For those who don't have first-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata stats memorized, here's a quick refresher. When it launched in 1990, this now-iconic sports car offered a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine in a 2,100-pound car with perfect weight distribution. The NA Miata featured in this video from Drag Racing and Car Stuff might still be a 2,100-pound machine. But it's safe to say everything else is radically different.
Exactly how radical are we talking? Sadly we don't have a full list of modifications to review, but the owner of this monster MX-5 offers a clue with his YouTube username of Lsx_Miata239. Presumably, there's now a Chevrolet-sourced LSX V8 under the hood but it goes way beyond an engine swap. We see a massive turbocharger on the right side of the engine bay, sticking well above the front clip. For that matter, it looks like half the engine rests above the fenders. It pulls wheelies like nobody's business, and it consistently runs low 8-second passes in this video.
