Bought not built....actually purchased from a friend that spent the better part of 6 years building it. His health was in decline and I purchased the car with the promise to share his build to people that would appreciate it.
Photos here: https://www.topmarq.com/p/superlight-1061
Build diary here: https://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=675514
Lightest street legal NC. Engineered and built with one single-minded purpose in mind: To build the lightest NC possible for driving joy. A built 2.5 liter engine combined with the light weight makes for a very enjoyable analog sports car. 2190lb while maintaining a full interior and top. Some of the unique features are a fully scratch built wiring harness that has allowed all the electronics including ECU, Fuse Box, and battery to be relocated to the center of the car behind the seats. Another interesting mod is a conversion to single central windshield wiper. The weight removal didn't stop there. The car has no exterior locks on doors or trunk nor even turn signal and wiper stalks or for that matter ignition cylinder. Many right hand drive interior parts were utilized so the power accessories that were removed didn't leave behind ugly blanks. As if Porsche Racing built a lightweight Miata.
Build list below:
Brakes
Goodwin Stainless Lines
Hawk HPS Pads
Proportioning Valve
ABS Delete
Centric Rotors
Suspension
Depowered Steering Rack(energy bushings) With tig welded modulating spline
Flyin’ Miata Sway Bars
B8 Bilstein Shocks
Flyin’ Miata Springs
FatCat Bumpstops
17x7.5 Enkei PF-01 45mm offset/215 tires
Lightweight Aluminum Lug Nuts
Driveline
Cobalt Short Shifter
Bent extended length lever with custom shift knob
Flyin’ Miata Flywheel
Exedy Stage 1 clutch
Stainless Steel Clutch Line
Redline Fluids in Diff and Trans
Stock Limited Slip
Motor
2014 Ford Fusion 2.5L 14k miles
Moto East/Zero Limit Stage 1.5 cams
New NC2 Springs
Undersize water pump pulley
Relocated Alternator using mazda 6 bracket
One Goal intake manifold
K&N RE-3190 air filter with Homemade 2.75” tubing
ECUTEK Unlimited Tuning(Dynotronics Tune)
1.8 Goodwin Racing Header
Goodwin no cat midpipe
Goodwin Street Single Single Tip Muffler
Coolant Re-Route
Aluminum Coolant Tank
40% stiffer Motor Mounts
Hood Vents
Motor Rebuild
Cleaned Water and Oil Passages
Grinded Over Cast
Honed Cylinders
Painted Block
Removed Gear Ring from Crank
New Oil Pump, follower, oil pump bolts
New OEM Bolts, bearings, rods, hybrid pistons, hybrid oil pump, timing chain, tensioner, new rings, wrist pins, followers, lash caps, water pump, belt, valve springs, VVT oil controller, seals, idlers
Weight Removal Items
Airbags
Bumper structure with custom brackets
A/C
P/S
ABS
Locks for doors and trunk
Glove box hinges
Lightweight Battery with charger pigtail(Deka)
Relocation of battery to interior
Single Windsheild Wiper conversion
Window regulator
Relocated ECU
Simplified Wiring Harness
Cosmetic Items differing from stock
Black Cat Guage Faces
DG Motorsport front and rear spoilers
Momo Steering Wheel
Cobalt 3 point strut brace
Vitalonis Door mirrors
Lots of RHD parts in interior so “blanks” were used rather than switches that aren’t used
