Joel Bunting’s 1974 Mazda 1300
A five-year labour of love became both a dream build and a lifeline for Joel, helping him through tough times
Home-brewed, 1UZ V8-swapped Mazda MX-5
Aaron Lavers’s NA8 Mazda MX-5 has lived a few lives already, but this is easily its wildest yet
SsCustom’s Mazda 800 ute in the build
A 20B rotary, sequential gearbox, complete one-off chassis and amazing fabrication all caught our eye on SsCustom’s Mazda 800 ute at MotorEx 23
Video: Slammed, 13B rotary-powered bus at Summernats!
The mad scientist Jay Duca has cooked up a fresh build for Summernats 37, a rotary-powered Mazda Parkway bus that drags rail
In the build: Drag Challenge 1974 Mazda Rotary Engine Pick-Up
Nick Skarajew is building a genuine Mazda REPU for Drag Challenge
James Bullions’s stunning, slammed Mazda R100
James Bullions’s slammed Mazda R100 may look simple on the outside, but it harbours mind-boggling engineering under the skin
Video: Why running a seven is harder than you think
Reckon over 1000rwhp in a dedicated drag car will walk you into the seven-second club? In this episode of Carnage, Scotty breaks down why that isn’t always the case
Video: The Barra MX-5 goes crazy-quick at the track!
In this episode of Carnage, we take our 1000rwhp Barra Mazda MX-5 to the track – with some amazing results
Duratec-powered Restomod Mk1 Ford Escort
Adam Smith’s Mk1 Escort has gone from tidy track car to neat streeter thanks to some modern mumbo
Summernats 35 preview: Mazda RX-3 20B rotary build in two weeks!
Jay Duca has set himself an almighty challenge just weeks out from Summernats to rebuild a crusty Mazda RX-3
Video: Our Barra-swapped MX-5 goes eights!
In this episode of Carnage, our little Mazda rockets into the eight-second club!
Video: Can the Barra-swapped MX-5 runs eights with its big turbo?
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty goes on the hunt for an eight-second pass in our Barra-swapped Mazda MX-5!
Video: Our Barra-swapped MX-5 gets a bigger turbo!
In this episode of Carnage, our MX-5 gets a big turbo upgrade!
Video: We stuffed up Turbo Taxi’s brand-new engine!
In this episode of Carnage, we discover that we made a major mistake with Turbo Taxi’s new engine
Video: Goodbye D-Max, and workshop update
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty farewells our workshop ute and gives us an update on all the projects
Video: Our Barra-swapped MX-5 smashes its PB!
In this episode of Carnage, we see if Scotty can run eights in Lightning McBarra!
Video: Budget-built Barra hits the dyno
Scotty puts his quick-and-dirty Barra build to the test on the Maxx Performance dyno
Video: How to build a 1000hp Barra on a budget
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty throws together a fresh Barra mill for our MX-5 on the cheap
Video: What went wrong with the MX-5’s Barra!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty pulls the heart out of Lightning McBarra to see what went wrong
Video: Can the Barra MX-5 run eights?
We take the MX-5 back to Heathcote to see if we can squeeze an eight-second pass out of it