The owner and builder of that car was in my wedding. The guy that built this is extremely talented and a good dude. Glad his projects are getting noticed.
Someone should have told David to clutchless upshift. If you snap the throttle closed and move the shifter you can shift much faster and get back on the throttle quicker. Works with most motorcycle transmissions.
hearing cherry waves in the cinematic was a trip. my favorite song by my favorite band, featuring a NB1 like mine (albeit far from hayabuse engine swapped lol)?! I freaking love it. thank you david
Correct me if I'm wrong but just lie a bike, preload the shifter and let off the gas and it'll go directly into next gear immediately issue free. I can clutchless shift my GSXR so fast it feels like a solid high five!
Love projects like this! I do have a perfectly good ZX-14 engine laying around with nothing wrong with it, turn key runner. Was gonna build an insane street legal can am with it but wife got cancer and we're broke AF now because life is more important and fun can be had any time. If anyone sees it on offer up in so cali or north arizona, I'll make you a sweet deal. lol
@ actually it wasn’t that, we have good insurance it’s just my wife’s employer lied to her and said she would get her full salary while she was out getting surgery and radiation and they only paid her half so it wrecked us money wise. Playing catch up now by selling stuff.
With that much weight, you're probably asking for catastropic fork damage or something like that if something goes wrong during a shift like a pot hole or sudden jerk from poor throttle control.
That intro felt Midwest AF lol. Takes me back. This thing would be sick with the v8 hayabusa block some company in England is making. Turns it into a 500hp monster n/a
Another guy did this with just a 1000 and a bunch of weight reduction. Got it down to like 1520lbs or something around there. It would be cool for someone to take a ZX14 and do a big bore+stroker build, cam it and port the head, and make 225-250whp with a 13.5k redline. *EDIT:* Damn, my guess was just about dead on, too. With a 63.5mm stroke, it'd still be safe to rev to 12-13.5k as a redline, and as such, should make peak power a little lower in the 10.8-12k range. That, combined with an 86mm bore, would result in a new displacement of 1475cc. It should make 125lb-ft of torque at the crank, which when combined simply with the peak power marks using the 5252rpm crossover and a flat torque curve would result in 258-287hp at the crank. A 14% drivetrain loss (higher than normal for a bike, but you ARE changing the direction of the torque at least once) brings those numbers down to 226-252 horsepower at the wheels. Y'know, now that I think about it, an even crazier build is in order. Turn it into a 2.2L straight 6. 339-378whp would be the number at the end of all that. All naturally aspirated, too... Holy crap, rpm really is a cheat code.
I been dreaming of a building,stroking my NB Miata for years. Screaming to 10k all motor is intoxicating. It will happen in time. Been doing the rest slowly through the years. Learning patience is so hard. Love the channel
I was thinking this was the Miata with the CBR engine, that one revs to 13k rpm. I swear he said you drove his car recently, so now I'm confused. His car is crazy lightweight and he's currently adding a turbo.
There is just something good about doubling the factory hp in a lightweight car. My only experience like this was a 91 honda hatch, drove it around with a badly smoking anemic 1.5, swapped in a b18a1, close ratio limited slip transmission, coilovers, and wheels.... And it was a completely different car. Not necessarily fast, but a seriously fun daily because of where i live in the Ozarks.
What’s crazy is when my bro raced sr1/custom side by side, in Lucas oil series they’d blow the r1 engines when landing because of weight of car and traction so they couldn’t floor it before landing for extra boost of power. Drive everyone nuts to have to land then floor it. Anyways just a interesting fact you may deal with being it’s so heavy
Pretty sure I saw that car not long ago, at the Good Guys car show, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Very unique build, was neat to see it here in a video not to long after seeing it in person.
Quick shifting without a clutch like a true motorcycle. It'd be cool if you installed a quickshifter with blipper on this thing for the true sequential experience.
This is cool. I've always wanted to see a fwd civic, prelude, or delsol swapped with like a cbr1000 and encouraged with some boost would be a sick build 😅. Somebody please build one
the gearing makes it sound so fast 🤣 I agree when you say gearing can change a car even without messing with the engine, my car has a version with a shorter final drive (it goes from 2.4 to a 3.2 , diesel engine , revs low thats why the ratios are so low) i swapped a 3.2 into my 2.4 for 400 bucks and oh boy is it a different car, totally worth it for a plug and play . could also plug and play a 4.1 into it and make it top out at 100mph 🤣
I would love to see one of those in a Mk 3 MR2. I wonder if it would work well with the SMT that was common in the states (Europe is all manuals basically).
As an engineer that builds custom tooling for the big name auto manufacturers, I really wish I was able to get into custom build shop to do fab stuff like that. I would have so much more fun building stuff I come up with. So many ideas. Everything is so damn expensive and unobtainable.
