{"id":50518,"date":"2020-01-02T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50518"},"modified":"2020-01-20T00:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T06:31:59","slug":"mazda-mx-5-with-a-turbo-barra-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50518","title":{"rendered":"Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50524\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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=\"Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27972\">Two years ago<\/a> Scotty from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGMSD1d9hUCx5zuckdDKtDA\">Street Machine<\/a> installed a twin-turbo 5.7 L LS1 V8 into a Mazda MX-5. The little car went 9.96 sec at 141 mph in the quarter-mile thanks to the V8&#8217;s 600 whp on 13 psi and E85 fuel. Scotty recently decided to go in a different direction for an upcoming event. This time around he is replacing the V8 with a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six from a Ford Territory. The project will retain the built Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission thanks to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torque-power.com.au\/bell1.htm\">Toque Power bellhousing<\/a>. Watch the first part of the swap below or view photos\/video of the finished <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/carnagestreetmachine\/\">project on their FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/u52ja4Nvdi0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGMSD1d9hUCx5zuckdDKtDA\">Street Machine TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago Scotty from Street Machine installed a twin-turbo 5.7 L LS1 V8 into a Mazda MX-5. The little car went 9.96 sec at 141 mph in the quarter-mile thanks to the V8&#8217;s 600 whp on 13 psi and E85 fuel. Scotty recently decided to go in a different direction for an upcoming event.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50518\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six &#8211; Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50524,"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-50518","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\/2020\/01\/Mazda-MX-5-with-a-Turbo-Barra-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52169,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=52169","url_meta":{"origin":50518,"position":0},"title":"Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo Barra Inline-Six &#8211; Part 4","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Scotty from Street Machine released another update on their Mazda MX-5 project. 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