It is time...

[mizboo102]

I bought a '99 Miata in the summer of 2010 and it looked like this:

100k miles, hardtop, American Racing 15s w/ crappy all seasons, aftermarket horn, and awful fog lights.

I registered the car, went to school, then went to @socks house and it got me my first speeding ticket I parked it, put it on craigslist, and let the MS3 scold it:


But... there were big plans for the miata so I kept it. Ripped off the ugly fogs and painted the wheels chalkboard:


Shortly after I bought a 4-1 header, midpipe, and muffler for it to open up that 1.8L of fury.


What must we do to a miata after this? Drop it of course! Tein SS coilovers installed:


For the safeties... Hard Dog Double Diagonal installed 8/11.


Graduation gift from me to the miata? 6UL 15x9 with 225/45R15 Hankook RS3:

Picture taken after 100 miles, looks like I need to turn harder.

Have I bored you yet with my tiny bolt on mods to the miata? Listen up, cuz it's about to get real.



Whale? Rhino? Mountain for the miniature golf course?


04 GTO Engine w/ Tremec T56




Update 2:
Day 1 with the engine, we unpacked - it came with EVERYTHING. All accessories, ECU, O2 sensors and the part of the exhaust they were in, pedals... everything.
At the end of the day it looked like this:

We used a borescope and checked the cylinders. The cross hatching looked good. The compression was between 180-190 on all cylinders (cold, haven't actually heard the engine turn over).

Then I ordered more parts: subframe, k-members, clutch kit (Competition Clutch lightweight flywheel), and oil pan from V8R and took over the dining room (aka "car part room").

The oil pan arrived Friday, 8/10 after I ordered everything 6/21....

The miata took the trek to EECMM w/ @socks and Carolina Mazdas. We came back on Sunday and the tear down began.

The old engine, on its way out. Nothing wrong with it, other than it being a n/a 4cylinder:



All the interior had to come out:


then it was time to remove 13 years of dust, dirt, and grime:

in hindsight, we should have done this part after all the grinding and cutting. we made a mess:


cutting takes you from this:


to this:


then banging gets you here:


and once you cut and bang, its time to test fit. We didn't quite get enough clearance on the first try - the passenger side head sits further back and I got the kit that mounts the kit in the "standard" position to maintain balance (the other option is 2" forward). So it went in, came out, and went back in:



Special thanks to @socks and @Masterofnone !

have got a few good tips from some other v8 miata folks, one of them being the drivers side tunnel mods. we ended up banging out the tunnel a little too much, and ran into clearance issues with the gas pedal (nobody wants that), so theres a little more to do before we weld it up and start putting things in finally.

For now, we are painting suspension parts waiting on more things to arrive. The mig welder arrived today, cam should ship tomorrow. I still need to order the rear end but probably going with Getrag LSD and the blockhugger headers so sean can fabricate my true dual 3" exhaust (always wanted )

Stay tuned!