"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
12/10/2015 at 12:12 • Filed to: Miata
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"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
12/10/2015 at 12:12 • Filed to: Miata | 3
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I have literally no info on this, just know it a forum member from an Acura page sold his TL’s engine to his friend and this happened.
bob and john
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/10/2015 at 12:15 |
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HAHAHAHAHAHHA
That is so ridiculous I love it!
DoYouEvenShift
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/10/2015 at 12:20 |
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Haha! Different!
Bigger and heavier than an LS though
daender
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/10/2015 at 12:23 |
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V6s apparently suit the Miata well. Lighter (at least those with aluminum blocks), smaller so its center-of-mass is further back, and it provides enough rev-happy power without overkill amounts of torque.
Hell, Mazda made two V6 prototypes!
By far the wildest Tachibana creation was the M2-1006 “CobraSter”, as it was referred to by Mazda’s insiders. This was the Mazda version of the infamous Shelby Cobra of the Sixties, fitted with the Mazda 929’s Quad-Camshaft, 24-Valve V6 under the hood. The rear subframe was ditched and instead M2 Engineers used the rear subframe and suspension from the Mazda RX-7 for added strength. The front tires were 225/50-16’s, and the tucked under the bulging rear fenders they used 245/45-16’s tires.
The car was completed only a couple of weeks before R&T showed up and the engineers did not have time to sort out the suspension to bring it back to normal handling. The modified car, with 3.0L Ford Duratec aluminum engine, weighs only 148lbs more than stock. The balance was only shifted 1%, from 51/49 to 52/48. The weight measurements were taken by 4 corner weighting with driver and 3/4 tank of gas, before and after. The hood is a good chunk of that weight - it felt like something I would use as a door to a bomb shelter. The car is an engineering demonstration, not a styling exercise.
MultiplaOrgasms
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/10/2015 at 13:14 |
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I approve of all engine swaps that aren’t GenIII related.
Rock Bottom
> Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/10/2015 at 14:25 |
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I’m a fan of the KLZE swapped Miatas you see from time to time. They sound sublime.
StudyStudyStudy
> daender
12/10/2015 at 15:45 |
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I hate you.... you have me craigslisting and googling miatas again. I thought I kicked that habit.
miadaman? yes please
> daender
12/10/2015 at 18:24 |
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Honda V6 J-swap needs more time to mature. Because J engine is developed for FWD, the mounting points don’t match. I was pretty excited until I looked more into it. Since the adapter plate is the only thing keeping your engine in place, you can imagine the amount of vibration it experiences by dangling there. The starter also ends up locating on the bottom of the adapter plate, which means a bad bump on the road can rip it right out along with your only engine support.
tldr: Honda JV6 good for cruising miatas, not yet ready for track/stanced miatas.