Miata engine swap
 

what kind of engine swaps can you put into a miata with little to no modifacations.

only the 1.6 or 1.8 the car came with.

rb26det, 2jz-gte, ls6, ls7, 383 stroker, 351

j/k... what he said ^^^

throw in a 13b

ive seen miatas with 13b 13bt engines and a common swap is sr20det engine in it, but since thats a nissan engine you gotta do some serious wiring shit.

ive i had the knowledge and the money id like to do a 13bt swap in a miata.

Just like Fritchard said,but turbo it.

Anyother swap you will be an easy 5k start,to the swap.

turbo the stock motor, its a good strong motor, im almost positive its iron block closed deck. im sure it would love boost ;).. not too sure on the internals though

yeah it is closed deck, internals vary by year. If you want to boost it stick with 94-97 1.8L as it had stronger rods good for 15psi easily or if you get a 1.6L car they are just as well. The 99+ motors have weaker rods only good for ~10psi or so as well as higher compression and a way better flowing head which is why they can make similar HP with less boost.

If you want SUPER power that's somewhat affordable to swap and maintain go with a 5.0 Ford conversion. That's scary power in a Miata.

Or look into the coldside Ubercharger at Flyin' Miata, it seems to be the rage these days.

a 302 miata runs 12.60 with a bolt ons 302, that wouldent be nearly enuf for me.
theres a company selling compleat bolt in kits for the lsx motors. all u need is motor tranny ecu and harness.
kit includes front k member, steering shaft, custom headers for the lsx, drive shaft, tranny cross member, rear subframe with a ford 8.8 irs rear, subframe conectors so it dosnt buckle under a 200hp gain.
i think they want 3500 for the kit. add 3000 for a ls1 with tranny 200 for the painless wiring harnnes and about 150 for an ecu. 6850 bucks and with a good driver the car will do 11.60s the great thing about lsx motors is they hold tons of power on stock internals so u can by a 350 dollar cam, shave the heads down and make near 400 hit it with a 150 shot and u got a nasty roll car.

I've got a 1994 Miata R package 1.8l 400Hp fully built motor pistons,rods,bearings etc with Turbonetics T3 w/ .60 trim wheel, 6 speed manual from a 2004,rebuilt rear end, ECU flyin' miata program. Falken Azenis on 16" rims,brakes are from a 99 model with carbon tech brakes pads, bilstein suspension w/ coil overs. hard dog hardcore rollbar keeps it rigid with little no no body flex. and the powers being held by a flyin' miata clutch and flywheel. not to mention that I'm getting near 30mpg and even closer to 40mpg while running toluene. running a water to air intercooler and its keeping the car cool at 90 degrees Celsius.


now tell me why you would want to swap a perfectly good motor?

very nice ^^^

why thank you kind sir

your welcome

i just purchased a 95 and would definately like to be running some numbers like that in the future.A friend of mine had a Pettit Racing Miata a few years back and it definately got my attention.Very fun ride

^^ are you coming to the mazda meet at ft desoto? if so i'll show you the setup and whatnot

pmed ya

yeah I am going to try and make it out there

klze /w rx7 tranny ftmfw!!!!

U do realize how small the Miata is. I don't think you could easily put a ls7 or 351 in such a car. Even if you could it would be pointless the car would not hold traction

why swap at all ? save $ build what you have.

make it diesel and call it a day. lol

cottdamn this thread is old.


13BT

grave diggin like a mofuka

I have an mk1 1.6 do u think I can drop a type r unit in there?
I'd love one of the new ones but if I get a cheap one from the previous integra type r 1.8 I'd still be really happy. will it need a lot of work though?

are you fucking serious ?

look at his post count

the only real difficult part is fitting the exhaust
keeping the car straight under hard acceleration because of the short wheel base is a bigger issue than than traction from what I've seen
there are a couple of LS1 Miata youtube videos at an autocross at Pungo airfeild here in VA, do a search for them
the car looks like alot of fun but it's a handfull

who built your motor?
 

may I ask, who did the build? and what the cost might have been minus the Turbo? - I was in the process of investigation a K20 and tranny from an S2000 - - thank you!

13b-t =) or 20b n/a

stroke it!!!

Flyin' Miata : Engine/Drivetrain : Built engines : FM built stroker engine

check this out if you like to mess around with your engine, you cansave some money between your free labor, local machine shop and parts online

Stick with something simple. Get an extra miata block, and just build it up in your free time.

-meaty

+1

Just get a normal Bp 1.8 DOHC and Boost the living Shit out of that Motor they hold 20psi with a good TUNE

^ done seent it in a festiva. fast!

Ive got the LS1, and it has been by far and away the best car I have ever owned. DO IT, DO IT.

I'm getting my hands on a 90 Miata, I got a list of stuff I need for the BP 1.8l swap, from scott[pdexta] on FMR. I was just wondering if the 1.8l engine with bolt up with the trans thats on the 1.6l?

^google....

put a six rotor in it.

24a!!! never seen one of those done...carbed...lol ftw!