FIRST DRIVE in my Miata-Swapped 1978 MG Midget! 

Thanks man!

Thanks! Mine hasn’t moved since the test drive yet either 😛 I’ve had a lot going on the past few weeks but i’ll be getting back into the build real soon! Hopefully it won’t sit for 8 years…

I love them too! Lots more coming in the future!

haha thanks! and thanks for hopping over from instagram 😛 i appreciate it

that’s a wild price!

Life has been very busy. Wanted an updated a WHILE ago, will try to have one out soon! Thanks for the interest and support brother

@@ModernGarage Hope all is well man!

Yea, when i bought the car my original plan was the rebuild the original engine, but after driving it around the block, i wanted more and then impulse bought a miata… and i’m so happy i did! Thanks for the support man, good luck with your build!

@@ModernGarage Thanks! I've done the install once before on an Exocet; quite a bit easier as that was all nut/bolt assembly and not a lot of fab work. I'll probably try to stick to a 95/96 1.8L as I'm now very used to that ECU and its control systems. It's hard cutting the Miatas up; they're such great cars. But there are fewer and fewer MGs on the road and they deserve to be kept alive. This is a great swap.

@@darrylyoes414 I pulled my 1.8 out of an 02 Miata. Be for warned there was a lot of Fab work to be done on my 73 to get this to fit right. I had a good driving Midget but needed the extra gear and HP to pull our little teardrop camper. The 1275 with her 65hp just wasn't cutting it on any of the hills. I still have the 1275 and tranny in my garage, but there's no turning back now. Se e you on the road Glenn and Jane An American Couple

@@AnAmericanCouple Would love to see a Midget pulling a camper! Well done!!

@@AnAmericanCouple You don't have that engine/tranny in your garage any more. I bought it from you to put in one of my projects! (...and I thank you for it!)

Thanks! This was completely straight piped with just headers and a down pipe, it now has a small muffler on it just to tame it a bit. Hopefully it still sounds good!

Thanks! The idle definitely needs to come down, but in terms of torque, I’m assuming you’re talking about the high rev to get it moving? That was just me being a little hard on the clutch pedal 😛 i think it’ll be just fine, but we’ll see the more testing we do!

@@ModernGarage Ah, I understand being a bit high-revving when testing out a new set-up! I was just comparing it to the stump-pulling low end of my 1500 motor. Granted, by 3500 RMP it was all out of wind, so it made a good tractor engine. I look forward to seeing your refinements and improvements as you go.

lol i can’t wait to see what it’s like when i actually get to put the pedal down

Thanks man! Can’t wait to get it buttoned up and put more often

Thanks! New fan is here and in for the rad, so once the weather shapes up again, i may test a little more

thanks! Yea the brakes work, just not confidence inspiring 😛 might just be that i’m not used to manual brakes, but i definitely need to do something before i do a quicker test drive

that makes me so happy to hear! Love the car choices as well, hopefully you stick around and see more of the fun!

@@ModernGarage Is that New Beetle Convertible part of your fleet? I'm attached to one of those too.

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it just needs to be adjusted. It’s partly due to me removing the iacv as well i think

I hope you’re not taller than 5’8”. You don’t have the room to drive it like you could have.

i don’t get why people think this? I am 5’11 m’y brother is 6’2” and we both have midgets and both fit comfortably!

was the first drive, we were figuring stuff out! much better now