Slant six in a Miata ? Why ???

Dartswinger70 said
I figured I'd resurrect this " lets beat up on Uncle Tony" Thread(or one off em ) LOL!

Tony did fire the engine on the ground but i cant help but think there will be an epic fail that halts the project in its tracks...I see alot of smoke on he horizon...not welder smoke either...blown trans line or oil burning out the exhaust smoke ... reasoion I say that? he picked up a scrapyard motor,didnt even open it up,ius throwing it in to see what happens. A set of bearings rings and gaskets is in order at a minimum. hings i think he did good on his home paint jobs on the swinger and Duster.

Nothing wrong with a JY motor. I pulled a 1970 440 out of a badly wrecked New Yorker in 1994. A couple of years later it was in my '67 Dart GT hardtop backed by a home built 18-spline. I had pulled the valve covers and it was VERY clean inside, like it had been rebuilt. So, I took a chance that it would run good and it did run good. Over the next 35,000 miles and two cars we did a cam swap with a new timing chain (pulled the heads for a look). Finally at around 30,000 miles we did a valve job. Rebuilt the short block last year. The short block had not been apart since 1970...