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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    Yeah.... I might have failed to note that all down. It was really more of a science experiment to see if I could make the engine run on the harness I stripped out of the Miata. The Alpines have such a basic harness it's laughable, only 3 connections had to be made. When stripping down the...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    Jay, I would actually venture to say that the wiring was the hardest part of the entire conversion. I had a donor car that I stripped the harness out of to start. After that, I labeled everything that I wanted to remove and stripped those wires out of the car... Headlights, Turn Signals...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    My apologies to all who have posted questions lately. I had my email notifications directed to a seldom used account, so I had figured that interested in this conversion had died in November and other hotter topics had taken off. I'm working on uploading the 350+mb of photos to a photo-sharing...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    I know Jackson Racing makes the supercharger kit which IIRC boosts HP to about 250. That would make a very affordable little conversion for these cars. The rear end in the car is needing to be rebuilt so finding a 4.22 gearset would be great! I seem to recall seeing that gearset listed in...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    I know Miata engines are bulletproof little setups and at 115bhp /100lbft stock it's a nice replacement for a from a Stock Apline power-plant. I know that there are LOTS of options to up the HP up above the 250 range. I think the Supercharger would still fit very nicely, but that may be reason...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    Thank you for the kind words. The only modifications to the Alpine were for the radiator, which had to be moved forward, and the motor mounts. I also had to cut the tunnel for the Miata shifter . The stock transmission crossmember just has an adapter plate welded to it and actually uses the...
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    Alpine with Miata 1.6L Engine/Trans

    I just wanted to share a conversion that I did. This is a 1967 Alpine with a 1992 Mazda Miata 1.6L 4-cylinder and 5 Speed manual transmission. I used the wiring harness/computer from the donor Miata so everything was plug and play. Had to have a Radiator fabricated, and modified the exhaust...
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    Mazda Engine Swap

    It looks like i'll have room to put the airflow sensor (Stock) on the drivers side above the exhaust. I'm trying to re-use as much of the miata as I can since i'm using the Miata computer and wiring harness. I won't be able to use the stock airbox, I don't think but i'll have to use a cone...
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    Mazda Engine Swap

    I'll have to check my camera. I may. I used the stock rubber motor mounts from a Miata for my mounting. I cut the mounts off the front end of the alpine completly and used 3/8" plate (about 10" long) extending back towards the firewall. I cut holes in it so the stock mounts would drop in just...
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    Mazda Engine Swap

    Not as far along as I'd like! I've got the engine mounted and the exhaust header to a point where I could start the engine. I've got most of the Miata wiring harness thinned down to a point where I could hook it up and see what happens. The cooling system is my major hangup, as I don't want...
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    Mazda Engine Swap

    Looking good! I'm doing the same conversion right now to a 67 Alpine. What was did you do for the radiator on the Alpine? The inlet/outlet are on the opposite sides from the Miata engine?
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