The C family was

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's first large

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design. It is not certain whether Mazda has a name for this collection of engines, and it is uncertain precisely which ones are related.

PC

The PC engine featured a bore and stroke. It was an eight-valve

SOHC An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ...

design and was designed for

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applications. The PC produced and in the export market 323. Applications: * 1965-1967 Mazda Familia 1000 Coupé * 1977-1983 Mazda Familia/323 (FA4P)

TC

The TC had a bore and stroke; a bored and stroked version of the ''PC''. Used in the 1970, 1973, and 1977

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, and the 1979 - 1984 Mazda Bongo / Ford Econovans as the smaller engine option, the larger being the 1.6 L Mazda NA engine. For 1977 a new, prize-winning

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version of the TC was developed for the new FA-series Familia, using a carburator with an EGR valve. Thus equipped, the TC weighs . Applications: * 1970-1977

/Familia Presto/Mazda 1300 * 1971-1978

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/808/818/Mizer * 1972-1975

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* 1977.01-1980.06

/323 FA4TS * 1977–1985.12 Mazda Familia Cargo/323 Station Wagon FA4TV * 1977.10-19??

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BA2T8 * 1974.10 - 1981.12

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* 1982.03-1984 Saehan/Daewoo Maepsy

UC

- A larger-bored version of the ''TC'', used in the 1978-1980

Mazda GLC The , also marketed prominently as the Mazda 323, Mazda Protegé and Mazda Allegro, is a small family car that was manufactured by Mazda between 1963 and 2003. The Familia line was replaced by the Mazda3/Axela for 2004. It was marketed as the '' ...

. Produced . This was also used in the 1979-1984 E1400/Econovan and for the new 1984 Ford Econovan as the base model engine. In continental Europe the Econovan/Mazda E-series continued to use the UC engine until at least 1990, in a version which produces . In some parts documentations, it is referred to as the D4, however no UC engine block was ever stamped D4. in 1980, this engine (and the smaller TC) was modernized and turned into the new E-series engine, intended for front-wheel drive applications.

UB

The original 1966 Luce 1500 used a SOHC

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with square bore and stroke. This engine, also used in the Capella and Grand Familia for a short while, was replaced by the stroked NA engine (below). Applications: * 1966-1972 Mazda Luce 1500 SUA, SUAV * 1970-1973

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SU2A * 1971-1973 Mazda Grand Familia S/808/818 SU4A, SU4V

NA

The SOHC NA engine was a UB, stroked to . JDM output was at 6000 rpm, with maximum torque of at 3500 rpm. US-spec was at 5000 rpm, with maximum torque of at 3500 rpm with a single Nikkei

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. The rest of the world received a version. Later on, this engine was also referred to as H6. Applications: * 1973.11-1978

/808/818 SN3A, SN4A * 1974-1977 Mazda 808 (US) * 1977-198? Mazda B1600/Proceed PE2N * 1970.05-1978.09 Mazda Capella/616 SNA * 1978.10-1982.09

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CB2NS

VB

A stroked to version of the UB/ NA, retaining the same bore, was used in the 1968-1972 Luce 1800 and the 1975-1979 Mazda B1800s for the US market. In Canadian market B-series trucks, it was installed as early as 1970. Output for the 1972 Luce was JIS at 5500 rpm and at 3000 rpm. Export model outputs varied, with European market models claiming DIN (all other figures remaining the same). * 1968-1972 Mazda Luce / 1800 SVA * 1970-1977 Mazda B1800 (BVD61, North America) * 1977-1979 Mazda B1800 (US) * 1972-1979

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