Engine swap - H22a
03-12-2006, 09:51 AM
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It is a rather silly idea, in this man's opinion, to swap in another 4-cylinder engine, when the one that comes with the car is fully capable of doubling it's stock horsepower and destroying the tranny and diff., on stock internals.
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03-12-2006, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by kung fu jesus
it's his money/time, let him do what he wants.
it's stuff like this that expands the possibilities of the platform.
it's stuff like this that expands the possibilities of the platform.
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03-12-2006, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by medisyn
I find this funny, you are asking about a job that would take massive fab work and you dont want a v8? Are you crazy man? I would rather swap in an LS-1 before a 'puny' H22 or srt-4 motor. Do you not realise that you can easly get 400+whp out of an LS1 N/A and have Much more tourque. There are guys making 400whp and then running a 200shot on top of that. I dont get why people say, "Ya I love 4cyc I dont like 8cyc!" What the hell? They are both motors, do you think somehow an 8cyc is worse than a 4? Its annoying when people dont like "American" and "V8" for almost no reason.
V8 roar > Vtec
When I see posts asking about crazy swaps and sky high HP, I would love to see it happening but 99% of the time its just somebody dreaming.
V8 roar > Vtec
When I see posts asking about crazy swaps and sky high HP, I would love to see it happening but 99% of the time its just somebody dreaming.
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03-12-2006, 07:26 PM
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if you really want to dump the BP/B6 for another 4cyc there is an sr20 or a s2000 motor. Both swaps have been done before on a miata. They take a crap load of work but at least you can get some info for that on the net.
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03-13-2006, 03:06 AM
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if you wanna stay with a 4 banger go with an sr20det which has been done a couple of times or something i havent seen done an f20 c from an s2000 if youre a honda fan .the s2k stock runs 13.8 gets great gas mileage and the s is about 400 pounds heavier then a miata
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03-13-2006, 03:15 AM
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sr20 in miata sites
http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ca...a-sale.hthttp: //www.speedworks.com.au/products/MX5/mx5sr20main.htmlml
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03-13-2006, 07:32 AM
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Ok thank's now I know that youd don't like the idea of puting the srt-4 engine in the miata. I've only asked about it because it isn't a very expensive engine. I've seen the sr20det swap before and it looks nice. Does anybody know how much heavier this is from stock?
EDIT:it is 2300lbs. sorry. didn't read carefully.
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EDIT:it is 2300lbs. sorry. didn't read carefully.
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03-13-2006, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by turbopezz
if you wanna stay with a 4 banger go with an sr20det which has been done a couple of times or something i havent seen done an f20 c from an s2000 if youre a honda fan .the s2k stock runs 13.8 gets great gas mileage and the s is about 400 pounds heavier then a miata
theres an s2k swaped one on m.net some where, the guys said it wasent any faster then his 1.6 on boost ,the only upside was that it doesent get hot like a turbo car during autocross, i would just keep the 1.8 you have, quick question have you ever riden in a 300+hp miata? if you do you might not still think you need 400hp, just my 2cents good luck on the build one way or the other
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FANTASTIC motors.
03-13-2006, 09:42 PM
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Yes, but isn't the KL-DE lower compression, working pretty well out-of-the-box with boost? Then again, if I had the time and money to do an engine swap, either engine I put in would get forged internals, so I guess that's a moot point 
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03-13-2006, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kung fu jesus
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03-14-2006, 09:41 PM
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Yes, but isn't the KL-DE lower compression, working pretty well out-of-the-box with boost? Then again, if I had the time and money to do an engine swap, either engine I put in would get forged internals, so I guess that's a moot point
There's a guy on mx6.com (Fastest95PGT) that has a stock ZE that makes 317whp/287wtq @ 8.5psi. The car is megasquirted, but other than that, the engine is relatively unmolested. The setup i described above is capable of much more.
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03-14-2006, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cburkart
Wow, nearly 350whp, not to mention extremely cool that a woman owns the car. My favorite line from her cardomain page is "Im asked about my rack all the time."
I could be wrong and she is telling the truth...
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03-16-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by alljdmralf
quick question have you ever riden in a 300+hp miata? if you do you might not still think you need 400hp, just my 2cents good luck on the build one way or the other
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