The LS3 Miata Gets Upgraded and A New Look! (I Think This Is the One!)

[@lanehorton1916]

Taylor deserves way more subscribers than he has. One of the most passionate and genuine car guys on KZbin!

[@justinmanse2849]

He's always hustling and making moves all by himself its inspiring

[@chucky29949]

Fr

[@alexprobert3804]

100% agree been watching a while. Ended up watching one of his old turbo Miata videos the other day and it's crazy how much the quality of the filming and how comfortable on camera he is. Don't notice it happening until you go back to an old video, deserves a lot of credit of how much he's progressed

[@soflo_justin934]

Ikr

[@mahermids]

Jimmy Oakes too

[@blakecolonius4265]

A triangulated exhaust tip sticking through the bash bar between the jack point and the “TFF” logo would be sick 👌🏻🔥

[@danimal865]

I was thinking the same thing. Either triangle or a collector from 3 inch down to like 3x 1 and a half inch pipes in a triangle like a super car exhaust

[@EliteSniperTV]

Triangle!!!! It's an rx lmao and different!

[@TommyTreadaway]

You should definitely make a triangular tip that comes through the jack point for a center exit exhaust

[@charlesrybolt4712]

That's what I was gonna say

[@Mattlt1]

Absolutely! Beat me to it

[@AutomotiveAtropine]

agreed

[@MrMaster2017]

Alright glad someone else said it

[@RoboWeener]

Yes that would look sick

[@heavy1metal]

New shirt: "Enough jibber jabbering, back to work"

[@gtfkt]

Taylor Ray, "weather man drift machine". Gold is king. Definately paint gold.

[@kiwicami287]

Whatever color he paints it, it should pop against the body paint. It looks really good just like that, i would paint it silver but any other color that contrasts the body paint would work

[@gazcutloose7232]

Just clear coat it keep the bumper bar raw finish 👌🏼

[@arondaughety9800]

Clear coat the bash bar! That raw look is beautiful 😍

[@emanuelescalante9634]

I wish taylor would go to drift week with adam amd all the homies like old times

[@JakeGreen86]

Adam is annoying and his audience is more kids..

[@clutchkickpj693]

@@JakeGreen86 salty much

[@1990Redline]

That really would be awesome, as long as they really would love it. I think if he would want to do it he would 🤷🏼‍♂️😅

[@Vdeez]

@@clutchkickpj693 truth = salt?

[@olig7531]

Just FYI, your using those diff bushings wrong, as it is with the bolt connecting the diff to the car the bush is not being used at all. The diff mount you just made should connect directly to the bush sleeves, welded straight to it, then when its all bolted up the poly will actually be between the two components. Love what your doing

[@FabZtoy]

yup. the torque applied is putting the bolts under tension so the bushes are not used at all. My idea to quick fix that because he put a lot of effort in that mount would be to put some polyurethane cushioning washers on the other side of the mount. I did a quick search and found some on Mcmaster-carr.

[@nickrussell4073]

Came hear to say this.

[@marcuslinnell6719]

I see ppl doing this with bushings and it always drives me nuts. Glad other ppl notice haha

[@Taylordrifts]

Yeah I plan to re design it eventually, but it worked as is. Basically solid mounting it with a little bit of flex from the face of the bushing. I'm going to use this same mount from the boxed section, weld tubes off coped to the bushing sleeve sideways, then hanger mounts. I just haven't decided if I want to re do the subframe mounting portion or not when I do that. So this got us by for now and all were wasting is the 1/4" section.

[@LS__812]

Always a good day when I get to see Taylor Ray and his Badass Miata! Can't wait to hopefully one day see it live!

[@justinsharman1]

It needs a lsa blower or turbo(s)

[@brysonshires9742]

Yesss blower- even if its running low boost!

[@oaug]

No turbos no problems

[@LS__812]

And a little shot of nitrous for the lag lol

[@Dabagel100]

@@LS__812 I like the nitrous option since you can just not run spray and keep the tire life living longer.

