How to Rebuild a 1600cc Mx5 Engine?

andyling · Post by **andyling** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:35 pm

Ok, I give up the turbo idea for now,because I'm scared

What if I buy a 1.6 Engine, and rebuild it, and sell it.

Would I get my money back(not including labour)?

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:25 pm

To be honest with you, it would be highly unlikely that you would get your money back if you just built it and sold it.

poison · Post by **poison** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:29 pm

andyling wrote:Ok, I give up the turbo idea for now,because I'm scared

What if I buy a 1.6 Engine, and rebuild it, and sell it.

Would I get my money back(not including labour)?

Nope, IMHO maybe half of what you spend and forget about the labour. At the same time it's really rewarding to do something yourself, but as I said before it needs to be something you will use and keep otherwise a project without a solid goal will never get completed. Nothing beats driving your car and knowing you did the mods yourself. So think more about where you want to go with it, I think it's a good goal to rebuild a motor if you are going to use it.

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:08 am

andyling wrote:Ok, I give up the turbo idea for now,because I'm scared

What if I buy a 1.6 Engine, and rebuild it, and sell it.

Would I get my money back(not including labour)?

+ slap hand against head repeatedly.

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:10 am

Anthug wrote:You can find on Flyin' Miata's website www.flyinmiata.com who sell turbo kits and have been around for 25 years the following:

1990-93 FM II Hydra turbo system
The FM II is a legend in the Miata performance world, and this is the latest and most powerful version. Expect approximately 230 hp at the rear wheels at 12 psi, compared to a stock 93 hp. Driveability is excellent and there`s no need to even remove the valve cover. Expect years of reliable high performance with this system. More power is available on built engines.

1994-95 FM II Hydra turbo kit
The FM II is a legend in the Miata performance world, and this is the latest and most powerful version. Expect approximately 265 hp at the rear wheels at 12 psi, compared to a stock 100 hp. Driveability is excellent and there`s no need to even remove the valve cover. You`ll get years of reliable high performance with this system. Even more power is available for built engines - we`ve seen well over 300 hp.

It all depends on what your goals are. You are wasting your money otherwise.

Yes and I have lots of those miracle wrinkle creams and instant ABs machines too.

America F yeah....

poison · Post by **poison** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:35 am

Habanero666 go to bed you're bored aren't you...lol

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:01 am

poison wrote:Habanero666 go to bed you're bored aren't you...lol

Just had a nice rest, still an angry Scotsman....

andyling · Post by **andyling** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:27 pm

Habanero666 wrote:
andyling wrote:Ok, I give up the turbo idea for now,because I'm scared

What if I buy a 1.6 Engine, and rebuild it, and sell it.

Would I get my money back(not including labour)?

+ slap hand against head repeatedly.

Ok, I Quit!

Anthug · Post by **Anthug** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:14 pm

Install a V8, its all the rage!

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:29 pm

NIIIIIIICCCEEE!

That just made my day

Who ever said that the factory radiator was not very good??

poison · Post by **poison** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:58 pm

He must live in Alaska, it's a stock MX5 radiator...

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:16 pm

They have license plates on the front in alaska? I thought they used a snow plough!

The plate is a Euro jobby?

poison · Post by **poison** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:24 pm

OK OK mister picky

I was merely inferring it must be somewhere a wee bit
chilly given the stock radiator...

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:38 pm

It must be English if it is running twin SU's!! (Yes I did notice the number plate!)
Surely he could used some form of injection...

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:51 pm

Looks like a Rover 3.5 V8 to me,Must admit the thought has crossed my mind one or twice ,Just getting a bit hard to find bits nowdays.
Nice little light weight motor with a good sound

poison · Post by **poison** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:07 pm

Yeah I saw the SU's too, the Brits just love them. Most likely a Rover or
P76 engine, I think that was the first alloy block V8 in the UK.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:35 pm

brownie wrote:Looks like a Rover 3.5 V8 to me,Must admit the thought has crossed my mind one or twice ,Just getting a bit hard to find bits nowdays.
Nice little light weight motor with a good sound

I thought parts would be still plentyful? They have developed the Rover engine for many years so I would say there would be plenty of performance parts available. Do they still use them in the TVR's?

Anthug · Post by **Anthug** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:44 pm

The engine is a Ford V8 (with Edelbrock heads).

As shown here http://www.peeble.com/rubbish/nr06.htm

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:23 pm

poison wrote:Yeah I saw the SU's too, the Brits just love them. Most likely a Rover or P76 engine, I think that was the first alloy block V8 in the UK.

The Daimler 2.5 V8 preceeded the Rover by quite a few years and I'm pretty sure that was an alloy block. (edit - looks like I may be wrong, seems it had alloy heads but I can't find any reference to the alloy block) I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. The "Rover" V8 was in production as a GM/Buick engine before Rover bought the rights to it so doesn't really qualify as British.

I initially thought the picture was a Rover as well. The inlet manifold looked like the Rover one. But the Distributor didn't look right.

Anthug · Post by **Anthug** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:43 pm

You are right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine

First line The Rover V8 engine is a compact V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder heads and cylinder block

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:42 pm

How about that cosmetic strut brace.

There was 4 Litre Daimler V 8, along with the 2.5.

poison · Post by **poison** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:23 pm

It turns out the Leyland P76 came out in 1973 and had the 4.4L Rover V8, I
always thought it was a different engine.

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brownie · Post by **brownie** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:28 pm

End of the day it's a Rover V8 3.5,
Anthug,They are wrong,Dizzy is in the wrong place for a ford V8.
I had one of these motors year ago when i bought a cheap Rover V8 P6B car for the motor to go into a Capri,Weigh about the same as a old Pinto 2lt motor.
Found a bit of info on the net about putting one in a MX5,Poms make it look to hard,If you can jam a 1uz in,a little 3.5 V8 can't be that hard (Famous last words?) .Stick with my B6 ,Least i can get bits for it if i kill it.Which i doubt.

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:02 am

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:34 am

Habanero666 wrote:Aye, POMS!