ah, the lamenting of a miata owner...... well brant, you COULD always sell that jeep

 

or do the v8 swap thing

 

ahhh, so former RX7 owner?


s2ki member My R1 was planning on a PFS 20B swap on his RX7 - never went through with it because PFS ripped him off. anyway, if im going with an engine swap, why not go all out with an R26B 4-rotor?

 

brant, i believe a ford 289 would fit in the miata. may throw off the impeccable handling and balance, but...

 

also, kamehamaha (or however you spell it), has a 390whp miata - turbo'd of course.


yes. Three Nineteeeeeeeeeeeee...

 

I'm working on selling the Jeep. Still won't get an S, though. Right now I just want to financially stabilize and Guinness is more than enough car to bring a to my face everytime I go for a drive.

I want to wait for a while before I mod the car more than it already is, though. I want to take it to the track to learn the high speed handling and power delivery better and also autocross it a bit to learn more about the transitional handling.

Once I have a baseline and decide if I want to compete in C Stock autocross class or not I'll decide what direction to go with the car.

 

sounds like a Master Plan


so, RX7 drivetrain swap it is?

 

The 5.0 (4.9, really, but who's counting) motor swap for the Miata also necessitates the rear end out of the older T-Bird, so you gain a little weight at both ends and don't throw off the balance TOO much, I don't think.

That's pretty major surgery, though, so I think I'll stick to either NA or a turbo and then work on getting the suspension just right.

The Koni's and stock springs at all 4 corners do okay for now in the handling department, though...

 

289 is the same block as the 302 which can be stroked to 354 for GOBS of torque. but your handling will be pretty much shot at that point, I think you'll have 78/22 weight distribution....

alex - yes former rx owner. The rx I owned the longest was actually a second gen. that's the one that I fiddled the most with. But the two are quite similar. That suspension is almost the same, just some geometry tweaks (actually it's even on the new rx8!!!) What works on one works on the other (in theory, of course there is a lot that is different, but the principles are the same) It's a great and unique car. With some fine mods it can easily hang with porsche GT's and Ferrari's and such. It is simply a monster. The samurai of the import cars.

And yes, I highly recomment the 4-rotor but I want a ride in it!!!!!!

 

i'd imagine. the ford 289 is pretty hardcore. a mild turbo would do wonders for a car as light as a miata...


and yes, koni's on a miata... the car handles on rails already, i can only imagine what it can do with aftermarket suspension.