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$2000 Challenge: A Miata ran by a future Indy 500 tech specialist

Before going over the wall at the Indy 500 as a tire changer, Gracie Hackenberg and her team fielded this Miata in our $2000 Challenge back in 2017.

Mazda celebrates 35 years of the Miata with new special edition MX-5

2025 marks the 35th anniversary of the Miata. To celebrate, Mazda is offering 300 examples of the all-new 2025 MX-5 Miata 35th Anniversary.

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.

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Mazda articles

Features: How to run the 24 Hours of Lemons with as little effort as possible

This is how we competed in the 24 Hours of Lemons with next to no effort or time invested.

Features: Four generations in, is the NA Miata still the best answer?

The GRM staff knows rad-era cars, as we’ve been driving them since they were new–like the NA-chassis Mazda Miata.

News and Notes: Your Projects: A Mazda RX-8 fulfilling rotary dreams on the cheap

How to get into rotary Mazda ownership without breaking the bank? Try an RX-8.

Shop Work: What we've learned after a lifetime of project cars

What wisdom have we gleaned from years of GRM project cars? We're glad you asked.

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 an ND3 Mazda MX-5 Club to our official test track to find out.

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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.

1987 RX-7

In a world dominated by modern Supras, BMWs, and Corvettes, this 38-year-old Mazda RX-7 remains steadfast in preserving the retro spirit of the '80s and '90s Japanese time attack scene.

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 …

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Mazda project car updates

How to bulletproof an ND Miata transmission

Name an iconic sports car with a slick-shifting, bulletproof manual transmission. The answer is always Miata, right? Well, except for the latest generation.

A key ingredient to Mazda’s recipe for …

A new location to do Miata stuff with Miata friends?

A car culture needs a home base, right? For several years, Ace Café served that need for the Orlando metro area. One night they’d host the Jeep crew, the next …

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 …

Mazda Forum Topics

My ND2 Miata, err, MX-5 not-a-project
Random test of RX-7 knowledge
The Miata experience: his and hers.
What car is this speedometer from?
Rally Revival: 1973 Mazda RX3 Rally Car
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Mazda Readers' Rides

Feb 20, 2025 by pelli001
1999 None Miata

10AE

Feb 19, 2025 by holmstr5
1982 None RX7

Racecar

Feb 19, 2025 by holmstr5
1982 None RX7

Racecar

Feb 08, 2025 by ncmx513
2013 None MX-5 Club

GWR MaxPower Header | GWR High Flow Midpipe | GWR Super Q Muffler | ECUtek Tune | Fortune Auto 500 coilovers w/ 8k/6k springs | GWR PPF Brace | Cobalt …

Feb 06, 2025 by jsymonds
2015 None 5

Handles awesome for a 6-seater. Good little van.

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