[@justinsharman1]

SomeRandomFoxxy ls3 intake makes more power then all the aftermarket options and aftermarket heads wouldn’t be worth the cost in my opinion. Its not hard to get bigger tires

[@funkingonutz1170]

I think that's how all car guys are: "I just buy everything I need and see-foreseeable future" 😂😂

[@differentbydesign7603]

yep, you may not need it for a year but its there when you need it

[@map117]

Just the "foreseeable future" is up for definition, some ppl see only a few days ahead, others a few weeks or months, but yeah, i guess that's car guy life :D

[@OwenBuckingham11]

Yeessssss, always a good day when Taylor uploads

[@binglederry473]

RIP Mac. I always enjoy watching the videos, and I enjoy them even more when there’s some Mac, even if it’s only 10, 15 seconds.

[@skylermcelrath2064]

Was hoping somebody caught that ive had circles on repeat. RIP Easy Mac

[@ThatHoodlum19]

Little tip in case you care or wanna know... When painting little bits n pieces it’s always easier to hang them on thin wire. Multiple reasons why it’s a benefit. Keeps it off the floor and generally gives a cleaner finish because you’re away from the floor(dirt/dust), although not always the case. Secondly you can hold the wire up in your eye line and get nice even coats. Then hang it me somewhere to dry, if you have good airflow they should dry quicker too. Hanging them up also gets them out of your way and won’t make you grab them early and fit them when still tacky. Out of sight sorta stuff. Just a tiny tip, cheers mate, love the content.

[@theniceguy504]

make a v tip exhaust so it comes out the middle of the bashbar!

[@CMoneyho]

God I love that when he turned on the cove it was Mac Miller 💛

[@heightskings6693]

Center exit from the jack point would be sick

[@heightskings6693]

Or side exit infront of the rear tires

[@jimjensen016]

center pipe exhaust thru bash bar triangle

[@willr69420]

"Owwww, knew that was coming" 😆 classic Taylor-ism 😆!!! YES, bash bar looks great! NO, exhaust is not too loud, it's about right!

[@KillGore844]

triangle exit exhaust right out the center above the jacking point would be dope

[@scottmerrick9815]

Taylor. You're talented, obviously thoughtful and kind, and while I don't know you, I do want to thank you for your content, but more importantly, your person. Keep. Being. Awesome!

[@kxdirtjumper]

Nice to see someone that actually gets a lot done. Bar looks great. Keep up hustling and you're gonna kill it with everything you're doing.

[@snowysysadmin59]

Taylor, shout out to you in terms of the custom fab stuff. You make everything look so easy and so i decided to take it upon myself to custom fab my own exhaust for my ranger. I went out, bought the cheapest harbor frieght flux core welder they had, bought all the supplies, material and within 2 nights i banged out my own custom made exhaust. I have never welded once in my life and so this was a eye opening experience of like "wow i can do so much now! this is incredible!" This stuff is so incredibly cool

[@bryanwithawhy]

The first 3 minutes reminds of Brian Cranston's character from Malcolm in the Middle - went to change a light bulb, but had to do 15 other things, one before the other, before he could change it.

[@Dabagel100]

For the exhaust, dual side tips dumping out behind the tires (one dump per side) to direct the tire smoke to spread out to make the clouds less dense but cover more area. I have no idea on how the spacing would be since I feel like you can't have the tires too close to the exhaust or the gases would heat up the tire quickly and hinder tire life. Also when you pop tires it might be in the way and get damaged. But that is my 2 cents to make the rear be filled out and look sick at the same time and not be goofy :). Whatever you do, I know its gonna look tight.

[@brandonpayne1207]

Duel oval tips exiting under the bash bar would be sweet. I have a concern with your new(and old) diff mount. The way you run the bolt through the bushing and both mounts causes you to have no movement when the bushings/bolts are in tension. All of the force and vibrations go straight through the bolt into the mounts which is what caused your last mount to fatigue. In compression the force goes through the bushing still as long as you don't have a metal sleeve inside the bushing like you would on a control arm or leaf spring bushing. Then there would be no dampening cause it would be rigidly mounted. You could turn the bushings sideways, welding the bushing sleeve to the diff mount and some tabs on the chassis so you can run the bolts through the tabs and bushings allowing some flex. If it's too rigid, it creates high stress locations and fatigue cracks to form.

