Alexander Dang

Do you guys have a recommendation for a book to rebuild my motor. I have a 99 block I plan on upgrading with new internals.
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bahurd

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Why not use the Mazda manuals?

1999_2000_engine.pdf

Or are you looking for a "how to" book?

borka

iTrader: (1)

You dont need a whole book for this.

google torque specs and tightening/loosening sequences for all the engine bolts.
take apart engine, put back together same way it was, just using new parts. assembly lube on moving parts.

thats what i did.
done.

Alexander Dang

Thanks. This is the first time building an engine so I'm trying to get as much info as I can.

Alexander Dang

Thanks man I'm just trying to get as much info as I can since this is the first time building an engine for me.

borka

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to get comfortable with taking apart the engine and seeing it done and getting to know all the parts, goto youtube and watch thecarpassionchannel videos on his engine build.

dont take them as correct gospel, but to get to know the process and all the internal parts those videos are great. i watched several times before and during my engine build.

sixshooter

iTrader: (12)

There are a lot of little things that make it a little bit more difficult than just take it apart and put it back together. Orientation of the ring gaps for instance. I've even seen people Orient the Pistons with them turned 180° so the intake valve reliefs we're on the exhaust side.

gtred

It'd be nice to have a thread for a mazda turbo performance/track build. One that includes rod and main clearances, ring gap, valve guide clearances, pocket porting, combustion chamber unshrouding and specific valve seat angles. Numbers for camshaft degreeing, experiences with aftermarket grinds.Better to go with a smaller base circle or better to clearance the lifter bore? Appropriate parts selection vs. application; racing vs. trackday. when you need a better damper? when you need a better oil pump? do you still need the forged pump if you've got the upgraded damper? Bang for buck? Miata specifics like "if you use ARP on a late model main, then you'll need to either use a lathe to shorten the bolts or clearance the tray". At what boost level do you need the heavy dual valve springs? Target compression numbers for varying levels of boost.

It might also be helpful to lay out what additional (beside the basics) to ask of your machine shop. Things like: check the crank for straight, check mainline bore for straight, check deck for square, do they bore and then torque plate hone at temperature? Do they heat then and straighten a warped head vs.surfacing? ... There's a lot of information on this site; It'd be nice to have it all in one place.

tetraruby

(good for 1.6, but also a lot of well written info that applies to a 1.8)
The Haynes Manual
Mazda shop manual

Neither of these will get you into performance building details. That is where experience and research help to build a collective understanding. The sky is the limit with any build, but understanding your limits (resource availability, including $$) and the purpose of the build will usually dictate the amount of work to take place. Sites like this one are tremendously helpful in forming a knowledge of what is important to you in your motor build. Unfortunately, when it gets to pushing the extremes of the motor's capabilities, not much is well tested and published because of the simple competitive nature of the automotive industry / hobbyist or lack of time to document. Secondly, the philosophies behind what works and why vary quite a bit. Just look at threads like the catch can discussion. At best, you can get some general ideas of what doesn't work well, but getting an overall consensus on what is the ideal amount of bowl work, valve unshrouding, or if sequential ignition is the best approach can be daunting to cite credible testing and put in writing. I recently got to go through the fun of using a 1.8L alternator on a 1.6 build. It took a few days of figuring out the best approach for my needs and still had to deal with the terminal post being larger than the eyelet on the wiring harness at the very end - nothing on a website or book to help. I have a set of cams that will be going in on my new motor very soon that I have found zero posts about, anywhere. So, yeah, I can post dyno numbers with the cams, but I have nowhere near the time (or money) to dyno before and after, changing only one factor, to publish for "research" purposes what the empirical difference running the aftermarket cams- likewise with many of the others' builds and this isn't limited to just B6 or BP motors.
From my humble experience, a bit of trial and error is normal, some of it is just hanging around a shop and casually asking questions. No two builds are the same.
Somewhere on the net, you can find Emilio's (949 Racing) notes regarding different major components / aspects. In a nut shell, sites like this one are exactly what the OP is asking for- it just takes time to build the details together to create a build plan and there is no one stop place / thread / book to do that from. This is where lies the creative, always learning, spirit of the builder.