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    twin-turbo 1200hp MX-5 Miata

    Watch a drift team build a 1200 hp, twin-turbo, 4-rotor Mazda Miata




    From the hood-routed quad waste gate dumps to the eight-injector intake manifold, everything on this NC Miata has been thoroughly massaged and reengineered to accommodate what's essentially a purpose-built R26B—the four-rotor that powered the ludicrous 767 and 787B Le Mans prototypes in the early 1990s. To say this is a custom build is to do an injustice to the word "custom." It's a bespoke-fabbed masterpiece of Mazda excess.

    "Mad" Mike Whiddett is a professional drifter from New Zealand who counts Red Bull among his sponsors, and he's calling the MX-5 project the "RADBUL." The team expects the R26B to be capable of up to 1500 hp in short bursts, and from a power-to-weight ratio perspective it should be unparalleled in international pro-spec drifting.

    There is ongoing coverage of the RADBUL build , but check out the engine build video below:




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    WOW!

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    CRAZY!!!
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!

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    Well that'll be slow...












    I've got a lot less horsepower - luckily they are Japanese horses - usually in better shape and more motivated.

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    I wish Mazda would just give me a truckload of parts for free like that.

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