{"id":24938,"date":"2018-06-19T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24938"},"modified":"2018-06-19T16:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T21:39:02","slug":"first-drive-in-mx-5-with-a-lfx-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24938","title":{"rendered":"First Drive in MX-5 with a LFX V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=24942\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-07.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have been following Konstantinos Sidiras&#8217; 1991 Mazda MX-5 project from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCl4RQX3VFlxZPp0jd9cuBBA\">One Lap Heroes<\/a>. He wanted to replace the factory powertrain with a 3.6 L LFX V6 and manual transmission from a 2012 Camaro. Konstantinos traveled to Athens, Greece upon hearing the project is finished to drive it for the first time. While out on the test drive he found there is an issue with the clutch slipping which will have to wait for another episode to be solved. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fCRXRRwdpWA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=24943\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1991 Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1991-Mazda-MX-5-with-a-LFX-V6-08.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCl4RQX3VFlxZPp0jd9cuBBA\">One Lap Heroes<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been following Konstantinos Sidiras&#8217; 1991 Mazda MX-5 project from One Lap Heroes. He wanted to replace the factory powertrain with a 3.6 L LFX V6 and manual transmission from a 2012 Camaro. Konstantinos traveled to Athens, Greece upon hearing the project is finished to drive it for the first time. While out on&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24938\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Drive in MX-5 with a LFX V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24942,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata","category-mx-5"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26624,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26624","url_meta":{"origin":24938,"position":0},"title":"Mazda MX-5 with a LFX V6 &#8211; Part 3","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One Lap Heroes is back with another update on Konstantinos Sidiras' 1991 Mazda MX-5 project. 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The beginning of the video (starting at 0:58) shows Konstantinos driving his MX-5 with a 3.6 L LFX V6 for one lap. 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In the previous video he explained the roadster was receiving a 3.6 L LFX V6 and manual transmission from a 2012 Camaro thanks to a V8 Roadsters LFX swap kit. 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