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OutlaW-1997 Mazda MX-3 K8 V6
Posted: June 17th, 2006, 8:56 am
by OutlaW
Hi, here is the start of my project.
I almost gave up on buying this model, bue then after a few cars and switch's... it is finally official that i am a mx-3 owner.
A proud owner.
My car has 67 000 km's on it , it is a 1997 manual 1.8 V6.
It is almost 100% stock.
The mod's were done by the previous owner and are these :
Blaupunkt mp3 player stereo unit ( not in pics )
Fondmetal 5300 off-road wheels
I am plannig to put these part's
new seat cover's ( back and front )
new door cover's
new pedal's
new gearlever
B&M short-shifter
OBX-r headers
OBX-r highflow cat
OBX-r final exhaust
Some nice sparkplugs
Some nice sparkplug wire's
Bored TB
Headwork made to both heads(It does have 2 motor heads , doen´t it ?)
Ractive heatshilded intake ( with homemade tubes picking up air from the front of the car )
Next i'll post a few pics of it, to have something to look at after the mods.
Hope it is approved
Posted: June 19th, 2006, 4:27 am
by solo_ryder
Nice car, two things. THe first being that you should consider some new rims as I think those don't match the car at all. Secondly, it looks like your cruise control is missing? The nipple on the IM is just open. Other than that it looks good.
Posted: June 19th, 2006, 9:26 am
by OutlaW
Yes, i know about the look of the rims , but in that case, i want to put a set of OZ Superllegera rims in 16" . So i have to buy the rims, and a new set of tyres, and that is a b$g investment.
i am going to firstly buy the some coilover's, and paint the rims like this :
Then i will worry about the rest
The cruise control is really missing, i am evaluating if i miss it in this car.
If i can wait for it, gonna buy it from Mazda or a local salvage wreck.
The installation is allready made.
thanks on the comments
Posted: June 20th, 2006, 9:08 pm
by solo_ryder
Not a problem, the car is mint. What size are those rims? 15"? If so try to find a set of stock ones, I think they will look much better.
Posted: July 15th, 2006, 2:29 pm
by Mx3Baker
VERY CLEAN THATS ALL
Posted: September 5th, 2006, 10:43 am
by OutlaW
The last few days were all for the car.
I made the first mod. ... a new gear lever ( dont have pics yet )
Then i went to a dyno near by
and got some low numbers, but that's because this dyno isn´t too accurate and it was too hot
Yesterday i monted a K&N air filter... but i havent started the car since
If i can find a more accurate dyno, i sould make a second run after the air filter .
Posted: September 29th, 2006, 5:32 am
by OutlaW
and now for some news.
The car is running great, as i expected.
I have done a few mods so far :
Debadging
New gearlever
K&N box air filter
New back tires ( Marshall tires )
Custom back exhaust with straight tube
15" TSW Black Ice rims
and now the best pic
Posted: October 25th, 2006, 9:15 am
by OutlaW
This movie was made before i debagded the car.
It's just to show off my custom exhaust sound with no ressonator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk6esg-8JS0
Posted: January 19th, 2007, 2:29 pm
by OutlaW
Yesterday i started my adventure in Ebay world.
I have ordered a Mazda Keychan, a nice alarm for my K8, and a cool looking MazdaSpeed logo to put in a very unusual place.
Hope to get the parts soon in order to take some pictures of it
Posted: January 19th, 2007, 2:50 pm
by trimble
Looks good! I like the rims. What brand of coilovers did you get?
Posted: January 19th, 2007, 3:30 pm
by neutral
very sharp looking ride
Posted: January 20th, 2007, 3:46 pm
by OutlaW
trimble wrote:Looks good! I like the rims. What brand of coilovers did you get?
Thanks. I havent bought any coilover's yet, but when i do buy them, its going to be D2 coilover's
neutral wrote:very sharp looking ride
Thanks, a project still very in it's early stage
Posted: April 14th, 2007, 1:54 pm
by OutlaW
Posted: April 22nd, 2007, 8:29 pm
by hgallegos915
nice new pics.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 6:51 pm
by OutlaW
Tomorrow ill take some new pics, since i bought new front speakers, and painted some parts the same purple as the dash.
Next weekend, gonna paint some engine parts and make my DIY MazdaRacing airbox ...