{"id":50596,"date":"2020-01-03T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50596"},"modified":"2020-01-03T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T22:00:26","slug":"randy-pobst-races-a-miata-with-a-honda-k24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50596","title":{"rendered":"Randy Pobst Races in a Miata with a Honda K24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50608\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wuchumps\/\">Wu-Chan Clan<\/a> competes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racelucky.com\/\">Lucky Dog Racing League<\/a> with their 1991 Mazda Miata. Under the hood sits a Honda 2.4 L K24A2 inline-four from a 2008 Acura TSX installed using a <a href=\"https:\/\/kmiata.com\/products\/ultimate-k24-miata-swap-conversion-package\">KMiata swap kit<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnology.com\/features\/car-features\/video-randy-pobst-hunts-down-v8-mustang-in-a-k24-swapped-miata\/\">Turnology<\/a> reports the engine makes 210 horsepower to the wheels thanks to a Hondata KPro ECU, Skunk2 Racing intake, and KMiata header. Randy Pobst was kind enough to pilot their Miata and give feedback. Watch him put his skills on full display below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UV1x3FpM7s8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1991 Mazda Miata with a Honda K24 inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1991-Mazda-Miata-with-a-Honda-K24-inline-four-02.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wuchumps\/\">Wu-Chan Clan FB page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnology.com\/features\/car-features\/video-randy-pobst-hunts-down-v8-mustang-in-a-k24-swapped-miata\/\">Turnology<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCud1lw39QG_jvitCItDYZbA\">Michael Marich<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wu-Chan Clan competes in the Lucky Dog Racing League with their 1991 Mazda Miata. Under the hood sits a Honda 2.4 L K24A2 inline-four from a 2008 Acura TSX installed using a KMiata swap kit. Turnology reports the engine makes 210 horsepower to the wheels thanks to a Hondata KPro ECU, Skunk2 Racing intake, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50596\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Randy Pobst Races in a Miata with a Honda K24<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50608,"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,"_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":[41,593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miata","category-mx-5"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2832,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2832","url_meta":{"origin":50596,"position":0},"title":"Honda K-Series Into Mazda Miata Swap Kit","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"KMiata offers a swap kit to to install any K20 or K24 engine into a 1990-2005 Mazda Miata. 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