will the 1.6 vvt head out of a miata work in our proteges or are the intake ports to high as stated in the faq. if so would a vetc controller work on the solonoid.

 

In short, NO.

North American Miatas don't use the same engine as a 99+ Protege, they use the 1.8L BP that came in the 90-98 1.8L DOHC cars, and the 99+ Miata head (S-VT or not) won't fit directly on any Protege due to changes in the port configuration. (Refer to the FAQ for more details.) Also, I'm not familiar with ANY Miata that has a 1.6L with S-VT- the 90-93 U.S.-market cars sure didn't have it, I'm not sure if any Euro or J-spec 1.6L Miatas have S-VT, but they don't use the same engine as a U.S.-market Protege either.

The head from the J-spec 1.6L ZL-VE has S-VT and this head will physically fit on a U.S.-market ZM-DE block, but figuring out how to control the S-VT is up to you- it's a continually variable system, not a simple on-off switch like the old Honda VTEC system.

Sorry.

 

FOOTNOTE:

S-VT is the Mazda term for variable valve timing. VVT is the Toyota term. Yeah I'm picky.

 

Has anyone done this yet i mean the s-vt on a 1.6?
I really like the idea behind a head swap.

 

you will definately need a standalone that can handle a continuiously variable valve timing system

no one has done this yet

 

I completly understand your pickyness but the mazda dealer i talked to said s-vt was ford and vvt was mazda and they said that the 1.6 was the engine with vvt . If i got the j-spec engine or head for that matter i could use the ecu to controll it $$$$$ and even if it was the 1.8 save up for a turbo and use the added fuel from the ecu right?

 

s-vt is used in the mazda sixes it is exclusivly mazda's term from what i gather. s-vt = sequential valve timing

I always thought that vvt was a generic term but now I think that it only applies to toyota's

 

Thought they used "VVTi" and "VVTLi" for their system, might have been named diferently on the earliest ones though, I think the Mark IV Supra (in Japan and 98 models here)

 

SVT = Special Vehicle Team
S-VT = Sequential Valve Timming

S-VT HAS A DASH... SVT HAS NO DASH