Hello. I recently purchased a 1997 Mazda Protege ES. First I must say I love it. It's my first car. Not exactly what I wanted (tried to get my hands on a 240sx but man the rust!) but I love it. I'm going to name it brody and when I register it tomorrow I'm going to order custom plates.
However, being a young fellow, I of course want to mod the crap out of my car. Now I've done my research and the ES trim level of the 97 used the BP variant of the B series of engines. Lower compression ratio, and lacks some other bells and whistles that it's cousin the BP-ZE has. Now I'm wondering where I can find a BP-ZE, preferably with 100k miles or less. See I got Brody at 192,800 and while the body is great, I don't want to run the risk of putting money into an engine with that many miles on it. When I replace the engine, I'll most likely replace the tranny too. Now here are my questions.
1) I'm not too familiar with the transmission types between the mazdas. Apparently the G series has more strength than the F series and is better at handling higher hp. What specifically is the difference between them. I've searched high and low on the forums for a satisfactory explanation and have yet to find one.
2) As mentioned before, I did my homework on the BP engine. I want to "pimp out" my mazda but nothing as drastic as those KLDE swaps i've seen on the forums. I figure I'll stick to the same engine. With that in mind the BP in the ES apparently is not the BP-ZE found in the other protege trim levels. They used a cast vs a forged crank on the BP and the BP-ZE had oil squirter and a variable length manifold (which apparently wasn't too popular) either way, the BP-ZE is a bit hardier and better for tuning than the BP. They threw the BP-ZE in the miatas and the other trims of the protege. If I couldn't find a protege that would fit, could I jack the BP-ZE out of a miata?
3) On the off chance I want myself a BP-T (turboed variant of the BP-ZE) where can I find them and would it be worth it? I know they didn't sell them in the states (why do we always get the crappy foreign engines?) and they are almost always imported, but is there really any difference between them and the BP-ZE with possibly and aftermarket turbo kit?
I might post more questions as I think of them but that's all mostly.
However, being a young fellow, I of course want to mod the crap out of my car. Now I've done my research and the ES trim level of the 97 used the BP variant of the B series of engines. Lower compression ratio, and lacks some other bells and whistles that it's cousin the BP-ZE has. Now I'm wondering where I can find a BP-ZE, preferably with 100k miles or less. See I got Brody at 192,800 and while the body is great, I don't want to run the risk of putting money into an engine with that many miles on it. When I replace the engine, I'll most likely replace the tranny too. Now here are my questions.
1) I'm not too familiar with the transmission types between the mazdas. Apparently the G series has more strength than the F series and is better at handling higher hp. What specifically is the difference between them. I've searched high and low on the forums for a satisfactory explanation and have yet to find one.
2) As mentioned before, I did my homework on the BP engine. I want to "pimp out" my mazda but nothing as drastic as those KLDE swaps i've seen on the forums. I figure I'll stick to the same engine. With that in mind the BP in the ES apparently is not the BP-ZE found in the other protege trim levels. They used a cast vs a forged crank on the BP and the BP-ZE had oil squirter and a variable length manifold (which apparently wasn't too popular) either way, the BP-ZE is a bit hardier and better for tuning than the BP. They threw the BP-ZE in the miatas and the other trims of the protege. If I couldn't find a protege that would fit, could I jack the BP-ZE out of a miata?
3) On the off chance I want myself a BP-T (turboed variant of the BP-ZE) where can I find them and would it be worth it? I know they didn't sell them in the states (why do we always get the crappy foreign engines?) and they are almost always imported, but is there really any difference between them and the BP-ZE with possibly and aftermarket turbo kit?
I might post more questions as I think of them but that's all mostly.
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