List of Mazda engines
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| Type | Family | Name | Displacement (cc) |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2 | V-twin | 356 577 |
1960–1963 | |
| I4 | OHV | 358 586 782 987 1169 |
1961–1974 | |
| xC | PC TC UC D5 1600 VC 1800 |
985 1272 1416 1490 1590 1769 1797 |
1965–1984 | |
| E | E1 E3 E5 |
1136 1296 1490 |
1980–1987 | |
| F | MA FE F2 FS FP RF R2 |
1970 1998 2184 1991 1839 1998 2184 |
1977–2002 | |
| G | G6 G5 GY |
2606 2500 2494 |
1989–1999 | |
| B | B1 B3 B5 B6 B8/BP |
1138 1324 1498 1597 1839 |
1985– | |
| Z | Z5 ZL ZM |
1489 1498 1598 |
1995– | |
| MZR | ZJ ZY Z6 L8 LF L3 |
1349 1498 1598 1798 1999 2261 |
1995– | |
| V6 | J | JF J5 JE |
2000 2500 2954 |
1986–1994 |
| K | K8 KF KJ KL |
1845 1995 2300 2497 |
1991–2002 | |
| Wankel | Mazda | L8A 10A 12A/12B 13A 13B 20B 26J/26B RENESIS |
798 982 1146 1310 1308 1962 2622 1310 |
1963– |
Mazda makes both piston and Wankel "rotary" engines. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations.
[edit] Piston engines
Although Mazda are well known for their Wankel "rotary" engines, the company has been manufacturing piston engines since the earliest years of the Toyo Kogyo company. Early on, they produced overhead cams, aluminum blocks, and an innovative block containing both the engine and transmission in one unit. This section summarizes piston engine developments. Note that Mazda has produced many piston engines, but only V-twin, straight-4, and V6 configurations.
[edit] V-twin
Like other Japanese makers, Mazda produced a short-lived line of V-twin engines for their tiny keicars of the 1960s. These were essentially motorcycle engines, and were superseded by water-cooled straight-4 engines in less than five years.
- V-twin - Half-liter air-cooled V2 (1961-1963)
[edit] Straight-4
Mazda's strength since the 1960s has been in its line of straight-4 engines. Beginning with a tiny 358 cc keicar engine, one of the smallest ever made, Mazda continues to this day to be a leading developer of this type of engine. Today's MZR family has become one of the most common four cylinder powerplants in the industry, powering Ford and Mazda cars.
- OHV engines - 300 cc–1.2 L OHV I4 (1961–1974)
- xC engines - 1.0 L–1.8 L SOHC I4 (1965–1983)
- E family - 1.1 L–1.5 L SOHC I4 (1980–1987)
- F family - 1.8 L–2.2 L SOHC/DOHC I4 (1977–2002)
- G family - 2.5 L–2.6 L I4 (1989–1999)
- B family - 1.3 L–1.8 L SOHC/DOHC I4 (1985–present)
- Z/MZ family - 1.25 L–2.3 L DOHC I4 (1995–present)
- Keicar engines - Suzuki-made I4
- Diesel - 1.4 L–4.6 L I4
- YF - 2.0 L I4 for Mazda Tribute
[edit] V6
Mazda has created three families of in-house V6 engines. Today, however, their primary engine is a Ford design.
- J family - 2.0 L–3.0 L 90° V6 (–1995)
- K family - 1.8 L–2.5 L 60° V6
- Diesel - 4.1 L–5.5 L ZB/ZC V6
- AJ/MZI - 2.5 L and 3.0 L V6 - The Mazda version of the Ford Duratec DOHC V6. The 3.5 L MZI is the new Ford Cyclone engine.
[edit] Wankel engines
Mazda is the only producer of successful Wankel engines, positioning them as a prime sports car powerplant. All of Mazda's Wankels are based on their first design of the 1960s, though there have been significant developments over the four decades since.
