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You Need This: A one-of-350, Competition Yellow Mica Mazda RX-7 R1

A more exclusive FD-chassis RX-7? The R1 was only sold in North America, and Mazda only built 350 of them in Competition Yellow Mica.

You Need This: JDM Mazda RX-7 modified by Knight Sports

Not just a Japanese-market RX-7, but one modified by Japanese tuning shop Knight Sports.

You Need This: A (very) stripped-down Miata M Edition

Starting life as an M Edition, this Miata has since been turned into a turbocharged "street legal" kart.

You Need This: Mazda Miata M Edition with fewer than 43,000 miles

Clean, unmodified and showing fewer than 43,000 miles, can you really go wrong with this 1997 M Edition Miata?

You Need This: A Mazda doing a shrubbery impression

Buy this mystery Mazda–the listing says it's an MX-3, but we aren't too sure–and the seller will throw in the ivy and weeds free of charge.

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Features: Which Miata makes the best race car: NA, NB, NC or ND?

How does the ND-chassis Mazda Miata MX-5 Cup compare to the NA-, NB-, and NC-chassis Cup Cars?

Shop Work: How to add inexpensive power with a salvage yard supercharger

No movie magic, no special effects. For less than $200 we put together our own supercharger setup.

Buyer's Guides: You want an NA Miata? Flyin' Miata's Keith Tanner offers advice.

Not sure which NA Miata is right for you? Let Flyin’ Miata’s Keith Tanner help you decide.

Features: Is the current Mazda MX-5 Club still the answer®? | Track Test

Is the Miata's latest refresh enough to keep it ahead of the BRZ and GR86? We take a 2024 ND Mazda MX-5 Club to our official test track to find out.

News and Notes: MiataCon: Celebrating one of our favorite sports cars

MiataCon 2024 was one of the biggest yet, with more spectators and more MIatas.

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Mazda project cars

2019 ND MX-5

We seek out to build an MX-5 that’s equally adept at autocross, circuit use and comfortable cruising.

1992 Miata

This 1992 Miata has been with Grassroots Motorsports since 1998. It’s a keeper. 

1996 Miata

The perfect formula for a budget-friendly endurance racer car? We try stuffing a GM LFX V6 into an NA-chassis Miata.

1996 Rotary Miata

Will a turbocharged rotary engine from Mazda's RX-7 fit into a Miata? One of our departed forum members wanted to find out, and now we're finishing his project to fund …

1992 Miata - Sunburst Yellow

This Sunburst Yellow Miata--one of 1519 built--was advertised for $700 on our message board. When we went to pick it up, the seller didn't have a title. So we got …

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Mazda project car updates

Do you really need competition-grade lug nuts?

Does it matter what lug nuts you run? After all, they only secure your wheels to the car, right?

When we converted our BMW M3 from wheel bolts …

How to upgrade an LFX’s PCV system for track use

Our V6-swapped Miata was rapidly approaching finished, and past experience with modern direct-injected engines taught us to anticipate one problem before it began: the stock LFX PCV system. …

Do you know if your wheel studs are still safe?

The wheel studs on our Garage Rescue Miata are now more than 30 years old, meaning they’ve probably seen things. Are they still up to spec, or are …

Bomb-proof hubs for our endurance race Miata? Yes, please.

Nobody likes it when the wheels fall off their race car. And sadly, the wheels on our V6-powered Miata wanted to come loose.

We had already taken …

The biggest brakes yet for our V6 Miata endurance racer

We know what you're thinking: "I've already read this story!" But wait, because your eyes are deceiving you. Yes, we started with a Wilwood big brake kit for our

Mazda Forum Topics

The Miata experience: his and hers.
My ND2 Miata, err, MX-5 not-a-project
What car is this speedometer from?
Rally Revival: 1973 Mazda RX3 Rally Car
MX-5 Cup race from Martinsville
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Mazda Readers' Rides

Jan 05, 2025 by txbdan
2011 None RX8

LFX swapped RX8 race car

Dec 27, 2024 by bigmack101
2002 None Miata

NB 1.8 VVT Miata with LS package

Dec 27, 2024 by erdocmitch
1990 None Miata

NA 1.6 Champ Car "Pepto Pink Panther"

Dec 26, 2024 by b16r1ch
2024 None Miata Club

Ohlins R&T Street, Progress Anti-Sway Bars, Roadster Sport Front/Rear Strut Tower Bars, Hard Dog Racing Rollbar, Paco Low Profile Seat Mounts, Techna Fit Steel Braided Brake Lines, Ferodo 2500 Front …

Dec 18, 2024 by bremer310
2016 None miata

Rebuilt title club edition that started off as a weekend fun car, turned into HPDE and time attack mule.

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