Little Jap Cars with Big V8s
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Not sure. The japs nutter jobs tend to do fine with their 4 pots, and 3 isgh litre twins... Not sure a V8 would be a better engine... more reliable, maybe, but not in the spirit of Jappyness.
V8 in a miata is good though!
Can't see a Skyline, 300 sx, Supra, etc, being better with a big yank V8.
Charade, swift, and a corolla might do with a V8 though!
V8 in a miata is good though!
Can't see a Skyline, 300 sx, Supra, etc, being better with a big yank V8.
Charade, swift, and a corolla might do with a V8 though!
The V8's in the MX5,Miata,Eunos thing is so cool,is a very good *match* -& blows the MX5 image outa the water.
Interesting point(s) AM. Taking the skyline (surprise surprise
) because of it's vast(ish) size/weight have often wondered why Nissan never just added another litre or two, & a supercharger,& a..,& a...,& a... ad infinitum,you get the picture
would'ha been perfect IMHO.
Interesting point(s) AM. Taking the skyline (surprise surprise
) because of it's vast(ish) size/weight have often wondered why Nissan never just added another litre or two, & a supercharger,& a..,& a...,& a... ad infinitum,you get the picture would'ha been perfect IMHO.well there is an R32 skyline running in a fairly open-ended race series down here with a decent sized V8 in it....not sure of details but I think its a holden(aka chev) motor, 5.7 or a 6.0 running decent sorta power.
mind you, theres a few other interesting conversions floating round too..the other day I saw an E36 BMW 3-series touring car sitting in a workshop......with an RB26(big single turbo) sitting under the bonnet and some pretty serious looking slicks on it. gotta be reasonably quick....
mind you, theres a few other interesting conversions floating round too..the other day I saw an E36 BMW 3-series touring car sitting in a workshop......with an RB26(big single turbo) sitting under the bonnet and some pretty serious looking slicks on it. gotta be reasonably quick....
My son-in-law's company builds and sells cutting edge LS engine packages, ECUs, wiring harnesses to "stand alone" in any car. We regularly see 500 HP to 850 HP LS engine packages. He's currently working to develop an LS2 based, normally aspirated engine in the 700 HP range and already has a running prototype. The GM LS Gen III and Gen IV engines hold alot of further development promise. Old Corvette and GTOs were just the start.
Thanks for your responses guys!
Thanks for your responses guys!
Mr LS I assume thats the same insane person on Miata.net ???
Holy feck I've just read your "I've just been out in it post"
& thats it I'm doing one too 
I'm thinking LS6 stock standard tune, with a few necessary mods to make it run.
Am I right in saying apart from the subframe & the rear driveline most of it is straight forward?
Holy feck I've just read your "I've just been out in it post"
& thats it I'm doing one too I'm thinking LS6 stock standard tune, with a few necessary mods to make it run.
Am I right in saying apart from the subframe & the rear driveline most of it is straight forward?
Thanks for your questions guys, sorry my relpies are slow because I travel quite a bit.
The website is Howard-Performance.com however it's not up yet, another week or two.
Actually the conversion looks easy, because of engine fit, but is difficult to do it right. The only LS V8 trans combo that fits is the T-56 six speed and it still must use F-body Clutch master and requires extensive sheet metal mods to firewall and tunnel. It does come up in the stock Miata shifter location. The uni-body frame rails require adding steel subframe reinforcement and through bolt backing in the interior floor pans. Fuel tank needs Walbro HP pump, Corvette fuel filter/regulator up sized fuel lines. 8.8 Ford IRS rear-end,from Thunderbird or Cobra, Mark Williams, custom length axles,design / weld new mounts, rebroached hubs. Custom built headers and dual exhaust. Stand alone computer ECU & harness, all new Autometer guages and senders.
The "Bottom Line" is you use the Miata sheet metal body, k-member and rear end subframes and basic wiring & lighting looms, everything else is either GM, Ford or custom built. This is just a brief, general overview. My current running costs, doing everything myself, is at about $ 20,000.00 US including the $ 4,000.00 US I paid originally for the stock Miata and I'm not completely finished yet.
Sorry for the extremely long post, however it's important, I don't want anybody to wrongly think that a LS V8 conversion is an easy, cheap alternative, it's not!!
On Miata.net you probably read my friend Tim's posts under: "Turbotacoma". Mine's not done yet, but there are about 10 of us regularly communicating about our LS V8 Miatas projects, but I don't personally know of anybody using a "Kit" or Package although a company in California claims to have one for sale.
>> Edited by LS V8s in Miatas on Saturday 17th September 00:27
The website is Howard-Performance.com however it's not up yet, another week or two.
Actually the conversion looks easy, because of engine fit, but is difficult to do it right. The only LS V8 trans combo that fits is the T-56 six speed and it still must use F-body Clutch master and requires extensive sheet metal mods to firewall and tunnel. It does come up in the stock Miata shifter location. The uni-body frame rails require adding steel subframe reinforcement and through bolt backing in the interior floor pans. Fuel tank needs Walbro HP pump, Corvette fuel filter/regulator up sized fuel lines. 8.8 Ford IRS rear-end,from Thunderbird or Cobra, Mark Williams, custom length axles,design / weld new mounts, rebroached hubs. Custom built headers and dual exhaust. Stand alone computer ECU & harness, all new Autometer guages and senders.
The "Bottom Line" is you use the Miata sheet metal body, k-member and rear end subframes and basic wiring & lighting looms, everything else is either GM, Ford or custom built. This is just a brief, general overview. My current running costs, doing everything myself, is at about $ 20,000.00 US including the $ 4,000.00 US I paid originally for the stock Miata and I'm not completely finished yet.
Sorry for the extremely long post, however it's important, I don't want anybody to wrongly think that a LS V8 conversion is an easy, cheap alternative, it's not!!
On Miata.net you probably read my friend Tim's posts under: "Turbotacoma". Mine's not done yet, but there are about 10 of us regularly communicating about our LS V8 Miatas projects, but I don't personally know of anybody using a "Kit" or Package although a company in California claims to have one for sale.
>> Edited by LS V8s in Miatas on Saturday 17th September 00:27
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