Stock rods

[pinky]

Hi, got quick question. Does stock rods in 2003 MSP have any diffrence with protege 5 or 626 '02 for example?? Can they be used interchangeably??

 

[Ricktalife]

Any Mazda that has the 2.0 liter FS-DE should have the same internals.

 

[yudkib]

internals are the same, the MSP has a forged crank that i think was not included in early FS-DE. sensors are not identical either.

 

[Ricktalife]

Ah the forged crank. I forgot Mazda even had a thought of forged internals lol.

 

[pinky]

Good to know, thank's for information

 

[ForceFed]

internals are the same, the MSP has a forged crank that i think was not included in early FS-DE. sensors are not identical either.

I do believe all the cranks are forged, not just the MSP's.

 

[Outlawstar98]

Only the ford probe FS doesn't have a forged crank, all 2.0 protge have the crank forged.

 

[yudkib]

my bad, thought the pre 2000 626 didnt have the forged crank. theres your answer, those guys have been around longer than me

 

[pinky]

Maybe you will know, where is diffrence between engines fs-det and fs-de. Turbo have 9.1 CT naturaly aspirated have 9.7. It is the case of pistons, crankshaft or "fatter" head gasket??

 

[yudkib]

ah, thats true. FSZE are 10.7:1 for that matter. when people swap for that compression on N/A, its the pisons, so i would assume FSDET is too. correct me if im wrong, im 0-1 on this thread so far.

 

[yudkib]

actually i just found something from edwin (theMAN) that said all FSDE are 9:1, FSZE is 10.7 still.

 

[pinky]

On protegefaq.net/ write that european fs-de have 9.7 and fs-det has 9.1. A looked in EPC and first MSP have same internals as protege5 or 626 98-02, while later MSP 03 and 03.5 have other pistons. There where some modification.