Car Check | Turbo Miata Drift Missile

This is a detailed look at my turbo Miata drift car, and some reasons why I think a Miata is the most cost effective drift car. What do you think?
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Let me know what you thought of this video!

[@realityrealized8370]

"Don't do this at home this is a closed course and race car driver" XD

[@simonbusby7817]

just got a miata as my first car

[@2z3ke82]

Lucky

[@lolmanque1394]

@@2z3ke82 nah just have to find a good deal

[@Hanzi2Wavy]

Same dawg 3 years later

[@Don_Johnson521]

Just bought my third!

[@tadaapenwolf]

Your editing gets so much better with each video

[@KameTrick]

Tire size is a huge factor for cost to drift, I got similar wear from my S-chassis when it wasn't pushing huge power on 205/15's, but miatas look better with tiny tires 😀 Even with an LS I still get close a full event out of a set but it depends on heat management and driving style. Nice editing, too! It seems more polished but not overboard with POV changes.

[@suhailtamatane]

content as always is awesome taylor - but i just wanna say that i really admire and love the way you do your videos, the cinematography to the editing and just all of it!

[@Taylordrifts]

+SuhailDC2R thanks man! Practice makes perfect. I'm trying to continually get better. I learn from each one.

[@NovemberFoxtrotRC]

That guy actually waved back at you lol. You were just past him a bit. He's old... Slow reflexes.

[@jacobharmon2085]

Keep waving at people t ray, people need some love in their life's. Thanks for another classic.

[@andreimitroi]

7:38 sweet rev-matching transition

[@Andysavyd69]

Man the come up has been so real. I came back to this video because I just got my first miata!

[@KnallenN]

''the best budget drift car'' do you even volvo mate?

[@kellenwilson6178]

was guna say lol bought my 940 turbo for 700 bucks

[@aricroy4258]

kellen wilson Yea lol

[@yeet1127]

Knallen got my manual turbo wagon for $600 lol

[@duncanmaccollom6813]

Cody Hurley volvos are literally dog shit and break all the time I had a 240 and a 740. And they broke all the time

[@iansmith4101]

240 for $400 and it came with racing seats (:

[@AaronsEnduro]

Miata's always the answer! Sick drift car! TURBO GANG GANG

[@_ZAYA]

When you do the ls swap you should get a new front bumper so I looks good

[@AdamCMoreno]

Dude you’re editing is so on point !! Such progress you’ve made !

[@dmasterson12]

best edits in the automotive youtube community. bash that limiter and blow that thing up!!!

[@skeetermccleeter]

Coming back after the C6 build and remembering the start. 🙌

[@KDPFilms]

Oh my, Taylor I asked you to this video a few days ago and you did it 😱🙏

[@swed_sled]

MIATA IS ALWAYS THE ANSWER!!!!!!!! great video for a great car!! so glad i decided to go with a miata for my first drift car. 100% the most cost effective drift car.

[@friend_built]

I love my NB Miata. I went off track bent the control arm an sway bar end link. Got everything for 120 but got a alternator for 40

[@Chimera6297]

if u wanna talk budget, you can totally drift a stock Miata, just weld the diff if it's open and send it. you don't need much horsepower to go sideways angle kit comes later

[@MichaelBacon212]

Great video. Great points and I can't wait for the new build series with the LS.

[@leviwyatt5921]

8:46 .....he 110% did wave back at you.........

[@crowythebutcher6127]

Still to this day the best fun I have ever had in a car was an mx5 there absolute rockets on a good windy road

[@ryanmaitland1230]

It’s neat coming back to this video now after he has maxed out the Miata all these years later.

[@churoman14]

Liking based on the quality of the video. Fantastic video

[@anthonybernardo3445]

Taylor’s is responsible for making me want and eventually buy my Miata. Thanks dude ! Lol

[@MetalTiger88]

driving a beat up car like this in germany would be impossible :D

[@goodbyemontauk]

This video and a few others refuse to populate in my subscription feed.

[@siddadood]

Love the new shots your incorporating, just keep an eye on your audio between shots and scenes I’m raising and lowering my volume. Try constant gain if you use adobe premiere pro

[@siddadood]

Or manual adjustments

[@joshuabaerga4370]

He mentioned in his camera check video that the multiple camera’s he uses some record in different ways and makes editing weird with the gain setting for audio. Just saying 👍

[@klm2fm4]

This car has come a long way

[@timmah1588]

I miss my supercharged na Miata. Taught my gf how to drive stick on it. Can’t wait for the ls swap! Nice edits!!!!!

[@Don_Johnson521]

Best car ever! Had ls swapped cars went back to NA Miata still

[@prestcars6986]

2wd jeep xj Already have huge angle factory 190 hp 240 lbf and are about 2800 lbs And can use any wheels that a 5 lug mustang can Parts are everywhere

[@tom-coppola]

Love the RAMCHARGER

[@DeeZeeGR]

Was waiting for such a video!!!😘😘Drift it one more time and then start the swap process!!

