no, it's not photochopped...

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Soloact/LaneAutomotive09019-1.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Soloact/LaneAutomotive09020-1.jpg

came from this thread: http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Soloact/

whoa!!

a banshee

awww I want it

its a mini monster!!

can you say oversteer?

mad props to the builder... that engine is very hard to fit in there.

I want to know the 1/4 mile time

if you can get the back end hooked up, i dont know why 11s arent possible. with the heavy v8, this thing still weighs >2500lbs.

There has been the Monster Miata conversion (w/Ford 5.0 HO) for 10 yrs. This would be the ultimate sleeper street racer.

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The down cones on the course are directional markers.

I guess weight balance just got thrown out the window.

Wow :Drooling_

i guess these conversion kits have been around for a little while... for both the 351 ford motor and the Vette LS motor.

kinda like that Fiero mod post i made a little while back. serious fanatics right there!

These guys have made that kit for a while. http://racingconcepts.net/index.html There is also a monster miata kit for the first gen that has been more publicized.

It will get expensive though. the kit is 3500 + car + engine/trans.

Also, check out Hinson Supercars they make a kit to drop a Vette engine into a FD RX7.

There is a guy on LS2.com fourms that has sever LSx swaps in miatas and RX7s, include an LS2 miata

Flyin' Miata has been doing these conversions for a while. They document a lot of it on their website. They're doing a 500 hp build right now.

http://flyinmiata.com/V8/silverMSM/index.php

How about a Solstice?
http://www.mallettcars.com/images/solsticeenginefetts.jpg

A PIG of a handler to boot, a v8 in a Miata what about the extra 170 lb's in the trunk?