Can I put a DOHC head on my SOHC block
I know this has been discussed in a few threads, but I'm still not sure,
I live in tenerife, Canary Islands and have aquired an '89 Mazda 323 1.8 16v SOHC, but the cylinder head is split and isn't repairable. The problem is there are only 4 scrap yards on tenerife and there are no SOHC 323's in any of them, but there are 2 DOHC 1.8 16v's. I'm not interested in any performance gains or fitting turbos, I just want the cheapest option to get my car back on the road, and shipping a SOHC head from the UK where I could get one easily would likely be more expensive than getting a DOHC one from here, even if I had to replace the manifolds and ECU. The engine no. on the block is BP117561 and on the SOHC head is stamped BP01. The main issue I can see other than the size and shape, would be the cambelt tensioner pullies, the DOHC understandably has 2 where mine only has 1. I will remove this thread once I'm certain, as it has been discussed, but I am unclear from reading other threads whether it will work for my engine. Many Thanks. |
Yes it will work. However the combination of the SOHC short block and the DOHC head will result in a lower compression ratio. You would do well to just swap the entire DOHC engines plus the appropriate hardware that goes along with them IE the harness, ECU manifolds etc.....
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I don't have the facilities to swap a complete engine, it was awkward enough getting the head off.
And what about the tensioner pullies, as far as I can tell, my block will only take one. |
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