Did a search and didn't come up with much. I was looking to get a different valvecover with the raised words to have it painted wrinkle red but wanted to know if it will fit my motor. It's a 99 Miata with the stock 1.8. Right now my current one has recessed wording and I don't like the valvecover being all in one color. I was planning on sanding the lettering down to a polish finished with the wrinkle red. Images are borrowed, not mine.
No easy valvecover swap for a 99. They all have recessed lettering. 01-05 won't fit (I'm sure someone will suggest that by thread's-end). Only the 94-97 1.8L have the raised lettering (OK the MSM does as well, but good luck getting a MSM valvecover).
If you really want to get creative and have the raised lettering, you can use the 94-97, but you'll have to find a way to mount the cam sensor to the front of it like your 99 has. You'll need the block off plate from your 99 for the CAS area. Ever wonder how people do that 99 head swap into a NA and retain the NA valvecover? The same operation but reversed.
Here is a NA with a NB head running the NB valvecover...using the NA CAS on the back of the head.
And RevLimiter's NA with NB head and NA valvecover. Note the raised lettering of the NA valvecover and the intake manifold of the NB.
This is the part you'll need to figure out if you're going to make it work....the cam sensor for the 99+.
So I don't need to get the front mounted CAS if I want to run a Protégé valve cover with a NB1 motor swap in my 95? It's a bit confusing. Also, forgive me for the thread revival.
depends on what you did for the engine swap….if you kept the NA electronics then you can use the NA8 CAS. If you swapped in NB1 electronics then you'll probably need that front mounted CAS & NB1 VC, correct me if I'm wrong
The answer to what you want is the MSM valve cover, it also requires you go to 01+ coils. which luckily plug right into your current 99-00 harness (err actually 95.5-05 harness all use the same coil connector iirc) as long as you open up the harness a bit and move the wires.
I have a fab9 COP kit on the way because I didn't feel like modifying the protégé valve cover. How would I use an MSM valve cover on a NB1 motor? It doesn't have VVT.
MSM engine is just an 99-00 engine with 01-05 coil packs, VTCS intake manifold and a turbo.
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