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Thank you, sent you an email but that answers my question.

I'm sorry if this has been answered before but do I necessarily need a millenia intake manifold? I know it's the most recommended one from people on this site, but would the im from the kl engine work? and also, does the klze come with a working ecu, or would i need to purchase a new one?

You can use the straight neck klze but I hear its hard because you have to relocate things, do a search because info on how to do it is on here. You can use the manifold off of the k8 but will loose power. You can use the k8 ecu till you find a kl36 or 31. Just do a search and type in either manifold, swap, ecu or search the v6 tech section. Klze's never come with ecu's. You can just buy a curved neck klze if you can find one? Good luck.

so, typically, if i found a kl, it would not come with it's own intake manifold?

i could probably search around and find a millenia im if needed but i wasjust wondering if it would come with one and if it is decent to use.

Mazda mx-6 or ford probe gt come with straight neck im's
Mazda millenia come with curved neck manifold's. Whoever you buy the engine from depending on which car it came from is what you will get.
But either way you will get a klze with a IM.

Team_mazdamx - how much would shipping (on a ZE) be to B3T 1K2 be...?

Thanx, John



Here the 2 versions... You should be able to tell which is which... The 2nd one is in a P-GT though...

Thanks, that clears things up a lot.

So basically with a straight neck, I'd probably have to change the location of my battery but with a curved neck, I can keep it in place?

Did most of you guys install the engine yourself, or did you bring it somewhere?

Also, what parts NEED to be changed when swapping the engine, besides the ecu and im?

J0HN_R1 wrote: Team_mazdamx - how much would shipping (on a ZE) be to B3T 1K2 be...?

Thanx, John

No prob Bulaian...

Please do a search of the V6 performance section because your questions have been asked a million times before. Just search for "ZE swap" and you should find lots.

I installed my KLZE myself.

Want to make some cash if you have some spare time? Just kidding! Well not really, I am not a mechanic nor do I have a garage or a second car to get to work and back if I were to do the klze swap myself. I wish I could do the swap myself and had all the tools and space, it would be fun.
But I get to pay a shop to do the swap for me. wyldside can you tell me how long it took you to swap the klze so I have an idea of how much this is going to cost me with my mechanic? Thanx!

Well it took me around 2 weeks to do the swap since I work during the day and ran into several problems. If everything goes smoothly, then it should take maybe two days or a good 12-16hrs. I had tons of problems with rusted and seized parts on my MX-3 so taking the K8 out was the most time consuming part. I rebuilt my KLZE before installing it, so that was all ready to go. The only problem I had when installing it was that I received the wrong clutch and it wouldn't fit onto KLZE. I had to use my K8 clutch assembly for now. Then some electronic issues afterwards since my K8 Distributor desided to crap out and I had to Install the KLZE distributor with MSD 6A ignition system. The car has been back on the road since Monday.

Any chance you guys have anymore curved necks in? I'm in Edmonton so would be able to just come down and pick it up. Also do you guys install?