So where is the diesel Miata?

I thought I tracked it down a while back but I forgot about it and .. well. I just remembered it.

Will the owner of it please update us. That car needs to be completed!!!!

I recently traded it to Spinout007, so it is back in Gainesville.

It's fate is in the air right now. While part of me agrees it needs to be finished. I need the straight body for my daily rebuild. so like I said, its in the air. Currently it is back home in gainesville where it started.

Sounds to me like he is saying he would trade it to any willing madman for a clean Miata body.

I was thinking about that car the other day, and how it would be a fantastic lemons car...

I really seriously considered that car for the longest time and then I ended up with Yugos.... Something is wrong with me. I would love to see it finished.

Im new. You've peaked my curiosity. What is the story on this diesel Miata? What engine? Whats its current state?

5cyl Benz td auto trans, mounted turns over belches big clouds of smoke. Was frozen a week ago from sitting. Got it freed up and turning over nicely now. I think we have the drive shaft sorted so have to get the fuel system sorted, dash back together and a seat mounted. Oh and figure out the hood situation. Benz motor is a bit longer/taller than your avg miata motor.

I think the idea for it may have been hatched at the hotel for the challenge, maybe poolside.

It's a project that has been floating around among GRMers for a couple of years.

The Gainesville gang stuffed a 300D from a Mercedes Benz into the front of a Miata. Well, almost. It will need a hood scoop of sizable proportions.

Anyway, I bought it not finished with the motor in place. Best of intentions....

I never got to it. It sat in my yard for a couple of years.

Spinout007 was part of the original asylum that conceived the poor little abomination, err...

It has now gone full circle back to it's roots, but his real need is a clean Miata body, so it's future fate is unknown. He may remove the diesel.

Unless, someone makes it worth his while!

And there are MANY of us who would like to see that car finished. The concept of a little sports car doing massive smokey black turbo diesel burnouts is enough to....

...excuse me...

Spinout007 wrote: I think the idea for it may have been hatched at the hotel for the challenge, maybe poolside.

Eiata, Ethiata, Diata. THAT is the GRM trifecta.

We've yet to stuff a v8 in one. I'm waiting for that one.

http://youtu.be/nXSgA_i-4PM

Oh good grief! You guys didn't notice the oil bath the S-10 was taking? It's in the beginning of the video, and you don't seem to notice until the end!

We might have mistakenly assumed the little tiny line on the oil filter can without a hose on it was vacuum when it really was an oil line. An oil line that got pressure any time you quit cranking. We quit cranking a lot.

You guys are a riot! Glad you are having fun!!

You know what kind of looks you get pulling into the self serve car wash in weather like that?

And my shoes still puddle when I walk two days later.

I hadn't worked on a car in the pouring rain in years. Made me miss camping (and decide a poncho needs to be added to my toolbox).

I just watched the video. That prob happened when the starter stuck a few minutes prior. And it was pouring outside. Lots of thunder. Wait I prob need to shut up now. :D

You get that thing started, and I don't think you will be cutting it up for the body.

Thats an awesome idea!

SVreX wrote: You get that thing started, and I don't think you will be cutting it up for the body.

So you're saying if j get it running and driving you want it back?

I, for one, can't wait to see this thing actually driving!

"Nobody call the EPA, pleeeease."