{"id":4043,"date":"2014-07-18T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2016-03-31T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T22:11:38","slug":"mazda-miata-with-a-2-4l-ecotec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4043","title":{"rendered":"Mazda Miata with a 2.4L Ecotec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4091\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4091\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4091\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2000 Mazda Miata with 2.4L LE5 Ecotec engine built by LM Motorsport&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=960%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_02.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a 2000 Miata running a 2.4L LE5 Gen2 Ecotec engine built by MT Motorsport in Ontario, Canada. Good news to those who are interested in a similar swap. MT Motorsports are currently working on a kit due out in a couple of months and cost around $2,500.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBOqTlrEIEk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4090\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4090\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?fit=960%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,717\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2000 Mazda Miata with 2.4L LE5 Ecotec engine built by LM Motorsport&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?fit=960%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?resize=960%2C717&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?resize=600%2C448&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2000_mazda_miata_with_2.4l_le5_ecotec_01.jpg?resize=624%2C466&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MTMotorsport.ca\">MT Motorsport Facebook page<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 2000 Miata running a 2.4L LE5 Gen2 Ecotec engine built by MT Motorsport in Ontario, Canada. Good news to those who are interested in a similar swap. MT Motorsports are currently working on a kit due out in a couple of months and cost around $2,500. Source: MT Motorsport Facebook page<\/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,"_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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miata"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9624,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9624","url_meta":{"origin":4043,"position":0},"title":"Mazda Miata Ecotec Swap Kits","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MT Motorsport in Ontario, Canada just released their new swap kit for","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miata&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Miata","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=41"},"img":{"alt_text":"2000 Mazda Miata with 2.4 L LE5 Ecotec","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2000-Mazda-Miata-with-2.4-L-LE5-Ecotec-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2000-Mazda-Miata-with-2.4-L-LE5-Ecotec-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2000-Mazda-Miata-with-2.4-L-LE5-Ecotec-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2000-Mazda-Miata-with-2.4-L-LE5-Ecotec-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2000-Mazda-Miata-with-2.4-L-LE5-Ecotec-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C746&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46320,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46320","url_meta":{"origin":4043,"position":1},"title":"1992 Miata with a Nitrous 2.4 L Ecotec Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Carter Maneki originally wanted to turbocharge the factory 1.6 L inline-four in his 1992 Mazda Miata. 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