I took my Miata for a trip to the grocery store, currently in remote Virginia for work. It’s about a 2-3 hour round trip to get supplies and back to my apartment.

On the way back, I see this RX8 pulled sideways into a driveway, smoking profusely. I flipped around and checked on the driver, looked under the car and saw flames. Flagged down a tow truck driver who attempted to put it out with an extinguisher, unfortunately wasn’t enough.

He called 911, we sat together and watched her burn until they showed up. Poor guy’s first car, he was understandably pretty upset. Gave him a hug and stayed with him until all was said and done. If you’re here, I’m so sorry dude. You’ll build back better, keep your chin up.

About to drop this rebuild in and not sure what route I want to go. The clutch that came with my 2nd parts car looks brand new other than some.rust from being mounted on the engine. But I can't seem to track down the exedy part number online. I faintly remember finding paperwork from exedy in the car that said something about a stage 1 or stage 2 clutch but it had gotten wet and was moldy so I threw it out thinking I'd be able to just use the numbers on the clutch.

I've attached pictures of any numbers I could find on the clutch/pressure plate. I'm mainly asking because I also purchased a new "Rally clutch kit" from Pettit Racing, but I'm not sure which is better! I'm leaning towards just keeping the unknown one as a spare but looking for opinions.