Last Days for the Green Frog

The Green Frog, which is the Miata whose motor died is now in Colorado, Grand Junction to be exact, getting a Year 2000 Miata engine installed. So the Green Frog goes from a 227 HP (Dyno rear wheels) to a stock engine with about a 110 HP output (rated 142 HP). Not fun anymore. Hope the salvaged engine works! Bought it from Farm Floyd who bids on salvaged autos and sells the parts.

Would you know that the day he shipped the engine I purchased off to Grand Junction, he got in a 2005(?) Miata with a supercharger! I could have used the power! I plan to sell the Green Frog or trade it in for a sensible four door, 4 cylinder, automatic tranny, compact sedan. No more turbo charging for me.

Flyin Miata was willing (for a price) to build a motor with an output over 300 HP at the rear wheels, talk about power. Would burn off the 205/50X15 tires easily. Just for a few bucks! Well a lot of bucks, about 15,000 of them. I will have to go with that 4 door sedan.