engine swaps

[keichi]

how many engine swaps do u know of, for the miata. i know there's a 13b,S2K,V8,and SR20

[randomhick35]

don't know what any of those are, but if you look around a bit on the internet people do engine swaps all the time. v8's are pretty common, but i would look for an s2000 engine and transmission [ive heard good things..]

[Doubletap]

Well as some clarification for responder number 2...
The 13b is out of an RX-7
the S2K... S2000 is obviously out of the Honda S2000
The V8 would be a chevy small block V8
The SR20 is a nissan engine out of a 240SX I believe.

Not that I have an answer for the original question but to clear up an confusion.

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[green99miata]

Actually, the sr20 is either out of a sentra or a silvia, but very common for 240's to swap a sr20 into them.

[drftk1d]

s2k engine is the F20C/F22C (depending on what year its from), another swap is small block ford motor

[mx52nv]

here you go http://forum.miata.net/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=38

[BOYRCR]

I have seen a couple of photo's of a 1JZ being squeezed into a NA

[chricto]

Originally Posted by green99miata

Actually, the sr20 is either out of a sentra or a silvia, but very common for 240's to swap a sr20 into them.

technically yes...but the sr20 from the sentra or pulsar are fwd versions of the engine. i've also seen a 1uz v8 outta an sc400 crammed into a yata. never seen or heard of the s2k swaps though. for the cost of the majority of those swaps though, you could toss it into the 1.8 and get almost identical power numbers while still retaining the great f/r weight ratio.

[workingout]

whats the most amount of money, in mods, would a person put into a 1.8L?

[808drifter]

Originally Posted by workingout

whats the most amount of money, in mods, would a person put into a 1.8L?

i drift my miata so about 10k max (suspention, Turbo, Clutch, Axles, Trans, Radiator, ECU, Exhaust, Hard Top, Roll Cage, Rims/Tires, Body Kit, Spoiler.)

[Vitamin J]

i read that the 1.6L Turbo in the 80's RWD 323 was stripped of it's turbo for the first gen 1.6L Miata's.....that swap would be easy i'd imagine.

[[yen]]

they were identical engines, well from the same engine family anyway
the b6 (1.6L) and bp (1.8L) motors were used in 323s and mx5 and most parts were interchangable
mazda did however, make a GTR varient of the 323 for rally purposes. the bpd motor (found in the 323 gtr) is the ultimate engine of the b series mazda motors and is easily swapped into an mx5 or ford lasers.

you could throw a small fortune into a 1.8L depending on purpose, induction (forced or natural) and of course feasability.