I was at a car meet and saw this awesome NC Miata, what do you guys think?

I am not a fan of the newer body styles, but I think it would be a very fun car!

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You should check out the site for "monster miata". They are manly older model Mostar but still pretty cool.

 

I have seen alot of them, and I would really like to build one myself with my miata when in the future I decide what motor wise I am going to do:P

 

gm ls hands down, i've been thinking about doing this to a 1st gen, i've done research and all you'll gain engine wise is 200lbs, add the lightweight subframe you'll lose at least 50, the stock 1991 has a curb weight of 2100 lbs, with the ls you have a car with a weight of 2300, and a minimum of 305 hp thats a power to weight of 7.54:1 that supercar territory .......i want one

 

All the weight in a aluminum block ls1 is behind the wheel on the miata, so it ends up being very close to 50/50 and your handling is awesome still.

The 1.6l in the miata is VERY heavy I think the ls1 is only 60-100lbs more than the 1.6l and like I said it dosnt throw off things to much since its pretty much balanced in the center of the car.

 

why use a miata, just drop a corvette motor into your S2000...

 

The guy is a huge Miata enthusiast, he also has a LS swapped RX7 FD <3

 

an S is an S and that's that, that's beyond bastardization

 

I <3 bastard swaps. I REALLY want a V8 240SX or Miata. An S2k would be really awesome... But can the OEM gauge cluster be retained?

 

I <3 bastard swaps. I REALLY want a V8 240SX or Miata. An S2k would be really awesome... But can the OEM gauge cluster be retained?
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From what I've heard, people have done the swap a fully functional OEM cluster. I haven't looked into it though, so I don't know the details.