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Originally Posted by Cole
A sleeper, you say? With a wide body kit, huge wheels, lowered, a nasty V8 burble coming from the exhaust? I didn't realize all those tell-tale mods stil equaled sleeper.
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To be fair lots of body-kitted, winged, loud rumbly 86's that aren't much faster (probably some slower) than stock.
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Originally Posted by NOHOME
My assumption is that for that price you supply the car, and it does not include the paint job.
Price-wise, that would put it in line for a comparable LS3 Miata conversion performed by Flying Miata.
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I sure hope not, but you might be right. I believe the one LS3 86 that's been on the market was asking somewhere around $46k:
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Prices have yet to be announced, but Enrico thinks the complete car will probably sell for around the €50,000 (US$56,000) mark.
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Once they get the method down and mass produce the custom fabbed bits needed I imagine the two biggest costs of the build would be sourcing the chassis and motor, if the customer is fine with not using fresh off the boat components that could easily be done for under $30k, full RB is <$5k, wheels and tires to choice but can be done under $2k, Bilsteins are $1.6k, Brakes could be up to $4k I honestly don't know on that one but that basically leaves $10k for the custom fab, labor, electronics and profit.
If you're supplying the car then they've got an additional ~$30k for fab, labor, custom parts, and profit which seems way too expensive for an engine swap and some bolt ons as it's being advertised in the article. The Flyin' Miata V8 car supplies a new crate motor and a significant amount of chassis, suspension, and electronic modifications that are labor intensive. Here's their shopping list for the parts that doesn't include the new crate engine, ecu and transmission totaling ~$18k:
https://www.flyinmiata.com/V8/costsNC.php
Where Flyin Miata costs explode is seam welding the entire chassis, installing the wiring loom, new bushings all around, performance alignment, new fuel system install, dyno tuning, new insulation etc. Each of those things cost hundreds if not thousands easily eating up the remaining $20k of budget after factoring in the $12k for the engine/tranny/ecu combo.
Maybe the Brill guys plan on offering all those additional modifications, but right now it seems like an LS3 swap and some bolt-ons, which imo is feasible for the $25k-$35k they're charging if the car is included in the estimated $56k price.