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Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 12th, 2006, 12:56 am

I can't find a 1.6L performance cam anywhere...if anyone could tell me who makes em I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Joey's mx · Post by **Joey's mx** » March 12th, 2006, 10:17 am

SOHC or DOHC??

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » March 12th, 2006, 10:18 am

which 1.6
I think the sohc is custom

& the dohc you can use the miata but the intake goes on the exhaust & the exhaust from the miata goes on the intake of the mx

jason

Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 12th, 2006, 12:13 pm

It's SOHC

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » March 12th, 2006, 12:16 pm

gude.com

Pocketracer · Post by **Pocketracer** » March 12th, 2006, 10:55 pm

Try this link...has both sohc and dohc cams http://www.sportcompactonly.com/product ... 4&c=39&l=2

Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 13th, 2006, 12:43 am

gude.com only has dohc miata cams or V6 mx3.

And as far as I could see that sportcompact site only had honda cams...the skunk2 site only advertises cams for hondas and mitsubishis...

Would any other cams fit on my mazda? Any of those 1.6L SOHC honda cams? I know that there are performance cams for trackers (or sidekicks...forget which one) which have a 1.6L SOHC... If anyone has any ideas please let me know

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » March 13th, 2006, 3:56 am

I have never seen a preformance cam made for the sohc u problay have to have it custom made. thare is a turbo kit for the sohc mx-3 by racingmazda but its a pertty penny.

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » March 13th, 2006, 8:28 am

Email them, when i was going to build my sohc they quoted me a price on one and it wasnt to bad, showed moderate gains.

Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 13th, 2006, 9:07 pm

Thanks for all the help...I emailed gude.com and can post prices and stuff if it's possible to buy from em.

Other than that, if anyone has any other creative mods for the mx3 I'm open to suggestions... not gonna go for the turbo cuz it's too much $

Here's what I will be doing if you have anything to add please do:
-centerforce clutch
-machine flywheel enough to make it lighter

-making throttle body spacer
-either making or buying header
-make cold air intake (if anyone knows any good places to buy one please let me know)
-cat back exhaust (hoping that Borla will be able to supply that)

Hoping the mx3 won't be so gutless once all this is done

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » March 13th, 2006, 9:23 pm

I got a cam from my 1992 sohc mx-3 engine, I can pull out for u.

Let me know where u live and I'll hook up with a cheap price

Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 13th, 2006, 9:28 pm

I'm in Oakville. I would love to buy it from ya as long as it's in good shape. Did you notice a big difference after putting it in?

email is borisstefanovic@hotmail.com feel free to email me about price and other stuff if it's more convenient for ya.

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » March 13th, 2006, 11:16 pm

i put a decent amount of mods on my sohc and the best time i got was a 16.9 them i went BP and never looked back look at the bottom.

osargeant · Post by **osargeant** » March 14th, 2006, 9:22 am

I hate to tell you this but it is a waste of time and money trying to get a MX3 SOHC 16v engine to be fast. At least the DOHC has a lot more options due to being able to use Miata parts. Even the 323 SOHC 8v engine has more potential for mods.

A BP swap will yield you much better results for cheaper, dont wait to find this out the hard way.

Boris · Post by **Boris** » March 15th, 2006, 2:51 am

well the centerforce clutch was ordered a few weeks ago from my work already and will be here sometime this week, so I think I'll be stickin with the SOHC. Unless the DOHC engines share the same clutch as my mx3...in which case I would consider an engine swap.

And for anyone who's interested, gude.com sent me a price list for cams, and I believe a SOHC mazda cam is around $300.

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