{"id":169,"date":"2008-07-18T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2016-02-21T23:37:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T03:37:37","slug":"miata-with-jaguar-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Mazda Miata with a Jaguar V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Talk about a cram job. Fitting anything of decent HP into a Miata and you are in for some work but having a V12 layout and you are going to really have some work. It appears the firewall and hood was cut to make for engine clearance and to stick the weight more in the center of the car.<\/p>\n

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

Update<\/strong>: Check comments below for more details on custom work done on this swap. <\/p>\n

Source: Miata.net<\/a> via VWvortex.com<\/a> via Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talk about a cram job. Fitting anything of decent HP into a Miata and you are in for some work but having a V12 layout and you are going to really have some work. It appears the firewall and hood was cut to make for engine clearance and to stick the weight more in the… Read More »Mazda Miata with a Jaguar V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100769,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100769","url_meta":{"origin":169,"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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