longer stroke in a BP - 2.0 L

rukick · Post by **rukick** » February 7th, 2005, 2:16 am

I am rebuilding a BP for my mx3 rs. Does anyone know if this stroker kit would work in a protege LX engine? It is a modified crank and longer rods for a miata engine. If the blocks are the same it should work in a protege engine right?
http://www.flyinmiata.com/index.php?dep ... r=04-66350

naprotejay · Post by **naprotejay** » February 8th, 2005, 2:31 am

yes, it will work. what year is your BP? and its out of a Protege? some came with a short-nose crank snout, and thus smaller oil pump, and different crank pulley. if yours happens to be the short-nose, you would need to source the big-nose parts. then it will drop right in

rukick · Post by **rukick** » February 10th, 2005, 9:13 pm

I actually do not have the engine yet. What year would work best with this kit and how do I know if it is short or big nosed?

johnboi85 · Post by **johnboi85** » February 13th, 2005, 10:25 pm

how do you know if it's a short nose? i have a 92 bp motor and i was planning on getting the stroker kit. what do yo mean by short nose?

naprotejay · Post by **naprotejay** » February 13th, 2005, 11:24 pm

the 1.6 B6 miata had a 'short-nose' crank from 90-1; from ~91.5-93 it was replaced with the 'big-nose'. altho I have not personally held/seen a 'short-nose' 1.8 BP crank, the 90-1 BP's came with a 'short-nose' as well. You'd want a crank out of a late 91 and up Protege/Escort to be sure of getting the 'big-nose'. This page details the Miata 1.6 B6 info, which for the most part applies to the BP as well, especially pay attention to the crank bolt specifics:

http://miata.net/garage/crankshaft.html