Budget sports cars!

[Jakashh]

You're damn right about that lol. Ugly as sin.

 

[TexMex247]

Basically, i bought it several years ago for a hundred bucks. It had a blown motor and wasted transmission. It was a single owner Texas car from Belton. The nice lady I bought it from even had the showroom receipt. I originally dropped a 351W motor in it and eventually blew it up(piston tops). The weight of that bad boy lowered the front end a few inches so after it blew I went back to a 302 that was bored to a 308. Then I topped it with the trickflow heads and cam. I ran it a few times with the open rear end and stock gears. It stayed pretty straight when I laid into it thanks to the "one tire fire". It was fun to dork around with but the tall gears turned it into a beast. Since it has always been a "frankencar" it has a hodge podge of different parts. An original c4 with unknown bellhousing and 157 tooth flywheel. The Mustang II had a small diameter bell produced only for it. When I put a B&M converter in it, I had to go with a larger bell which I traded a buddy for. He seemed sure that it came from his 641/2 mustang w/289 motor but I have always had noisy starting issues. I have tried 3 different yr models of starters for 302s and they all have problems in this combo. It drives me nuts because the separator plate fits a 64-71C4 but all starters are still too far or too close. It hasn't seen the track in a few years and I'd rather spend my money on my ever-expanding arsenal. I might gut it and sell the rolling chassis for scrap. It kills me to do it cause I have put some time and parts into it but that's the way it goes. Oh, and it's currently painted that nice shade of piss yellow w/brown runners across the bottom, a true master piece of ugly.

 

[MR Redneck]

Budget??
Bought as budget as can be..

 

[lockweeze]

You might also look at a well mileaged supra. I realize thats muuuch more sporty than a 350 or a g35 but hey, i wouldnt think thats necessarily bad...

 

[Clockwork]

Like I've said before I really like Nissan products so the G35 and 350z top my list.

Why would you want a chick car?

 

[Jakashh]

Why would you want a chick car?

+1. Get something manly, that when you sit in the drivers seat your chest hairs rise (because you're a man and you have chest hair), and your beard grows 4" upon acceleration.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

+1. Get something manly, that when you sit in the drivers seat your chest hairs rise (because you're a man and you have chest hair), and your bear grows 4" upon acceleration.

 

[Young Gun]

370Z is the man's version of the 350Z...IMHO . Although a ton of my buddies with 350Z's would have brain aneurisms if they heard you call it a check car haha. I stick with my Z32 300ZX, but mainly because I can't afford a new sports car :P.

 

[zembonez]

Pay no attention to the "chick car" bullshit comments. Most people who consider making such a statement have never owned anything but a truck. Sports cars are a blast. Hell, I even loved all of the Miatas I have owned. Almost nothing on the road has the balance of a Miata.

 

[Jakashh]

Pay no attention to the "chick car" bullshit comments. Most people who consider making such a statement have never owned anything but a truck. Sports cars are a blast. Hell, I even loved all of the Miatas I have owned. Almost nothing on the road has the balance of a Miata.

Even though I called the tree fiddy a chick car (my friend owns one and thinks hes the shit, so i have a negative image of them), I do love miata's. Great track cars, and i'd love to own one with a 302 out of a fox or an LS1. Yours is in great condition!

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Pay no attention to the "chick car" bullshit comments. Most people who consider making such a statement have never owned anything but a truck. Sports cars are a blast. Hell, I even loved all of the Miatas I have owned. Almost nothing on the road has the balance of a Miata.

I was expecting people to jump all over the Miata and was gonna stay out of it, but I guess I'll have to pickup the slack....

What have you done with the high school girl you stole that from?

 

[zembonez]

I was expecting people to jump all over the Miata and was gonna stay out of it, but I guess I'll have to pickup the slack....

What have you done with the high school girl you stole that from?

We cut her up and put her in the trunk. Of course.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Nice!

CW has a cannibal cook book in his SHTF stash he can probably let you borrow.

 

[zembonez]

Nice!

CW has a cannibal cook book in his SHTF stash he can probably let you borrow.

Too late. We already fed her to the pit bulls. I saved the head and I'm shrinking it to make a shift knob out of.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I just lost my breath laughing!

 

[M. Sage]

I had a black 95 Miata. I loved that car... Nothing as balanced, not much becomes a part of the driver like that car.

I did a few mods (stainless brake hoses, 8.5lb flywheel, urethane bushings, KYB AGX shocks, advance base timing 4 degrees and a little tweaking and tuning here and there) to make it even more responsive.

Had to sell it when I moved.

 

[jeepinbanditrider]

Miata. You can find early 2000s models for around 4 grand.

Here's mine a 91 model with suspension mods, chassis bracing, and a M45 Supercharger.

Even with the supercharger it gets mid to upper 20s on the interstate and low-mid 20s around town. And handles like a dream

 

[Jakashh]

"Hey, is that a barret M82? Badass!"

"Yeah, It's a hell of a gun, but it's so hard to bring it here in my miata"

 

[M. Sage]

"Hey, is that a barret M82? Badass!"

"Yeah, It's a hell of a gun, but it's so hard to bring it here in my miata"

Nah, you just move the passenger seat forward a bit, lay it down as flat as you can and lay the case in the seat. Oh, and you'll have to put the top down, too.

A Mosin 91/30 is a perfect fit if you put the muzzle behind the passenger seat and the butt behind the driver.

 

[TheDan]

I had a black 95 Miata. I loved that car... Nothing as balanced, not much becomes a part of the driver like that car.

You should try driving a x1/9 then. Miata's are great, but I think the x1/9 has them beat on handling.

"Hey, is that a barret M82? Badass!"

"Yeah, It's a hell of a gun, but it's so hard to bring it here in my miata"

I dunno why it would be. You have infinite headroom in a convertible