1.6L DOHC cams
1.6L DOHC cams
After finding out that I can do a head swap on my sohc 1.6L, I am pretty sure I will end up doing it.
A few things I wanted to find out before I start looking for a head is if there's a place other than gude.com that I can buy performance cams, and even valve springs.
I know corksport sells 1.6L DOHC 323 and miata cams, does anyone know if those would fit an mx3 head?
Thanks,
Boris
A few things I wanted to find out before I start looking for a head is if there's a place other than gude.com that I can buy performance cams, and even valve springs.
I know corksport sells 1.6L DOHC 323 and miata cams, does anyone know if those would fit an mx3 head?
Thanks,
Boris
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if i remember right, miata cams work, only you have to put the intake in the exhaust and the exhaust in the intake.
Bochek
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Awesome! That's really good to hear...
Does it matter what year I get? Like would 1990-98 cams be different from 1999-2005?
Also, pretty much all the internal stuff (pistons, for example) will be stock...would buying a set of corksport cams be ok? Is there anything else that I should swap?
Thanks a lot for the help...maybe my mazda won't be so slow soon
Does it matter what year I get? Like would 1990-98 cams be different from 1999-2005?
Also, pretty much all the internal stuff (pistons, for example) will be stock...would buying a set of corksport cams be ok? Is there anything else that I should swap?
Thanks a lot for the help...maybe my mazda won't be so slow soon
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I go to school @ MM Robinson. Cant wait to be done school lol.Boris wrote:
Bochek,
I see that you're in Burlington. I'm in Oakville, what highschool do you/did you go to?
im not exactly really sure, but i think it has to do with the direction the gears are cut...why is it that invert miata cams in our cars? Is it about the duration and/or the lift or the physical design?
But dont quote me on that. It could be just about anything.
But if you get a miata head, then i assume you would leave them where they are.
Bochek
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http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=50988
Supposedly it's possible... I'm gonna go to the mazda dealership and order both head gaskets I think. That way I'll be able to compare them, just to make sure everything lines up before I blow too much money on a dohc head buildup. I'll buy one of the two head gaskets and probably pay some sort of handling fee for the other one. It'll be worth the extra $20 or so for the piece of mind that the swap will work.
Supposedly it's possible... I'm gonna go to the mazda dealership and order both head gaskets I think. That way I'll be able to compare them, just to make sure everything lines up before I blow too much money on a dohc head buildup. I'll buy one of the two head gaskets and probably pay some sort of handling fee for the other one. It'll be worth the extra $20 or so for the piece of mind that the swap will work.
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No no no...its NOT possible. If you read...they say you can POSSIBLY swap out a 16 valve head for your 8 valve head. the DOHC head is wider, oil and water ports are different, distributor is different, just to name a few. Sorry!Boris wrote:http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=50988
Supposedly it's possible... I'm gonna go to the mazda dealership and order both head gaskets I think. That way I'll be able to compare them, just to make sure everything lines up before I blow too much money on a dohc head buildup. I'll buy one of the two head gaskets and probably pay some sort of handling fee for the other one. It'll be worth the extra $20 or so for the piece of mind that the swap will work.
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94 mx3 Turrrbooooo (not even close to stock) 302WHP
71 Chevy C20 (tow rig!!)
77 Jeep CJ5 (no way its stock)
06 MINI Cooper S JCW GP (few goodies) 210WHP
2008 MINI Cooper Clubman S