Updated on April 2, 2020
Flyin’ Miata Cancels Cummins Diesel Conversion Program
Flyin’ Miata, the company known for transplanting high-performance GM V-8’s into the Mazda Miata, said today it has canceled plans to transplant the Cummins 6.7 liter diesel engine into the sporty two-seater.
Structural issues like this have led engine transplant specialist Flyin’ Miata to cancel its Cummins conversion program
“It’s too bad,” said Flyin’ Miata spokesperson Huffy Winkelton. “It would have been a real torque monster.”
But the company said they just weren’t able to overcome the converted Miata’s structural issues.
“The Miata is a great car, but we’d bolt a Cummins in it and the damn thing kept breaking in half,” said Winkelton. “Plus, the engine stuck out the front.”
Company engineers said the 1,150-pound weight of the diesel engine could be to blame for the structural problems. “We thought we’d be okay since we installed bigger springs and motor mounts,” Winkelton said, shaking his head.
The company will continue producing the Miata powered by GM’s LS3 V-8 engine, which weighs 685-pounds less than the diesel.
