2006-08-19 08:15:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mazda
Mx-5 (Miatas) were fitted with with a 1.6 L 2x overhead cam inline 4-cylinder engine (120 hp) these were the B6 series engines also used in 323 or the 1.8...both 4 cyc.
They kept the same engine line up throughout the incarnation. There were rumors that Mazda was going to do a rotary for the Mx-5 but it was just hype for the upcoming release of the Rx8.
The newer miatas have the 1.8 or 2.0 NA or Turbocharged.
Rotary...Wankels...will pretty much stick with the RX line of cars.
However, customwise...you can always do one yourself.
Im putting a 13b-rew into my Mazda Mx-3.
2006-08-21 17:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by Nate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a rotary engine.
Mazda tend to use the "RX" tag on all rotary models (although there were some Japan-market rotary-engined "Cosmo" models during the 1980s), so the 1970s RX-3, the various incarnations of the RX-7 and the RX-8 were/are rotary powered.
The MX-5 has a four-cylinder 16v dohc engine, mounted longitudinally.
Originally a 1.6-litre, a 1.8-litre was added later, and the latest model is available with a 2.0-litre engine.
2006-08-20 00:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mx5 Engine
2016-11-01 06:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The older MX 5s had either a 1.6 or a 1.8 twin OHcam engine.
The new one has either a 1.8 or a 2.0 OH cam engine. The rotary (wankel) engine was fitted to some rx7's and the rx8.
2006-08-19 10:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by Eyeball 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope! always been Wankel engines! Mazda where the only car makers to stick with the Wankel and develope it as the rest deemed it to be to unreliable-mostly due to the fins/teeth wearing away or snapping off!
2016-03-17 00:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only the rx7/rx8 had the wankel rotary engine i think. the mx5s all have 'normal' engines.
theyre supposed to be great to drive tho.
2006-08-19 08:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by KEV D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No only mazda Rx7 and Rx8 have rotary engines
2006-08-22 16:18:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's rotary as in Wankel.
Now, admit it. You just wanted an excuse to use the word "Wankel" on a public forum, didn't you? :)
2006-08-19 08:26:53 · answer #8 · answered by purple_duck_uk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mazda's 16-valve, 2.0 l MZR I4 engine, producing 170 hp (128 kW) and 140 ft·lbf (190 N·m).
USA engine.
2006-08-19 13:15:42 · answer #9 · answered by BCOL CCCP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not that i am aware of. thought only the rx series and some older trucks used the Rotary Engine
2006-08-19 08:21:23 · answer #10 · answered by Christian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