Motor swaps?

[Hard Drivin Johnny]

What's a good motor for my 90? The stock 1.6? I'd like a bit more power, but I'm not power-hungry. I'm actually ok with how it runs now, with 186,000 on it and low compression on all 4 cylinders. I've driven a 2006 Miata and really liked that power level.

Thanks

[black roadster]

1.8 swap is the easiest but not NC territory, at least stock. The 1.8 swap is popular because it's easy to do, adds a bit more horsepower but more importantly, more torque. If you take the 1.8 and go, FI you can get a fast, fun car.

[Hard Drivin Johnny]

What kind of money are we talking, to have it done at Trackdog? Say, a stock 1.8 swap, and a mild turbo setup (7 psi or so?). PM me if needed.

[icepenguin66]

Its an easy swap & you'd only spend about $200 more than dropping another 1.6 in it. Any questions let me know. I did the 1.8 swap a long time ago and helped a few other people do it. I'm pretty busy this weekend but when I get the time I'll check my old computer hd and I should have a nice write up on the swap with notes that I added after talking with Keith from Flying Miata.

[POS Racing]

Would it be cheaper to sell you current car and buy a Miata with a 1.8? The '94-'97 are not that much more $$ than the old small block Miatas.

[Hard Drivin Johnny]

I've thought about that too, POS. It's a ways in the future so I'll just keep the info stored away for now. My car is a good little daily driver so I'll just keep rolling with it until I absolutely have to replace it.

[CosmosMpower]

LS1, F20C, SR20DET are all fun motors but the swap might cost more than the car

[Hard Drivin Johnny]

I imagine they would be. :)

[icepenguin66]

Would it be cheaper to sell you current car and buy a Miata with a 1.8? The '94-'97 are not that much more $$ than the old small block Miatas.

Well, most that end up doing the 1.8 swap already had a 1.6 and for some reason needed to rebuild or replace the engine so in that case its only like $200 more to do the 1.8 swap. I had the infamous 1990 crank failure, so I did the swap.