civic vti engine in an mk1 mx5?

[phatmanace]

Folks,

I've been wondering for a while, has anyone ever tried fitting an old civic vti 1.6 VTEC engine into an MX5.

it struck me while thinking about turbo/supercharger possibilities for mine - might this be another alternative? my mate's S2000's engine is quite something, and I thought the 'revviness', combined with the top end shove you get from a vtec, might be quite a laugh in an mx5. Also - the older civics must be quite common now, therefore might be quite cheap..

Of course - it's entireley possible I'm talking tosh!!
-ace

[cptsideways]

Go Mazda rotory if you want buzz, you'll save almost 100kg's too getting rid of the 1.6 boat anchor compared to the Wankel. It'll bolt in nicely too.

[MrFlibbles]

That'd be awesome, is it a popular conversion? I've never heard of it before.....I presume its the twin turbo jobby?

[Xenocide]

Boost in, apex seals out.

[deevlash]

there was a guy who recently changed the entire running gear of his mx-5 for that of an rx-8 so surely the engine would be the easy part! I think it was in last weeks autocar or evo