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08-30-2012, 10:49 PM

aznpersuasion89

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new guy in socal

hey all, just bought a 91' with 70k original miles. everything works, even AC!

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08-31-2012, 02:30 PM

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Welcome, aznpersuasion89. Check out the Miata Gallery and post up some pics!

08-31-2012, 02:45 PM

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Short nose crank? If you are going to do a 1.8 swap that won't matter, but if you were thinking of keeping the original engine, you might want to find out.

08-31-2012, 08:10 PM

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Short nose crank? If you are going to do a 1.8 swap that won't matter, but if you were thinking of keeping the original engine, you might want to find out.

ok, i dont know anything really about the miata engines, but ill find out thanks. why would that really matter?

looks like im good, last 6 are 237355

"More information on the short nose crank. Miata.net Garage Thanks Samnavy!
Bottom Line: All '90s were subject to the problem. The separation point for '91s is vin numbers 209446 - 209447"

09-01-2012, 01:07 AM

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Good, if you want to run the car with that engine for a while. The "short nose" crank is a large reliability problem with the early engines, I think few last past 70k miles.