The Hellcat-Powered Miata Has Crashed

它需要一个相当rge vehicle to handle Mopar's Hellcat engine. Something like aDodge Challengercoupe, Charger sedan, or Jeep Grand Cherokee sport-ute. AMazda MX-5 Miata, in stark contrast, is a much smaller and lighter set of wheels. Yetsomeone saw fitto shoehorn a Hellcat crate engine in there, and surprise surprise, he ended up crashing it.

The Hellcat, for those unfamiliar, is a 6.2-liter supercharged version of Chrysler's Hemi V8 engine. It kicks out a massive 707 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, which is about four times as much muscle as a standard Miata usually gets from its comparatively tiny four-cylinder engine.

Swapping one for the other, then, might seem like downright insanity. But someone did just that on a second-generation NB MX-5. Fortunately the conversion involved a slew of other enhancements along with the engine swap - including a new suspension, brakes, cooling system, differential, rolling stock, roll cage, bucket seats, and more. At the end of the day, though, a 2,300-pound roadster with an 89-inch wheelbase was never meant to accommodate such a massive engine and all its output like a 4,000-pound Challenger does with its 116-inch wheelbase. So we'd say it was bound to crash, and that's just what happened.