Miata Cams
March-16th-2003, 12:50 PM
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Miata Cams
I read in the FAq a while back that cams from a 1.8l Miata of certain years will fit on a 1.8l Protege. My brother's 90 Miata has a 1.6l and I'm pretty sure that it has DIS. I can only assume having never seen under the hood of a 1.8l Miata that it would also be DIS. My car, however has a distributor. How would I driv my distributor off these cams?? Do they still have the holes/depressions/whatever to allow the dist. to run off the cam??
March-16th-2003, 01:14 PM
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The 99 miata cams are the ones that give the 1.8L BP motor some extra power. You will want to look into swapping the whole head with the solid lifters. Those cams are said to be 'solid lifter' cams. I donno the difference between a solid lifter cam and a hydraulic lifter cam though.
The 99 miata head has better port design and stuff.... that's where all the power is.
The 99 miata head has better port design and stuff.... that's where all the power is.
March-16th-2003, 03:05 PM
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Originally posted by thunderb0lt
The 99 miata cams are the ones that give the 1.8L BP motor some extra power. You will want to look into swapping the whole head with the solid lifters. Those cams are said to be 'solid lifter' cams. I donno the difference between a solid lifter cam and a hydraulic lifter cam though.
The 99 miata head has better port design and stuff.... that's where all the power is.
The 99 miata cams are the ones that give the 1.8L BP motor some extra power. You will want to look into swapping the whole head with the solid lifters. Those cams are said to be 'solid lifter' cams. I donno the difference between a solid lifter cam and a hydraulic lifter cam though.
The 99 miata head has better port design and stuff.... that's where all the power is.
Problem with the 99 head is that because the ports are redesigned and ****, my intake manifold won't bolt up I don't think.Even if I could swap the head it wouldn't solve my distributor drive problem.
March-16th-2003, 08:54 PM
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Originally posted by K Dawg ONE
midnite,
Talk to Beast on the TPC board. He works with my buddy at MAzda and has a blueprinted 1.8...or call malcolm at Dubois MAzda in Woodstock at 519 537 5536
midnite,
Talk to Beast on the TPC board. He works with my buddy at MAzda and has a blueprinted 1.8...or call malcolm at Dubois MAzda in Woodstock at 519 537 5536
Is it from a protege or Miata??
March-21st-2003, 05:27 PM
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Re: Miata Cams
the miata cams WON'T work... I know you're trying to learn stuff and trying to find something that will work on your car... but I hate to break this news to you... there's no other engines that have interchangable parts with your engine! In the future PLEASE keep in mind that if the engine code or series is WAY different that you don't even have to bother thinking about getting stuff meant for whatever other engine
Originally posted by midnightblue97
I read in the FAq a while back that cams from a 1.8l Miata of certain years will fit on a 1.8l Protege. My brother's 90 Miata has a 1.6l and I'm pretty sure that it has DIS. I can only assume having never seen under the hood of a 1.8l Miata that it would also be DIS. My car, however has a distributor. How would I driv my distributor off these cams?? Do they still have the holes/depressions/whatever to allow the dist. to run off the cam??
I read in the FAq a while back that cams from a 1.8l Miata of certain years will fit on a 1.8l Protege. My brother's 90 Miata has a 1.6l and I'm pretty sure that it has DIS. I can only assume having never seen under the hood of a 1.8l Miata that it would also be DIS. My car, however has a distributor. How would I driv my distributor off these cams?? Do they still have the holes/depressions/whatever to allow the dist. to run off the cam??
March-21st-2003, 08:42 PM
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Edwin,
The cams DO fit as do the pistons. Like I said, my buddy, who aside from being a Mazda enthusist is also a Mazda mechanic, has both in his blue-printed 97 1.8. Trust me because mines getting done too next month...
The cams DO fit as do the pistons. Like I said, my buddy, who aside from being a Mazda enthusist is also a Mazda mechanic, has both in his blue-printed 97 1.8. Trust me because mines getting done too next month...
March-21st-2003, 09:13 PM
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midnightblue has a 1.5 from what I understand (he has a 97 lx).... so no... those parts won't fit... yes it will fit the 1.8 though
Originally posted by K Dawg ONE
Edwin,
The cams DO fit as do the pistons. Like I said, my buddy, who aside from being a Mazda enthusist is also a Mazda mechanic, has both in his blue-printed 97 1.8. Trust me because mines getting done too next month...
Edwin,
The cams DO fit as do the pistons. Like I said, my buddy, who aside from being a Mazda enthusist is also a Mazda mechanic, has both in his blue-printed 97 1.8. Trust me because mines getting done too next month...
March-21st-2003, 11:41 PM
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Originally posted by TheMAN
midnightblue has a 1.5 from what I understand (he has a 97 lx).... so no... those parts won't fit... yes it will fit the 1.8 though
midnightblue has a 1.5 from what I understand (he has a 97 lx).... so no... those parts won't fit... yes it will fit the 1.8 though
To put it short, I'm not that dumb.
March-22nd-2003, 12:01 PM
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Re: Re: Miata Cams
Originally posted by TheMAN
the miata cams WON'T work... I know you're trying to learn stuff and trying to find something that will work on your car... but I hate to break this news to you... there's no other engines that have interchangable parts with your engine! In the future PLEASE keep in mind that if the engine code or series is WAY different that you don't even have to bother thinking about getting stuff meant for whatever other engine
the miata cams WON'T work... I know you're trying to learn stuff and trying to find something that will work on your car... but I hate to break this news to you... there's no other engines that have interchangable parts with your engine! In the future PLEASE keep in mind that if the engine code or series is WAY different that you don't even have to bother thinking about getting stuff meant for whatever other engine
Oh yeah, this isn't directed at you specifically, but to whoever may have the experiencewith these came,s what did you do about distributor drive??
March-22nd-2003, 12:36 PM
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Ok. THANK YOU.
I guess they probably used the same shaft and just ground the lobes different then. Thats good news for me.
Now I just have to finish school, get a job and search some Miata forums to see if any are for sale locally.
One last question.
I know that there's a rule of some sort about not using an old cam with old (different) lifters, ie. the mx5 cams and the old lifters from my car for example. but I seem to remember that you can use an old cam, with new lifters or new cam with old lifters would I be wise to just buy NEW lifters regardless, or just get the old lifters from the mx5 cams and use them, assuming I was able to keep them in the right order.
My car, according to my haynes manual does NOT have HLA, but rather solid lifters.
I guess they probably used the same shaft and just ground the lobes different then. Thats good news for me.
Now I just have to finish school, get a job and search some Miata forums to see if any are for sale locally.
One last question.
I know that there's a rule of some sort about not using an old cam with old (different) lifters, ie. the mx5 cams and the old lifters from my car for example. but I seem to remember that you can use an old cam, with new lifters or new cam with old lifters would I be wise to just buy NEW lifters regardless, or just get the old lifters from the mx5 cams and use them, assuming I was able to keep them in the right order.
My car, according to my haynes manual does NOT have HLA, but rather solid lifters.
March-22nd-2003, 01:08 PM
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Originally posted by PseudoRealityX
ok...
99 cams will work as long as you swap over the solid lifters too (if you have solid lifters from the factory, you dont have a 1.8L BP
in your protege )
ok...
99 cams will work as long as you swap over the solid lifters too (if you have solid lifters from the factory, you dont have a 1.8L BP
in your protege )Protege's from a certain year which I forget offhand, did have solid lifters.