Mine made this sound literally 2 days ago, but ended up being the crank pulley sensor banging against the crank pulley. Look around for the little things before tearing the engine apart, it could very well be small like an accessory bearing, or loose sensor etc.

Make sure you delete the speaker from the airtag, heaps of guides on youtube. If you don't and someone does steal the car, the person closest to the airtag (the person stealing it) would get notified and it gives them an option to play a sound and find it, they'd then just throw it away.

While you're checking your timing belt (tensioner could be failing) be sure to check your VVT system as that can fail as well. If the maintenance is not caught up on it (oil changes with proper oil), those oil galleys in the head for the VVT can rust and cause a CEL to turn on, causing either over retard or over advanced on your timing. When that happens, and after checking everything and everything is good, usually means it's the head that failed.

be glad there's a problem because if you run out of problems to fix, there'll be a huge dopamine crash :(

Great video series, and geeat job in the car. I agree with the other comment on the tensioner being the first thing to check.

Dude your videos are so high quality you are not getting the popularity you deserve.

Ayy, i even forgot about that comment. I think you liked it and you just never mentioned it so I thought whatever. So glad I contributed to your happiness and enjoyment.

now its diesel miata

k-swap ?

Timing belt tensioner rattle... service your timing belt.

Enjoying these videos. Good luck on that noise.

im not sure but i think the rattle is coming form the vibration of the windows in the door

What's your dash cam recommendation?

Another great video :D Awesome stuff as for the engine noise I can't tell doesn't sound like lifter tick but I could be wrong. Best of luck! I'll ask a friend what he thinks (if you haven't figured it out)

pick up some dynamat or hushmat. put on the inside of the door. While having the panel off already, make sure everything is tightened etc. Also a good chance to lubricate window rails etc while your in there.

Lol you're like 1 year ahead of me. I was literally on the phone with Matt 3 hours ago. Hoping to buy my NB in a couple of months

I just recently re-did my entire 2001 with diode dynamics LED's. I did literally every bulb, including the guage cluster and hvac (except for 2 red bulbs in the cluster that have to remain incandescent). I even added in marker lights for the rear and they look great. Diode dynamics bulbs are awesome, butthey are oem brightness, so for those wanting to get a suntan from their led's, they may want something different. I'm really thrilled with them and highly recommend. It was pricey.. the conversion cost me about 500 bucks, most of that cost being the low and high beams.

5:22 reminds me of when I was rebuilding my whole ass suspension. The tight fitment was brutal and having to count threads on my heim joints.

Thank you for using the proper leds! can't stand people with cheap LEDs in halogen housings. Also, don't be too hard on yourself, I've always found changing bulbs is difficult (tight places, mostly)...

I bought my first set of led at O'Reillys. Those Sylvanias had the same problem. I ended up buying a 55w HID kit. It's way brighter than any led kit for the price. I found a website called bulb facts and compared my budget of $80.00 to the best hid kit they reviewed. LED tech has got way better through they years but I don't know if they can put out the same lux as a 55w HID

Looks like your description is describing the last video instead of the topic for this one. Great upgrade with the lights, absolutely worthwhile. I understand your struggle, just finished up retrofitting projector lenses to my Seat Leon with LEDs after a million setbacks.. but the end result was worth it, the light is SO much better, it's crazy :) interesting difference with the Euro cars, those sidemarkers do not have lights in them. Also the turns signals do not light up like this at all (as DRLs?). Always found that funny with US cars.

We take such a bath on ordering stuff from Flyin' Miata. (they are the best) gawd it was a fun 30% bill i received from Fed-ex a month after I got my stuff

just got my miata same color same wheels too but ive got the soft top looks so clean with the hard top same color def gonna have to look for one

Woo, Detective Velaga!! It is always so satisfying to finally find things like that hahah

nice content

Like the series 😎

Great job man! Think about getting me a fm exhaust too for my NB2. Don’t want a too load but like you said not a fart can lol.

Yeah, sounds good. I might get one now. Are you going to update the stereo?

hell yeah sounds great!! I would’ve gone mad looking for the issue lol, can’t wait for the next episodes!

I've had big exhausts on V8's and the drone on some will give you a headache. Literally. I think you're smart to do the muffler you did. Now I might need that same muffler for my 01 Miata!

keep up the work bro. this channel deserves so much more attention, very quality content

sounds great, so rewarding finding a fix like that too. been following your progress as I just picked up an 02 and have been fixing and doing the same things

Great work again. Having only worked on FWD cars, I completely forgot about the prop shaft. Nice diagnosis! Exhaust is nice, I think for myself I'd want a bit more though

My 1998 NB was at the bodyshop for the past tweo weeks to remove the rust on the rear sills and lower front fender by replacing the inner panels... and now I want exactly this wheel/tire combination and a really similar exhaust...

Glad you found the noise.

I think you sold me on the flyinmiata exhaust

I took everything off my nb exhaust. Catless, straight through eBay cat back, and no resonator. Sounds amazing lol

You need to replace your muffler bearing

I like your style. Gives me natalie lynn vibes.

I wish I had a guy around here like you, to tinker on my Miata with.

Maybe I missed it but are you working under the car only supported by the jack?? Always use jack stands!! Cheers 🍻

i can somewhat confidently say that that’s not a noise caused by the new exhaust. it 100% sounds like a moving part, think wheel bearings, rotors, axle, etc. maybe differential but that is really loud and you’d probably be able to feel something wrong too if it was

Hey whats the name of the first song that plays at 0:56 ?

Please tell me you tested what the miata sounded like with no muffler...??

this looks like a pain to do. might as well buy new ones.

next time something is this stucj, try heat. it will make the metal expand a little allowing the ball joint to be released easier.

Well done for learning my guy

if you think it`s too much light, you could potentially sacrifice one of the sun visor lights for a gopro mount. I think it was jass performance that did a gopro mount that bolts where the sun visor bolts in. It could be a nice angle, but haven`t tried it yet. I just thought it would be interesting for others to know too.

another thing u can do to make it sound good is taking the middle muffler out and putting a dual pipe muffler on instead of the rear one. thats what i have on my nb2 and it sounds great. almost nu trumpet sound and it has areally nice deep idle noise

Future tip - put the nuts on the ends of the bolts when you hammer them out so you won't mess up the threads. And kudos to you for learning and taking on this project. Great job! Oh, and the sound could be the new muffler or pipe is somehow contacting the undercarriage. When it's cold, get under there and try to shake the muffler and see if it is rubbing anywhere.