{"id":16310,"date":"2017-05-29T06:15:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16310"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:26:37","slug":"building-a-miata-with-a-ferrari-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16310","title":{"rendered":"Building a Miata with a Ferrari V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1999<\/a><\/p>\n

Blackbird Fabworx is a talented fabrication shop located in Canoga Park, California that specializes in Miata parts. They also race a modified 1999 NB Miata called “Morpheus” in Global Time Attack. You can read more details on the race car in MotoIQ’s article<\/a>. However the company felt it was time to replace the factory 1.8 L BP-4W inline-four with a 3.6 L Tipo F131 V8 from a Ferrari 360. They just started with the engine swap but hopefully we will see a lot more in the coming months. Update:<\/strong> The engine swap was cancelled<\/a> in 2018 and the car sold in 2020.<\/p>\n

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\"1999<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Blackbird Fabworx<\/a> and OppositeLock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blackbird Fabworx is a talented fabrication shop located in Canoga Park, California that specializes in Miata parts. They also race a modified 1999 NB Miata called “Morpheus” in Global Time Attack. You can read more details on the race car in MotoIQ’s article. However the company felt it was time to replace the factory 1.8… Read More »Building a Miata with a Ferrari V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata","category-mx-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1999-Miata-with-a-Ferrari-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100769,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100769","url_meta":{"origin":16310,"position":0},"title":"Tom’s Turbo Garage is Selling Project Thunderbolt – 2004 Miata with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom's Turbo Garage is selling his 2004 Mazda Miata on Bring a Trailer. 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