Ahh, Craigslist. Sometimes, you can find some really cool and rare stuff on there. But most of the time, you’ll have to look through a bunch of junk, repeat posts, and awkwardly-written spam ads first before you find something worthwhile.
While we were browsing Craigslist today, we came across a pretty good deal on a first generation Mazda Miata with a LS6 crate engine swapped into it, turned racecar. The seller is asking $25,000 – and with everything that’s been upgraded on this Miata, we gotta say, we definitely think the asking price is justified. We’ll drop some information from the ad below, and you can let us know in the comments section what you think.
- LS6 crate motor
- Y-body style accessories: water pump, alternator, and tensioner
- Ported AFR 205 heads, upgraded dual springs, and ARP head studs
- 231/234 comp cam – under 600 lift
- Headers
- Fast 92 manifold and throttlebody
- ATI stock size damper
- V8 Roadster LS swap kit
- Updated V8 Roadster rear hubs
- 420+ whp on 91 octane
- TC Design chromoly cage
- Schroth belts
- OMP Grip driver’s seat
- Fire system
- Racepak IQ3 dash logger
- 2x Racepak USM’s for oil temp, pressure, etc
- Racepak OBD module for water temperature and other sensors
- Painless engine wiring harness
- Painless toggle switch and relay power harness
- Setrab oil cooler
- Lingenfelter oil adapter + 10AN lines.
- 949 Xida CS coilovers
- V8 Roadster Wilwood 11.75″ brake kit with the smaller piston dynalites up front and dynapros in back, prop valve installed by driver
- 4 lbs carbor fiber top (skin) painted to match car with Lexan glass. Bolts into cage mounts
- 949 Lexan windshield
- Flying Miata front V8 sway bar. Mazdaspeed Miata rear sway bar
- Autokonexion front bumper and fenders, rear fenders bolted into oem fenders
- De-powered PS rack
- Rebuilt GTO T56 Transmission with new 3, 4, and 5 gears, synchro housing, and blocker rings
- Monster twin disc clutch with light flywheel
- Aluminum driveshaft
- Ford 8.8″ (iron housing) LSD with 3.27 gears
- 949 15×10 Nickel 6ULs wheels
This car appears ready to take on a track day or the autocross, provided your right foot can be light enough on the throttle to keep things under control. Who are we kidding, this thing has to be chock full of tire shredding insanity, and that’s just how we like it.