{"id":6193,"date":"2015-05-08T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2015-05-08T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:22:15","slug":"project-thunderbolt-building-a-ls3-powered-miata-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6193","title":{"rendered":"Project Thunderbolt: Building A LS3 Powered Miata \u2013 Part 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=6203\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,663\" 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=\"Project Thunderbolt Building A LS3 Powered Miata 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Project Thunderbolt Building A LS3 Powered Miata Episode 08&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6203\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?resize=640%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Project Thunderbolt Building A LS3 Powered Miata Episode 08\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?resize=600%2C332&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-08.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage has released part 8 on Project Thunderbolt. In this episode the Tom installs the braking components, wiring harness, shifter, fuel tank, fuel pump, crossmember, frame rails, and differential assembly. He also begins work on installing the Corvette intake.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1dn2YTydpA\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPbcdXYlIxk8a_4xXzyqepw\">Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage has released part 8 on Project Thunderbolt. In this episode the Tom installs the braking components, wiring harness, shifter, fuel tank, fuel pump, crossmember, frame rails, and differential assembly. He also begins work on installing the Corvette intake. Source: Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage<\/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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3695,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3695","url_meta":{"origin":6193,"position":0},"title":"Project Thunderbolt: Building A LS3 Powered Miata \u2013 Part 9","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom's Turbo Garage has released part 9 on Project Thunderbolt. 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