Originally Posted by X-clusive
ok smart guy, the only difference between the protege bp's and miata bps are that you guys have solid lifters as opposed to hydraulic and your cam profiles are different. Many people swap to the miata head to rev higher.
fwiw most Miatas have hydraulic lifters, not until 99+ did that change and the only head that would work would be the 99/00 head.
A gtx swap can be EASILY found, if you cant find one you are retarded. A gtr swap is another story.
exactly my point, everyone points out the GTR swap and gets everyones hopes up, fact is there is hardly anyone that has actually done that swap because coming across that motor is like finding a needle in a haystack.
I dont make the car out to be more than it is, i say the car has potential and you make it out to be a POS. I've had my mx-3 for awhile, so dont try to teach me about a car that i know every last nut and bolt about.
Buddy I'm sure I know the car just as well as you did, I used to own one and did several swaps back in the day when the first V6s were first being done and the first BPs were being swapped in. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.
All the swaps i listed are respectable seeing as the car runs 17s stock and all the swaps i listed about are 15sec and below swaps. Theres nothing wrong with swapping a motor.
Never said there was anything wrong with swapping the motor, but it is almost a requirment to do so to get ANY power from that car.
Oh and AWD has been done on an mx-3 on a few occasions
sure its been done, but there again its something totally RARE. Hell there has been a 20B MX-3 so thats possible. But it was a drag car, not exactly a MX-3 aside from the look.
I'm not trying to be a dick, but its really a car that has limited support and you really have to be passionate about one to own one and do the work. Its just that all the owners get caught up and try to get everyone else to buy the car and when they do they just get disappointed when they figure out all the work it takes.