While I admit most of those shows need to be taken with a grain of salt ... Did any of you folk see the Monster Miata build up I've always known that would be kinda fun to do I must say now after seeing that show That would be a W H O L E lot of fun to do :Word: Grady
i saw the one with Stacy David on the show Gearz. your right,Grady. that project looked like alot of fun. 5.0 in a tiny Miata if only i had the time,money,and a garage.
My sister had a 96 miata neat little car and as much as I would LOVE to put a 302 in one. After having to put a new convertable top on it those things are just far too small. I am not a tall person or overly large (5-11 and 210lbs) and getting in and out of that car made me want to do bad things.
Ummm, guys... At least in the Pacific NW, being a member of the Miata club was not something you openly discussed, at least not with your average car-guy crowd. I hope that was just a regional thing??? Talking about doing a "Monster Miata", punctuated by a dancing banana is just a little too much for me. I'll stick to my stangs, thank you very much.
I kinda like the idea but if we were going to go to all that trouble and expense, it'd be better money (resale time) to just toss together a kit car. You can sometimes find ones that are half done for pennies on the dollar. Sitting in a Miata reminds me of sitting in a MG Midget. They're fun but it looks weird when the driver has an arm hanging out the window on each side. I like the show that was mentioned however. I like the host as well.
I want to do a 510 with a 347 That'd be fun and its not a miata! here is a LS-1 miata YouTube - LS1 Miata Walkaround But i guess they are just throwing those engines in everything...because i saw a LS-1 evo...lol...
Yeah, but then you still have a kit car, if you put a 302 in a Miata, you at least have a real car. That Monster Miata kit has been around for a long time. They now do a similar kit for the Focus. Kurt
what i want to do is drop a 351 stroker into a TR6 ... sort of like this ... Ed Olson's 1969 TR6 with Pontiac V8 engine but more like this one ... http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/LesShockey.htm
Friend of mine in Pinellas has a Kenne Bell Miata. The thing's set up for autocross - full roll cage and all. It's still a chick car though, IMO. A shop in Tampa I know of has successfully swapped an Evo motor into a Mustang.
Monster Miatas are relatively well known to all car guys. There's one up the road from me that I see a husband and wife driving around. The only thing that gives it away is a "Monster Miata" decal on the back and the 3" exhaust,
I have yet to see Stacy David finish the Monster Miata. I've seen it 2-3 times and never seen it past the body kit being put on. I've noticed a couple of projects on Spikes Powerblock never finished either.
