Hi I know not where to put this question.
I know of this father-son duo in love with Mazda, mainly the Miata. They even where Mazda apparel.
They love the driving dynamics and handling and care not for speed. I am the same way in that regard because I just cannot justify paying so much more in fuel cost for a daily driver to have a "speed" car, regardless of what definition one uses for speed. It just does not make sense to me to accelerate to a red light. it is just wasting gas and brakes while wearing out other parts. Therefore, I am perfectly fine with a Miata and the power to weight ratio of lighter car like that.
Anyways, I see the son one day, and he tells me he swapped out the engine of his Miata for a Honda one. I do not recall which one he said, but I imagine it was most likely the lowest power Honda car engine or one or two spots above it.
So I have a question for anyone knowledgable here. I know that that Toyota Cianos/Paseo had a 1.5L engine, but this was around 20 years ago in technology. Toyota currently has a 1.5 in the Yaris, and my guess is it is more fuel efficient and powerful than the cianos engine. Honda Fit has a 1.5L, and the civic is 1.8 I believe. Can someone brake down for me the differences, upsides, downsides, etc anything you can think of the cianos engine, the current 1.5 Yaris engine, 1.5 Honda Fit engine and the Miata engine engines? Mazda has been doing interesting Crazy things with what they call "sky active" technology and I just do not know how it compares to more "conventional" engine designs.
It looks like a nice project hobby to get a light weight car like cianos/paseo or older Mazda and maybe swap the engine out, so if someone here is an engine buff can you please lay out for me the Differences in the different engines I mentioned and what one you would want and why.
TLDR what Japanese engine in the 1.5L (or around there) club would you want for a lightweight sportynimble car of the past few decades that is not a for "speed" car?
And nothing against other makes, too long to get into how, but I'm just inclined toward Japanese.
I know of this father-son duo in love with Mazda, mainly the Miata. They even where Mazda apparel.
They love the driving dynamics and handling and care not for speed. I am the same way in that regard because I just cannot justify paying so much more in fuel cost for a daily driver to have a "speed" car, regardless of what definition one uses for speed. It just does not make sense to me to accelerate to a red light. it is just wasting gas and brakes while wearing out other parts. Therefore, I am perfectly fine with a Miata and the power to weight ratio of lighter car like that.
Anyways, I see the son one day, and he tells me he swapped out the engine of his Miata for a Honda one. I do not recall which one he said, but I imagine it was most likely the lowest power Honda car engine or one or two spots above it.
So I have a question for anyone knowledgable here. I know that that Toyota Cianos/Paseo had a 1.5L engine, but this was around 20 years ago in technology. Toyota currently has a 1.5 in the Yaris, and my guess is it is more fuel efficient and powerful than the cianos engine. Honda Fit has a 1.5L, and the civic is 1.8 I believe. Can someone brake down for me the differences, upsides, downsides, etc anything you can think of the cianos engine, the current 1.5 Yaris engine, 1.5 Honda Fit engine and the Miata engine engines? Mazda has been doing interesting Crazy things with what they call "sky active" technology and I just do not know how it compares to more "conventional" engine designs.
It looks like a nice project hobby to get a light weight car like cianos/paseo or older Mazda and maybe swap the engine out, so if someone here is an engine buff can you please lay out for me the Differences in the different engines I mentioned and what one you would want and why.
TLDR what Japanese engine in the 1.5L (or around there) club would you want for a lightweight sportynimble car of the past few decades that is not a for "speed" car?
And nothing against other makes, too long to get into how, but I'm just inclined toward Japanese.