{"id":8076,"date":"2015-10-30T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T18:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2015-10-30T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T18:34:50","slug":"project-thunderbolt-building-a-ls3-powered-miata-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8076","title":{"rendered":"Project Thunderbolt: Building A LS3 Powered Miata \u2013 Part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=8077\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" 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 13\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Project Thunderbolt Building A LS3 Powered Miata 13&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Project Thunderbolt Building A LS3 Powered Miata 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage is back with another Project Thunderbolt episode after taking four months off to enjoy his creation. In this episode Tom takes Project Thunderbolt through several tests to see how the LS3 crate motor performs in his Mazda Miata. Like all of Tom projects he really made sure everything was perfect and it is probably one of the cleanest swaps I have seen in a long time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACbyIrMvr7s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Stock<\/th>\n<th>LS3 Conversion<\/th>\n<th>Difference<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wheel Horsepower<\/td>\n<td>153 @ 5800 rpm<\/td>\n<td>433 @ 6200 rpm<\/td>\n<td>+280 \/ +183%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wheel Torque<\/td>\n<td>147 @ 3800 rpm<\/td>\n<td>411 @ 4700 rpm<\/td>\n<td>+264 \/ +179%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Curb Weight (w\/ hard top)<\/td>\n<td>2,574 lbs<\/td>\n<td>2,731 lbs<\/td>\n<td>+175 lbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight Balance<\/td>\n<td>52.5%F 47.5%R<\/td>\n<td>53.6%F 46.3%R<\/td>\n<td>+1.1%F -1.2%R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fuel Consumption (MPG)<\/td>\n<td>20 city 23 combined 26 highway <\/td>\n<td>24 combined<\/td>\n<td>+1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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 is back with another Project Thunderbolt episode after taking four months off to enjoy his creation. In this episode Tom takes Project Thunderbolt through several tests to see how the LS3 crate motor performs in his Mazda Miata. Like all of Tom projects he really made sure everything was perfect and it&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8076\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Thunderbolt: Building A LS3 Powered Miata \u2013 Part 13<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8077,"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-8076","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\/10\/Project-Thunderbolt-Building-A-LS3-Powered-Miata-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100769,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100769","url_meta":{"origin":8076,"position":0},"title":"Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage is Selling Project Thunderbolt &#8211; 2004 Miata with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom's Turbo Garage is selling his 2004 Mazda Miata on Bring a Trailer. 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