SOLD1996 LS1 Miata
 

(HAS SOLD)See Coppertop photo album In v8m pictures above
It is time for Copper Top to find a new home, this has been the funnest car that I have built yet. My wife and I have driven the car from coast to coast, down Highway one from San Francisco to LA with a stop in Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the unveiling of the ND. Two trips to Road Atlanta for the Mitty and numerous car shows, it draws a crowd wherever it is. The car is very reliable even 2 1/2 years after the build.
Boss frog K member rear subframe and subframe connectors
04 Ls1 with Z 06 intake and throttle-body, over 400 rwhp with aggressive tune
Stage two monster clutch assembly and T 56 transmission
Boss frog Drive shaft, Ford 8.8 rear end with 308 gears and limited slip
Stage 2 V8R axle shafts
Flyin Miata steel braided fuel supply system
Flyin Miata cooling system with duel low pro fans
Upgraded brakes with steel braided lines
Over the radiator cold air intake
Flyin Miata aerocatch hood pins
Double deuce rollbar and five point harness anchor point
One off custom louvered hood and custom trunk lid
Megan racing call overs with 32 settings
Polyurethane bushings
TR motorsports C3M 15 x 9 wheels with Hankook 225 45r15
05 Mazda speed Miata instrument cluster and ultra gauge
There is heat shielding on the firewall and down the transmission tunnel
headers with 2 1/2 inch exhaust and crossover two sets of mufflers
Check out the Coppertop photo album in v8m pictures
$25,000
Text is the best way to reach me
972-877-0917

i saw this car at the mitty... extremely well turned out. love the louvers. glws.

Scott - Best of luck with the sale. I hope you'll let us know if you have another car project on the horizon. I, too, have seen and heard this V8Roadster twice at Road Atlanta, and it is very well put together. $25K is well worth the price, and (obvious to me) you couldn't come close to duplicating this build at that number with parts and labor. Pretty, pretty car! Best of luck and congrats to the guy who jumps on this one.

Thank you it took me nine months of only working on the car on the weekend to get Coppertop completed. As soon as Coppertop is sold I'll start looking for the next car an NC or maybe an ND. The new shop should be completed and ready to move into in a few months, that will make everything easier and faster.

Impressive build! PM sent

I'm sad to say that Coppertop has Sold, it's difficult to letgo of this build even 3 years later. It is going to a very deserving motor sports enthusiast in south Florida. I couldn't just watch it get loaded onto a transport and disappear into the sunset. So I told him to cancel the transport I will bring it to you. After a nice and leisureLy drive of 20 hours (15 in 1day) I was able hand him the keys. We then spent a few hours going over the car and he took me to the Airport.
So you guys on the east side keep your eyes open you will see it on the track.
Ken I hope that Coppertop gives you as many SMILES as it me!!!

Where about in Florida? There's a good handful of v8miata guys down here

He is in the North palm beach and lake park area. Coppertop was a nice addition to his stable One of the other cars being a Full race prepped 1990 Miata.

Hmm maybe I'll see it around, that's not too far from me and I frequent the palm beach cars and coffee every month.

not too sure how street legal the car will be when he gets done with it. Sounds like his plans are to make a full-blown track car. You may have to go to some of the road course tracks in the area to see the car run.
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I have been working on this since November a fox body with a coyote swap, 8 point cage. The motor was completely rebuilt re-sleeved and one off custom ground cams to support the forced induction.

Well it is Florida, anything with a license plate it legal lol. Your picture isn't working either but a coyote fox is badass!

I put a few pictures of fox body coyote swap in the Coppertop photo album. I'm hoping to get around 1200HP out of this one and still be street able.

He just posted it for sale on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/142326519828

I just came here to say this ^^

That is surprising. Wonder why?

I talked to him Saturday he told me he was putting it up for sale. He's wanting a dedicated track car and that's not what I built that car for. He said the car was too nice to strip it down completely to make a dedicated track car out of it and it is tons of fun to drive on the street as well as on the track. So he decided to sell this one and have a dedicated track car built from an NB.