CSTG's next big project
 

This will be a while in the making. 6 months maybe? Hopefully less? Possibly more?

Here's the possible donor vehicle.

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Won't be needing this...

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Cruise, AND ABS.

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Don't WANT these.

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Damage all the things!

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1419389209

K-swap?

Yes sir. You can all wait with me:

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Next is another $650 order at KMiata for a few bits and pieces, and an S2000 manifold off Ebay.

Sweet, in for the awesomeness (and envy).

Hopefully I'll post awesomeness. Our goal with the project is a fun and streetable track car, hopefully we can tick all the boxes. I'm also excited for NA hotness.

I'll also be doing all of this inside my one car garage, so it'll be a decent document about how much work is actually involved and how hard it'll be for a moderately skilled mechanic such as myself.

K swap and turbo??

Ooo, fun. Looking forward to this.

No pics of the whole car?

Subbed, looking forward to seeing this build progress.

Is the old motor spoken for? I've got a friend who is in the market for a 1.8.

Does it smell like the interior is as musty and moldy as it looks? One forgets that many just think of the Miata as a cheap disposable utility and treat it like the econo-box they should be driving.

Poor soggy merlot...

^thats why they sold so many of them. It offered buyers an economical option to drive top down and not pay much more than the econobox they would otherwise be driving.

They didn't sell a million of them on exclusivity and specialness :)

the best part is when they never replace the rain rail, it pours water into the interior for months, then you lift up the carpet under the seats and on the rear shelf to find nice little pools of moldy water with creatures swimming in it.

///Miata

Finally an exterior view:

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The paint really is quite crappy. There's a few places where the clear coat is peeling, and overall it's pretty dull. Nothing Oregonmon couldn't fix up with his polisher.

I feel like it's a $2k car with $400 in FM butterfly brace, and $600 in Tein basics.

So is Eric buying it or what?

First piece of the puzzle has arrived! Subframe looks great. Beautiful welds left and right, I'm hoping the tubular aspect of it also make's access to engine mounts and other things a little easier. You can see the offset engine mounts, much different than a Miata. Rest of the kit should arrive "1st or 2nd week of January" according to the K-Miata peeps.

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Driver's side unwrapped:

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Bottom of the same side:

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Purchase of the Merlot has also been given the go-ahead, as soon as money is transferred it'll mine, all mine! Muwahhahaha. By the end I'm guessing the trunk and interior will have no carpet, soft top, and hopefully no leaks.

Simply awesome. I'm really glad someone like yourself is going through with this K-swap. Mainly because i know you will document it well and post it on this forum for my enjoyment :wink:

Looks great guys.

Yeah, unfortunately we had some small delays because of the holidays. Our suppliers were on time with production, but their zinc platers, anodizers, and powdercoaters weren't :(

So the rest of the parts ship as soon as we are done making them pretty for you.

Any tear down of the chassis yet?

10 years ago when I bought my first miata this is why. I wanted a convertible that was manual and miata's were the only thing I could afford. Now I am stupid and own 5 and am building turbo setups.

I am now wondering if curly is going to go from the boosted side to NA side like so many others on this site.

Chassis has not been acquired yet. We're deciding where to put the money/time first. It's currently between chassis prep, and engine prep. Neither is really useful without the other, but there's no point in a Miata without a K-series engine ready to go in it.

Is the stock motor dead?

This is 100% a toy for kaisersoze, not me. We'll see what I think of the K-series power band, but this is much different than going from a 300hp turbo BP to a 150 VVT just for a little reliability and weight savings. I'm both saving weight and adding 120hp/90ftlbs.

I really enjoy my DD NB, I haven't updated it's "build" thread in a long time, but it now has poly diff mounts and MC engine mounts. Great little commuter, but even my 1.6 turbo is an absolute riot with it's "measly" 172ftlbs of torque. If anything I plan on grabbing one of a few NA1.8 engines available to me and slapping my T25 with a new manifold on it. After building it with rods of course.

Nope. This merlot had a NA 1.9 with toda cams and pistons(?), adjustable cam gears, Mazdaspeed ITBs, blah, blah. GreddyGalant knows more about it than I do.

