Miata Engine on an esky

[zaks]

:drool: Hi All! I know it's neither a duratec or zetec but due to the inavailability of the zetec or duratec here:dunno: , I'm planning to put a miata 1.8 lump into my mk2 to replace the pinto. Any advice if I should go the EFI or twin 40's route? I also want to know if the swap has some problems I should later be aware of?

[Retromotorsport]

whats a Miata 1.8?

[david_white]

whats a Miata 1.8?

The same as an MX5 or Eunos Gary.

Dont know about tuning these engines but there are a lot of bolt on bits, even turbos, if you keep the origional injection etc.
Dont think carbs are worth fitting though, may just be a step backwards. Try to keep the complete engine and get it mapped, and just add easy stuff to start with.
A few cars have also used the older toyota engines (4age etc) if thats an option.

Keep us posted on the project, sounds interesting :thumb:

[david_white]

Does anyone have a picture of a complete engine and box out of the car?
might help to see how big a job it will be :thumb:

[zaks]

There are throttle bodies available at Toda race engines with a nice pic, I wanted to post it but I dont know how..the engine reportedly belts out 265hp on throttle bodies..I like it N/A as possible or can the stock EFI be modified to have a little more oomph..the lump costs me around 100quid including the tranny and computer box..it says it has 135hp on one site for the 1.8 lump.

[RWD_COS]

Mk1 MX5 engines are from the Maxda BZ engine family.
The new MX5 gets the Duratec HE.

[RChambers]

MX5 engines are bloody good and tough little engines. They have good mid range torque due to variable valve timing and if you can't get hold of zetec/duratec then they make an ideal choice for an Escort, especially as they are RWD already :thumb: