I spend most of my time over at 247 as i drive a MSP. wife has a 92 mx3 GS v6 and im starting to do a little work on it to keep it kicking.
no big power goals for it since its a automatic and she doesn't wanna learn stick, but i might stick some headers and exhaust on it, new intake, lowering springs ect.
Gonna repaint it for sure the stock teal but instead of metal flake, ad a pearl mid-coat to it.
fun stuff.
but the car smokes horribly on cold start. seems to go away after its warmed up a bit. it knocks and sounds like it has a rod knock *not lifter tick* that gets worse if you blip the throttle.
Otherwise though, the car runs pretty well. has plenty of pep but just ticked over to 239,000 km and im considering doing a rebuild on it.
seen a lot of threads droping klze's in these but i wont be doing that. this is an economy car first and foremost and at most i want it to look clean and be a reliable DD. so my options are trying to find a KLDE or a rebuild a kit for the K8.
Can a KLDE swap right in without additional equipment or will i need additional sensors, or the ecm for a mx6/626?
id prefer to keep a k8 since it gets exceptional gas mileage, but i cant find a rebuild gasket/bearing kit for it. does it share the bearings with a KL engine?
Im a noob to this car kinda. nice car to drive though its definitely not my msp hah. though Im seriously considering doing a KLDE-T swap on my msp when i pop the motor
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Thanks in advance. trying to keep this overall build on the cheap if i can. the wife doesn't drive this car like i drive my msp.