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 ...

Are you of the mind that the sub-200 horsepower that comes from Mazda’s factory isn’t nearly enough grunt for the magical MX-5? Well, spotted for sale on Bring a Trailer is a barely-used, LS-swapped ...

An LS-swapped Mazda MX-5 Miata combines the agility of a lightweight roadster with the power of a V8. Miatas and LS engines are also famously affordable and reliable, meaning such a build usually ...

You swap an engine when you want more power, and the GM LS range of engines is, with the Honda K-engines, the logical choice to achieve this. The LS engines are a range of small-block V8s made from ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

To quickly into the spirit of things, we have an LS3-swapped Mazda MX-5 Miata (ND) that can destroy a brand-new Mustang GT over the quarter mile, but it's still no match for a Porsche 911 Targa 4S. In ...

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 ...

Flyin' Miata officially ended its V-8 conversion program in November. While the company's initial statement pointed the finger at increasingly stringent emissions considerations from the EPA, that ...

Flyin' Miata has been offering turnkey Mazda MX-5 Miatas with V-8 swaps for a number of years, but now the Colorado-based performance shop has given it up. The company cited stricter emissions ...

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 ...

In this list of best Mazda Miata engine swaps, we'll examine options with DIY kits and easily sourced donor engines. As tempting as putting a Hellcat engine into a two-seater convertible sounds, it's ...