Thinking of doing a motor swap an want your help

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 18th, 2006, 3:47 pm

As you all know i have the 1.6 sohc, its very very fast, i almost never lose a race. however i want to go faster. i wanna do it myself and have absolutely no experience with motor swaps. i want something that i can re-use a lot of things so i dont have to go wild with cash, even if its the 94+rs motor. so far i know my options are:
dohc as mentiond
and the bp
not sure what the b6 is

So which of these is the easiest for my motor, can i keep my tranny and ecu? what WILL i need (axles, mounts, gaskets, exhaust.) please help looking forward to doing this withing a few weeks if i can get enough help.

torpedan · Post by **torpedan** » April 18th, 2006, 6:40 pm

Performance per Dolla BP is your best bet. As far as swaps go its very simple and regardless of converting over to a DOHC or a BP you would be looking at a simliar level of parts replacement. With one though you get a more common platform, more power, and more displacment.

Do a search and check out the faqs on the details for a BP swap its been talked about countless times.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 18th, 2006, 6:47 pm

i tried didnt come up with too much.

torpedan · Post by **torpedan** » April 18th, 2006, 7:50 pm

There is a drop down box at the bottom of the page that will limit how old the threads it shows are, set it to all so you can view all the FAQ's.

http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=16446

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 18th, 2006, 8:13 pm

shwag thanks

sauga · Post by **sauga** » April 26th, 2006, 6:44 pm

I have a 95 dohc and I find it very slow...Don't want to bother racing bcuz I'll lose....I wanna KLZE swap so if anyone can help that would be great.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 29th, 2006, 8:44 pm

swap it out for the 1.8 dohc bp, its more horses and it bolts up with everything you have tranny clutch sencor wires and everything.

sauga · Post by **sauga** » April 30th, 2006, 4:35 pm

I am not sure what a bp motor comes out of but if it just bolts in I would definetely be interested in trying...what car and would I need to get the motor from and will I need anything else...i.e computer distributor anything like that?

Thanks.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 30th, 2006, 5:14 pm

out of a protege lx and an escort gt, the escort gt ones are nicer looking. all you NEED is the motor. id get the ecu and stuff too just to be sure, cant hurt your saving alot anyways.

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » April 30th, 2006, 8:46 pm

i have a samilar model MX-3. I used a BP engine out of a 90-94 i also took the wiring harness and ecu it will make the swap a hell of a lot easier and u'll be able to use the bP potenial. I used the orginal trany that came with the car and bolted it up with the BP along with the flywheel and clutch. The harness and ecu i removed and replaced it with the BP harness and ecu plug & play no sliceing cuting or rewiring of any sort. it easy to do but replace timing belts rear main seal thermastat plugs dissy while engines is out and esay to get too. i've done like 10 BP swaps then again i do work at a mazda performance shop.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » April 30th, 2006, 9:56 pm

will you help me out? do you have progress pictures? i heard i dont need to buy an ecu or harness.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » April 30th, 2006, 11:36 pm

mazdamx3sohc wrote: i heard i dont need to buy an ecu or harness.

If you are smart and want to save some headache-- you will get them.

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » May 1st, 2006, 12:11 am

atlantamx3 wrote:
mazdamx3sohc wrote: i heard i dont need to buy an ecu or harness.
If you are smart and want to save some headache-- you will get them.

Thank U atlantamx-3

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » May 1st, 2006, 10:51 am

thank you both.

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » May 1st, 2006, 3:40 pm

ur welcome

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Thinking of doing a motor swap an want your help

Thinking of doing a motor swap an want your help

DOHC is fast?