Turbotyla's tryhard v8 build
 

Alright, i guess i have been a member on here for a little bit. I guess it is finally time to allow everyone to know how gay my miata is.

Alright this is going to be a short picture dump of the various stages of my ricey ass miata trying way to hard to be semi functional and get to the car it is today or paper weight, What ever. (run on)

alright i originally joined this forum with a 91 miata. since i have had some 5 other miatas other than this one and finally bought a nb miata that cost enough to keep through the loan haha.

since owning this car, i have met and married my wife, bought a house with said wife, halfway raised a step child, wrecked and recovered from a motorcycle crash. and well taken my long ass time to get this car where i want it so i can try and not wreck in on a track haha.

here my car was when bought it.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550234

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550234

Nice clean supercharged brg se miata. That i fuck up over the next 6 years.

The first thing i did to the car was rip the supercharger off and bought suspension. Which was i guess a good idea.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550234

drove it that way for a few years and then some lady hit me.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550234

Then after that i removed the tupperware kit and tried to be a little more ricer and well it worked.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550511

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550511



Then after that i got a wild hair up my ass. Decided to v6 swap my miata. It was a great idea. That i failed haha.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550511

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550511

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Well, After all the fab work i did on the v6 and realized that i was doing all the same work it would take to get a v8. I got an even dumber idea to go with an ls swap.

So i sold the v6 swap and decided to start all the fab work all over again. But its getting there i guess.

here is the current state of the car, i have a crap load of pictures of how it took me to get here and all that crap but i will just get this build thread to the current time,

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550746

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400550746

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I am finishing up the wiring on the car and buttoning up all the little things.

Building long tube headers and all that jazz. But the plans for the car are to be a fun street vehicle and track the car. Where i live there are absolutely no tracks . So i will have to trailer the car. Which does not bother me but as if i did not already have an insane learning curve with a ls swapped miata . now i have to drive pretty far to learn.

But that is the car so far and i hope to get to drive it on the track and not wreck it.

I plan to do some aggressive aero and get it grip fairly well for a car that will be street driven.

the cars big parts consist of

ls1 shortblock
243 ls6 heads with a little work
ls6 intake
eps 236/248 cam , 660 springs and hardened push rods
billet roller timing chain

gto mm12 t56 with shorter gearing.
low mile rebuild
ls7 clutch

ford 8.8 rear end with stage 3 axles
3.73 gears
ford racing diff.

im sure i am missing some things and i know my grammar and some other things are probably all fucked up in this thread. But i put this together kinda fast just to have a build thread here and not over at cr.net

i feel as if i am going for a more serious car and well a lot of the threads over here are more of my interest.

hope you guys do not talk too much shit on my garbage build thread, i have been lurking here for some 6 years now haha

Also here is a random picture of the next step after the car is running and more sorted out.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400551230

subbed, future track car?

trying to be a future track/ kinda street car.

well it will do a whole lot of things. I will drag race it for fun. But i will not set it up for it.

and i will drive it to work gutted or semi interior and then i plan to blow the engine up trying to track it. or wreck it or what ever.

it will be my little whore to beat on. and i will love every second! haha

I was getting all excited over all the LS goodness, then I saw that sc pic...o my :drool:

yea its just an idea. My cam is a n/a cam and well the supercharger would need some other things before i ever went that route.

And who knows it may never happen. because torque down that low is the last thing i need . literally.

but i love the whine. Plus i would fab my own lower intake for the gt500 supercharger and it would be a super budget setup that could possibly net great numbers for cheap.

I know what you mean. I was impressed with lowend torque on my c5, and that thing was bone stock, fully loaded, and auto.

