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Any turbo guys on here have feedback on turbo exhausts? Flying Miata? 2.5', 2.75', or 3.0' Since I finally paid for my rollbar the FM2 Turbo Kit or similar will be on my radar goals for 2016, and the stock exhaust wont cut it. As the two-seater sports car began to hit the market in 1990, it would be named the Mazda Miata in the US and the MX-5 in Europe. It was the perfect inexpensive option for sports car enthusiasts a budget. With over one million cars sold across the world by April 2016, it would then become the best-selling two-seater convertible sports car in history.
To start viewing messages,select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. It is really up to you. I can tell you that you need a LS swap since that is what I would do, but you might find that a v6 swap is more up your alley or you might like to have a 13b turbo swap in the future. The possibilities are endless.I prefer a LS3 swap.
I think that the LS would be a better solution if your looking into weight, grip, track time, and good ol American muscle. A LS swap, T56, and a Ford 8.8 adds like a extra 200 lbs of weight to the chassis I think.
I not sure of the exact number here. I know it pretty close to that range. A LS swap would be more money, better reliability, better drivability, less weight than a 5.0L Ford, and fast. My second option would be a 1.8L motor with a stroker kit from FM and a FMII kit. Well he did come HERE asking US for advice, so.
Sending him off to search Google is kind of a kick in the teeth. IMHOThere is a lot of options with these cars, the V8 kits are now a bolt in affair, with minimal cutting, you would just need to source the engine.
But have you considered forced induction like the new SuperCharger kit from Project-G?? 217hp may not sound like much vs todays cars. However the miata does not weigh nearly as much as the new cars these days, so the power-to-weight is pretty excellent.If you are sold on a engine swap I would have to say the V8 kit from V8Roadsters and Monster Motorsports are the best so far.
I see a lot of guys 'trying' to complete a Rotory swap, but most seem to never finish.BTW Chris, not to be a jerk but why would you choose Bossfrog when V8Roadsters is right here in our backyard? Unk577 can tell you they do tons of swaps here locally. Their shop is like 10 minutes from the 'Five Guys' place we used to meet. Lol.His V8 Miata is gonna be bad assTo the OP, like everyone else has said it is up to you and your goals. Best engine swap would be V8 LS series hands down. Your question should be something like, 'I'm new to this whole thing, I have.fill in the blank.
of experience with cars and I'm looking for a different engine for my Miata when it goes. With that you can be more guided. How deep are your pockets? Can you wield? Etc.All these things come into play with the Miata. If you don't have a lot of experience putting anything else besides a BP back in the Miata is a ass ton of work. You can be very happy with a boosted Bp engine.
You won't be the fastest in the world, but it will put a smile on your face and you will smoke enough cars. Well he did come HERE asking US for adviceThe subject of engine swaps in pretty wide. Most will favor the LS swap for being the most easiest for having many bolt-on optons. I vote it for the best like I. Fuck you guys are way too nice.
I'd have told him to eat shit and die. And then provided my answer.If you're poor, 5.0 swap. It's solid and the engine is dirt cheap and simple, and stupid cheap to mod. However it's heavy. And its power gains from factory motor specs aren't worth it for the average douche.LSx if you have some extra cash, it's lighter than the 5.0, more power.
It costs more. A good fucking chunk more.13B if you're a delusional fucking retard. Only a couple guys have been able to do it successfully, and there's a few threads all over the place of people take it on with no success. If you have no prior car history or mods. Kiss this good bye.Really the only ones worth mentioning. Other guys will say V6, but fuck them. That's gay.I'd also highly research the option for turbo-ing your car.now go kill yourselfEDIT: but fucking seriously, we aren't going to write the shit that's already been written about.
Google it, it's on plenty of other forums and there's a thread I started on CR that went IN DEPTH about motor swaps. Probably one of the best full blown discussions about it.
Fuck you guys are way too nice. I'd have told him to eat shit and die.
And then provided my answer.If you're poor, 5.0 swap. It's solid and the engine is dirt cheap and simple, and stupid cheap to mod. However it's heavy. And its power gains from factory motor specs aren't worth it for the average douche.LSx if you have some extra cash, it's lighter than the 5.0, more power. It costs more.
A good fucking chunk more.13B if you're a delusional fucking retard. Only a couple guys have been able to do it successfully, and there's a few threads all over the place of people take it on with no success. If you have no prior car history or mods.
Kiss this good bye.Really the only ones worth mentioning. Other guys will say V6, but fuck them. That's gay.I'd also highly research the option for turbo-ing your car.now go kill yourselfEDIT: but fucking seriously, we aren't going to write the shit that's already been written about. Google it, it's on plenty of other forums and there's a thread I started on CR that went IN DEPTH about motor swaps. Probably one of the best full blown discussions about it.I was actually thinking about that thread. You went into a really deep discussion between supercharging, turbo'ing, and engine swap.
I'm with you on the 13B, you have to be really ballsy to do that and if you do a V6. No.edit. Just found a thread where someone did a GTO 4.7 V8 swap in 3 months.
It’s a killer setup! The best bang for your buck is to get these from a junkyard, but even replacement coils typically work just as well. I did but one set of “ACDelco” OEM coils from eBay for $139.99 and they were junk, I had to send them back. Pretty sure they were knock offs. The actual coils used in this video are chinese replacement coils from Orielly Auto Parts that cost me around $250. But they work killer.
I’ve hear the “upgraded” coils on eBay also work excellent, but I can’t speak from experience. If you go for the ACDelco units, just buy them from a reputable source.