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i'm preparing to do a bp swap into my 93 1.6 sohc? so i'm trying to get all the facts together before i do it

I went to the junkyard yesterday and walked through the entire foreign car section looking for a protege. I found one...but i also found a early 90's miata w/151k miles? and i'm wondering if i can use that for my swap instead because the miata motor has soo much more performance parts available? so tell me if this is dooable? with a $600 budget..the motor will cost me $175
Thanks

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The early Miata motor was a 1.6L, DOHC B6 not a BP.

The Miata BPs require too many mods to make it compatible for a FWD. Oil pump, oil pan, other misc things... This will break your budget.

Somethings will not fit due to the orientation of the engine things will just not physically fit- like the Superchargers and stuff...

And, anything available for the Miata BP will fit the Protege BP- so the idea of it having more performance ability is just not true.

Find a 90-94 Protege LX or a 91-95 Escort GT (preferably the Protege LX) and get everything you can off of it.

The swap CAN be completed for $600 if you are a smart shopper.

sounds like somebody knows there stuff..

Thats because its been asked hundreds of times

You can also get all the information from wikipedia. It actually has alot of information on all mazda series engine, chassis, ect. Good learning tool.

U can convert a rwd BP into a fwd BP but u'll need a donor engine to get it done. mdrain ur buget.