[@allenkirby2041]

I love watching Taylor, Cleetus, and Adam cause they all work on there own cars and it’s amazing!!!

[@PaulBuffano91]

Felipe Vega James does a lot of work for the McFarland team, but a lot of times Cleetus helps him out with a lot of the work. James is the brains and the knowledge, and Cleetus just provides an extra pair of hands. 🤓

[@mr69it]

@@Filip5652 when you have garages as big as those guys you need a team, not everyone is knowledgeable they just have a dream and drive. It's like saying Steve jobs wasn't good for Apple.

[@PaulBuffano91]

Felipe Vega That is true. Taylor is pretty impressive.

[@NocturnalWill]

Hey Taylor I just wanted to say thank you for always making my days better with your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@revseume]

You should make a triangle shaped tip and have the exhaust come out in the middle of the bash bar and just clear coat the bash bar

[@petergozinya7290]

@Taylor Ray pause the video at 14:38 I would do a turn down right there next to the diff mount. Essentially take that 90 off and turn it down there. Then it adds to the “showing off” the under works of the car. Downside yes it’s loud but it’s a race car 👍🤷‍♂️

[@brendanastbury2378]

Taylor’s videos are so well put together, favourite videos to watch by far

[@magnetic0314]

You still have the issue of those bushing sleeves only providing cushioning in compression, which with the way you've mounted it will be very rare. Currently the diff basically hangs off the bolts and transfers that force directly into the mount. Any time the diff does move up and manage to compress the bushings, it will essentially be sprung back down with full force through the bolts. For the bushings to allow any dampening effect, you would need to have them in the actual plate, with a crush tube and large washer holding the bushings from beneath.

[@stevebeavers3754]

I like the bash bar as is. Slick look. Exhaust center exit within the bar just slightly recessed so if you get hit, won't matter.

[@danielsheehan4439]

Have the exsaust come out the center of the bash bar above the jack point 👌🏻

[@jakeeclouse4799]

I loved how your old bumper looked. I loved how your car squatted and looked like it was damn near dragging the bumper. Just looks so sick for some reason. But I do totally understand why your over it. That bash bar looks gnarly. I really dig it.

[@cstarbuilt3338]

I like what you did with the diff mount. A little advice for future projects. You make a lot of small pieces and then weld them together. You then have a lot of welds and therefore failure points. Try making bends in the plate instead of of scabbing pieces together and it will be easier to build and stronger. For example on the bottom of the mount, there is two pieces of steel in different thickness, that could have been one very solid piece of 1/4.

[@mustangman05]

The bolt and nut combo where the diff mounts to the subframe, if you have room load the bolt from the top, so if you loose the nut while driving theres a better chance of not loosing everything.

[@jakster1952]

Love your work ethic. Using basic foundational techniques assures intended outcomes. Well done brother, it's relaxing just to watch you !

[@jesseshelton5691]

Love the commitment and the attention to detail. Keep the vids coming bro!

[@tommybunz5413]

Taylor your the man ! Love that you actually get your hands dirty and fab shit up ! You and cleetus are my go to channels for cars

[@Matt_Huffman]

Dude I just followed you about a month ago and I can’t believe I waited so long. Love the positivity and awesome content.!

[@bradthacker9904]

Make the exhaust come out the center between the jack point maybe build your own tip to fit in it to where it fills it out completely and is flush.

[@CTrain]

Love your vids man... where most car channels are almost entirely click bait, and becoming less and less car substance... yours just keeps delivering.. subbed

[@grabadaba8073]

You literally are always doing something try to get better and better in that car and it’s awesome to watch bro your a shredder for real keep it up

[@bryceridesbikes]

Color matching the bash bar to the cage I think is the best way to go! It would be sick to get the suspension arms all coated to match too.

[@badwolf3615]

Taylor a few days ago : "Dang who knew how much better a car can look with bumpers instead of just bash bars." Also Taylor : "So I'm ditching the sick bumper I just made in favor of this new bash bar." That being said. At first I was skeptical but seeing it squat after getting down from the lift. It does look sick! Good decision!

[@dougsisk619]

I can't put this on as "background-sound" because it's too damn interesting and fast paced. Love it!

