Hey guys, I wanted your thought on the NA? I bought a NA over 40 miles from my house that has supposedly a rod knock. I hear the knock, but I don't see metal shavings in the oil. When I got home it sounded like the knock got quieter. The miata ran fine driving down the highway and still had oil when I got home. When I first listened to the car from a cold start, no knock until it warmed up. Once the car got warmer the knock became louder. When I rev the engine it didn't really sound like it got worse, but any way I'm not really thinking it's a knock, but I haven't pulled the oil pan yet. The previous owner said his grandfather replaced the timing belt, and the clutch I believe. My thought was could the belt or tensioner be causing the knock noise? If you'd like to see a video let me know I can record one of the noise.
My plans are to learn to drift with this car so I thought I would buy something cheap. Here in KC 240s, Fox bodies, Beemers, basically most drifting cars go for $3000-4000 and most aren't even in good shape especially the 240s, they are overpriced for crap condition. So I started to look at Miatas because they were the cheapest around my area at a fair price. I bought the miata for $1k and it's really not that bad of condition besides what I said about the knock.
My plans are to learn to drift with this car so I thought I would buy something cheap. Here in KC 240s, Fox bodies, Beemers, basically most drifting cars go for $3000-4000 and most aren't even in good shape especially the 240s, they are overpriced for crap condition. So I started to look at Miatas because they were the cheapest around my area at a fair price. I bought the miata for $1k and it's really not that bad of condition besides what I said about the knock.
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