# Jesse's '94 M-Edition Miata. LS1 swap coming soon. **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [March 19, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712 "2007-03-19T21:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/81 "2007-07-04T12:14:17Z")
Damn nice to see it coming together. ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/82 "2007-07-16T21:20:04Z")
Motor is going in tomorrow. I was on vacation with my girlfriend last week, so I didn’t get anything done. But, after tomorrow, the motor, tranny, driveshaft, etc should all be in. More pics to come. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/83 "2007-07-16T22:50:05Z")
> [@STAG PARTY TONIGHT @ MY HOUSE!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stag-party-tonight-my-house/31361/30): > > Motor is going in tomorrow. I was on vacation with my girlfriend last week, so I didn’t get anything done. > > But, after tomorrow, the motor, tranny, driveshaft, etc should all be in. > > More pics to come. swwweeeeetttt…🆒🍺 i’ll hit you up when i get back from JJ’s and we can meet up to get them O2 sensors ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/84 "2007-07-17T19:43:45Z")
:blue: ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/85 "2007-07-17T20:23:10Z")
Motor and tranny are both in, but I’m tired and didn’t take pics, so pics tomorrow 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/86 "2007-07-17T20:34:42Z")
> [@WTB: 38mm Weld On Wastagate Flange](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-38mm-weld-on-wastagate-flange/31384/2): > > Motor and tranny are both in, but I’m tired and didn’t take pics, so pics tomorrow 🙂 boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/87 "2007-07-18T05:43:58Z")
Can’t wait to see that motor stuffed in that tiny little car! ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/88 "2007-07-18T06:09:34Z")
> [@Fs: parts and more parts.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-parts-and-more-parts/31291/11): > > Can’t wait to see that motor stuffed in that tiny little car! Hell yeah 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/89 "2007-07-18T07:33:13Z")
i wonder if this swap is equivalent to when people stuffed a small block in the old Nash Metropolitans? either way it is gonna be sick ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/90 "2007-07-18T07:46:42Z")
> [@FS: 92-95 CIVIC EG PARTS (HATCH)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-92-95-civic-eg-parts-hatch/31390/11): > > it is gonna be sick ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/91 "2007-07-18T10:21:09Z")
i hope it has quiet mufflers so it will be a total sleeper awesome ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/92 "2007-07-18T10:22:03Z")
man its going to be healthy! ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/93 "2007-07-18T11:11:19Z")
Way back, Monster Motorsports was putting (IIRC) 400 SBC into the 1G Miata. They ripped!!! This is the same formula as the Sunbeam Tiger… Sunbeam Tiger wikipedia link: > **[Sunbeam Tiger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger)** > > The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance V8 version of the British Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967. Shelby had carried out a similar V8 conversion on the AC Cobra, and hoped to be offered the contract to produce the Tiger at his facility in America. Rootes decided instead to contract the assembly work to Jensen at West Bromwich in England, and pay Shelby a royalty on every car p... ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/94 "2007-07-18T11:14:07Z")
> [@Is this worth it?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-this-worth-it/31404/2): > > Way back, Monster Motorsports was putting (IIRC) 400 SBC into the 1G Miata. They ripped!!! This is the same formula as the Sunbeam Tiger… > > Sunbeam Tiger wikipedia link: > > [Sunbeam Tiger - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Tiger) side not you want a sun beam tiger my neighboor has one fore sale ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/95 "2007-07-18T18:29:43Z")
> [@Need some advice V. Sandals All Inclusive Resorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-some-advice-v-sandals-all-inclusive-resorts/31401/5): > > i hope it has quiet mufflers so it will be a total sleeper > > awesome ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/96 "2007-07-18T19:51:36Z")
Engine pics? ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/97 "2007-07-18T21:30:10Z")
Probably going to be a little loud, but not unbearable. I’ll be running a single 3.5" exhaust, with two straight-thru “mufflers” only because I already have all of it and there’s certain parts of this project that I’m trying to keep costs down because I’m running out of budget money 🙂 ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 001.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 001.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 002.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 002.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 003.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 003.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 004.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 004.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 005.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 005.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 006.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 006.jpg) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 007.jpg]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/LS1) Miata 007.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/98 "2007-07-18T21:31:44Z")
If the pics are too big, just let me know and I’ll resize them. ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/99 "2007-07-18T21:33:16Z")
woot it looks tight ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jesses-94-m-edition-miata-ls1-swap-coming-soon/188712/100 "2007-07-18T21:35:10Z")
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