Sure. Therefore they won't do Viper. It's gonna be German, cause they cheap and 5.0 not 8.0. Question is, is it gonna be from BMW E60, VW Phaeton or some Audi.
A viper v10 isn't that bad since they're a pushrod motor. The heads are smaller making them not as wide. Narrower bank angle from its V8 roots helps too.
@@kaposvaribando1277 Of course it's gonna get Connaught V10, but did not pay attention. They are building two V10 MX-5s. One with Connaught's, another with yet to be unveiled V10.
@@kaposvaribando1277They will use the Connaught V10/VR10, but as Mike said in his previous video there will be a second V10 MX-5 (possibly powered by a German V10) accompanying the Connaught MX-5.
@@MyHandleIsGood pretty sure all the conventional V10 options would disrupt the balance of the car. Only the 2L V10 could have any chance of keeping balance
@@thembanimdlalose5229 True.... However, the V10 TDi would be an exceptionably bad choice due to the weight of the engine. It almost weighs more than the car it's potentially going into......lol
@@thembanimdlalose5229 In the State's people have been putting Chevy LS3s in MX5s for years. Admittedly not as heavy as the TDi but not far away! They also fit quite well with little fettling!
Could we please get Misha to rip the Connaught V10 around the ring when that's finished? Would be mad to compare bridge to gantry times with it vs a Stock Mk2
I learned to fix cars when I owned a Triumph Spitfire MkII after owning an 74 MGB with the big rubber baby buggy bumpers. There was always short length of rubber tubing the the trunk and tool box, so I could balance the carbs. I owned a total of 6 MX5 between 1999 and 2012, couple of barn doors and NB's, now a days I drive a 6speed GLI.
I'd put at least a half cage in both cars. A proper roll hoop with bars to the rear deck, and door bars. Not those poxy chrome roll hoops. I've been doing gravel autosolos in a Mk1 MX5 for a few years, and a couple of years ago two old boys in a Mk1 MX5 hit a large chunk of Wales and stood their car on its rear bumper and turned it over. It came down on its lid and pancaked the windscreen frame. It had a hard top on it but no roll bar/cage. When we got to the car it was resting on the tops of the doors. Cue North Wales Air Ambulance. The passenger left a chunk of his scalp and hair on the inside on the hardtop, and whilst we waited for the Emergency services to arrive he grew an orange-sized haematoma on the top of his head. The dtiver was walking wounded and spent a while picking glass out of his scalp. He had the foresight to duck when the car went over. We honestly though that when we righted the car we'd be dragging out two bodies. The incident was investigated by MSUK and we changed the rules to insist that any soft top car had to have at least a proper roll bar. Every MX5, mine included, now sports one. The idea that the windscreen frame in a converible is strong enough to support the weight of the car is bollocks. I had to recover the rolled MX5 and cut my fingers to shreds on the remains of the windscreen, as the steering wheel was poking out above where the windscreen frame should have been. Amazingly it started up and ran, but it was very, very bent - the passenger front corner was crushed and the wheel wouldn't turn, but we managed to monster it onto a trailer to be taken home and broken for parts. Safety first boys & girls.
I was pretty positive as soon as you brought up that second V10 it would be the Audi 5.2. The BMW motor.would be too $$$, the viper V10 is just ridiculously huge. And the Diesel VW one is just weird in a Miata lol. But that Audi motor is a good pick so I really think that will be it!
gotta have the diesel V10, tho that being said, I believe that someone already put a viper V10 in to an S2000? maybe they can be reached out to and asked about it.
The viper V10 might be the biggest engine out there. 8.4L will definitely very difficult to fit! Why not the Ford 6.8L Triton engine? Mazda and Ford have some history!
The Ford 6.8 is significantly taller and wider than the Viper's V10. Pushrod engines are far smaller and lighter than their displacement would suggest.
LS. Cummins. 1GZ. The Miata had been the body for multiple hearts. For one, I’m happy this time it’s receiving a transplant of not just a one-off prototype engine, but also one that would barely disturb its legendary handling mechanics. You’re doing justice to the Miata’s spirit well, and that’s fantastic. This is definitely gonna sound and drive sweet.
@@titaniumoverdrive259Where it lacked the power, it had the peak torque at just 2000 RPM. Perfect for a Rolls-Royce competitor it was built for. Place the same powertrain inside a Miata and it would be just as crazy, if not more and perfectly encapsulates Carroll Shelby’s principle of putting the largest engines they have into the smallest car they could get.
That 8.3 liter Viper V10 is looooooooong. You're either getting engine in the cabin, or you're going to hang half that engine IN FRONT of the front axel. That's going to do wonders for handling.
The judd V10 is the one but it's silly money (probably best part 100k with all the bits as there dry sump) !!! Sounds amazing like 80's F1 car (and Turk already done it in supra ) but you know it's gonna be M5 v8 as drivetribe got tame BMW teck and their prob cheaper than out else !!!
As much as I love the Viper, I'd rather see something else. A diesel would be sick, rolling coal while spanking fancier cars - sounds like a sweet sleeper ;)
If I were you I would ditch the entire second project and concentrate all my money and effort to build the best and lightest mk1 miata with that connaught 2.0 v10. I am sure that v10 is going to need a lot of time and money to get it in a perfect running condition (ECU, injectors, ignition, cam and crank trigger, flex fuel, power adder…)
@@richardharrold9736 As they said, they can cut parts of panels out to fit the engine, and, as they said, someone even stuffed a big V12 in a Miata, so it's possible.
DRIVETRIBE in 50 Years: "We found an immaculate Mk1 MX-5, but some idiot swapped in a V10 to this classic. We tracked down the original engine and gearbox and will be swapping back to its original glory!"