As a heavily modded NB as my daily soon as I see a NB I click. Love for the car isn't the word. It's part of my soul of me. If u get it I get it. Love and respect to all my good car people out there. Everyday I see an article about some street takeover or these idiots speeding through towns. It's stupid dangerous and needs to stop.
You should be able to upshift without the clutch in the upper gears if this is a motorcycle gearbox and clutch. Just get off the gas and push it to the next gear. First to second might be a little clunky
Just letting you know...
I drove another bike engine Miata a few weeks ago and...holy moly it was intense. Can you guess what engine it was?
CBR1000 turbo?
H2R? Sum fresh n new?
R1
Cbr1000 no turbo
Cbr1000rr ?
Hearing Deftones on that intro and not some royalty free track was a welcomed surprise.
Thought that was them
Ah, yes, the Deft Ones
Now put another one in there.
Yeah or a turbo
yea like the 2 motor AWD build,
that was amazing..
but with 11k rpms !!!
Sooo basically the Radical V8? Which is two busa engines merged together?
now that would be Radical.
like the car. with the Hayabusa-based V8.
clever pun ey?
It wouldn't work bro not even a chance 3:43
That really Deftones for a Miata edit, that's dope fr
Deftones are awful. Spineshank was a million times better as is Chevelle. Even some seether
@@jonathanwickett7028😂💀
Lol@@jonathanwickett7028
@@jonathanwickett7028you don't know good music then...
@jonathanwickett7028 clearly do not know your music.
See these are the type of creative builds that belong at sema‼️
Agreed. Even if some aren't as "nice" I'll take it over them not working lol.
@@ThatDudeinBlueStart a show like Sema that showcases builds like these.
@@geoffkeller5337love that idea. It'll be sick giving a yuge middle finger to the current industry bigwigs
No its not creative. You just cant see in usa. Just look at a tuned ae86, it at least revs to 10k with 4age
@@BRK009you do an busa swap on a Miata then comeback and tell me it’s not creative. Im sure you’ve done plenty 🤣
Now thats a sick build, nothing tickles the pickle like more rpm. I want one
Sus
@@RipsawEV_2spotted the youngster on RUclips literally Dajo si vous plait
The owner and builder of that car was in my wedding. The guy that built this is extremely talented and a good dude. Glad his projects are getting noticed.
Congratulations 🎉
Send his contact info
@@UnicornDB8r no. I respect his wishes, I will not give his information out.
@@willythewyno thank you.
@@HanzDeez ok thanks
The Deftones intro hits hard
I just had a feeling with the sunset and everything it worked!
@@ThatDudeinBlue I haven't listened to them in a long time, damn that brought back all sorta feels. Thanks for that :)
@@ThatDudeinBlue does deftones get flagged? Or are you rolling with the
demonetization? I’m curious to use in a vid on working on lol
Check out Team Sleep. It was a side project.
@@Brentgass58I actually was able to purchase the licensing for this one. RUclips is getting much better about it.
Someone should have told David to clutchless upshift. If you snap the throttle closed and move the shifter you can shift much faster and get back on the throttle quicker. Works with most motorcycle transmissions.
I was waiting for this comment! As a rider I was like just hop off that throttle and upshift.
Been waiting for like a month for this video! The deftones edit went hard! Seeing them live again in 2 months !
Heck yeah dude! Hope you have a ton of fun at the show
i’ve thought about a build like this for a long time, this thing is probably a blast to drive
Again, the music choice is FIRE!!!! Always amazes me man. Stelar editing as always, much love man
Spec13 Motorsports already makes a Hayabusa Swap Kit for the Miata. It's great and it's actually a really affordable option.
hearing cherry waves in the cinematic was a trip. my favorite song by my favorite band, featuring a NB1 like mine (albeit far from hayabuse engine swapped lol)?! I freaking love it. thank you david
Correct me if I'm wrong but just lie a bike, preload the shifter and let off the gas and it'll go directly into next gear immediately issue free. I can clutchless shift my GSXR so fast it feels like a solid high five!
Damn that Deftones intro has to be my favorite one ever done on your channel
Love projects like this! I do have a perfectly good ZX-14 engine laying around with nothing wrong with it, turn key runner. Was gonna build an insane street legal can am with it but wife got cancer and we're broke AF now because life is more important and fun can be had any time. If anyone sees it on offer up in so cali or north arizona, I'll make you a sweet deal. lol
So sad that you have to pay medical bills in America. wish you all the best with the recovery.
@ actually it wasn’t that, we have good insurance it’s just my wife’s employer lied to her and said she would get her full salary while she was out getting surgery and radiation and they only paid her half so it wrecked us money wise. Playing catch up now by selling stuff.
