So if i go with the ze i am going to have to find a curved neck, millinea alternator/ distributor/wires?? different ecu, temp and knock sensor than on my k8 now?
with everything to set this up how much would i be looking at? and how much do all of you guys have in your swaps approx??
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- April 1st, 2007, 9:50 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: Motor swap...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1876
- April 1st, 2007, 7:10 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: Motor swap...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1876
yes i know about the search, and i have read up on the KLZE, i am more towards the probe gt but was hoping i could get some info from some ppl. I know the curved neck klze is the best option and you have watch for the klde look alikes. i will use search again but i can't find ewhat i'm looking for w...
- April 1st, 2007, 6:45 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: Motor swap...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1876
Motor swap...
How many of you guys here have swapped your k8 motors for the KlZE. or probe gt's?? escort gt's? I've heard the probe gt is a direct bolt-in, is this correct?? i would like to use my same motor mounts, hose hook-ups, vaum lines, wiring and everything, even the trans. So what would i have to do to sw...
- April 1st, 2007, 12:55 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: power steering/water pump belt tensioner....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 301
So i went and put the belt on today, as i started and ran the car the belt wanted to move over about an 1/8th of an inch and run one groove over the rear pulley, i placed it back on 3-4 more times and every time it would slide off a notch. Do you guys think that the after-market pulley is brining th...
- April 1st, 2007, 9:55 am
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: power steering/water pump belt tensioner....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 301
ah, i won't weld on it...i think i'll go and put the belt back on, run the car a lil to see if it moves and if it doesnt i'll bring it back home and order the replacement bolt through mazda monday. Do yo guys think the 4 cylinder would have this bolt? there are 2 of them here at a local junkyard?? (...
- April 1st, 2007, 2:09 am
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: power steering/water pump belt tensioner....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 301
- March 31st, 2007, 8:26 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: power steering/water pump belt tensioner....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 301
power steering/water pump belt tensioner....
Today on the way to pittsburg i lost my power steering/water pump belt on the interstate....luckily i was just about 2 miles from the mazda shop located on the way so i turned on the heater to help and coasted the car as much as possible. A lil coolant leaked but not enough to make damage i believe ...
- March 28th, 2007, 7:35 am
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: Replacing passenger side window hard?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 541
window and tools...
for mine all i used was a phillips head screw driver ( the 4 sided one) and rolled the track down to where i could see the two screws holding the window on. Unsrew those and clean all the glass out, slide the window into the door-make sure it is one track- line the two screw slots on the window and ...
- March 27th, 2007, 10:37 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: same motors blocks and part interchanges??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 156
same motors blocks and part interchanges??
what motors and parts off them will work on our v6 models ( k8 stock engines) i have heard about eh probe gt but ebay also had athing up for 96+ escort gt's and 94-97 miatas's both are 1.8L. Does this sound correst? i am trying to find a crack pulley/harmonic balancer for my car and would like to kn...
- March 27th, 2007, 10:11 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: crank pulley replacemnt????
- Replies: 3
- Views: 209
- March 27th, 2007, 9:47 pm
- Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
- Topic: crank pulley replacemnt????
- Replies: 3
- Views: 209
crank pulley replacemnt????
I have a 92 mx-3 gs and i have had a horrible time with harmonic balancers, ( crank pulleys) and i am looking for another one since i lost mine again tonight. The rubber seems to go bad in them and i found one on ebay that is after market and lighter, anyways it has no rubber and looks about like mi...
- March 27th, 2007, 9:46 pm
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: will this wrk on my car?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 233
will this wrk on my car?
I have a 92 mx-3 gs and i have had a horrible time with hr\armonic balancers, ( crank pulleys) and i am looking for another since i lost mine again tonight. The rubber seems to go bad in them and i found one on ebay that is after market and lighter, anyways it has no rubber and look s about like mon...
- March 27th, 2007, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Appearance
- Topic: Mounting turn signals on aftermarket bumper?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 287
use the search for this tiopic, i remember reading about it earlier and a lot of the guys got this body kit on here and had a few ways of mounting them. I think a metal bracket from like advance with holes every inch or so, mounted around like honda civic turn segnals in the coners was one method, b...
- March 27th, 2007, 10:31 am
- Forum: Appearance
- Topic: polishing rims???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 360
polishing rims???
I am wondering if you can polish your stock rims into like a chrome look finish as in street bikes can do. A few of my buddies that own bikes hav polished frames and stock the bike frames have a silver/gray finish just like our rims. I have read up on polishing strret bike rims and frames but havet ...
- March 21st, 2007, 12:05 am
- Forum: General Mazda MX-3
- Topic: difficulty...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 312
difficulty...
I was wondering how hard it is to switch your wondow regulators from power to manual? right now my motor in the drivers side is out and i know of an mx-s for parts with manual windows, has anyone ever done this swap or how hard would it be? tool needed, reloctaions, alignment, etc?