miata

Hi from Australia, I think I've been reading these forums since the mid 2000's when I was considering putting a 1UZ into one of my mx5's but I ended up selling my first supercharged mx5 and after that my turbo mx5. I was sports car free for a few years until 2009 when I bought a datsun 240z...

Very nearly there now! After a mild panic that I wasn't getting any oil pressure, followed by bit of swearing, a lot of prayer, some identification of stupidity and quite a bit of patience and we're up with plenty of oil pressure.

Hi All - I figured instead of jumping into some of your threads off the bat I should probably introduce myself. So hi, my name is Chris, I'm 19 years old living in Auckland, New Zealand. Over the past 18 months I built up a Mazda Miata that went from factory, to a clown car, to a show car, to...

recently bought a wonderful "mx5/miata" with a 4litre toyota engine but sadly one of the pistons has low compresion so a major fix is required the fellow fixing it suggesteed the cheapest way out was to replace the currrent engine with another engine both the old engine ( apx 75 km) and the...

Help !!! I now need to mate my Toyota 1uzfe V8 alternator to the Miata harness, how do I do this and what wires to splice to what ? The Miata has 3 wires - Big White which is Batt + then white with black and white with green The Toyota alternator has 4 wires - Big Black which is Batt + then...

Hello everyone. I recently acquired an LS400 drivetrain (thanks for the tip Lex) and have begun swapping it into a Miata. I have started writing about it over at the Miata forums and have a few pics of the progress thus far. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=161966 I'm in need...

Anyone know if this swap would work. Miata is small and light. If we can fit a 3uzfe into it, then it would really going to screem. The 90s Miatas are very cheap. You can pick one up for about 2K. 3UZFE with a Whipple on top and change the hood. Have anyone done this yet? I heard the...