{"id":44542,"date":"2019-08-14T17:52:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T22:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=44542"},"modified":"2020-05-11T19:31:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T00:31:51","slug":"building-a-miata-with-a-turbo-13b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=44542","title":{"rendered":"Miata with a Turbo 13B"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1991 Miata SE came from the factory with a 1.6 L inline-four and four-speed automatic transmission. However the owner decided to go in a different direction after repairing a broken transmission resulted in splitting the engine block. The first step involved replacing the factory subframe with a V8 Roadsters tubular subframe. On that sits custom mounts and a turbocharged 1.3 L two-rotor from a Mazda RX-7 Turbo II (FC series 5) with a bridge port and BorgWarner S366 twin scroll turbocharger. The motor is mated to a Turbo II manual transmission with a custom crossmember and sends power to the Torsen LSD with 3.9 gears. You can view more photos and follow the progress at @rotary_miata<\/a> or Rotary Miata FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Rotary Miata FB page<\/a> via ESD reader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1991 Miata SE came from the factory with a 1.6 L inline-four and four-speed automatic transmission. However the owner decided to go in a different direction after repairing a broken transmission resulted in splitting the engine block. The first step involved replacing the factory subframe with a V8 Roadsters tubular subframe. 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