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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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Choosing Affordable Strut Bars: My Experience on the BMW M235i
I know there are varying thoughts on upper strut bars, especially on modern cars that usually come with some form of strut bracing from the factory. A lot of people say it’s a waste. Some say it’s still worth it, but the bar needs to be solid, and not bolted together like the one in…
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Eliminating the Smell. Removing water from my BMW M235i.
I detailed in my first post about this car the state of the interior when I got it. For the most part, all of it has been sorted out. But a smell remained. Most days it wasn’t bad, but some days it would hit me in the face. In addition to the odor, it also…
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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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I bought an M235i from Carvana, it immediately needed over $13k in repairs.
I sold my 2022 BMW 330e as I wanted to get into something a little less comfortable. The 330e was extremely smooth and very nice to drive. A little too nice for me. And for the last several years I really wanted to get into an M235i or M2. However, having a child made the…
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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…
