Why ruin a perfectly good Miata...............?
As the title states... anyone out there?
Why ruin a perfectly good Miata...............?
92 Sunny 214k, 95 Dimples, 93 James Bondo, 92 SM (Speedie Jr )
Shelley, Apex, Tigger, Max, Baby(cats), Fluffy, Spot, and Peanut (mini horses), Cinnamon & Bitsy(dawgs)
MSR #1001, SCCA #208822 Let's go racin'
Sounds like fun to me...
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Hey, now -- that's what I think whenever I see a Spec Miata!Originally Posted by MadMerv
A Spec Miata is still a Miata. It just handles even better! With that big chunk of iron up front, it's good for nothing but going in a straight line...................... :)
92 Sunny 214k, 95 Dimples, 93 James Bondo, 92 SM (Speedie Jr )
Shelley, Apex, Tigger, Max, Baby(cats), Fluffy, Spot, and Peanut (mini horses), Cinnamon & Bitsy(dawgs)
MSR #1001, SCCA #208822 Let's go racin'
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Kinda makes me wish somebody had a nice LS1 NB for sale somewhere... I'll be due for a second Miata sometime sooner or later.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
....never mind......
92 Sunny 214k, 95 Dimples, 93 James Bondo, 92 SM (Speedie Jr )
Shelley, Apex, Tigger, Max, Baby(cats), Fluffy, Spot, and Peanut (mini horses), Cinnamon & Bitsy(dawgs)
MSR #1001, SCCA #208822 Let's go racin'
Maybe you have seen this:
http://flyinmiata.com/index.php?dept=115
"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional." Haruki Murakami
OK, the Flyin' Miata kit looks like it would be an easy conversion. I'd like to see front/rear wieights before and after. It is still a very expensive conversion unless you can find a wrecked CTS-V :)
92 Sunny 214k, 95 Dimples, 93 James Bondo, 92 SM (Speedie Jr )
Shelley, Apex, Tigger, Max, Baby(cats), Fluffy, Spot, and Peanut (mini horses), Cinnamon & Bitsy(dawgs)
MSR #1001, SCCA #208822 Let's go racin'
You can buy the CTS diff new from GM for about $650, and cheap used LS1s and T56s are as close as your nearest junkyard, since they came in tens of thousands Camaros ('98-'02) and C5 Corvettes ('97-'04).
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I think you're still looking at about 5 grand for the motor and tranny though. A friend of mine is putting one in his 240sx since the KA just gave up. He's using the truck version with iron block and an automatic transmission since they were only $2500 both, he said the LS1 and T56 was double that.
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I can't even find a WC T5, much less a T56, in a junkyard.
A used GM WC T5 will cost over 700.00, which is why i'm using a FoMoCo T5 in the T
I may end up putting a Tremec TK in the truck, they are only 2k new.