aussiesmg
aussiesmg SuperDork
9/24/09 8:41 p.m.

Evar

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/V12-Mazda-Miata-MX5-V8-ford-jaguar-chevy-hotrod_W0QQitemZ230379869912QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item35a3b5d6d8&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

jcanracer
jcanracer Reader
9/24/09 8:56 p.m.

sounds like they just ran out of steam on the build.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/24/09 9:08 p.m.

He says he's going to concentrate on his business.

That car is what happens when you ignore all the people who tell you something is impossible.

ratghia
ratghia Reader
9/24/09 9:18 p.m.

He was asking for help tuning the empi made webers on thesamba a year or so ago.

build video

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
9/24/09 9:20 p.m.
Keith wrote: That car is what happens when you ignore all the people who tell you something is impossible.

You get AWESOME!

NYG95GA
NYG95GA SuperDork
9/24/09 9:40 p.m.

Whew! Talk about off the chain!

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
9/24/09 9:43 p.m.

I was literally just looking at that before I got on the boards...

TJ
TJ HalfDork
9/25/09 7:25 a.m.

berkeley!

njansenv
njansenv Reader
9/25/09 1:25 p.m.

I hate to say it, but I don't find it the least bit interesting except as an oddity. An LS1 would not only fit (much) better, it'd be lighter, better balanced, better on fuel and more powerful. It would maintian resale value better, and it would also injest less water in a thunderstorm at WOT.

Shrug.

cwh
cwh Dork
9/25/09 1:57 p.m.

What's it like setting up six Webers to play well together? I absolutely love the looks of the engine, but don't think the project will ever run right. Weight distribution sucks, brake set up will be impossible, but at the drive in you will be a hero.

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/09 2:08 p.m.

Like the Lord of Anger says: "Buy it then rock out with your coc& out!"

BobOfTheFuture
BobOfTheFuture Reader
9/25/09 5:54 p.m.
njansenv wrote: ...and it would also injest less water in a thunderstorm at WOT....

Uh.... You've got other problems in a V12 Miata at WOT in a thrunderstorm, just sayin'

aussiesmg
aussiesmg SuperDork
9/25/09 7:06 p.m.
njansenv wrote: I hate to say it, but I don't find it the least bit interesting except as an oddity. An LS1 would not only fit (much) better, it'd be lighter, better balanced, better on fuel and more powerful. It would maintian resale value better, and it would also injest less water in a thunderstorm at WOT. Shrug.

Wow, LS1 in a Miata, that's never been done before....unlike the mundane V12 Miata you see everyday.

Come on, handling aside, a V12 Miata on this forum

I would find a way to tune it, Ferrari managed

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/09 7:21 p.m.

Ferrari is also the place to look for solutions to how to cover velocity stacks in a sexy manner.

DrBoost
DrBoost HalfDork
9/25/09 7:30 p.m.

I'm with Aussie, a V8 would make a better hopped up miata, but I just could not resist THAT car. Amazing.

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/09 8:03 p.m.

Weber problem solved:

http://www.twminduction.com/ThrottleBody/ThrottleBody-FR.html

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/09 9:08 p.m.

The guy's got craptastic Tokcio HP shocks on the car and you want to shell out for a TWM induction system?

A very sexy TWM induction system. They make one for my LS1. This is bad.

CLNSC3
CLNSC3 New Reader
9/26/09 2:34 a.m.

Haha that thing is pretty sweet, I wonder how badly that screwed up the weight distribution...

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