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I am in Maryland and in the midst of doing a NC miata LS3 with a bit of a twist- doing a Magnuson heartbeat supercharger that is for an LS3 Corvette. This is a serious thing, not some pie in the sky. The car, a 2009 miata, is currently at V8 roadsters facility in Florida. Along with it is a full pullout LS3 motor and TR6060 6 speed manual out of a wrecked 2014 Camaro with 4000miles.
Al Ludington From v8Roadsters who does there turnkey builds is doing the wrenching.
The build is pretty comprehensive, and I think interesting:
2009 miata- 147K miles- Copper Red Mica Power Retractable Hardtop in GT trim- so fully loaded leather, BOSE, HID's etc
LS3, TR6060 6 speed
V8 roadsters full conversion kit: https://v8roadsters.com/product/nc-lsx-package/
conversion kit includes header back exhaust, cooling, fuel, mounting, axles, etc
AAM rear diff. from Camaro with stock 3.27 gears, rebuilt with Detroit Locker TruTrac LSD
MGW short shifter
Remote oil cooler
Cam Motion Supercharger Cam
9.5:1 with custom Wiseco pistons and Lunatti Signature Series rods
BTR springs
LSA blower with heat exchanger, Cobra front heat exchanger. Griptec upper pulley. Set up for 12psi.
AEM Infinity computer with plug and play LS3 harness.
The supercharger parts are from https://boostdistrict.com/collection...a-supercharger
Rosh, the one who sets up the LSA supercharger kits above was really helpful. He is currently doing an LSA swap into a E46 BMW. Was going to look at Magnuson but got almost no tech help on how to set things up. Rosh knows his engine swap LSX supercharger information inside out.
Ohlins DFV coilovers- with custom remote adjusters for the rear
Rx8 rear suspension swap- this includes all suspension arms, bushings, and knuckles- this is to allow swap in rear hubs to RX8 hubs
Rx8 front and rear brakes- calipers and discs- much larger
Rx8 front and rear hubs- much larger
All new NC miata front bushings
Hard Dog roll bar
All of the suspension and brake parts are mazda OEM RX8 parts-mostly new
Enkei RPF1 wheels 17x9 with Toyo RA1 255/40-17s at all 4 corners- rolled fenders to accomodate
With an NA cam I would expect 460-470 rwhp
but decided to go blower so shooting for 600rwhp
The car will have full dyno tuning done so dyno graphs should be easily provided down the road.
I've attached pictures current to current. I included pics of my wagons, and my 2 year old twin boys floating in a pool with clothes on. Its hypnotizing.
Mercedes R63 AMG, BMW 328xi manual transmission, Forester XT fully STI'd.
. The takeout motor/transmission and the car picture before shipping of the car stock with wheels/tires- Gives a reasonable Idea of how exterior will look- though it will be lower and with rolled fenders.
Everything else is a pile of parts right now.
Timeline of build completion would be....forever it seems some days.
My goal with the project is to be able to pull on my 575 awhp/625 awtq 2012 Nissan GTR, and be everyday drivable.
The "forever" timetable sounds about right if you are a average Joe and doing the swap alone and in your spare time. If the wallet/checkbook allows a talented crew to do the swap, about 6 months is my guess. Looks like a solid game plan. Best of luck.
Spent some time behind the wheel of a pro swapped Miata with and ls6 and the owner can’t get enough tire under it to really handle even that much power. Can’t imagine what this will be like!
Car is a blast to drive once moving that’s for sure!
Will be following this one.
Spent some time behind the wheel of a pro swapped Miata with and ls6 and the owner can’t get enough tire under it to really handle even that much power.
I don't think anything other than slicks are going to get much traction. My LSA supercharged LY6 S10 runs 325/30/19 Nitto's on 19x12 wheels and I can light them up in 2nd gear up to about 85mph and I'm only at 10lbs of boost.
Old thread. Car finally done! LS3. Magnuson running 12psi. Custom Cam Motion cam.AEM pcm. ABS. Traction control. Alignment Monday. Dyno sometime next week. Custom hood. Ohlins suspension. Power retractable hard top. Stock gauges running through a canbus convertor off the AEM canbus. Weighs in at 3071 lbs. Pie in the sky, indeed!
Ok. The car has been tuned and the traction control has been configured. I assure you this is the last car I will build with an AEM for engine management. I would think that at the very least when you use an LS set up file and an AEM LS harness, at least the charging system would work without going in and configuring tables. It's just one little pain in the *** after another. It's quite clear no one on their tech line has hands on experience. I had Neel, the owner of Apex Speed Sports fly in and handle final tune and t/c set up. No dyno yet as my dyno guy is in covid quarantine at the moment. However with an easy launch and a granny 1/2 shift it still ripped of a 2.85 0 to 60!! I think there is a 2.5 in it. Using an 80tw Toyo tire in 255/45-17. TC is set for 10% slip up to 20mph and 5% after that.
A few little bugs to work out. Power retractable hard top is giving me some grief. PWM fan controller took a ****. Need to change shifter around to get the feel I'm looking for. End of a long road on this project.
10-12-2018, 10:48 PM
2009 Miata, LS3 tr6060 with ZL1 blower 