It currently has a lower mileage stock NA 1.8 with new coil packs, plug wires, stock clutch and a few other bits I'm forgetting about. Basically brand new Tein Basics, FM frame rail and butterfly brace, straight shot clutch line...I'm sure I'm forgetting a thing or two. Oh upgraded stereo.

Owner of the shop is actually a little sad that we'd be taking out such a nice 1.8, but we're putting in a even better 2.4 :O

Small update time! Motor mounts arrived. Not the prettiest thing, although fabrication and powdercoating quality is great. Very well wrapped as well, no damage here!

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Not sure which one goes where, I'll figure that out when an engine arrives.

Oh! And the rest of the kit should have shipped this week, so I'll have up-close pictures of the flywheel and adapter plate asap.

Josh, are you using a K24A2? If so, you were mistakenly sent the wrong mount driver side mount… Robert was using a K24A1 which uses a different style mount, but looks like the packing slip got goofed up with the transition.

You have my apologies, we will ship out one out to you ASAP today, along with a return label.

Bonus is that the K24A2 is much prettier looking due to the locations of the bolt holes :)

K24 ? K20?
K and f seres are one of my favorite Engines for a Miata but it's nearly immpossible to get it street legal in Germany

Honda motors.

Have you acquired a motor yet? I didn't think you guys had one yet.

I got to see kmvguy's parts that are ready to go into his car. What a beautiful engine setup. :drool:

I known that these Engines are Honda Motors :D
I think a f20 ,k20 or k24 is a ideal Motor for the Miata especially for a track car or something like this
I really like N/A Engines like these Honda Motors because most of the time i'm driving in the Hills
We got some really nice "Touge Tracks" in Germany and Europe
The only reason i don't drive a Honda as a DD is they're "fail wheel drive " and a s2k is to expensive compared to a Miata

Thanks David, never would of known!

We're using a K24 for sure, Eric, the sponsor of the build, said he's got a lead on a 100k K24 for $1200, let me find out if it's a A1 or A2 before you ship anything out.

More parts!!

Received the (hopefully) correct A2 engine mount, and the behemath of a flywheel today.

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Flywheel is seriously gorgeous. Perfectly packaged too.

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Engine side

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Pressure plate side. Notice the included throwout bearing, nice!

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Thick! Still only 13.5lbs.

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Finally, the pressure plate bolts. Nice touch, but a little boring compared to the giant CNC flywheel.

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In for cool stuff and things.

Dammit buy the merlot!

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I did get the rest of the kit today. Lots of cool parts!

As usual, very well packaged.

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Lots and lots and lots of packing...

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First item opened up was the oil pump adapter, beautiful piece.

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Next was a bag of hardware. Very exciting!

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Then came the wiring harness. Very pretty, I recognized zero plugs. Maybe a OBDII plug somewhere in there? Maybe one Mazda plug?

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And the oil pan! Also gorgeous. It has two drain plugs, a hinged baffle, and I'm guessing that channel is for the steering rack.

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And finally the piece that makes this kit so miata friendly.

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I love it.

I kinda really want to do this.

Really excited to see this progress. Now buy a car already.

I have a smurf...you should buy it :)

Do it Ed! Dual simultaneous builds!

LOL the car I looked at last night would have been a pretty good candidate. But alas, it is not to be. Not yet, anyway.

Who knows. Might decide my turbo kit won't hatch and sell it. That'd fund most of the kit cost....

NO. Will enjoy watching from the sidelines. But buy a car already.

This thread needs more updates. You are worse than I am, sitting on all these baller parts. :brain:

Don't blame me! The entire swap is sitting comfortably in one of our spare bedrooms, even after ~$3000, it's a lot of money for the miata, engine, fuel pump, NB steering rack, header, kpro, exhaust, etc, etc.

Soon!

I will have a spare NB steering rack, as well as subframes. I also have a spare Walbro 255 (the one that came out of my car but is likely just fine since swapping it out made zero difference on my issues).

I might take subframes Ed. Lets talk.

Everything extra will get listed once my build is finished. Obviously you local gays will have dibs on anything you want. Send me a text or PM anytime.

Edit: just better not be in a hurry, as you found with my billies :party: