Why did you swap your engine?

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Why did you swap your engine?

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hi i'm just curious.. what do all of you who have swapped an engine into your mx3 tell people when they ask you WHY you did it? i'm about to do this, and i cant find something to tell people besides "power and fun" haha
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I didnt think there were any other reasons besides MORE POWER & MORE FUN...

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well i say cause i was going for something different, sure i spent way to much money, but hey its better than the 1.8 and its alot more fun
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No one has ever asked me that question, probably because everyone already knows that MX3's are slow as fock to begin with.
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well see.. my friends are all asking me "whats wrong with the engine you have now?" and my mom asks that too! i was thinkin maybe "life is an experience, and i aint livin unless i've experience the power of a KLZE" hahaha but i duno.. just wanted something different to tell people ;)
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tell them to shup up if they have to ask why :D
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Originally posted by thebox:
tell them to shup up if they have to ask why :D
LMAO :2thumbsup: thats perfect

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just tell then you need a new one oneday, why not now :p
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better one "For the hell of it"
93 MX-3 GS (collecting parts for Eunos Presso conversion), 94 626 Transmission (4.10 gears), KL31 camed KL-ZE, Millenia intake, Millenia TB, SSAutochrome V2 headers, Magnaflow cat, 2 1/4 in pipe, Top Speed Pro 1 muffler, 9lb Fidanza Flywheel, ACT clutch, Corksport SS clutch line, Corksport SS brake lines, Unorthadox UDP, 255 lph fuel pump, HEI mod, ghetto-charger intake, KL36 ECU, SRD transverse crossmember bushings, SRD shifter extention bushing, SRD crossmember, Corksport bronzoil shifter bushings, Brembo Crossdrilled and Slotted rotors, 15 inch Konig Heliums, ZX-2 S/R struts, Eibach lowering springs, OEM front strut bar, Ebay rear strut bar, BFGoodrich G-Force T/A KDWs

Parts needing installed: turbo kit from BB (if i ever get it), 9.0:1 CR Diamond pistons, 4340 forged H beam rods, C/J-Spec spoiler, Nissan red tops in KL rails
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Re: Why did you swap your engine?

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Well... my 1.8 decided it might be fun to snap a rod while I was doing about a buck forty on the highway. So I just tell them my engine blew up so why not?

I wouldn't suggest going my route tho, unless you're a little mentally unbalanced. :freak:
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if they have to ask they would never understand
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Originally posted by tonguefreek:
if they have to ask they would never understand
werd to that
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93 MX-3 GS (collecting parts for Eunos Presso conversion), 94 626 Transmission (4.10 gears), KL31 camed KL-ZE, Millenia intake, Millenia TB, SSAutochrome V2 headers, Magnaflow cat, 2 1/4 in pipe, Top Speed Pro 1 muffler, 9lb Fidanza Flywheel, ACT clutch, Corksport SS clutch line, Corksport SS brake lines, Unorthadox UDP, 255 lph fuel pump, HEI mod, ghetto-charger intake, KL36 ECU, SRD transverse crossmember bushings, SRD shifter extention bushing, SRD crossmember, Corksport bronzoil shifter bushings, Brembo Crossdrilled and Slotted rotors, 15 inch Konig Heliums, ZX-2 S/R struts, Eibach lowering springs, OEM front strut bar, Ebay rear strut bar, BFGoodrich G-Force T/A KDWs

Parts needing installed: turbo kit from BB (if i ever get it), 9.0:1 CR Diamond pistons, 4340 forged H beam rods, C/J-Spec spoiler, Nissan red tops in KL rails
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cause my water pump and timming belt needed to be replaced :D

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Just say: "Why Not?" Sleepers are cool. :idea:
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