A challeng to TheMan! ...or anyone else

[CBlaze]

Think you know your stuff? See if you can answer these??

Would the 6 speed tranny from a Miata bolt up to the miller cycle V6 in the Millenia S? if not is there another manual tranny that will???

Is it possible to drop a 2.3 miller cycle into a Pro or would there be clearance problems with the supercharger? Problems bolting a miller to a fwd tranny? How about in another model like a 90 MX-6 or something?

[MazKid]

1st one, no, the Miata is RWD, the Milly is FWD. You might have more luck with a MX-6/626 V6 trans, donno.

2nd part - don't know, why? Because it would be dumb to do that when you could have a more reliable KLZE instead. The Miller 2.3 IS FWD.
The '90 MX-6...you get a 2.2L 110hp or a 2.2L Turbo 145hp(and tons of torque), I don't know if it would work. You'd have more luck with that in a BF series 323.

[lscrx]

A KLZE will bolt up to a 5-speed MX-6 V6, MX-3 V6, or 626 V6 tranny and they're good for 200hp. The KLZE will bolt into a 1st gen but it takes quite a bit more work than a BPT swap... but with the BPT you still have some room under the hood to work on things unlike the KLZE

[turbonium959]

There is no point of getting Millenia engine in a Protege... even if you do drop it in, there is nothing else you can do with the engine.

[CBlaze]

Though the Millenia was RWD there for a sec...
The tranny question is because the miller only came mated to an automatic, as far as I know, so I was woundering what manule trannys might bolt up?

I just thought it would be nice to have a supercharged 2.3 with 210hp / 210 torque in a Pro, but since the Pro is lighter wouldn't it make more torque than the Millenia? Anyway I can't remember ever hearing about this swap being done, I think it would be pretty sick even without ferther mods! Think it can be done?

[NegatiZE]

Ummm, the car's torque rating has NOTHING to do with the weight of the vehicle.

[CBlaze]

Ummm, the car's torque rating has NOTHING to do with the weight of the vehicle.

What I meant to comment on was the fact that when using the same engine in a lighter car you sure can feel the torque a whole lot more in terms of quicker accelloration, and much less decelloration on inclines, or when the vehicule is carrying a load, cause the engine doesn't have to work as hard to move the total mass of said vehicule.
thanx for pointing my error out so I could clear it up for you.

[lscrx]

The 929 is RWD, the Millenia is FWD.

[95ProLeila]

you mean power-to-weight

[91ProtegeLX]

i thought u were gonna ask something cool like, design and build a hemi 4 cyl engine that runs off of cheetos, or why does a unimog have like 20 different shifters and a crawl ratio of 4000:1?

[ThatCarGuy]

I want a unimog soooo bad... portal hubs.... i waaaaaant.....

/would rather have a pinzgauer though

[protégébob]

I just thought it would be nice to have a supercharged 2.3 with 210hp / 210 torque in a Pro

why not a NA 200hp KLZE????

[CBlaze]

why not a NA 200hp KLZE????

cause the miller is "supercharged!!!"
supercharger=instant "go" and super biggrin
whats the torque on a KLZE? KLZE=2.5l?
I was basically just wondering why it hasn't been done before (at least I haven't heard of a miller in a Pro)...seems like a kick ass motor\good swap to me???

[sixhex]

yeah it sounds fun... i mean, maybe not practical, but hey i've always wanted a supercharged protege.

plus a millenia engine is probably easier to come by than a klze. don't know for sure though.