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I can do that. It will be a while. We are supposed to get close to a foot of snow Saturday. I used a T5 but went to 3.73 gears so my mileage will not be what it could be. I am confident that low 30's would have been possible had I left the 3.2 or whatever gears in it that the diff came with. You can get 2.8-ish ratio if you want.
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I can't speak to any real differences other than what Chapman pointed out. There is more room to work in on an NB due to fixed headlights, which is a bonus. That said, when I worked from scratch on one car I have no point of reference.
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Great job John,
Looks beautiful so far.
but
MOAR PICS AND MOAR VIDEOS (should go without saying actually
)
I wonder how much cheaper/easier this is to do vs the LSx swap.
Biggest problem on LSx is headers, and w/ CA **** emissions that's a no-go. If the headers on this thing drop right in that means there's much more room which means (hopefully) the stock headers will bolt right on and POSSIBLY pass a state ref here in CA?
I'm probably dreaming
Looks beautiful so far.
but
MOAR PICS AND MOAR VIDEOS (should go without saying actually
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I wonder how much cheaper/easier this is to do vs the LSx swap.
Biggest problem on LSx is headers, and w/ CA **** emissions that's a no-go. If the headers on this thing drop right in that means there's much more room which means (hopefully) the stock headers will bolt right on and POSSIBLY pass a state ref here in CA?
I'm probably dreaming
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Great job John,
Looks beautiful so far.
but
MOAR PICS AND MOAR VIDEOS (should go without saying actually
)
I wonder how much cheaper/easier this is to do vs the LSx swap.
Biggest problem on LSx is headers, and w/ CA **** emissions that's a no-go. If the headers on this thing drop right in that means there's much more room which means (hopefully) the stock headers will bolt right on and POSSIBLY pass a state ref here in CA?
I'm probably dreaming![Tear](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/tear.gif)
Looks beautiful so far.
but
MOAR PICS AND MOAR VIDEOS (should go without saying actually
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I wonder how much cheaper/easier this is to do vs the LSx swap.
Biggest problem on LSx is headers, and w/ CA **** emissions that's a no-go. If the headers on this thing drop right in that means there's much more room which means (hopefully) the stock headers will bolt right on and POSSIBLY pass a state ref here in CA?
I'm probably dreaming
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vids please
i really want to see wot run - even if you can't tell what rpm your at lol
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You will never be able to make it happen in CA. I'm technically in violation of fed emissions laws which state you cannot put an older engine into ca newer year car. All of the 5.0 motors are 95 or older. That's why almost all people do 5.0 in early NA's.
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LOL, it was 9:30 at night, I couldn't think of anything else to do on the car, it was 50* and I just said hell with it and went. Really not that smart on something that I just built. Even forgot my phone so couldn't have even called my wife for a tow.
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Okay, so I've been contemplating a V-8 swap for some time now, in various platforms. One question: knowing the work it took, and the time invested, would you do it again? If so, would you do it the same, or not? What significant changes would you make with the benefit of hindsite?
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Sorry for semi-off topic quesiton
Stein,
How much did this approx cost? I know you did tons of fab yourself and didn't buy off the shelf (which is something I'd do too) but whats an honest figure to be looking at all said and done? I think I saw you throw 10k out in some thread. is that for everything or just motor+swap not counting original car?