The Mazda Miata might be known for being the hairdresser’s car. Well, a real car enthusiast knows it for its affordability, reliability and amount of fun it can offer for the money. Some could take it even a step further and transform it into a crazy 1,200 hp drift car, like professional Mad Mike Whiddett did recently.
Yep, the New Zealander is replacing his uber-cool drift Mazda RX-7 with a Miata/MX-5 model and as you’ve imagined, the latter will undergo through some substantial changes.
Starting with lightweight body panels, a rollcage and a professionally tuned suspension, Mazda teamed up with Mike and also provided him with a stunning engine - a remade R26B unit, which is known for being the one powering the Mazda 767 and 787B that won Le Mans.
The massive four-rotor Wankel engine got a twin-turbo setup fit along with other racing and custom made parts, giving it the power of at least 900 horses and a maximum of 1,500. The end result should stick somewhere in between, at about 1,200 though.
Too bad it’s not ready yet, because we really want to see this tiny monster awaken and fully sideways, with flames being shot from those sky pointing exhaust pipes.
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