You don't need to clutch on up shifts and what not just at stops
haha im from iowa and ive gotten to see this thing in person. it is truly one of a kind.
That intro was absolutely magical! You've GOTTA do more like that man!
You should shift it like a bike .. just hold the shifter on upshift end release throttle very fast and it just jumps into nex gear..
With that much weight, you're probably asking for catastropic fork damage or something like that if something goes wrong during a shift like a pot hole or sudden jerk from poor throttle control.
Perhaps some sort of built slipper clutch would be interesting tho
@@DrD3vic3 Nothing would happen
That intro felt Midwest AF lol. Takes me back. This thing would be sick with the v8 hayabusa block some company in England is making. Turns it into a 500hp monster n/a
Deftones was a cheatcode dude
I was watching a video on this yesterday and I see the algorithm has blessed me again
Sick car and that deftones intro was 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve been following these builds for a while and think it would be a sick build.
Isn’t the owner turbocharging this thing? Just took it off so you could review the car as he’s still fabricating the setup?
Yessir! Think of it like a "before and after" setup!
That’s gonna be absolutely mental
What, no? The one you're talking about is silver, way lighter and doesn't have a Hayabusa engine
Cherry Waves is one of the, if not the, best intro songs you've ever used.
This felt like vintage David. I feel like you’ve been in a funk man. But the intro, the car, everything was 👌🏻
Another guy did this with just a 1000 and a bunch of weight reduction. Got it down to like 1520lbs or something around there. It would be cool for someone to take a ZX14 and do a big bore+stroker build, cam it and port the head, and make 225-250whp with a 13.5k redline.
*EDIT:* Damn, my guess was just about dead on, too. With a 63.5mm stroke, it'd still be safe to rev to 12-13.5k as a redline, and as such, should make peak power a little lower in the 10.8-12k range. That, combined with an 86mm bore, would result in a new displacement of 1475cc. It should make 125lb-ft of torque at the crank, which when combined simply with the peak power marks using the 5252rpm crossover and a flat torque curve would result in 258-287hp at the crank. A 14% drivetrain loss (higher than normal for a bike, but you ARE changing the direction of the torque at least once) brings those numbers down to 226-252 horsepower at the wheels.
Y'know, now that I think about it, an even crazier build is in order. Turn it into a 2.2L straight 6. 339-378whp would be the number at the end of all that. All naturally aspirated, too... Holy crap, rpm really is a cheat code.
Jetski engines are +1400cc and already make 400~ hp. These bike engines can’t handle the weight of a car.
This NB always makes me plan out Hayabusa swapping my Kei cars
As an Iowan I feel so proud of all the cool cars I see on your channel there’s more than I thought
dude thats also basically a Mid Front setup. must have awesome handling🔥
Love the monster energy catch can haha
It's good to see someone do it. I've been contemplating using my GSXR600 elsewhere. Great content, just subscribed
I been dreaming of a building,stroking my NB Miata for years. Screaming to 10k all motor is intoxicating. It will happen in time. Been doing the rest slowly through the years. Learning patience is so hard. Love the channel
I think this is my favorite video to date. You really continue to put out quality videos and I throughly enjoyed this one.
deftones was a hell yea moment
I was thinking this was the Miata with the CBR engine, that one revs to 13k rpm. I swear he said you drove his car recently, so now I'm confused. His car is crazy lightweight and he's currently adding a turbo.
I need to meet the person who did this. The fact this car looks almost stock from outside, makes it the perfect sleeper and I love it.
if possible we really need more intros to these reviews with proper bangers, this one went diabolically hard david
Crazy day to see david doing a pull on the same bridge I do pulls on every day too local
I would love to see a build breakdown on this to see how it all works!
There is just something good about doubling the factory hp in a lightweight car.
My only experience like this was a 91 honda hatch, drove it around with a badly smoking anemic 1.5, swapped in a b18a1, close ratio limited slip transmission, coilovers, and wheels.... And it was a completely different car.
Not necessarily fast, but a seriously fun daily because of where i live in the Ozarks.
Off the line putting iowa back on the map! I cant wait to meet these guys
What’s crazy is when my bro raced sr1/custom side by side, in Lucas oil series they’d blow the r1 engines when landing because of weight of car and traction so they couldn’t floor it before landing for extra boost of power. Drive everyone nuts to have to land then floor it. Anyways just a interesting fact you may deal with being it’s so heavy
Love the Deftones intro!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
First time ive seen a TDIB intro without a dubstep song and you chose deftones. I'm not sure if you realize how happy that made me
Not sure what exactly he did to the transmission but with bikes you can just let off the gas and slap it into the next gear 5:18
Pretty sure I saw that car not long ago, at the Good Guys car show, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Very unique build, was neat to see it here in a video not to long after seeing it in person.
