According to Flyin' Miata, at idle and with light throttle, "the exhaust stream is routed through an effective muffler that keeps the sound levels low," and under load "a butterfly opens to allow the ...

We'd normally be dead-set against this sort of thing. For around $36,000, Colorado-based Mazda tuner Flyin' Miata (FM) will rip out the four-cylinder engine of a first-, second-, or third-generation ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado —How I wish the pioneers who first shoehorned big, American V-8s into small, lightweight roadsters could be here today. The creators of those unruly, poorly balanced little ...

In what could be the greatest engine swap since Carroll Shelby jammed a 260-c.i. V8 under the hood of an AC Cobra and slapped his surname on it, the maniacs at Flyin’ Miata have jammed a ...

In the small town of Palisade, Colorado, there is a shop going by the name of Flyin’ Miata. Keeping true to its name, the mad scientists in Palisade have swapped the SkyActiv-G 2.0 from an ND MX-5 ...

A big part of the appeal of the Mazda MX-5 Miata is its ability to get so much driving excitement out of a relatively modest powertrain. At around 2,500 pounds, the MX-5 gets a lot of thrills out of ...

If you’re like me, you’ve heard the name Flyin’ Miata for years now, and you probably know that the company specializes in dropping Chevy LS V8s in Mazda Miatas. You may also be like me and never ...

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 ...

Christian Moe is hell bent on being the most unique and interesting auto writer you’ll find. He continually chases interesting stories and adventures that bring some freshness to the world of ...

A performance shop in the United States is shoehorning engines making 525 horsepower into a tiny roadster platform weighing just a tick over 2,300 lbs. No, we’re not talking about a Shelby Cobra 427 ...

Since man first descended from the trees, his brain has been hard-wired to understand two things: the desire to go fast, and the enthusiasm for placing large objects inside slightly smaller objects.