[@thedoylenc]

Always love the content Taylor. I’d probably run the exhaust back to the bash bar, and then do a turn down right behind it.

[@wadestewart901]

Bash bar looks Killer! I think a triangle exit through the Jack point would be sweet. Kinda exotic and will keep the axle back central in case of a corner hit which is more likely than a direct hit from behind.

[@shawnroxby5629]

The exhaustless look is nice. I would probably put a high flow muffler after the vband, then a 90 to point it towards the hanger and the cut end parallel to the ground after it hits the hanger with a 90 so it points down. Or cut the end flush with the “body line” at the end before the bash bar.

[@Johninatoooor]

Hey taylor, I think it might be cool to have a center exit exhaust in a triangle shape that fits in the triangle gap below the dimple die plate. Or maybe not, thats kind of a big gap to fill with an exhaust, idk. Love the vids as always

[@thomascarrillo4548]

I luv your editing as well as attitude. You never get mad or frustrated. I bet you have a lot of friends. I can tell you’re someone you can trust. Either your parents did great or you are an anomaly!

[@peter3352]

Come home from work, uploaded 49 seconds ago, lessssss gooooooo!!!

[@moustacheo03]

That looks really cool, also the timelapses in your videos are really enjoyable to watch!

[@xRSAkingx]

You could run dual tips out the center of the bash bar on the bottom

[@jefferyfitzgerald25]

I think duals behind the bashbar alittle with turn down so it goes on either side of the jack point would look amazing

[@Andresckim]

Not sure if welding has bad fumes but when soldering we always had a 2 inch fan that would pull the fumes and blow it away. Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@danduval9311]

I really like your attitude and outlook on your projects and abilities. It is very refreshing, keep it up!

[@doc3379]

That rear end looks awesome with the new bar. True dual exhaust with dumps!

[@ggss1176]

Great work TR that diff bracket is a work of art in itself

[@addictedtoboostbp]

Extend the main bar that wraps around so it's closer to the wheel arch to fill it out better

[@Possezz]

Looks Sweet with the bash bar. Be sure to get some sick low photos of her once she's finished, showing off the underside/rear end. Regarding the exhaust, It could look cool if you could split it and have two exits, one either side of the the bash bar, behind the back tyres. Sort of like a TVR Sagaris for reference. That would make a real feature out of the rear

[@dubCanuck1]

Exhaust, twin scale-shaped tips coming out on either side of the firat step-downs; bookending the cover plate

[@CTemple82]

You should consider painting the bash bar instead of powder coating it. Paint it with STEEL IT stainless steel gray, for one it will go good with black and you can also weld over the paint if you need to further modify it or fix it and still be able to touch it up afterwards. Then paint the roll cage the same color.

[@syco133]

I love your channel and watch every episode with my Daughter . I bought the Kove headphones after you showed them a while back and absolutely love them there awesome for everything from mowing the yard to drowning out my wife’s Hallmark channel shows

[@soflo_justin934]

Imagine a center exit exhaust out the center of the v part on the bash bar

[@amandalagant515]

I love the way it looks with no bumper

[@joequixotic3039]

Taylor, if that diff mount does not last, I have some thoughts: The main force applied to the mount is the torque reaction from the driveshaft. That means one bushing is in compression and the other is in tension which is probably bad because the bolt holds the tension and it won't strech. If you flip the passenger side bushing on top of the chassis mount, I think that puts it in compression so the bushing can compress under torque. Of course this requires a bigger and more complicated diff mount bracket. One more thing, the plate on your bracket is pretty low due to the height of the bushing. You really want to have the bushings 180° opposite each other about the pinion axis. I have a feeling that it might work better if your driver side bushing was shorter but that really depends on the pinion height which I can't really see.

[@J10on4ds]

The main “force” is more likely the torque of the axles / tires meaning the pinion is trying to go up while the diff cover is pushing down... (imagine a drag car pulling the front wheels for example) Most of the driveshaft “rotation” from left to right is being handled by the front diff mounts.

[@mudbucket89]

You might as well throw those bushings away ,once you tighten those bolts you've made it a solid mount.

