Will a Miata engine fit in the passenger compartment?
 

Crazy question I guess, but with the passenger seat removed, will a Miata engine fit in its place for transport? I thought I saw a picture of this once, but can't find it.

C

Without the seat, yes, as long it has no ancillaries on it.

I figured no p/s pump, alternator, and exhaust mani for sure. Does the intake have to come off as well?

C

Probably, yeah.

Never tried it with the intake in place, but it definitely works with both manifolds and the belt-driven accessories off.

Beauty - thanks.

C

Leatherface took of pic of his motor on the passenger floor.

My 1.6L fit in on the floor with the intake mani.

This motor had both manis on it when I drove it home in the Saturn, but the intake mani is kind of sitting over the door panel armrest which is a good bit wider space than what a Miata has. You might be able to get away with leaving the intake on if the exhaust/AC/PS is removed.

Allow yourself some extra braking distance with that weight in there. It was slightly worse than I expected it to be.

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my back hurts just looking at that.

It would have been much easier to load & unload it if I hadn't used a car with a fixed roof.

Jared did it. I say if you remove the IM and put on the floor there's plenty of space.

I've carried a bare short block w/main caps on it for some 300 yards on foot. Shit was not fun, my back was not particularly amused either.

ok I am going to show my ignorance here
Why would you not remove the trunk lid and put it in the trunk put spare tire in front
I can't see it would be any worse may make the steering a little funky
I could see it crashing through and breaking the rear end

As opposed to just sticking it on the floor on the pax side? Seems like a lot more work.

1. I power cleaned 205x5 today
2. I deadlift 300x5
3. I took the hardtop off my green car, pulled into the machine shop, and they lowered the engine into the car, and I put the HT back on, then drove home. It was pretty baller.

A few years back a guy drove into one of our Houston Miata Club meetings with a Transmission in his passenger seat. I can not remember if he drove in from DFW or Austin.