Toyota COPs in '01 valve cover
 

Are there any COPs that fit in the '01 valve cover without any grinding of anything?

ha ha ha!

what? Are my cops not going to fit?

the hole.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/...6e202f.jpg?v=0

the shaft
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/...9f5285.jpg?v=0

what happens if you do nothing
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/...46e238.jpg?v=0

you have to trim the COP's original mounting ear off among other things
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/...ac955d.jpg?v=0

fun, no?

I have some mazda millenia COPs. Just measured them with my caliper at .910 for the largerst OD that goes into the sparkplug hole.:) They physically fit in my 99 FWIW.

pat, how big is the flange and what's the mounting scheme?

https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t25698/

They are 1.39" wide not counting the bolting ears, which are part of the coil, so I wouldn't recommend cutting. Anyway, there's some pics in that thread with dimensions.

prob a worse choice since the coil will probably rest where the threaded bosses on the 01 cover are.

Ah, yeah, they would definitely hit on cylinders 3 & 4 in your pic. But they fit my 99 ok, and look good IMO. I never finished the COP install though. I'll do that this summer probably.

Ah, so I can dock the ears and some other minor shit and I'm cool?

You have a 99' motor, no? This thread's on 01+ motors...

oh fuck, I has down's.

just enlarge the hole on the valve cover or sand down the cops.

I've got a spare '01 cover if you eff it up or want a spare to play with.

Frank

pulling an 01 valve cover is only slightly harder than an earlier one. oil banjo fitting and OCV parts that might get lost is about all you gotta worry about. still, it can be done.