[wannafbody]

Well, in my quest for a fun, relatively inexpensive car I crossed to the dark side. It's not quite a Ford, so it's beyond the dark side, it's a Mazda Miata. The car is solid with a new clutch, muffler and tires and a relatively low mileage engine. After inquiring about the car I realized the owner was a friend of one of my friend's dad(saw the car at church this morning). After I settled on the deal he says...oh and I got an extra head I'll throw in and the hard top too. Not a bad day.

This post has been edited by wannafbody: Jul 6 2009, 12:45 AM

[wannafbody]

How many quarts of oil does the 1.6L take?

[roostmeyer]

How many quarts of oil does the 1.6L take?

4 quarts, factory oil change interval is 5000 miles... I don't let mine go that long except if its during the winter and I'm not racing at all. If it weren't for the stock 4.30 gears I think I'd get 35+ easily on the highway, as it is I average right at 30. My car has been deadbeat reliable (on oem parts) except for the speedometer cable making noise, burning about a quart of oil between changes while in race season, pinion nylock backing off, and some oil leaks, one of them being a rear main which is going to cost me my clutch one of these days if I don't get around to swapping in this crate motor I've got in my garage. I've owned the car almost 2 years with 2 track days and I'd guess 300+ autocross runs. Tires are cheap in 205/195 50r15 sizes and in STS running street tires you can get over 200 runs out of a set so its a cheap car to race and tinker with.

If your going to be doing a timing belt swap I'd strongly suggest reading up on the short nose crank problems in the early cars.

This post has been edited by roostmeyer: Jul 7 2009, 07:34 PM