[@jiltedgaijin9320]

This is so right. I wish i'd kept my NB. It was the most fun car to drift in, and I never even turbo'd it. I got it as a daily and then it got built into a little drifto fun car. I regret the day I sold it. I'm now looking at drifting my 32 skyline, and I have a horrible feeling i'm not gonna find it half as much fun as the MX5 (that's right, I live in the UK, and they're an MX5 here). I've already told people that if I don't get on with the Skyline, it's gone and i'm building a boosted NB MX5.

[@SkidsJDM]

The BMX peg that I have actually fits and screws onto my Miata perfectly.

[@usenobrake]

Can’t believe this thing has changed so much

[@OchoCinco5K]

I also love the new shots. Keep rockin Taylor

[@tmitchgoon2077]

Awesome video!! I liked the intro a lot!! And most as are dope drift cars for sure!

[@ThomasMiata]

I drift a Miata.. but I think e36/e46 is probably the best budget drift car right now. Do love the miata though

[@Mexxx65]

A Ford Falcon - V8....cheap as dirt in AUS now. They go damn quick too!!!

[@daltonsmith4895]

not related to the vid but super jealous of your super clean first gen, awsome truck. I'm a ford guy and have a 1993 7.3, but those first gen dodges are killer trucks.

[@Bagz96]

Awesome video Taylor. All that extra work you put in to setting up the camera makes the videos really great to watch. I think you need a lav mic though. Should be easy to sync audio. Just clap at the beginning of each clip when you set it up. Other than that. WHEN CAN WE GET GOLD STICKERS OF YOUR FACE :)

[@andrewlukacs3393]

2 years later an you have the sickest LS Miata out there

[@danielscott8628]

Miata goals

[@bannablitz247]

For anyone wondering if anybody ever watches this video 8 months later that isn't me. Taylor has a kinter MA-700 500W amp for his "radio"

[@joshroberts6721]

This man...has it all figured out

[@jacob6088]

Wheels and tire size ?

[@2pacalivesm]

I used to swing the Miata wide on need for speed 2015 max out at 700 hp it was sick

[@Nasonix2]

And for the record, the guy DID wave back. Lol I didn't even have to watch it more than 1 take, to see lol

[@bearle97]

turbo mia

[@patonb]

Oh such nastalga seeing the old red miata!

[@Nasonix2]

I'm super happy you did this video

[@horizonplays549]

Im saving up to buy and build a Miata. I might change what car I want to build but the Miata rn is my 1st choice

[@1996FordBronco]

Had to say I 100 percent saw your neighbor wave back in haha

[@MrForelone]

I live right next to the compound. Hope to see you there sometime.

[@drewjackson7228]

BLOW IT UP! Put it on the trailer after a day of drifting at the compound. Take the turbo off, and zip tie the throttle open. And for once a click bait title will be true.

[@92aussiedude]

I can't wait for the Ls content, cars gonna be wild

[@davidmcclutchkick801]

Alright, as much as I don't like em, probably mostly because I don't fit in one, they are cheap as hell to Drift. Jelly of how long new tires last on em for sure.

[@davidmcclutchkick801]

And you're editing is definitely getting really good!

[@christopherhernandez7454]

I’m a bigger guy. Horizontaly gifted. And I never thought I’d fit in a Miata just drove my buddy’s and I fit. Now I’m buying one

[@bencenagy1579]

Thanks, you helped a lot. I got to transfer my NB 10AM into a driftcar for my stunt driver lessons. So any idea can be useful to build my own low budget drift miata. 😉

[@brizack03]

What top are you running? My softtop (original '93) has just about given up the ghost.

[@demonsamongstmen562]

Dope, I’ve been thinking about buying an ‘85 Rx7 for drifting

[@geirkselim2697]

I drove a n/a na last weekend with a torsen and 215 re71r tires and was still getting good and sideways. Miatas like to slide

[@jpg4528]

Great little cars i just bought one new paint,new top,and runs great for $950 by Brooksville fl

[@M.Karlsson]

Whats up 2019 up in here!

[@genterasaki86]

Love this vid, thanks Taylor

[@thewoytek]

Where i live clean and rust free NA Miatas are getting much more expensive than NB Miatas. Will building the car be more expensive or is it essentially the same parts?

[@gnarlylasagna7464]

almost everything is the same between the NB and NA as far as chassis things, but the engine stuff may be different between the VVT on the NB idk how different that would be as far as turbo kits and such, so to keep it short it really depends what youre talking about. NB chassis are technically "better" as far as VVT and more modern aero and it ensures youll have the 1.8 not a 1.6, the NA will go up in price soon just because of the age

[@ff2e]

Your miata reminds me a lot of my 944. I need to make a recent video of it.

[@matissralfsputnins5192]

Can not wait for the ls motor in miata!Like the video.