A setup like yours would probably spin wheels at 1500rpm in 4th

yea well we will see.

i know most people go with 15x9s on here and i plan to get a set. But i also plan to try out some 17x10s to get into the 17 inch game.

my gearing is going to be so short with the gto t56 and short tires.

so trying to get some meaty 17s under some flares and see how it does.If nothing else they will just be a street setup to help with traction.

here is a heavy xxr 17x9.75 +20mm with a pirelli 235/45/17 on it. i either need to go to a 17x9 or get a fatty r comp tire.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400552776

And also flairs so i can get the alignment correct. gv tails are also gone haha.

and if i go 17s i plan to end up with a nice light set later.

The car is still set to a low ride height so i need to adjust it. But here is another picture from when i test fitted the wheel.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400552850

Hahaha! That's looks pretty silly.


No offense.

i agree , but limited to pretty much running 15x10s and slicks on the street. My only options being a 225/45/15 for the street.

i have to make a choice, the car is probably going to be somewhere in the 450whp range.
so if i want any traction below 40 mph i am going to have to do something.

i plan to get some 15 inch wheel/tire setups.

but i also plan to try the 17s with cutting and flares or some gay ass body kit. it comes down to function. if the 15s do not cut it in a street tire then i will go with 17s and maybe a 245 r compound and see how the car feels.

with flares or wide body i can hopefully not make it look stupid.

that being said if i could get a hold of the pennon racing wide body i would be golden. But its a stretch to get your hands on now.

screw that. figure out how to put down more torque, not limit the amount you already have ;)

No! I want to drive the car. No abs. No ps no traction control.

Time to get serious then? hahaha
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400588776

Tyler, i missed it in your other build thread, but what rear end setup did you end up going with?

I have a Milwaukee Sawzall!!!

At first it will be flares. But if I have to I will buy the knock off nopro wide body kit and tube the front for more room.

But getting a sticky 17 on all four would. Be awesome.


Concealer. It's a Ford 8.8 with 3.73 gears and stage 3 axles.

Unfortunately it is in the boss frog mount. But I could pass up the whole setup. So later I'll mount it myself more like v8roadsters kit.

Thanks! What's wrong with the Boss Frog setup?

It supports the rear end from underneath. Leaves zero room for for exhaust

Ohhhh.... so it's even worse on top of the reduced clearance for exhaust the 8.8 has?

Yes I'll try to find a picture but. It's pretty much impossible. Lol.

Only picture I have. But even it. Shows how limited the real estate is down there lol https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400637219

Alright I may go with 15x9s out of the gate and save the 17s for a street setup later.

Does anyone know or have any pictures of how much room a set of flares would get me?

I haven't been getting much time to see the car. I am on 12 hour weeks at work but I did manage to get the starter in and the dash put back in kinda.

Missing vents currently but the car just needs to drive I can always come. Back and button things up.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1402586860

Don't mind rust that's my fault hah.

This is starting to come together. Gauges will be custom those are just in there for a filler right now.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1402586860


Suggestions on seats. I was thinking kicked seats but I'm still up in the air.

I didn't however get this awesome thing in the mail today.

1-3/4 long tube kit. I already have flanges. And plan to ceramic coat them.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1402627048
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Awesome

After looking at this awesome thread going on here, my only comment is that you should stick with a 15" wheel combo for every form of driving you do. It looks better in my opinion, and has the best choices for what you are doing with the car.

If I were to drag race it, I would go no wider than an 8" wheel, and go as tall a tire as I could stuff under the car. A 26" will require modifying the front edge of the wheel opening.

I would consider changing the gear to a 3.55 or 3.31 if you think your 3.73 is too low, particularly if you opt for a 24.5" tall drag slick. 8.8 gears are cheap.

Yea the gearing may need changed but I bought the rear end complete for a great deal. So I'll see how it does.

But the gto Trans and 3.73 will. Mean. Short gearing.

I will have 15x9s in the car for most things but I'm. Not throwing the 17 idea out.

If we're to get drop knuckles to keep roll center down. And a legit sized 17 inch r comp Street tire it might work.

But we will see its just an idea I keep throwing around.


I have also thought of converting the car to c5 control arms spindle and brakes. Would be another fun thing. Hah