what would be a better engine?

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » March 14th, 2005, 7:51 pm

the v4 or the v6?
as in reliability wise
what has most cons etc
the 94-96 has the 105hp v4
and the 94-96 has a v6 130 hp right??

sorry guys i'm a noob!

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » March 14th, 2005, 7:54 pm

prolly the 4 cylinder lasts longer.

and if it doesnt its a good excuse to swap in a bpt

2fazed · Post by **2fazed** » March 14th, 2005, 8:00 pm

It all depends on you. What you do to take care of it.

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » March 14th, 2005, 8:16 pm

Its Inline 4 not V4. The reason they call it Inline 4 (4 cylinder engines) is because the engine is shapped like a l. The reason they call some 6 cylinder engines a V6 is because the engine is shaped like a V.
In other words, a V6 has 3 cylinders on one side and the other 3 on the other side. I dont think there is such thing as a V4. A Inline 4 cylinder engine has all its cylinders on one side.

Anyway, I would rather go for a V6 MX3
They offer more power and sound better.
Plus, you can spend about $600 on putting a KLDE and you will be making some real power (160hp & 160ft torque). On a 4 cylinder engine, you can do the BPT swap (185hp, forgot how much torque) for about $1400.
If you are planning to get a MX3, DO NOT, I repeast, DO NOT BUY A AUTOMATIC!
If you buy a automatic, your tranny will die soon. Go for manual. If you want automatic than you better save some money for a rebuild and a transmission cooler

mazdubber · Post by **mazdubber** » March 14th, 2005, 8:23 pm

There is a boxer 4 as seen in subarus. Same style as a porche.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » March 14th, 2005, 8:30 pm

Yeah but the boxter motors are horizontally opposed engines.. very efficient engines too.. sucks having to do 2 timing belts though.. (thats how my old Subaru is)

Tunes67

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » March 14th, 2005, 8:42 pm

i think theres v2 on compressor engines lol but thats about all smallest v's i know of

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » March 14th, 2005, 10:14 pm

mitmaks wrote:i think theres v2 on compressor engines lol but thats about all smallest v's i know of

it'd kinda be hard to have a V1 engine... lol... anyone who can do that i wanna meet

jrors · Post by **jrors** » March 15th, 2005, 12:30 am

The post above is right about the auto tranny. Even if you do have a auto, you must get the tranny cooler.

snellgrove · Post by **snellgrove** » March 15th, 2005, 2:32 am

you can get V4's but they arent ever seen outside of motorbikes I believe.. Ducati's use them I *THINK* don't quote me on that, I don't know nowt about bikes, their silly things, cars are much better

V6's are apparantly quite reliable, despite the fact you got 2x as many moving parts and bits to go wrong and arghh they could be a nightmare, but for some reason they aint

4 cams, 24 valves, all for 6 pistons... crazy system!

92rsmx-3 · Post by **92rsmx-3** » March 15th, 2005, 8:32 am

i think the 16v single cam is the craziest ever.

fry_81 · Post by **fry_81** » March 15th, 2005, 9:38 am

MarkMoore wrote:
mitmaks wrote:i think theres v2 on compressor engines lol but thats about all smallest v's i know of
it'd kinda be hard to have a V1 engine... lol... anyone who can do that i wanna meet

you could remove 1 piston, voila a V1 engine lol.

snellgrove · Post by **snellgrove** » March 15th, 2005, 11:12 am

would it actually work though?! y'd need a big flywheel to keep it going round i'd imagine, as its 4-stroke!

gonna get through a few starter motors with that sort of setup

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » March 15th, 2005, 12:18 pm

alrite thanks for the info guys
and yah i will never drive an automatic in my life
it must be standard

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » March 15th, 2005, 12:26 pm

ok so do all the precidia's with an inline 4 from 94-96 have 105hp?