Toyota COPs in '01 valve cover

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Jan 12, 2009 | 09:18 PM

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Toyota COPs in '01 valve cover

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

Jan 12, 2009 | 09:29 PM

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Jan 12, 2009 | 09:53 PM

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what? Are my cops not going to fit?

Jan 12, 2009 | 10:12 PM

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the hole.

the shaft

what happens if you do nothing

you have to trim the COP's original mounting ear off among other things

fun, no?

Jan 12, 2009 | 10:29 PM

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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.

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:04 PM

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

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:11 PM

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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.

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:21 PM

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

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:25 PM

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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.

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:27 PM

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

Jan 12, 2009 | 11:29 PM

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

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

Jan 13, 2009 | 08:32 AM

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

oh ****, I has down's.

Jan 13, 2009 | 01:35 PM

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

Jan 13, 2009 | 02:27 PM

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

Frank

Jan 13, 2009 | 02:47 PM

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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.