getsidewaysd1

Had a chance to meet this guy at a meet Saturday night. Words can not decribe this car. Just un-*******-real. Here's a video of him at an autocross:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxFDtDwBVN0

Heres his web site:
www.ls1miata.net

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

nice!



sidenote: uhhhhhhhhh: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ExoticMiata

zoom2zoom

iTrader: (5)

that chick is nasty, but whatever works for ya....

Flippy02

i've seen taht vid before, scurry....

magnamx-5

iTrader: (7)

you shoulda seen my last autoX 2nd gear only with 3 secs of 3rd it is trully leashing the beast. only 70 or so mph.

Fritch

just more proof that people from Miami are ******* wackos

magnamx-5

iTrader: (7)

A 600 whp miata wasnt enought to totally convince you.

Fritch

that guy is in Tampa (600hp turbo 4cyl), unless you mean the 600hp V8 but I don't know where that guy is from

bripab007

There's a company in Jacksonville that's now building selling LS-X engine conversion kits for the Miata...tubular front sub-frame, tranny mount and diff. mounts: http://racingconcepts.net/

Philip

dammit, how much?

bripab007

Dunno, they just came out with the formal announcement a couple weeks ago over at the Engine Conversions section of the M.net forum. I think someone mentioned that the diff. mount alone was selling for ~$1,000.

Sounds like it'll be pretty goddamn expensive compared to the Granny's kits for the RX-7, although probably a lot cleaner/nicer.

Philip

hinson > granny

but consider the 302 miata kit is 5k and this is MUCH more involved.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

radical 8 > ls6

i think.



I bet that ****** is insane.

zoom2zoom

iTrader: (5)

Already found an engine locally, now to see the cost of the kit.

bripab007

Forgot about Hinson. I've got a Granny LS1-RX-7 sitting at my house, so that's the only one I've got experience with.

I don't know that this Racing Concepts LS kit for the Miata looks that much more involved than the 302. What're you looking at?

Philip

subframe is beefier.

getsidewaysd1

Altough a LS1 in a miata (or any other V8 for that matter) would be sick, if I was going to do one. It would be in a FD for shrue. Hands down.

m2cupcar

iTrader: (5)

I thought the RC subframe looked fraile - I'd expect something to run from the cross piece to the legs. There was a post on mnet stating the rear end arrangement was $1250 - !