Jacey’s Mazda Miata MX-5 NB2

Jaceys' NB2 Miata Project
  • Bore: 83.5mm (0.5mm Oversize)
  • Diamond honed bores
  • Stroke: 85.0mm
  • Block completely de-burred / Casting flash removed from inside of block
  • Oil galleries de-burred and polished
  • Main saddles align honed to true and resize
  • Factory Mazda 85.0mm crankshaft
  • Rod journal oiling holes “teardropped”
  • Oil gallery ball plugs removed / Galleries tapped and plugged with proper threaded plugs.
  • Straightened and precision balanced, micropolished journals
  • 5523 Motorsports thread-in oil restrictor
  • King XP series tri-metal race bearings – mains and rods
  • ARP Main Studs
  • ARP Head Studs
  • ARP Flywheel Bolts
  • JE Pistons 2618 T6 Low Silicone alloy
  • JE Pro Seal Piston Rings 1.0/1.2/2.8mm
  • Top ring – Carbon Steel, Hard Nitrided, Barrel Faced, Neutral, Back Cut
  • 2nd ring – Ductile Iron, Phosphate Coated, Napier Faced, Neutral, Back Cut
  • Oil ring – Carbon Steel, Nitrided, SS50U Type
  • JE 51 Series Wrist Pins:
  • 5115 Low Carbon Steel; Case Hardened; Straight Wall, 97g
  • 20.0mm (0.787″) diameter; 57.15mm (2.250″) length; 4.5mm (0.180″) wall thickness
  • JE Wire Locks: Chrome Silicone, 0.050″ thickness
  • Eagle Rods, standard length (132.95mm; 5.234″)
  • Precision Balanced
  • 5523 Motorsports modified small ends (pin bushings uprated and honed; additional pin oiling galley added)
  • 3/8″ ARP 2000 Big End Bolts
  • New Mazda piston oiling jets
  • New mazda oil jet valves
  • Oil Pump:
    • inner and outer rotors are 4340 chromoly with 5523 modifications to correct issues.
    • Trash removed from passages
    • Refinished poorly machined surfaces
    • Extensive de-burring & re-profiling
    • Bores tapped
    • Press in galley plugs removed, and thread in galley plugs installed
    • Oil pressure relief valve re-shimmed to increase max pump output
    • Relief valve de-burred and polished
  • 5523 Motorsports BP-VE Race prepped cylinder head
  • 5523 Stainless Steel Intake Valves, 1.0mm oversized
  • 5523 Stainless Steel Exhaust Valves, 1.0mm oversized
  • 5523 Manganese Bronze valve guides – diamond honed
  • 5523 Ported –
    • gasket matched and tapered
    • port dividers knife edged
    • bowls blended into port roof
    • short side radius profiling to smooth transition
    • intake valve guides blended into port roof
    • combustion chamber volume balanced
    • chambers blended
    • all oil gallery ball plugs removed, holes tapped, threaded plugs installed
  • Solid Lifter
  • Small Base Circle
  • Intake 252* 10.80mm
  • Exhaust 262* 10.00mm
  • Tomei Lifter Bucket Conversion (taller bucket skirts to accommodate higher lift)
  • Lash adjustment shims moved from top of lifter (between cam lobe and lifter, factory location) to bottom of lifter (between valve stem and lifter)
  • Fidanza adjustable exhaust cam sprocket
  • Gates Racing Kevlar Timing Belt
  • Mazda tensioner pulley and idler pulley
  • Cometic MLS Headgasket (0.030″ thick)
  • Coolant system re-route –
    • hot water discharge moved to rear of cylinder head
    • Water pump flange machined to decrease impeller to pump housing clearance
    • Water pump housing re-profiled and de-burred
  • Samco radiator hoses
  • 5523 Oil Cooler w/ oil filter relocated
  • 5523 Power Steering Cooler
  • 5523 power steering reservoir
  • 5523 header heat shield
  • 5523 supercharger cooling system
  • 304 seamless tubing
  • JDM intake manifold
  • EGR deleted
  • 5523 taper bored throttle chamber
  • Custom Valved Ohlin DFV coilovers with hypercoil springs 700/400 pound springs
  • Keisler Automation Drop spindles front and rear
  • R-package Miata front tie rods
  • Bauer Extended front lower ball joints
  • Racing Beat hollow front sway bar with 949 racing adjustable end links.
  • No rear sway bar
  • Energy Suspension Poly bushings
  • ARP studs
  • Go Fast Brakes 6 Piston Wilwood Front Big Brake Kit
  • Stainless steel braided brake lines
  • 15×10 6UL Wheels with
  • 245/40R15 RS4 Tires
  • Autoexe/Mazdaspeed 3 point shock tower brace
  • Fidanza lightweight Flywheel
  • Spec 6 puck Clutch
  • Racing Beat 4/1 header
  • Racing Beat resonated midpipe
  • Roadstersport axle back
  • Koyo dual pass radiator
  • AEM EMS4 Ecu
  • Kraftwerks Rotrex c30-74 supercharger
  • Turbosmart Race Port
  • Garage Vary Fast back
  • Mazdaspeed floating type rear spoiler
  • Mazdaspeed front turbo lip
  • Chaser Aero vented bonnet
  • Mazdaspeed head lights
  • Garage vary headlight covers
  • Morette Tail lights
  • Ryoko Rob front and rear tow hooks
  • Infinifab Carbon Fiber
  • Lotus Exige seats with
  • Ryoko Rob seat mounts
  • 6 point Racequip Harnesses
  • BlackBird Fabworx 4 point Rollbar
  • Mazdaspeed Miata black dash and carpet
  • Jetstream shorty center console
  • Mazdaspeed carbonfiber shift knob
  • Miataroadster short throw 6 speed shifter
  • Revlimiter custom gauge faces
  • Custom wrapped door panels based off LRB aluminum door panels
  • Mazdaspeed Dcut Leather Steering wheel,
  • Red mazdaspeed Horn button
  • Daikei Boss Hub.