[@claytonsommerer]

I'm 15 and I bought a z31 300zx for $1000 last august when I was 14, pulled the engine 5 times since because I had some troubles with the bearings, and I have done a lot of stuff to that car, yeah it had rust and messed up frame rails/floors because the stupid previous owners.About a month ago I bought a 1991 Canadian spec Miata for $2300 from my friends dad it has no rust and everything is prestine for having 238,000 kilometers (about 150,000 miles) and I pulled the engine out of that to replace the clutch. I can say from experience that the Miata has way cheaper parts than the 300zx and it easier to work on.

[@Nasonix2]

What size rim do you run Taylor? On your miata???

[@coleyoung5106]

Great videos , I am trying to find a healthy motor or atleast bottom end for my 97, any opinion On 1.6 vs 1.8? It’s already boosted

[@dsrgarage]

Awesome. Thanks

[@AbominableJoshie]

Use the parts off of this block and transplant it into Nicole's Miata. It's like a heart transplant for a dying patient.

[@danmanhappygood]

Killed it on this one!

[@scottmason2245]

I got me a boosted 90 na. I love miatas.

[@juanjz4081]

You should make it into a drift kart kinda like Leroy the savage but just with the Miata and not drag but drift😍😍😍

[@MW2gamer237]

The mirrors are from jass performance, they are the classic style mirrors

[@AM-021]

I would wave back to you Taylor!

[@psychotogen1]

you ever buy stuff from miata bob? I live right near him. I've used him, The guy In Bunnel, and Treasure Coast Miata.

[@StephenJZ]

Dope vid Taylor, see you at frakenslide

[@Zainathan]

parts are hella cheap. theres a guy in the Phoenix area selling like 3 NA8 transmissions at $100 a piece... only car thats cheaper is Honda Civics, but you cant exactly slide those lol

[@Marco-ip5cw]

Zain they just jump like they are trying to have hydraulics while trying to slide

[@2turnt259]

Thanks for the good advice 👍

[@KasamS]

When you do the swap you should give the exterior some love aswell

[@CJdriftZ]

Love your vids man!

[@m497524]

When you can do a u turn in your driveway lol

[@spannersautocomputerrepair7528]

BMW E36 platform is equal in initial cost and availability for parts/swaps as the miata.

[@bretthummel8525]

Put the new motor in it! I’m so excited to see the videos!

[@ogloc8212]

Drift missile with a regular seatbelt Nice👌

[@707_gato6]

Nice Ram Charger 👍🏻

[@christianizquierdo4989]

amazing video bro!

[@psrb226]

lmaooo i see the previous owner's old stickers on the hardtop edit: you should sell the 1.8, especially if you rebuilt it recently. recoup some money for the swap and spare the motor from blowing it up.

[@kxnrxd4908]

crazy to think that no one could have possibly watched the entire video by now, I got here pretty quick

[@kasper5688]

Konrad Borgmann how is that " crazy to think"?🙃

[@kxnrxd4908]

Kasper Leinonen it was more of an emphasis on how quickly I saw the video, usually KZbin hides all the videos I actually want to see .

[@kasper5688]

Konrad Borgmann Yea that happends to me too. Just said that as a joke.

[@mihaiilie22]

Great vid!!

[@unclejacksyoutube6496]

What is the camera in this vid? And tripod setup for those dope shots in the beginning? They were so awesome

[@Taylordrifts]

+J.D.M. Performance one video back has all My camera gear info in it.

[@creamcorncobb]

Video of how you did your passenger air bag cubby hole?

[@xdsandis]

i dont hate the miata's i agree with youre opinion but i think bmw e36 is better drift car , bit cheaper , and more power ( depends what liter motor)

[@BillyRS]

wronGGamer That's true man. Only reason I didn't get a 36 was insurance costs

[@livinlegend2135]

Ehhh I don’t think so miatas are much cheaper engines and parts all together compared to bmw parts and are much lighter and bare bones as it is but I do prefer e36 for looks I just can never find them cheap enough ☹️

[@parrm9580]

Honestly it all depends on where you live and what cars are cheap

[@justin6604]

NA vs NA I go with E36 for budget, looks, etc.

[@skateecho]

I want an e36 but they are harder to find where i am and more then miatas but if i was going to swap a motor I’d be tempted to do it in an E36

[@donotforgetthis2]

Good video mane! Just curious would you be able to assemble a long stroke coilover setup like that per request? Also were they br or dr?

[@bryanmurphy26]

Watch the fire extinguisher at 12:21

[@jtklawncareandsnowremoval8256]

I want to build a ford ranger or s10 and weld diff hood stack out hood and full cage and no bed basically a death kart and have just the cab stock it would have a tube front and a light bar as headlights and small lights as blinks and stock tails and a 5.3 in it it would rip one day I’ll build it out of the scarp yard buy me and I’d build it myself

[@2pacalivesm]

JTK landscaping s10 yo I would drop that 5.7 in that and that's all

[@chrisyarber3352]

You'd be better off getting a Nissan hardbody they have the ka24e and you can beat the shit out of them and there's more aftermarket support

[@Planet_mars.777]

Would drift pretty shitty no weight in the back you’d spin a lot

[@IcedRiley]

Hey I have an 03 corvette, what parts do I need to replace my steering wheel for an aftermarket one, love your videos btw