Brandon's TOP 7 NA Miata Mods - 4K - FM Live 5-30-24
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- This week on FM Live, Brandon Fitch gives us his Top 7 NA Miata mods! Brandon has owned an NA Miata for years, and has lots of experience fixing and modding these cars, can you guess his picks?
Let us know your favorite NA Miata Mod in the comments!
1- SWAY BARS 00:54
NA6 Sway bars
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NA8 Sway bars
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2- WHEELS/TIRES 01:38
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3- COMPLETE BUTTERFLY BRACE 02:55
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4- RANDALL COLD AIR INTAKE 04:23
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5- STAGE 2 BRUSHLESS FAN KIT 05:33
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6- FM DELRIN SHIFT KNOB 06:51
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7- NA GAS CAP HOLDER 07:57
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Great advice on tires for steet car. I love being able to break the rear end loose a little bit at low speeds.
Yeah, the Miata is a load of fun that can be had pretty close to the posted speed limit. 😁
Hey, he answered mine! Cool dude
Yeah I was the idiot that said do one for the NB. Lol😂
My #1 Mod is lightening my stock Flywheel down to 12 lbs.
I have your Sway Bars. They work so good, after ten years they tore my stock Sway Bar Mounts. I replaced them with your Heavy duty sway bar mounts.
Another good pick! Quick revs and easy downshifts are always fun.
Yes, other generations as well, please. We, boat people, in the NCs need love, too. 😆
If anyone loves the NC Miata, it’s Flyin’ Miata😊
We'll have to wait for Mike's top 7 Miata mods since he's the one with the NC. 😄
1. Sway bars
2. Wheels / tires
3. Butterfly brace
4. Intake
5. Fan kit
6. Shift knob
7. Gas cap holder
That's a pretty good list. I'm with you on most of those. Thanks for watching!
@@FlyinMiataVideo are you trolling me
@@Dginny865 Hmm, well. Let me look that up in my urban dictionary. 😁
Okay, you've convinced me to buy a set of swaybars 😅
They're one of our favorite mods!
Yes for the widescreen version!
So does the sway bars make that much of a difference? 🤔 I’ve been holding on those, but it seems that it will have to be.
The braces I really want them but they go quickly, as well as being an important investment.
I really like the intake, however I have been having a problem with the “ribby” bit on the oval part on my 1.6, mostly that it is ripped within the “ribs” so it is a pain, and will have to solve it differently, who would think that the engine moves that much 🫠
Love these videos that recommend stuff to get
Get the sway bars. You won't be sorry. Save yourself the wait and have new end links on hand before you start the job.
@@biglar155 I have recently changed the end links (probably less than a year since the switch), should I rereplace them for new ones? Or more specialised ones? My use is merely daily/street, thanks
@@mrw40 If you just changed them out, then don't worry about it. Mine were original 23 year old end links so they were too rusty to remove without damaging them. The adjustable ones are only necessary if you plan on making major changes to ride height or you are getting into serious track-tuning stuff. For street, stick with stock.
The problem with this stuff is that it's too easy to get caught up in throwing money at "performance" adjustments you'll never touch because it's supposed to be "better" or "everyone else" is doing it. The FM videos do a good job of sorting out what you need for your application if you pay close attention. (They don't want you feeling like you wasted money and then blaming them for selling it to you!)
Mine's a street car like yours and I found the new sway bars to be the single most noticeable improvement I've made. Even more than the Koni Special Active shocks I bolted on two weeks ago (which are awesome, but I digress).
@@biglar155 yeah I changed them for stock ones, and was probably still wearing the factory ones it came with 30 years ago, I’ll start to save up for the sway bars in that case, thanks
It looks like it's already been stated so, I'll follow along. The sway bars are the single best low cost improvement you can do on this gen for handling. After that, I'd start on chassis stiffening as you've mentioned. Thanks for watching!
Nb! NB! NB!
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Please ramble, i want to know all of your upgrades.
It's possible we'll have Brandon do a build-breakdown of his car, where he'll be sure to ramble about his favorite mods! Nothing is set in stone yet, though.
Does that naca duct front headlight cover increase turbo sounds and offer any noticeable benefits or mostly just show
A properly designed naca duct will give you some benefits but we never had any hard data to back up the lid mod on this one.
I've been back and forth on sway bars as I've heard from some Miata drivers that a bit of body roll is good to load up the outside wheel while cornering?
Good question! If the bar has an extremely high spring rate, you might not get enough load transfer but our bars are focused on street performance so, there shouldn't be an issue.
You guys have a bit on faulty coolant sensor symptoms. Like one on the back of the block? I own a stock 92 Miata and heard it could cause various issues when going bad. Maybe a video idea if you haven’t touched on it.
Hmm, the one that controls the gauge or sends data to the ECU? Either way, I'd start with checking your grounds since it seems the early NAs weren't as robust in the electrical dept.
@@FlyinMiataVideo thank you!!! Will do!
@@FlyinMiataVideo it was the ecu sensor I was referring to.
Won't a heavier front swaybar on stock suspension make the car more understeer-y? Or is it sort of compensated by the one in the back?
If you only change the front bar and nothing else, you will get more understeer. But if you change both front and rear, it's possible to keep the same handling balance as it's the relative front and rear roll stiffness that matters. We did a video on sway bars a while back.
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@@FlyinMiataVideo thanks a lot, I'll check it out!
whats the bar installed on the mushroom bolt location @ 11:18
Brandon made a bike rack for a fork attachment. I think the back wheel just rested on the bumper. I never saw it demonstrated, though.
@@FlyinMiataVideo thats a cool idea, thanks for the reply.
im currently looking at camera mounts for a nb jdm rs 1.8
@jimgiraffe5253 You are welcome!
So how did you cover up the hole in the cowl when you took out the ram air kit?
He had it on his previous Miata
@@svieste981 Ah! Missed that. Thanks.
If you had a Randall and now have a reason not to use it, I'd cover the hole so that you don't pressurize the engine bay. For low effort and high results, I'd use aluminum tape. For something that looks like you thought about it, get some thin gauge metal, cut it to the shape, paint it, and use silicone to attach it to the firewall. After that dries, clean the excesses off and paint the exposed edges.