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Old 01-12-2009 | 10:18 PM
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Are there any COPs that fit in the '01 valve cover without any grinding of anything?
Old 01-12-2009 | 10:29 PM
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Old 01-12-2009 | 10:53 PM
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what? Are my cops not going to fit?
Old 01-12-2009 | 11:12 PM
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the hole.


the shaft


what happens if you do nothing


you have to trim the COP's original mounting ear off among other things


fun, no?
Old 01-12-2009 | 11:29 PM
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I have some mazda millenia COPs. Just measured them with my caliper at .910 for the largerst OD that goes into the sparkplug hole. They physically fit in my 99 FWIW.
Old 01-13-2009 | 12:04 AM
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pat, how big is the flange and what's the mounting scheme?
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https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t25698/

They are 1.39" wide not counting the bolting ears, which are part of the coil, so I wouldn't recommend cutting. Anyway, there's some pics in that thread with dimensions.
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prob a worse choice since the coil will probably rest where the threaded bosses on the 01 cover are.
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Originally Posted by y8s
prob a worse choice since the coil will probably rest where the threaded bosses on the 01 cover are.
Ah, yeah, they would definitely hit on cylinders 3 & 4 in your pic. But they fit my 99 ok, and look good IMO. I never finished the COP install though. I'll do that this summer probably.
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Ah, so I can dock the ears and some other minor **** and I'm cool?
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Ah, so I can dock the ears and some other minor **** and I'm cool?
You have a 99' motor, no? This thread's on 01+ motors...
Old 01-13-2009 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by patsmx5
You have a 99' motor, no? This thread's on 01+ motors...
oh ****, I has down's.
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just enlarge the hole on the valve cover or sand down the cops.
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I've got a spare '01 cover if you eff it up or want a spare to play with.

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Old 01-13-2009 | 03:47 PM
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pulling an 01 valve cover is only slightly harder than an earlier one. oil banjo fitting and OCV parts that might get lost is about all you gotta worry about. still, it can be done.
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