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Originally Posted by ZDan
Do they? It is not at all apparent to me that the Mazda3 and Mazda6 have particularly longer hoods/engine bays...
Are you aware of how the engine is oriented in Mazda's cars other than the Miata? Why should hood length even matter when the engine is transverse?!
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Lol I own a Mazda3.. of course I'm aware!
I'm guessing you've never seen one up close.. It has a longer hood than most mid-size sedans.
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Originally Posted by ZDan
None of Mazda's cars is at all ripe for an I-6 engine transplant. IF any of them is it actually is the Miata. But they'd either have to elongate the wheelbase or give it a proboscis monkey nose...
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There's plenty of
explaining the longer hood.
Mazda pushes the entire cabin back a bit (and stretches the engine bay) to make room for their [relatively] long-tube headers on their skyactiv engines. The I-4 is transversely mounted, with headers extending towards the firewall. They could easily fit a longitudinal I-6 in there with the headers coming out one side of the engine. That's what I meant by 'ripe'.
