LS1 miata from S.E.Drift event

[EL42]

i thought it was interesting and i didn't see anyone else post any pics.

[JDMJAYDC2]

so damn sleeper man this car is nice love the wheels

[roscoe]

I wonder what the weight balance on this car is lol

[G.C]

dam that stick is huge.

[oneSLOWex]

BEAST!

[ATLTSX]

lol the best part about it was the fact it look like it had stock exhaust.

[Atlblkz06]

I wonder what the weight balance on this car is lol

I've been wondering myself. How much does the BP(?) motor weight? Its like a 1.8 so it cant be much. I think the LS1 is around 490 with a 6MT (T56?)

[roscoe]

I'm gonna guess around 280ish for a 1.8??? I might be way off but i dunno

[csmiths]

seemed like it wasnt the best car to make into a drift car. looked like he was having a hard time keeping it from just doing donuts.

[EL42]

I wonder what the weight balance on this car is lol

me and Nemesis had a discussion about that as we watched it go around the track. the back end didn't seem to rotate that well while trying to drift. the only hint is that moment when the car first cranks up. but it has a quiet exhaust. the guy said he drives it to work. i think? (i was up too early.)

[EL42]

seemed like it wasnt the best car to make into a drift car. looked like he was having a hard time keeping it from just doing donuts.

i agree..i left around 1130..i don't remember the rest of that dudes run.

[Big Baller]

First that Davids car I think and its an LS6....second its not a drift car its just at a drift event.

[ranj]

i've been reading on a couple of other forums, i think the diff btw engine weight is somewhere around 100 lbs, but again that's from other forums.

[Glides]

I don't think it was that much of a difference, maybe 150 lbs or something. But that, combined with the power combined with the wheelbase would make that car either all or nothing. Cars are like Baseball bats. They all have different sweet spots for Drifting. Some like the S14, have a huge sweetspot, you can make mistakes and correct them mid-slide......others dont. I would think that car has a very small margin for error, you apply to much throttle, turn too much, over-compensate and you are going round and round.

But who really cares honestly, that thing is so far beyond badass, panties just spontaneously fly off when it rolls by. It's drags a little panty tornado behind it wherever it goes.

[Atlblkz06]

First that Davids car I think and its an LS6....second its not a drift car its just at a drift event.

How do you tell? I know the LS6 heads flow better and they're "flat" on the bottom but how can you tell by looking at a motor that's installed?

Does the throttle body look diff?

Thanks.

[gforce71]

he took the hard top off of it? if this is the same car I saw it run at little tally. he went sliding there too...

[SandM]

i finally get to see under the hood of this car, cool

[punkr6]

now thats a MIata done right....

[K24cb7coupe]

wow, didnt see that coming. will be a beast on the track when he gets it figured out.

[SeePlusPlus]

It drags a little panty tornado behind it wherever it goes.

[Da_unknown]

dam pretty sick

[brownhornet]

I don't think it was that much of a difference, maybe 150 lbs or something. But that, combined with the power combined with the wheelbase would make that car either all or nothing. Cars are like Baseball bats. They all have different sweet spots for Drifting. Some like the S14, have a huge sweetspot, you can make mistakes and correct them mid-slide......others dont. I would think that car has a very small margin for error, you apply to much throttle, turn too much, over-compensate and you are going round and round.

But who really cares honestly, that thing is so far beyond badass, panties just spontaneously fly off when it rolls by. It's drags a little panty tornado behind it wherever it goes.

A friend and I just had the same conversation. High torque and short wheel base generate snap oversteer. And as he went around the track you could see him trying to dance that fine line.

Oh yeah, +1 Glides. Panty tornado... classic!

[EL42]

First that Davids car I think and its an LS6....second its not a drift car its just at a drift event.

sorry...i appreciate the correction

How do you tell? I know the LS6 heads flow better and they're "flat" on the bottom but how can you tell by looking at a motor that's installed?

Does the throttle body look diff?

Thanks.

i'd like to know how to identify the difference also.

A friend and I just had the same conversation. High torque and short wheel base generate snap oversteer. And as he went around the track you could see him trying to dance that fine line.

Oh yeah, +1 Glides. Panty tornado... classic!

hmmm, that helps explain what i saw.

[d00d]

I bet that thing is a blast to drive!

[NoRotor]

As far as I know, you can't really tell just by a few pictures.
I THINK the following is true, but if someone knows different, please feel free to correct me:
241 casting heads = LS1
243 casting heads = LS6

The LS6 intake swaps over easy-enough. Most LS1 guys switch to the LS6 intake (no EGR hole in the top of it) and it came on 02+ LS1's OEM anywya.

I think the only difference between the LS1 - LS6 are a few internal passageways in the crank to allow for better breathing of the oil, a hotter cam, and better heads. It is all internal as far as I know.

[m3dic8d]

I remember this thing at the track day last year with Chin's motorsports... I was in my dad's z06 and this thing blew my mind multiple times lol

[Big Baller]

You wouldn't know its an LS6 by looking at it, I picked it up from one shop and drove it to another for David one time, its a beast for sure. Davids a good guy and its a really sweet car but drifting a 400+hp miata would not be easy

[Tree]

i love the monster miata. i was looking to do it from flyinmiata.com but i did have the 3k just for mounts and what not.

[JITB]

the hell noone else took pics of it...?

looks great.. ive seen it before.. neve rknew it had a ls1 in it tho.

[Glides]

You wouldn't know its an LS6 by looking at it, I picked it up from one shop and drove it to another for David one time, its a beast for sure. Davids a good guy and its a really sweet car but drifting a 400+hp miata would not be easy

Yes, no matter how good you are, you are bound to fuck up and spin it with that power to pussy getting ratio.

Badass car.

[jdm eg6]

now thats a engine swap

[Evil Goat]

so damn sleeper man this car is nice love the wheels

sleeper if you're deaf...

[Bus Driver J]

Hmmmm, I corner balanced this car once and I dont remember....

[csmiths]

sleeper if you're deaf...

actually youd be very very very suprised at how quiet this car is. i saw it go by a couple times but didnt really pay a whole lot of attention because he was having a hard time drifting. BUT one time he came by and right as he passed you could hear that he was in it, then i was like holy shit a monster miata. you would be caught off guard by this car because of its quietness.

[tnomud]

seemed like it wasnt the best car to make into a drift car. looked like he was having a hard time keeping it from just doing donuts.

I can imagine, mine (with a stock motor) will get sideways easily with an LSD and stiff springs......

This car is awesome!!!!!!!

[CHADbee]

oh man that thing is SICK. thats one manly miata right there.

[EL42]

You wouldn't know its an LS6 by looking at it, I picked it up from one shop and drove it to another for David one time, its a beast for sure. Davids a good guy and its a really sweet car but drifting a 400+hp miata would not be easy

oh ok

the hell noone else took pics of it...?

looks great.. ive seen it before.. neve rknew it had a ls1 in it tho.

yup that's what thought

[GoodOlHerps]

sweet monster miata. saw stacy david make this conversion on an epsiode of "Gearz". would love to have one esp. as a dd.

[Doppelgänger]

LSx engine does not equal monster Miata.


I want David's 15x9 wheels....