Guaranteed Hoonage - Flyin' Miata Shovels A 525 HP V8 Into A Miata!

In the small town of Palisade, Colorado, there is a shop going by the name of Flyin’ Miata. Keeping true to its name, the mad scientists in Palisade have swapped the SkyActiv-G 2.0 from an ND MX-5 with a honking great LS3 small-block V8 from a C6 Corvette.

If you ever see a 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata with Colorado plates reading 840-ZDQ, you’d better not challenge it to a drag race or a cannonball run in the canyons. As per the peeps at Flyin’ Miata, the brutish MX-5 you’re about to hear in the following video was finished earlier this week.

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valhallakey - 7/31/2016 10:10:45 AM

+2 Boost

Now that's the motor for the Abarth version!

MDarringer - 7/31/2016 10:17:36 AM

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Pure genius.

This would be a hoot to drive, but definitely dangerous for anyone that has not had performance driving training.

I would wonder too if they did any structural reinforcements in addition to the mechanical mods.

I definitely would love to have this Miata.

There is a guy in England who redid a Miata to make it look vaguely like a cross between a TVR Tuscan and Sagaris and I want the kit.

I've said to several TVR crazies that TVR should do another "Tina" i.e. borrow another vehicle and do a makeover. A Miata with a V6 Ecoboost and outrageous styling could make a perfect model below the new Griffith.