I'd just look for a miata short block 92-93, or capri. It'll have the pump and the big nose crank. It's possible that your capri engine already is big nose.
The short 22mm crank can be used reliably if torqued properly with a new bolt each time. Tweak has a shirt nosed crank and has never given me trouble. Building a custom engine with a short nose crank is not a good plan though, because your leaving a known problem area in your engine. A good short nosed crank is actually worth more money to a person with a broken short nosed who just wants to get the car running again, because they are rare.
Clay is right, finding a long nosed 22mm crank will be harder than finding a good used 27mm and pump.
Also, I wouldn't build a high performance b6t with the gtx rods. The gtx engine was built to only rev to 6200rpm. The heavier rods will cause high rpm harmonic issues. When mazda increased the Rev limiter on the b6ze engine, they lightened the rods. This isn't because mazda wanted to save money on less steel being squished into the rods, they had good reason to lighten them.
Harmonic issues will destroy these engines almost as fast as heat backing up into the combustion chambers and burning the piston crowns. These are the 2 most destructive forces in the b6t, and also in its bigger brother.
The short 22mm crank can be used reliably if torqued properly with a new bolt each time. Tweak has a shirt nosed crank and has never given me trouble. Building a custom engine with a short nose crank is not a good plan though, because your leaving a known problem area in your engine. A good short nosed crank is actually worth more money to a person with a broken short nosed who just wants to get the car running again, because they are rare.
Clay is right, finding a long nosed 22mm crank will be harder than finding a good used 27mm and pump.
Also, I wouldn't build a high performance b6t with the gtx rods. The gtx engine was built to only rev to 6200rpm. The heavier rods will cause high rpm harmonic issues. When mazda increased the Rev limiter on the b6ze engine, they lightened the rods. This isn't because mazda wanted to save money on less steel being squished into the rods, they had good reason to lighten them.
Harmonic issues will destroy these engines almost as fast as heat backing up into the combustion chambers and burning the piston crowns. These are the 2 most destructive forces in the b6t, and also in its bigger brother.
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