Performance upgrades...

Awhe · Post by **Awhe** » April 24th, 2005, 9:32 pm

I have a 1.6 L 4 cyl automatic and am looking to do something to the motor to get a little more out of it... is there really anything besides swapping the motor?

clay · Post by **clay** » April 24th, 2005, 9:44 pm

i just took off my stock intake and put on a cone filter driectly on my mass air flow secor...seemed to help a bit...not much tho

Awhe · Post by **Awhe** » April 24th, 2005, 9:55 pm

you gonna put the whole intake kit on?

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » April 25th, 2005, 10:47 am

oh kay there are tons of diy intakes on the web

get a custom cat-back

prem pugs & wires

clay · Post by **clay** » April 25th, 2005, 12:45 pm

im getting a pipe bent, but im away for school so my machenic is about 250km away, so it be a couple of months befroe i do.

jdmtim · Post by **jdmtim** » May 6th, 2005, 9:10 am

theres nothing u can really do to those motors i had rx7 maf exhaust and intake 5spd only made 87 hp

just think about that in a auto

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » May 11th, 2005, 11:31 pm

There are literally a thousand things you could do...

Port the head
Polish the head
Port match the exhaust manifold
Bigger cams (from a Miata)
Bigger throttle body
Bore the throttle body or replace with a larger one
Higher compression ratio pistons
Lighter flywheel
Underdrive pulleys

...just off the top of my head.

Search the BB and you will find millions of things. Guys are getting 150+ HP normally asperated all over the place.

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » May 11th, 2005, 11:34 pm

the miata cams will only work on the DOHC

Bigg E · Post by **Bigg E** » May 20th, 2005, 1:36 am

will they need any major custom work to put them on the DOHC 1.6

wytbishop · Post by **wytbishop** » May 20th, 2005, 5:41 pm

There are no modifications as far as I know but it is not a straight swap. The drive for the distributor is diffeerent on the miata so the intake and exhaust cams get switched and I think there is some creative timing to do. Do a search for "miata cams" and you'll find many threads regarding this upgrade.