Flyin’ Miata has been building monstrous V8-powered MX-5 conversions for years, but it appears the threat of more restrictive emissions regulations has brought that phase of the company’s business to ...

Enthusiasts have always begged Mazda for more power in its flagship roadster, the MX-5, but it’s only caved once. The NB Mazdaspeed is the only Miata ever to be graced by anything more than a ...

A few years ago when the ND was relatively new, the peeps at Flyin’ Miata did the unthinkable by shoehorning a small-block V8 in the engine bay of the Japanese roadster. Turn-key cars are no longer ...

Yesterday, Road & Track published some disappointing news: Flyin' Miata is officially out of the V8-swapped ND Miata game. Unless you can find a used one, you'll have to look to other companies such ...

Name a more iconic duo than the Mazda Miata and a V8 swap. You can't, because those V8-swapped Miatas are basically perfect. Except, the number of people actually stepping up to trade their ...

When Mazda developed the original MX-5, the Japanese automaker wanted to encapsulate the driving enjoyment offered by vintage roadsters of British provenance. They certainly did so with the NA, and ...

The Chevrolet LS V8 might be one of the most famous engines of all time. Variants of the engine powered virtually every GM muscle car and truck for the last couple of decades. Notably, it's the ...

The Mazda Miata is a fairly common recipient of General Motors LS V8 engine swaps, but it seems many V8 Miata owners choose to build their cars for the road course rather than drag strip. Holley’s ...