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Why do you use grease for the sleeve? The bearing should turn and not the sleeve? CheeRS from Switzerland (I have a 1979 SC and changed the sleeve 6 years ago withn no grease).

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using a torque wrench to loosen bolts? Why on earth do people like you give advice?

I really enjoyed all 3 videos. Your comments in the first one on driving impressions had me laughing out loud at times! Great sound on this one and nice finale here. Hey, I'd say it's time you try the 964 & 993 - both contemporaries to your Miata!

With any vintage Porsche, and yes, the 911SC now qualifies as "vintage", you have to be prepared to put up with things don't exist with other cars. The sloppy steering wheel and shifter are problems, and you've corrected them. However, it would be more accurate to rate a 911 model that is a contemporary to your Miata. If yours is a 90s era Miata, then the 964/993 model would be more appropriate. Based on your views, I'd say you're a 993 guy through and through. The 993 is the easiest to drive, the quietest and most comfortable of the air-cooled era, and it has working A/C. IMHO, it's the nicest air cooled 911 to own, too. Of course, there are maintenance issues with any car, and 911s can be very expensive. But it's by far the most rewarding car I have ever owned.

If you drove a Miata with a flat tire, would you focus repeatedly on the poor handling? And POWER steering?!? I'll just leave it there. Entertaining video, though... Yes I'm biased, I have an immaculate daily driver 87 Carrera.

You should fly to Chicago and take my 87 911 turbo for a joy ride!

Your attitude is great too

Great job, looks amazing under there. Lovely car

“….months go by.” Try DECADES! 😂🤯🤬🫠 Of the WAY TOO DANG MANY restoration projects I’ve taken on, mostly for customers, of those that were for my own classic, vintage or, antique vehicles I’ve owned over the past 4+ decades, as for “restoring” those, was more or less opted for “refurbishment”, over actual full-on “restoration”, as THAT process is SO MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE!!! That said, I’m currently in the process of just that, a full-on restoration, of a customers’ 1966 IH Scout 800. Even with as basic a vehicle as a vintage Scout is, parts-wise, still takes up 4 bays of SPACE for all parts involved! The two other techs, besides myself, are right near ready for complete reassembly of the whole vehicle.. waiting for body sheetmetal parts to finish being painted. I’ve been on the fence of whether or not to take on restoring all of its fasteners, zinc &/or anodized, per whatever the various bits & pieces were originally. Your hardwares’ finished result really does look great! I’ve always been a stickler for detail & do think such a step very much does grab folks’ eyes, when checking out a restored vehicle!!! P.S.: one of my past personally owned project cars, was a 1970 Opel GT 1900!!! Sold that one (regrettably now 😩) to a buyer that had it shipped back to Germany, for a full restoration!

For any of those wondering 8:05 Song is "star shopping - lil peep"

can i still use coil overs to adjust the suspensions softness or increase dampening (not the ride height) also can you shocks go on a NC I replaced my old shots with new stock shocks and the rear ones got very soft within a year... so time to change em again

i see much clanking in my future...

Super helpful video. Literally went through this exact buy=>build=>outsource decision tree.

How was it when you tried to scratch the paint? Was it durable or did it come off?

First love the car ..

Seriously, live in the USA and drive a gay European Opel 😅 max 1.9 l (1897 cm³) engine with 105 HP a poor German imitation of American mucle cars 😂

What a great video. Really glad I watched this after I restored my car. Haha would have helped had I found this sooner!

Stick with your Miata, the 911 will be too much for your skill set.

Hi Andrew, I love the drive through Hope Ranch, the only prettier site, than that SC, seen running though Hope Ranch is Kathy Ireland. As pointed out your base of comparison was a 14 year newer Miata. Just in those 14 years there was enough automotive advancement to make a base model Mazda feel lively in comparison, especially if you don’t know how to drive a 911. Thst said, It was nice to see you began to figure out that 3500 rpm is what the motor should drop to after you up shift no lower. After the car is warm you shouldn’t be below 3500, Your in town driving included. I will say you do get one thing automatically with a Miata you don’t get with a 911, a very colorful rainbow sticker for your bumper.

