The new hot swap?
 

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-...photo-5497850/

4.3 GM v6 - 305 ft-lbs

Curious about weight given that it is likely an iron block.

-Zach

Lol...I thought about doing this swap years ago. I had 2 S-10's that both had 4.3 vortec v6's. They ran amazing. It's a great motor.

there are eleventy billion motors that "can" fit and "can" work and "can" be great in a miata.

the trick is finding one cheap enough, compatible enough, light enough, and worthwhile enough to do. Also to get it to play nice with the rest of the drivetrain, or install the drivetrain it came with, or mix-n-match, or or or or.......

See where I'm going with this?

TL;DR: cool story bro, finding/buying the motor is only 1/10th of the progress

Protip: dont type hot swap into google image search at work.

I thought this thread woul be a homo circlejerk with pictures based on the title..

Disapointed..

Dann

It's never too late to get that going, this thread can be saved!

:bowrofl:

I like a 4-way hot swap

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1372297729

ohh myyyy

Now that is hawt.
uhhggrr

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1372297878

This just got cray.

This thread was going places, and then this shit. Really? :facepalm:

was it really?

I get amusement how fast threads here can turn either gay or nerdy. It is hilarious.

what about both?

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1372299092

That's what I had imagined this thread was about.

If anything, the new Ford V6 has 300 bhp and is all aluminum. A much better choice than the GH iron block.
Just saying.

The 4.3's power delivery puts me to sleep. Yawn. Why you'd want that in a sports car is beyond me.

Google'd it. No gay porn, just computer shit.....

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1372300900

Thats cos google disabled porn searches via images a couple months ago.

Dann

Not if you turn off the content filter like a real man

Friday night.

No date.

No one to call.

At home, alone.

Step 1: insult people on miata enthusiast message board.

Step 2: turn off google image search porn filter, type in hot swap.

Step 3: ????

Step 4: become a real man.

Dann

Well, it's an LS based block (supposedly) which means it should bolt to a V8 roadster subframe.

It's also aluminum, direct injection, and VVT. Since it's a base truck engine it should be a cheap junkyard buy in another 2 years.