Hold pressure towards the next gear with the shifter while in wide open throttle, then blip the throttle. Will shift without hesitation
Quick shifting without a clutch like a true motorcycle. It'd be cool if you installed a quickshifter with blipper on this thing for the true sequential experience.
@Mr_Glenn doesnt need it. U can do it with most bikes with that style shifter. U dont need a blipper, but it wouldnt hurt.
TURBO! TURBO! TURBO! Can’t wait for the AFTER review of this thing! Great content as always David, thanks for always keepin in real 😁
I daydream about rotary swapping my nb miata...but this looks fun
The Deftones in the intro set the vibe
Lovin the deftones. Cant wait to go see them in April.
I see a vs video coming soon between both of these bike powered Miata you’ve reviewed now
Dude Cherry Waves on the intro hits hard!
loved the. Deftones intro
Love this build!
Congratulations on reaching 1.28 million subs keep up the good work
This is why I love my Buell. Harley engine, 7300 rpm cut out, but torque, and acceleration. Top speed is 3/5 of f. All. But the fun getting there?
Is the video with the silver cbr swapped miata out yet?
Not yet 🤓
This is cool. I've always wanted to see a fwd civic, prelude, or delsol swapped with like a cbr1000 and encouraged with some boost would be a sick build 😅. Somebody please build one
the gearing makes it sound so fast 🤣
I agree when you say gearing can change a car even without messing with the engine, my car has a version with a shorter final drive (it goes from 2.4 to a 3.2 , diesel engine , revs low thats why the ratios are so low) i swapped a 3.2 into my 2.4 for 400 bucks and oh boy is it a different car, totally worth it for a plug and play . could also plug and play a 4.1 into it and make it top out at 100mph 🤣
idk how well it would work in this application but you can clutchless shift a lot of sportbike engines super easy
I would love to see one of those in a Mk 3 MR2. I wonder if it would work well with the SMT that was common in the states (Europe is all manuals basically).
The Purest drivers build I have seen in a long time.
Man one of the best parts of your videos was the cinematic music intros, bring them back! 😩
As an engineer that builds custom tooling for the big name auto manufacturers, I really wish I was able to get into custom build shop to do fab stuff like that. I would have so much more fun building stuff I come up with. So many ideas. Everything is so damn expensive and unobtainable.
As a heavily modded NB as my daily soon as I see a NB I click. Love for the car isn't the word. It's part of my soul of me. If u get it I get it. Love and respect to all my good car people out there. Everyday I see an article about some street takeover or these idiots speeding through towns. It's stupid dangerous and needs to stop.
she needs a Viper esq' ram air hood and air box..looks mega fun btw
Wouldve been a great video if you couldve included any outside shots of it pulling/drifting/launching/literally anything
Props for leaving in the footage of stalling out because you couldn’t have waterboarded that out of me
thanks for getting me teared up with that intro song lmao
Best Miata Swap ever 👌 🙌 👏 looks and sounds just right 😅
He could went 2zz or even b16 and flip the head 180 to work for standard rwd manual trans
Cherry waves was a great song choice
I wanna see a 2015 or newer r1 crossplane swap since they have 200hp stock. They sound so good and at lower rpm you are looking around for a v8.
Hahaha that's wild and awesome, fun too! Well done to the builder.
Did I miss what transmission is in it? Such a cool build.
Haven't clicked this fast on one of your videos in a long time! 🤙🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
I appreciate you!
Should be a 4.3 rear end in a nb1 if it’s the stock differential
You should be able to upshift without the clutch in the upper gears if this is a motorcycle gearbox and clutch. Just get off the gas and push it to the next gear. First to second might be a little clunky
Saw this at ice cream cruise, out of the thousands of cars there this was mine and my girlfriend's favorite
I subscribe to his channel and have been WAITING for this video to drop!
Would love to see a Honda F12X in a Miata. Turbo Vtec F series with a drysump out of a Jetski. 165hp stock
There is a company in the UK that matted two Hayabusa engines together is 2.7 V8 about 430 hp .
Bro I’m watching the smart car vid after this one I started dying of laughter after seeing that clip😂
Peoples just doing stuff to do it....and i love it!❤
Busa mota Iowa pl8 all thats missing is some knot on the stereo🤘
The deftones edit went hard
The gears were always fun, I miss those gears
Thing sounds gnarly I love it!
Did you license the use of deftones! :-) badass!
How did he get the clutch to work!?
Awesome sauce
Sweet Busa Swap! Kawasaki H2 Supercharged Swap would be fun!
A triumph rocket motor with a tts supercharger would be sweet! 350+ hp and over 300lbs of torque!
Best intro music EVER!
Been waiting for this one!!!!
that thing sounds insane
Deftones! Instant like!