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  1. Taking a journey through pain and a misfortune. A speed6 saga.

    This car has lived a ruff life... I got it for half of the market value.. I figured that gave me a decent budget to "restore" it to a good daily driver... I bought the car 190,000km's on it.. More story telling to come.. So far we have covered the first 3 months I owned the car...
  2. Taking a journey through pain and a misfortune. A speed6 saga.

    You know you're getting old when.... actually wait... This next section is more about how I was tired of driving purpose built autocross cars as my daily drivers and wanted to have something with a few creature comforts.. Like a factory radio that worked properly, and the fancy key less entry...
  3. Taking a journey through pain and a misfortune. A speed6 saga.

    With Round 1 of major maintenance and repairs complete. I drove the car for about a week. When I bought the car it was pretty leaky all over.. In order to narrow down the leaks, I had given the engine a solid bath while it was all apart.. So what did we find? Well shit! that's gear oil dripping...
  4. Taking a journey through pain and a misfortune. A speed6 saga.

    First order of businesses lets tackle the timing chain rattle.. If you're one of those people who's looking through your oil cap trying to determine if you need to replace the timing chain.. STOP!.. You need to see how extended the timing chain tensioner is, to be able to know how worn things...
  5. Taking a journey through pain and a misfortune. A speed6 saga.

    Hey everyone, I've been lurking around the forum and some of the facebook groups for a while. It's been a number of years since I participated in any forums, but I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately. I've owned my Speed6 since 2021 and lets just say, this car has been a curse... I...
  6. MZR 2.5/DISI Swap Internals Question

    The pistons on the stock 2.5L are weaker then Speed 2.3L pistons.. The power potential of a 2.5L comes from Miata world with port injection/not as knock prone.... That doesn't mean people aren't having success running a 2.5L swap on stock pistons.. If you are going to rebuild the motor and put...
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