MIATA 1.8 BP Teardown! Even Mazda's Best 4 Cylinder Can Fall Victim to Abuse & Neglect

Want to see a particular engine torn down? I may have already done one! I've done well over 20 other teardowns from Cummins to an LS7, and from Rotary to Ram Ecodiesels. Check them out here    • Blown Up Engine Tear Downs! A collect...  
My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart located in the Saint Louis MO area. Part of our model is dismantling and selling parts from rare and niche market engines. If you're interested in buying parts from this engine or the other engines I've torn down, email us at [email protected].

In this video I teardown a 1.8L BP engine from a 1997 Mazda Miata I bought at the auction. This engine has 239k and did run! Kind of. This poor engine had been VVT head swapped without all of the vvt parts connected to work properly. This engine is from a car featured in my Miata rust video and had lots of "Home brew" I.E. Experimental modifications done to it, mainly on the cheap side of things.

I hope you enjoyed this teardown! As always, I appreciate all of the feedback, suggestions and even the criticism, I love it all.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric