Under the Hood: V8 Miata with Camaro Nose!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YAlKI3PDt64

Curtis Baldwin shows off his LS3-powered Mazda Miata track monster.

slowbird
slowbird HalfDork
9/25/19 10:09 a.m.

Oh nose! cheeky

Daylan C
Daylan C PowerDork
9/25/19 10:19 a.m.

I clicked expecting some mini '69 Z28 abortion. That's actually not terrible looking though.

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) PowerDork
9/25/19 10:30 a.m.

I was hoping for an early mk2 nose but that works okay as well.  I wonder how much that setup reduced lift vs. the original Miata bodywork.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/25/19 11:21 a.m.
Daylan C said:

I clicked expecting some mini '69 Z28 abortion. That's actually not terrible looking though.

I'm intrigued to see this car once he does the back. Like he says, yeah, I can see it looking like a baby 935.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/25/19 11:23 a.m.

It looks better than the badly-proportioned 5/8 scale '65 Mustang-bodied 5.0 Miata.

But I'm still not a fan.

 

spacecadet
spacecadet GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/25/19 11:36 a.m.

That's pretty brilliant. Well done! 

Floating Doc
Floating Doc GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/25/19 11:52 a.m.

I saw a photo of this recently on the GRM forum. I assumed that it was photoshopped.

Pretty cool.

classicJackets
classicJackets Dork
9/25/19 12:23 p.m.
slowbird said:

Oh nose! cheeky

I read noise. Not entirely disappointed either way..

8valve
8valve Reader
9/25/19 12:30 p.m.

Its some plastic that covers the front tires and the engine bay.. looks like it does the job fine.

morello159
morello159 Reader
9/25/19 2:25 p.m.

What the actual berkeley

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