You are born for Miata, dont try anything else

More of your 240! Love it

really beautiful work... for an opel lol. jk

I appreciate He Mentioned his height 6'4....more room than I thought in there.... (I'm a professional driver)...Miata is a good benchmark for how a front engined sports car should feel like... The further back the engine, the earlier you need to influence the vehicles center of gravity. All 4 brakes are in front of the engines weight, So the brake bias will be setup differently....So repair the car, then learn to drive..Late 70's produced VW rabbit, Mercedes 190E, updates to the Datsun Z... Don't t forget the world's Baddest rally car before all wheel drive, the non Americas Ford Escort!

Question, when recording the audio using a breakout cable, and feeding both left and right into your GoPro, How did both Engine and Exhaust not get compressed into a single track? Great tutorial BTW, thank you

Great series of vids (part 1 and 2), thank you! Can you recommend a budget 2 channel recorder for noobs? Lastly, beautiful area you live in. Thanks again

Hello, I am in France and I would like to fit a 240 gearbox in my opel manta A GTE, I would not have too much difficulty buying the gearbox, however it seems that the transmission shaft needs to be shortened, the did you do?

I've had both and the miata is a wonderful sports car while the 911 is an interesting car. I no longer have any miatas.

If i wash a little to harsh in the other video ha ha not harsh just wrong and if you are handy enough to do these repairs you knew (that you cannot say these things about these cars based on that particular car) that already at the first video just my cents

Pfffffff that steering wheel says it all but he lets put a opinion out there after driving one car pretty disappointing

What’s a Miata?

Best tutorial out there for recording car audio! Really appreciate the video, keep up the good work !

Thank you for this video. Just bought a go pro to film drives in my white 911 SC. Since I am just getting started with capturing on video, have you experimented on how it would sound plugging the external mic right into the go pro camera?

Yep, I'd suggest you not buy a air cooled 911, I'll bite the bullet and help take it off the seller hands.

I had a '72 Beetle when I was in high school in the late '80s and called it "the Porsche." And I drove it like one, even having the rear end come around on me a couple times! I love the 911 and would readily make room for a nice air-cooled version in my garage, but I do have to admit I'm getting a little sick of them.

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i going to update my systems looks better

Man, I was literally just searching for this a week or two ago. Never found anything u was really happy with. Thanks for making this

That’s a beat SC. There are so many better 911s

Just a heads up the pictures on Flyin Miatas website of cars with the 2.5 kit are definitely not set to the highest position with that clip mentioned in this video. It’s either the middle or lower position. The middle looks really good with 15s and you can probably use the lowest but im not sure that might be too low.

Andrew…..you have made an excellent video here. Thankyou. I’m so glad it came across my feed. I’ve downloaded it. It’s that good! Excellent effort. Calm demeanour, professional, and informative.👏 P.S. …..and I was happy to subscribe.😊

One of the better cars from the era: Volkswagen GTI

Hey Andrew, do you mind sharing what company did the plating? Thanks

Oh - and your Miata has that gigantic torque …. 😂

My 1985 has the same wobble in the steering column. Can you share what part number you used? I did a similar job you did to the shifter and it made a huge difference to the gear changes. but the steering wheel is driving me nuts!

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not all have hands for it, the Miata is a good option this are more to men with beard, well you do have it but it´s a lower type of beard. Knowing both cars and both are good in their own segment but one is a cheap well made sport car and other is the real deal far from what Miata can achieve, it´s like driving a 2cv from citroen and a Mercedes from the same year , one is one of the best sport cars ever made other is a funny japaneses car, handling is perfect, the same of saying that the Miata is superior to most of the ferrari cars

Drive a brand new Porsche and compare it to a brand new Miata and then see if you will fell the Miata is better than the Porsche.

This thing is mint!

I came to learn the audio, stayed for the Manta.