new to mazda

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 22nd, 2007, 9:47 pm

i just bought a 92 mx3 it got a dohc 4 cylinder but the kid said it was swapped and has motor work done to it... how do i tell what engine is in it. is there a engine code on the block or something that mazda stamps. thanks if it helps the vavle cover is gold and says 16 valve mazda on it.. sorry if this sounds supper newbie but i have been a honda man all my life first mazda and just tryin to figure them out thanks

shameem · Post by **shameem** » September 23rd, 2007, 12:38 am

SOHC

DOHC

BP from a protege

Click here for more info

Edit: BP engines are also found in escorts, 323 etc...

TREVO123 · Post by **TREVO123** » September 23rd, 2007, 1:21 am

if he says it is swapped it is probly a Bp, in that case you will find the big BP letters on the front of the block,.. and u will find bp on the side of the head by the disty.

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 23rd, 2007, 6:26 pm

looks like the 3rd one but it dose not say turbo on intake manifold and its a yellowish gold color valve cover.. sorry im just so lost with this car. its like learing a new language when you go from honda to mazda lol

shameem · Post by **shameem** » September 23rd, 2007, 7:12 pm

The BP picture above is actually BP-turbo model-

For you - either somebody painted the valve color gold or you have a FE3 engine-

FE3

Post pics of your engine and someone will be able to id it

SuperK · Post by **SuperK** » September 24th, 2007, 5:55 am

If you have the FE3, I'm going to be so "FE-ing" jealous.

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 24th, 2007, 9:03 pm

the engine code is bp052 can anyone tell me what car it is out of

BIG-E · Post by **BIG-E** » September 24th, 2007, 9:59 pm

that looks exactly like my motor did it come with a turbo

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 25th, 2007, 12:22 am

here is a picture of it

im just wondering what car its out of for parts and what size it is? and the power ratings

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » September 25th, 2007, 12:38 am

Definitely a BP. There are a couple of different cars that these engines came out of. The most likely is a early 90's Protege. Ford Escorts & 94 and later Miata's also came with these engines.. even some Kia cars had them in them. The Miata and Escort BP engines were coil pack distributorless engines.. thats why I'd think that engine to be most likely out of a Protege.

Tunes67

ModMX3 - (Carmaster2005) · September 25th, 2007, 4:47 am

Welcome to the mx-3 community ! Congrats on the buy. I wish I bought mine with a BP allready in it. If your looking for an easy upgrade Ebay sells Real performance chips for the BP ecus, Pretty easy to install and makes good gains with a setup like yours. Glad to have you here and hope you enjoy this fourm as their are alot of really great people Here.

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 25th, 2007, 5:52 pm

ModMX3 - (Carmaster2005) wrote:Welcome to the mx-3 community ! Congrats on the buy. I wish I bought mine with a BP allready in it. If your looking for an easy upgrade Ebay sells Real performance chips for the BP ecus, Pretty easy to install and makes good gains with a setup like yours. Glad to have you here and hope you enjoy this fourm as their are alot of really great people Here.

thank you for the welcome

slammdsvt · Post by **slammdsvt** » September 25th, 2007, 5:58 pm

i bought the car for $250 the way it is has 77k on it full exhaust cerbeuo(sp) seats.. and tokiko blues with idk what springs lol

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » October 1st, 2007, 3:19 pm

I don't know how valuable this car is in other parts of the continent, but where I live if I got that car for $250 I would spend $2000 on the body and sell it for $4000...easy. I just bought a fairly poor GS for $2900.

Nice color and nice engine. Great find.

lowflyinmx3 · Post by **lowflyinmx3** » October 4th, 2007, 9:34 am

Tell me how you like the seats. The gs I'm picking up tomorrow is coming with a set of them and I was debating on whether I should install them. Congrats on the sweet deal.