I have a friend that ran an NA at 270 hp, with Turbo. No heat issues though.

Edit: I just remember he had a water/meth set up that he would spray once in a while if he thought it was getting hot. it was hooked up to a button on the steering wheel.

 

V8 swap.

No I'm not serious.

 

6800, sorry slipped my mind in the other post. but the condition of the car kinda reflects the price. it has rattles, it was in a small fender bender and fixed a bit on the cheap side. there's a much cleaner one for sale locally but the guy won't budge from 10k. the few others in the area are 12k+ and I didn't even look at those.

yeah, the NA and NB's are a bit better, I think in part cause they're not packaged as tight under the hood.

There's a local guy with a Kraftwerks NC that tracks his car (he's actually switching to a built 2.5 right now), and he basically needed to do every cooling mod in the book to get it to run consistently at acceptable temps. Just Koyo radiator (75/25 water/coolant mix) and oil cooler he was still seeing 260* water temps after a few laps.

 

haha, those are pretty sweet actually for the NC... but expensive.. to be honest I'd rather go built engine and turbo, then I could have the power for the street and turn down the boost to something reasonable for the track, and prolly still come out cheaper than a V8 swap

 

NAs and by extension NBs were designed to accommodate a larger motor from the factory, so there's lots of space in the engine bay.

I think a V8 swap would be the ultimate street bruiser, but I agree it's probably a bit much power and price wise for the track.

 

Not sure about the newer ones, but the Acura v6 fits nicely in the NA & NB. There's even an adapter for the trans. Or is that the swap you mentioned?

 

I was thinking V8, like LSX swap. Flyin' Miata can do it.

 

I haven't heard of the V6 swap for the NC (or the prev gen for that matter), the swap I was referring to is the 2.5L 4 cyl out of any 09+ Mazda or Ford. The long block is a direct swap, just take out the balance shaft, bolt up the oil pan and crank pulley out of my car, and everything bolts up with oem parts. Although I'll get aftermarket engine poly engine mounts to control engine movement a bit better

 

What about a K-series motor swap? http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...swapped-miata/

 

Big money too.

 

yeah, I looked into that to consider an NB miata, its something ridiculous like 7kish plus an engine

 

Gotcha. Yeah, we were going to go the V6 route because the engine is light, 300hp, AND has VTEC. :P

If I could find a cheap Miata, it would definitely be my engine of choice.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=551809

 

sh*t man... where were you 2 days ago? this puts an NB in a whole new light...

 

Get a Legends car. /thread

Unless it's a Chevy.

 

I agree completely