{"id":30389,"date":"2018-12-05T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30389"},"modified":"2018-12-05T03:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T09:01:12","slug":"taylor-rays-miata-with-a-lsx-v8-swap-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30389","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Ray&#8217;s Miata with a LSx V8 Swap Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=30392\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" 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=\"Taylor Ray Miata with a 5.3 L LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Taylor Ray Miata with a 5.3 L LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Taylor Ray Miata with a 5.3 L LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taylordrifts\/\">Taylor Ray<\/a> spent the past year swapping a LSx V8 into his Mazda Miata and documenting the process on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNqf6cy5TLNeBV5cF3yKY8A\">YouTube channel<\/a>. He recently made a very detailed video breaking down the costs of the engine swap. The total came to $13,099 but he estimates could be reduced to $10,517 with better part choices. Listen as he explains what it takes to build a drift spec Miata with a LSx V8. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FkrLG-bHfq0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrnO4zznq_kRVuKOtly07F2MinVAG9nnY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNqf6cy5TLNeBV5cF3yKY8A\">Taylor Ray<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Ray spent the past year swapping a LSx V8 into his Mazda Miata and documenting the process on his YouTube channel. He recently made a very detailed video breaking down the costs of the engine swap. The total came to $13,099 but he estimates could be reduced to $10,517 with better part choices. Listen&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30389\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taylor Ray&#8217;s Miata with a LSx V8 Swap Cost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30392,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30389","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\/2018\/12\/Taylor-Ray-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16634,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16634","url_meta":{"origin":30389,"position":0},"title":"Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo LSx","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2007 Mazda MX-5 was built by professional Danish drifter Christian Christensen to compete in DriftAllstars for the 2017 season. 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