[@davidmyers5702]

I was totally thinking gold for the bash bar....hope you go that direction.....and then find a gold paint to Match the bar and do the wing

[@GoldenSim27]

straight in the middle in the bash bar triangle :)

[@frankietuned]

Maybe add some large washers to those flange bolts to help distribute the load even more?

[@thdjnr]

Organisation in work space is so so satisfying !!!

[@kaleblevi44]

I remember in an old video you said that your metal supply place was in Ocala. What’s the name of them? I live in Ocala and been looking for a good metal supply shop

[@Taylordrifts]

It's RH Welding supplies. It's super hard to find on maps. But they have everything. Super cool mom and pop shop.

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Your welding and projects just keep expanding in quality, I can't see tha new mount ever letting you down, I think the frame will bend first. Gold is the way to go on the on the bash bar for sure.

[@ryanbyrd5.0]

This Kove is pretty badass too not gonna lie. I got one, WAY louder than you’d expect especially separate.

[@vinceimp9581]

I like the bash bar look, the only thing I wish it had was some kind of filler piece behind the bar where the bumper would have wrapped around to the rear fender. Maybe you can use part of a bumper and incorporate it into the caps for the fangs you cut off. Just a thought, looks awesome regardless.

[@isaiahlampman2051]

You should run the exhaust through the up side down triangle of the bash bar but have it far enough back so body damage wont effect your exhaust

[@noahdickerson3525]

Love that you listen to Mac tbh lol probably stupid of me to care but I still listen to him pretty much everyday, you’re my favorite car youtuber, and I’m always so happy when you upload, keep killing it Taylor! 🤘

[@tylermayfield1987]

Those bushings as you have them are under tension when you accelerate because the pinion wants to rotate up and the rear will want to rotate down.

[@mcbridemotorsports5788]

Man, never been a big fan of the naked look. But I am really digging that Bash Bar. Looks freaking Great!

[@masonryan5139]

Bash bar looks sick!! heaps better option than the old bumper. Nice work mate

[@Jet_D]

The last few seconds of this vid were epic. Love that loud engine!

[@evanfrain7812]

Most genuine KZbinr in the car seen by far

[@paulrhines8685]

dude that bash bar looks so sick !! I think a custom triangular tip out of that center would be crazy

[@TurboJohnRacing]

What the what?? A right angle impact!!!!!!!!!! That’s a game changer, gotta get one of those!

[@legndofcorey]

I enjoy watching Taylor’s videos more than any other channel on youtube. keep it up Taylor💪🏾

[@trevoryoung4240]

Just saying its a pretty wild build, send it with a side exit exhaust out of the rear quarter in front of the wheel, it would protect the exhaust from getting smashed and it would be unique! Just an idea. Love how the car is turning out though!

[@thedestroyer3262]

If you stick with the no bumper look you should get the rear suspension arms powder coated the same color as the bash bar since they will be fully visible. Also if you repaint the car you should go for a brighter color to really make it pop, I like the stealthy black look but seeing Bens miata in blue just makes me wish your car was brighter.

[@brandonmartinson9217]

fill in the triangle for the jack point with the new tip

[@DonJr_]

Why bushings if you hard mount them?

[@chrisgarris7249]

Leave it exactly the way it is with the bash bar unpainted... Looks sweet the way it is.. nice work

[@huckhuckhuck]

I think you should still run the factory bumper to cover the sides and cut even more of the middle to see the bash bars dimple dies.

[@eastonleistner1171]

Here since 2k subs gang where you at!?

[@nehok]

I think the bash bar would look good colour matched to the body. Seeing as it is such a prominent feature on display like that.

[@VenomClawz]

Go pro view of the rear suspension please, and dump the exhaust either through the center bottom of the bash bar or out the left side! this is so badass

[@NaxRydan]

I wasnt sold on the bash bar until it was on the ground.... Holy hell that looks sick!!! Exhaust... too loud for me, but seems right for a drift event.

[@BigKeke]

Bash bumper looks sick Taylor 👌🏻 really like the filled in design of it, makes it look like a metal bumper! As for the exhaust, you should just dump it behind the rear tire 🔥

[@jamesserrano2369]

I absolutely love all your videos! They help me get motivation to work on my car :)