by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 10/23/2017 at 06:38
by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 10/23/2017 at 06:38
Tags: Ford Capri
; Mercury
; australia
; fomoco
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just curious as to how bad they are
"daender" (daender)
10/23/2017 at 06:52, STARS: 0
It’s a Mazda B-series motor so at least you could swap in a Miata’s 1.6L motor if the original dies.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/23/2017 at 07:02, STARS: 0
Ford is FWD and Mazda is RWD, are you sure?
"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
10/23/2017 at 07:49, STARS: 0
It was based on the Mazda 323/Ford Laser platform, so there probably is some sort of parts interchangeability.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
10/23/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 0
My dad had a 1991 non-turbo from1994-1996. At 100hp, the car was slower to 50mph than our boat is. It wasn’t really a bad car, it is just that even the earliest NA Miata is an order of magnitude better in every possible way.
Besides being slow, they’re pretty softly sprung, so don’t expect much in the handling department either. The interior was reasonably comfortable, but the seats had little lateral support (he got into autocrossing with the car). The interior quality was marginal, and they probably all have a broken glovebox latch by now. The convertible top was mostly watertight, but the mechanism wasn’t great and required using the key and being outside the car to raise or lower it. It was a top design that might have been acceptable in 1975, but it was pretty shabby on a 90's car. They do have a back seat, but no person over the age of 10 is going to sit back there.
Aftermarket support was pretty much non-existent in the 90's, and factory parts varied from hard to find to non-existent even when the cars were still under warranty. I can’t imagine either of those things have improved with the passing of a couple of decades.
"daender" (daender)
10/23/2017 at 18:08, STARS: 0
The 1.6L Miatas are running B6D motors turned longitudinally from the factory, also shared with the Mazda Protege and MX-3. It might take some work and research but I don’t see why a later 1.8L BP engine out of a Protege couldn’t fit. The 6th generation Protege ran from ‘89 thru ‘94 and it used both the 1.6L and 1.8L engines toward the end of its run. You could probably source a manual transmission from one if you had it.
...I wonder if the 2.0L from the last of the Proteges would fit!