Hello to all I'm new to the site and I was recently diagnosed by my doctor as having a bad case of speedster fever. I just picked up an unfinished 1957 wide body speedster as my latest project and the wife warned me that if I got it I would end in divorce court. I'm still waiting to be served with the papers and in the mean time I'm salivating at how I can fix up the speedster up. My buddy races mazda miatas and believes a miata motor will be just what the doctor ordered for some high revving good times with the speedster.
I do get off on a high revving race car sound/handling the miata engine could deliver. I ordered an engine adapter from Kennedy engineering to mate the motor to the transaxel.
My plans for my car since it already has a faded coat of paint from sitting waiting on its past owner to put it together is to leave it as is, and some race stickers and a number on the door and make it look like an old style race car until I can decide what color/interior to go with. My reasoning for wanting to use the miata motor is the racy sound and reliability of those motors as I plan it to be a daily driver to work. No sense having a garage queen I only touch/play with once a month for that I could remarry after this divorce goes through! Lol
My question for the forum members is has anyone used a miata motor or know of anyone that has and how it worked out? Thanks in advance.
Ernie Sanchez
Paso Robles, Ca
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