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Project Thunderbolt LS3 V8 Miata (Part 3): The Engine Arrives and Surgery Begins

by × on March 3, 2015 at 2:43 pm × 0 comments

You already know we’ve chosen the powerful and compact LS3 for this build, but which LS3? We went right to the top and got the LS376/525 crate engine. It’s the […]

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Project Thunderbolt LS3 V8 Miata (Part 2): Completing the Teardown and Breakdown

by × on February 20, 2015 at 12:58 pm × 0 comments

In part one of Project Thunderbolt, we laid out the plans to stuff a GM LS3 V8 in to a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata. In this update we’re finishing the teardown […]

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(Updated with Video) Project Thunderbolt LS3 V8 Miata, Part 1: The Master Plan and Teardown

by × on January 30, 2015 at 9:00 am × 1 comment

Light car + big engine = silly go-fast fun. Back in the 1940s and ‘50s it was Ford flathead, Olds, and Caddy V8s in Model As. Pontiac stuffed a 389 […]

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