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by Xavier » February 18th, 2008, 7:19 pm
Pulled the old k8 out of my Mx-3 and this is what i found in the Oilpan.
Blaze Red '92 K8 Mx-3 GS. Never got around to a ZE swap. SOLD
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by se7en » February 18th, 2008, 10:04 pm
lol, looks like you broke a rod....
no time for ZE???
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by Xavier » February 18th, 2008, 11:43 pm
No money for ZE, i'm set for the swap though. Got the ECU, and the turbo + manifolds.
Is it normal for these engines to only last 160,*** miles?
Blaze Red '92 K8 Mx-3 GS. Never got around to a ZE swap. SOLD
1997 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. Don't worry i'll come back around to the Mazda world.
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by 93MX3KLZE-T » February 18th, 2008, 11:53 pm
WOW!!! I hope I never see that in my oil pan. It looks like you have half a rod there.
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by lowflyinmx3 » February 19th, 2008, 12:30 am
Slap a little J.B. weld on there and stick her back together and call it a day. lol.
That sucks tho, but now you have an excuse for the ze.....
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by SmoothMX3 » February 19th, 2008, 1:06 am
Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"
Taking the motor out because?
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by Flyer » February 19th, 2008, 1:36 am
SmoothMX3 wrote: Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"
Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>
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by se7en » February 19th, 2008, 1:52 am
Flyer wrote: SmoothMX3 wrote: Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"
Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>
lol, That's funny
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by TREVO123 » February 19th, 2008, 3:34 am
Thats what happend to my daytona and then she ran for like 5mins and then she was done
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by SmoothMX3 » February 19th, 2008, 4:21 am
Flyer wrote: SmoothMX3 wrote: Wow, Honestly ... If i seen that in my oil pan the only words that could come to mind is "HOLY BATMAN!"
Taking the motor out because?
Maybe because a rod went? >_>
They way he said that, I was thinking the reason was another problem. excuse me.
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by Mooneggs » February 19th, 2008, 5:58 pm
my k8 is still going strong after 189k....
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by SmoothMX3 » February 19th, 2008, 8:23 pm
Whats the average life expectantcy of the k8?
makes me want to be very easy on the k8. haha
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by mx3autozam » February 24th, 2008, 3:22 pm
Looks like my first ZE. I tried to kill my K8 and ran it for a month with no oil and beat the piss out of it and it still ran great.lol So reliable comapred to my ZE's LOL...so what you putting in the car now?
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by 94mx3precidia » February 24th, 2008, 9:19 pm
lol after reading the first cupple posts i thaught he was serious.
what happened?
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by Xavier » February 25th, 2008, 7:11 pm
K8 for the time being. And yes i pulled the motor because the rod went. As soon as i get the cash gathered back up i'll be deciding whether to go with de or ze whichever best fits my needs. Already have the Turbo manifold and turbo. So i will definitely build whichever 2.5 i get for that purpose. With the K8 in there i'm going to focus on suspension cuz the stock suspension setup sure ain't going to cut it when i have the 300+ horsepower i'm aiming for.
Blaze Red '92 K8 Mx-3 GS. Never got around to a ZE swap. SOLD
1997 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. Don't worry i'll come back around to the Mazda world.