i have been drifting my 02 miata for the last 2 years and in that time i have been building my skills and slowly building my car well mid way thru last season i broke a trans and that's when i build really kicked off i decided i was going all out for 2014 season was going to build my miata motor and shoot for 350whp then in December it spun a bearing before i got a chance to build it so i bought another one to just drive and build the first one and well that one to spun a bearing as well ....now that brings us to were i am today with only a month and a half till round one I'm starting from ground up this is my new build thread for basically a new car.

lets start with some pics of the car from when i got it till how it sits today

the day i got it


a year after i go it


at the start of last season


towards the end of last season


how it was the day this last motor spun a bearing



now for the motor and build

 

got some more work done today swapped out the front sump for a rear sump
sub-frame notched

had to make some room for the starter since its on the drivers side now not the passenger

and basically where its going to sit

shifter ends up right where i need it

got plenty of room for the steering rack

and so much room for the starter now

 

Why start with the GE motor and is that a W58(?) ?

 

ge is cheaper and its a w55 if everything works good then ill turbo it later this year

 

Looks like fae's work.

Inb4 overwhelming drift hate.

Could be a cool build, OP must deliver.

 

You started out with a beautiful car.

That's it.

 

So what's your HP goal on the na-T build?
I know the miata is lighter, but as I recall in the supra/sc applications, those W55 and W58 trannies were on borrowed time at much over 350 whp. The R154 usually fared better, which was where a lot of guys ended up since the setup to the V160 is such huge jump.

 

Here is what i would suggest for your own good. Remove the "drift" from the title and only add pics of the build.

 

My friend just blew his GE block so we put a GTE one but he was pushing 500, where the GE is really only good for 400. This will be interesting.

 

From my own first hand experience, I'm afraid I'd have to disagree with you on that.

 

That's the safe zone.
Friends IS300 pushed 450 and then he upgraded the turbo. Boom. So please tell me how you disagree.

 

I like what you've done with it.

 

Well, for starters, I believe the IS had the later vvti version didn't it? Anyway, it's been quite a few years, but I'm pretty sure those later versions used in the IS had weaker rods or something, didn't they? The earlier GE motors, as in the Supras and my '92 SC300, were stouter and stood up quite well to 500+. Lots of examples out there.

 

Greg's haiku for you:

Mad air chisel rape
One more NB dies from 'drift'
Texas hangs her head

 

Jesus oh God why
Eggplant drift car so so sad
Farewell to NB

 

caveman fabricates
miata or prison shank?
fail is iminent

 

This is extraordinarily anecdotal evidence.

Dann

 

There once was a nice NB...
For drift "it needs 2JZ"...
The smoke was from crack,
The car got a hack,
Now it's life will end very short-ly.

 

Lol @ poem truth

Poor car

Poor poor car

It never deserved this type of humiliation and abuse

 

Vlad, when I saw it was a white NB, you were the first guy I thought of. I was like, "why, oh why does it have to happen like this?!? I hope Vlad doesn't see this, or it's gonna sting."
Sorry brony...I feel your pain.