I’ve just about got my AW11 back on the road at this point. It’s definitely more direct than my Mazda2 now that I’ve replaced pretty much every piece of rubber in the chassis (and the steering rack bushing), but with front and rear Corksport Sway Bars the Mazda really tightens up.

Sounds like a personal problem.

If your M24 is a california legal motor then you’re actually fine. You’re allowed to swap in a newer smog-compliant motor, so that would likely be alright as long as it’s got all of its original smog equipment.

You can have all of these things. You just order the parts you want, and install them (this is sometimes easier said than done). Some assembly required, your mileage may vary, etc.

Lower the pressure a little bit, damn!

You could probably throw an ugly stick weld on that, not one that'd hold up mind you but one that'll get you back on the track. TIG doesn't like rust, especially not that much.

That is all anyone needs, really.

I keep getting calls about how I'm "In a great position to trade in my Luxury Compact Vehicle in, and get a NEW CAR for the same payment or less". Never mind that my "Luxury Compact" is a base model Mazda2 with no cruise control. I've been declining their offers with declining politeness lately.

Briefly, yes.

I've seen plenty of Jeeps running around Southern California with very minimal fender coverage. There's enough that you could *techincally* argue that the fender extends past the wheel, but only near the doors. There's almost no coverage for the area of tire from ~9 o'clock to 12 o'clock. I think that would look…

Why bother with Fenders? Maybe a small roost deflector, but these?

That'll happen when you're laying down paint in a humid environment. He could have wet-sanded it smooth, but I don't think that was within the spirit of what he was doing. I'm sure it looked just fine for what it was.

I usually call to schedule appointments, actually, even though I use the Internet to do almost everything else.

Yield Strength isn't the issue with Aluminum, it's damage tolerance and failure mode.

The point is that it's fun to drive. I'll concede that it's slow as fuck, no argument there, but as a hatchback it's surprisingly spacious inside for it's footprint. I have the current 2 and I can think of maybe two times when I've needed something larger (towing my project AW11 home was one), it inhales a lot more…

Once I get mine running I'm looking forward to this as well.

Mass Centralization FTW!

The best/worst section of the ExPo forum is the For Sale section. So much goodness, at pretty much every price point. It makes my wallet hurt (in a good way... I think).

This would be the least surprising thing since Frank Underwood announced he'd be running for reelection.

Now, the thing about the guys who completed this project is that they are one of the top Mazda builders in the country, if not the world. These guys (then working for Fisher at Autobarn Mazda, which was sold to CJ Wilson before this Renesis Miata build began) built their own Mazdaspeed version of the Mazda2, they’ve…