{"id":4571,"date":"2015-08-26T19:10:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2015-08-26T19:10:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:10:24","slug":"1994-miata-with-a-lsx-races-targa-newfoundland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4571","title":{"rendered":"1994 Miata with a LSx Races Targa Newfoundland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7396\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?fit=958%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"958,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1994 Miata with a 5.3 L LSx Races Targa Newfoundland 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1994 Miata with a 5.3 L LSx Races Targa Newfoundland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?fit=958%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?resize=958%2C554&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1994 Miata with a 5.3 L LSx Races Targa Newfoundland\" width=\"958\" height=\"554\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?w=958&amp;ssl=1 958w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?resize=600%2C347&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam Costa created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1556403687\/flyin-miata-races-at-targa-newfoundland\/\">kickstarter campaign<\/a> several years ago to record two teams racing in the 2011 Targa Newfoundland. The teams consisted of Keith and Janel Tanner driving a 1994 NA Miata with a 5.3 L LSx V8 and Flyin&#8217; Miata&#8217;s CEO Bill Cardell with Zach Bowman driving a 2006 NC Miata with a supercharged engine. Adam has released the DVD documentary as a seven part series on Youtube. You can view all the videos in the embedded playlist below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ci2BwhaLo1E?list=PLP3bxKWzR-_h3BzF0x8UFu186oeXSr-i9\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Extra information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zach&#8217;s article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/10\/24\/flyin-miata-v8-targa-mx-5-miata-quick-spin-review\/\">V8 powered Miata<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zach&#8217;s articles on the race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/09\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-1-meet-your-classmates\/\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/10\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-2-technical-difficulti\/\">Part 2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/13\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-3-welcome-to-the-jungl\/\">Part 3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/15\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-4-off-to-gander\/\">Part 4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/15\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-5-stay-on-target\/\">Part 5<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2011\/09\/17\/flyin-miata-at-targa-newfoundland-part-5-the-final-days\/\">Part 6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/projectrally\/\">Adam Costa Youtube channel<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grassrootsmotorsports\/posts\/10153629841563140\">Grassroots Motorsports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Costa created a kickstarter campaign several years ago to record two teams racing in the 2011 Targa Newfoundland. The teams consisted of Keith and Janel Tanner driving a 1994 NA Miata with a 5.3 L LSx V8 and Flyin&#8217; Miata&#8217;s CEO Bill Cardell with Zach Bowman driving a 2006 NC Miata with a supercharged&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4571\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1994 Miata with a LSx Races Targa Newfoundland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7396,"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-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1994-Miata-with-a-5.3-L-LSx-Races-Targa-Newfoundland-01.jpg?fit=958%2C554&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149004,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=149004","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":0},"title":"Miata with a Turbo 07K Inline-Five Racing in Hillclimb and Time Attack","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Phillip Glass-Hess aka Wingman703 built his 1994 Mazda Miata for hillclimb and time attack. 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