Vanished - 1993 MX-3 SE-ZE

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Imediate TO DO LIST (As of May 27 2008)

- Window Switch Bezel DONE
- New SE Door panels DONE
- Ball Jointes DONE
- O2 Sensors DONE
- Type X Components and V12 MRV-F345 Alpine Amp DONE
- CAI DONE
- Anti-drop shifter bracket DONE
- ECU chip DONE
- Exhaust system and SSautochrome headers DONE
- Control Arm DONE
- Replace stabilizer links DONE
- Replace tie rod end DONE
- Install subenclosure and amp and speakers and amp DONE
- Replace right balljoint DONE
- Replace water pump, hydrolic tensioner, timing idlers DONE
- Front left caliper, rotors and pads DONE
- New tires (Bridgstone Potenza) DONE
- Install Modded xbox DONE

- HEAD GASKET wither related seals and gaskets
- DE Retainers
- Tune up and clean
- Finish Interior

Ok! Well the end of an old mx-3, and the start of a new one! As you might know my blaze red mx-3 got rear ended, and insuracne gave me $ 4000 for it. So i took that money and whipped up another beauty.




Its a special edition with all the goodies. Right interior is in my bassment, haha...so i've got to finisht that up. No name for her yet, but i'm workin on it. I got it from chris peters who i've known for about a year. Paid 3300

The car was bought with the following upgrades:

- KLZE installed!
- 350z Daytona Blue Effect paint
- Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch
- Tv screen fiberglassed into the dash
- Phoenix gold components


This car is in beautiful shape, and the color is great. The rims are also painted dark grey. As for the interior, leather all around. I need new door pannels tho, previouse fiber glassing gone wrong. Also, when i bougth the car i got alot of extra parts. Door pannels, door, wiring harness, cams, belts, alternator, steering pump, hatch garneshes, interior peices, and other stuff that i will sell! So i think that this worked out quite well.

Near future plans go as followed:

-Ractive racing seats
-Custom intake
-MS front bumper
-New rims and rubber, not sure what yet
-CarPC
-Powdercoated vavle covers/intake manifold
-Nitrouse?

So far i haven't yet driven the car, as the belt broke before i could. So, i'll be getting to work, and keep checking back for more updates and pictures! I'm going for a great looking everyday driver here, so don't expect antyhing completely outrageouse! Also, i'll be doing auto-x in summer. Can't wait![/b]

[TREVO123]

wow, thats nice man, congrats! Pm a price with a hatch garnish

[MechaManZero]

Nice find. You may need some carpet lol. The thing I like most is the paint. For some reason blue brings out the mx-3 so much.

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UPDATE: THE PROJECT BEGINS

The car looks like this as of today.






I will be cleaning the s--- out of it, as well as putting the interior backtogether. It will never look like this again!



Ok so. Got some goodies.

A set of SS autochrome headers, 185 CAD

Probinator EPROM, 45 CAD. Put it in myself, not all that hard actually.

After getting the intake manfiold, belts, sparkplugs, oil/filter, charged batterie, thawed it all out, i went to start it for the first time sine ownership. and.

nothing. Problem? Oh i put the chip in backwards. Yah. So after i fixed it, it started! Taking it to the muffler shop to get 2.5in catback. I'll also be putting in the fiberglass subwoofer box, amp and cd player and my zx2/eibach combo from my other mx-3.

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Tiny update.

Just go the car back from the muffler shop. 2.5inch piping installed with no cat, dynomax muffler and a small ss tip. as well they put in the longest resonator they could find. VERY quite, but very little restriction. Sounds beautifull. I'll post vid's and pics very soon.

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Another tiny update. Got the ZX2 and eibach springs installed and the car is now clean. Runs great, very fast love it. The color is stunning as well. Altezza's are on the way.

PICS SOON. anyboyd have any comments?

[93MX3SpecialEdition]

I am glad that this car went to someone that had the time to work on it. It would have sat and rotted with me, and the Tyler will and has already taken awesome care of it.

I wish him best of luck and hope to see it again in person someday!

[mr1in6billion]

You seems to be progressing quickly, much faster than I, thats for sure. Keep up the good work and keep taking pictures.

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UPDATES

Sound system IN! SPX-177a alpine type X 6.5 in component set off a punch 200.4 amp (new one soon) and a 12in type R sub, with a x600.1 PG amp.
Pics: http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... 6&start=15

So i cleaned up the interior and got most of the pieces in..just an a pillar and I'm done. Heres some pics.


BEFORE:



AFTER:






Exterior pictures here http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=59544

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Put in a CAI the other day, much better for the engine bay, and better throttle response too. I also fixed and installed my vacuum chamber, so the VRIS kicks in now under load. Still doing some interior/soundsystem work, and waiting on some suspension parts (control arm and bushings). Also got my cruise working, idle issues straightened out (again), and fixed the dropped shifter with the bracket! (what a job...you CANNOT fit a wrench down there)

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Woo..finally got my amp. Alpine MRV-F354, 100W x 4 channel (supposed to be 75W but its underrated ). Got it for 200 shipped, regular...what..500? haha..killer deal. Now the type X componenets sound even better. If you want my old rockford punch, It's up for sale...heres a pic of what I have hiding under my driver seat heheh.




and another shot of the car in the sun after a fresh wash...

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Ok wicked, so my water pump exploded...turns out my head gasket is leaking a bit too! Well thats fantastic...so, here comes the gasket change out! I started tonight, so far so good...tomorrow I'll be able to take the timing belt and h2o pump, followed by the valve covers, cams, and heads! WOO

Pics to follow just for the fun of it.

Also

- Replaced right balljoint
- Replaced water pump, hydrolic tensioner, timing idlers
- Front left caliper, rotors and pads
- New tires (Bridgstone Potenza)
- Install Modded xbox

and I got my modded xbox in the car (very cool) been in there for a while. Got a new center console with shift boot finally...winter really sucked, I didn't do much. Now that summers here I will do the following

- Finish Head Gasket with DE retainers
- Tune up (oil plugs wires blah blah blah)
- Right rear caliper, rear pads and rear rotors (did the front in spring)
- Finish the interior (finaly)
- Clean it from top to bottom
- Nitrouse?

[hotsiit]

Nice updates, car looks great, really like that blue.

[npspears]

have to agree. Like the blue. even the speakers are blue