How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5

How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5
Author: Keith Tanner
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2010-12-02
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1610609700

The Mazda Miata is one of the most popular sports cars on the road today. In production for more than 20 years, the Miata’s popularity has grown, and the number of aftermarket components available to the Miata enthusiast has grown, too. This immense selection of parts has made it difficult for many would-be modifiers to choose the proper combination that will help them reach the goals they have set for their two-seaters. Author and Miata expert Keith Tanner has been modifying, repairing, building, and racing Miatas for years, and he will guide you through how to best modify your car to suit your needs, starting with an explanation on how everything works and how the various parts will interact. You'll not only learn what upgrades will help you reach your goals, but also how to adjust or modify what you have to make your car work at its best. From autocross to cross-country touring, the Miata can do it all. Keith Tanner tells you how to make it happen!

Mazda Miata Performance Handbook

Mazda Miata Performance Handbook
Author: Norman Garrett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release:
Genre: Mazda automobile
ISBN: 9781610590716

Without a doubt, your Miata is a special car. By reading Mazda Miata Performance Handbook you can learn how to make it a GREAT car! This is the first hands-on guide to modifying and performance tuning your Mazda MX-5 for street or track. Garrett runs through your Miata component by component, offering keen advice on increasing performance and reliability. Covers aftermarket parts, and includes MX-3 six and Ford 5.0 V-8 engine swaps.

Mazda MX-5

Mazda MX-5
Author: Antony Ingram
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1847976352

At over 900,000 cars produced - and counting - the Mazda MX-5 holds the Guinness World Record as the best-selling two-seater sports car ever produced. And while mere numbers should not be the only barometer of success, it has taken a car of the MX-5's talent to capture the imagination of both enthusiasts and the general motoring public alike. Mazda MX-5 - The Complete Story examines the design, development and production of this innovative sports car. Topics covered include: Details of the engine and drivetrain technology that gave the MX-5 its sharp handling and performance; Chronicles the stories of the engineers and designers behind the MX-5's success; Looks at the closest contemporary rivals to the car, and why the MX-5 was far and away the most successful; Covers all special editions and the racing story; Includes a detailed buyer's guide for each generation, specification tables and owner's experiences. A concise, detailed guide to this groundbreaking and innovative sports car. Superbly illustrated with 200 colour photographs. Antony Ingram is a freelance motoring writer and is passionate about classic cars and modern performance vehicles.

Mazda MX-5 Miata

Mazda MX-5 Miata
Author: Keith Tanner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release:
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781616730581

With its arrival in the United States in 1990, the Mazda Miata inspired the return of the open roadster. Though other makes and models followed, the Miata remains the convertible sports car of choice for budget-conscious enthusiasts, as popular in autocross and amateur racing circles as it is among pleasure drivers. This book shows readers how to make the most of any Miata: what to look for in a used model and how to perform common maintenance and repairs, as well as over 15 projects to improve performance and appearance. Focusing on the engine, wheels and tires, suspension, body kits, interior, and more, the projects include full details on required parts, cost, time, tools, and skill necessary for completion. With easy-to-follow directions and clear illustrations, this handy guide is a virtual road map for taking the Miata the full distance.

How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5, 2nd Edition

How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5, 2nd Edition
Author: Keith Tanner
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-05-20
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760396346

Build the Miata of your dreams with this all-encompassing, photo-illustrated modification guide. Across four generations and for more than three decades, Mazda’s Miata MX-5 has proven itself one of the most popular and versatile sports cars ever created. Its ability to fulfill any goal from street cruising to on-track competition has spawned an extensive performance aftermarket, making it possible for owners to build their dream Miata. In fact, the selection of parts is so broad that it can be difficult for many would-be builders to select and tune the proper combination to achieve their MX-5 goals. Enter author, MX-5 expert, and Flyin’ Miata co-owner Keith Tanner and How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5. This thorough manual—revised and updated throughout to cover the fourth-generation Miata—will guide you through how to best modify your car to suit your goals. Key chapters in the book cover: Engine management systems, intake/exhaust, and forced induction Clutch and transmission Suspension and handling Braking, wheels, and tires Body and chassis Engine swaps Beginning with a modification philosophy, Tanner then discusses which upgrades will help you reach your goals and how to tune your MX-5 to maximize its potential. From cross-country touring to autocross to track racing, the Miata can do it all and How to Build a High-Performance Mazda Miata MX-5 ensures you know how to make it happen!

Mazda Miata MX5 Performance Portfolio, 1989-1996

Mazda Miata MX5 Performance Portfolio, 1989-1996
Author: R.M. Clarke
Publisher: Brooklands Books Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-04-06
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781855203556

When legislation that threatened to kill the sports car for ever failed to emerge, one of the first to return to the market was Mazda. The MX-5 was designed as a completely up to date car with all the charm of the earlier roadsters. Tuning companies quickly entered the market to upgrade the amenable engine and Mazda approved a turbo conversion in Britain boosting the power to 150bhp. This is a book of contemporary road and comparison tests, technical data, driver's impressions, long-term tests, racing, buying used. Models covered include:- MX-5/Miata, Racing Dynamics conversion, SE, LE, 1.8, PFS SC, M-Edition, 1.8iS.

How to Restore Mazda MX-5/Miata Mk1 & 2

How to Restore Mazda MX-5/Miata Mk1 & 2
Author: Oliver Wild
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781787113046

An easy to follow guide to restoring a classic Mazda MX-5/Miata - the world's favourite small sports car. This book takes you step-by-step through choosing a project car, looking the car over, planning the restoration, and buying parts and tools to perform the work. The comprehensive text is fully supported by high-resolution photographs, guiding you through stripping the car down, cutting out and repairing rust, restoration of interiors, replacing the hood, refurbishing the underside of the car including the floor pan, suspension, brakes, undersealing, reassembly, replacing the cam belt and waterpump, replacing engine seals and gaskets to cure common leaks. It also provides a guide to handy upgrades as you go along. Whether you are looking to restore to original condition or build an out-and-out track weapon, the techniques described in this book will assist you in getting the right base to start with. The book is based on an actual restoration of a vehicle carried out by the author, with before and after shots.

Mazda MX-5 Miata

Mazda MX-5 Miata
Author: Thomas Bryant
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1627884033

Celebrating a quarter century of the car that redefined its genre. [apply edits made above] The Mazda MX-5, (known as Miata in North America and Eunos Roadster in Japan), revolutionized the lightweight two-seater roadster market. By taking the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout of traditional British and Italian roadsters and combining it with the modern function and reliability for which Japanese cars were justly famous, Mazda created what many consider the perfect sports car. The MX-5 became the best-selling sports car of all time, selling over a million units worldwide. Customers proved that they hadn’t lost their desire for simple, lightweight two-seat convertibles; they had simply lost their desire for unreliable, archaic European anachronisms that caught on fire as part of their charm. In 2009, English automotive critic Jeremy Clarkson wrote: “The fact is that if you want a sports car, the MX-5 is perfect. Nothing on the road will give you better value. Nothing will give you so much fun. The only reason I’m giving it five stars is because I can’t give it 14.� Mazda MX-5 Miata: Twenty-Five Years is a handsomely-illustrated coffee-table book celebrating Mazda’s ground-breakingMX-5 Miata, the car that revolutionized the lightweight two-seater roadster market.