy of four months away, so it was time to look over the ND and see what may need freshening up prior to the trip. I had not put a ton of miles on it since last year, however there were a few small items that had popped up.…
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Project Frankenstein: It’s Alive!
It’s finally time to get the ND2 head on the car. Of course, before the new head can go in, the old one has to come out. This isn’t meant to be a step‑by‑step “how‑to,” but rather a walkthrough of what I did, along with some tips and tricks I picked up along the way.…
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I asked AI to write a post about the ND Miata.
Full disclaimer. I do not use AI to write. Any quick read of my stuff should tell you that my writing style is 100% that of someone who does this for fun. It’s nowhere near as professional or correctly formatted in the way AI would do it. I do use AI (Microsoft Co-Pilot) to help…
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Flyin’ Miata’s Little Big Brake Kit: Installed.
The curves were calling, and I was able to answer them fairly confidently during my time at the Tail of the Dragon. I spent more time on the surrounding roads than the actual Dragon but there wasn’t a bad road to be had. The whole area was littered with great driving roads. My Miata was…
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Project Frankenstein: Going DIY with it?
I know I said this was going to be a long-term project and this is my third update in just a matter of days. But the actual swap will still be a long-term thing. However, I’ve been busy with prep and decided to lay out some thoughts on it as I learn more. First thing…
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Part Thirteen: MATG Prep is completed.
[I forgot to send this prior to leaving for the event. Sorry, it’s my first day. 🙂 -Supergoat] It’s a wrap! The car is fully prepped for Miata’s at the Gap. Fully prepped as far as what I planned to do anyway as there is always something to do. But my list of realistic modificatons…