{"id":10360,"date":"2016-06-04T18:28:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T22:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2016-06-04T18:28:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T22:28:53","slug":"diesel-drift-miata-live-build-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10360","title":{"rendered":"Diesel Drift Miata Live Build Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10362\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=10362\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?fit=1200%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pistonhead Productions 48 hour live build &amp;#8211; Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pistonhead Productions 48 hour live build &amp;#8211; Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?fit=1024%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?resize=620%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pistonhead Productions 48 hour live build - Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT\" width=\"620\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?resize=620%2C309&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?resize=768%2C383&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?resize=1024%2C511&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the guys from Pistonhead Productions and their friends build a Drift Diesel Miata live over 48 hours. If you don&#8217;t remember the guys held a crowdfunding campaign to build a Mazda Miata with a turbo Cummins 4BT diesel, Ford T19 four-speed transmission and Ford 8.8 rear end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NmcXkt4lsjw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PistonHeadProductions\/\">Pistonhead Productions<\/a> and photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sleepy_abbey\/\">@Sleepy_Abbey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the guys from Pistonhead Productions and their friends build a Drift Diesel Miata live over 48 hours. If you don&#8217;t remember the guys held a crowdfunding campaign to build a Mazda Miata with a turbo Cummins 4BT diesel, Ford T19 four-speed transmission and Ford 8.8 rear end. Source: Pistonhead Productions and photo by @Sleepy_Abbey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Pistonhead-Productions-48-hour-live-build-Drift-Miata-with-a-Cummins-4BT.jpg?fit=1200%2C599&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8382,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8382","url_meta":{"origin":10360,"position":0},"title":"Help Fund a Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT Diesel","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Pistonhead Productions has started an Indiegogo campaign to help build a 1990 Mazda Miata drift car with a Cummins 4BT. 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