Pattheriault,
Thank you for contributing useful information.
You're right to an extent, but what Ryder failed 100% to recognize is that bolting a Japanese KL into an MX-3 isn't automatically "best" because it's an established idea, truth and reality aside.
It's as idiotic as the ludicrous idea that "Lower static CR means you can add more boost", which multiple individual parrot idiotically across the internet, having absolutely no idea how dynamic compression is calculated in the first place...
You don't see high performance builds based on the "ZE" because of the inherent design flaws, cost aside... Not one person running a 250+ HP(crank here, not wheel) Probe, MX6, or MX3 is doing it with an imported "ZE" that was never torn down and rebuilt(with DE/G4 valvetrain, Millenia S rods, etc.) before being re-purposed as a performance engine. Those who have later regretted it, and rebuilt their "ZE" with DE/G4 components, or switched over entirely.
Nobody spending $5,000 on PAR gearsets for their transmission, $2,500+ on a turbo setup, or countless more thousands on miscellaneous parts does so for a fresh off the boat "ZE". Multiple people have for DE/G4 engines though, and for good reason.
mx3_ryder,
You can roll your eyes all you want, but the I told you so is coming when you drop a valve or spin #6 buddy.
The fact is, you need to "tear into the engine" to make a "ZE" reliable in the first place.
If you are so inclined, search for threads on shady importers, dirty engines that were claimed to be "Real KLZEs", and other scary prospects. I doubt you will like what you find.
http://mx-3.com/phpBB3/search.php or
http://forums.probetalk.com/search.php
Here, I'll make it easy on you, even:
http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread. ... 490&page=3
Here, this is even on MX-3.com, the same issue is highlighted beautifully for you:
http://mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f= ... ve#p624033
Misinformation comes in many forms, and you sir, are in over your head with this argument.