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What makes the best air intake? | Articles

What makes the best air intake? | Articles

[Editor’s Note: We initially ran this story in the November 2017 issue of Grassroots Motorsports.]

An engine won’t last long without some sort of air supply. And for a cross-pollinated engine swap project like our Miata-powered MGB, the solution isn’t going to come from the catalog.

Until this point in the build, we’ve stayed pretty true to one self-imposed restriction: All of the parts used for this swap have come from either the Mazda or MGB parts bins. But now it’s time to wander off course a bit as we prepare to install a supercharger.

Our blower comes from Fast Forward Superchargers and is based on an Eaton MP62 unit. We’ll detail its installation and tuning after the MGB GT is painted and assembled, but first we have a big project to face: configuring an air intake and filter setup.

Fast Forward obviously doesn’t offer a supercharger package specifically for a Miata engine fitted in an MGB–although the folks there were…

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