KLZE FINALLY!!

[Legato626]

Well my K8 just a few teeth on the timing belt and screwed up the front head... Timing belt was ate up by something but who cares ZE time!! After tax's it came out to $915 for the engine from one of my suppliers and here is what I got!!

[Daveb]

Looks clean, tell me how it runs. I want.....

[Legato626]

Ya I am not sure how it runs stock but I am going to have a lightweight flyhweel with a exedy and my full exhaust that was on my old one.

[Nd4SpdSe]

Wait...how's that possible? It's a non-interference motor...


And on behalf of the senior members, I must say...

It's about damn time!

[Daveb]

It was my local Mazda mechanic that told me 1.8 was interference, hes been working at Mazda for 10 years, sorry I believed him

I m not always right but my advice is usually not bad, sry if I offended people. I m only on MX 3 for fun and to learn.

[Nd4SpdSe]

No worries bud. No one is offended. I'm just perplexed that there's top end damage with a broken timing belt.

Mind you, being non-interference motor doesn't mean it's 100% damage-proof, but unless you were hard on the motor when the belt went, typically everything should be ok.

[Daveb]

If you ever blow a timing belt on a Neon twincam 2.0 you will know about top end damage, no wonder they went bankrupt today !

[Legato626]

Wait...how's that possible? It's a non-interference motor...


And on behalf of the senior members, I must say...

It's about damn time!

Ya i have the 300+hp axels for it to and ya I was to busy with the supra thats my new baby and I LOVE IT!! but I will never get rid of the mx3 it was my first and it wont leave me! =) But that K8 has no balls and was eating oil like gas damaged or not screw that motor!!

[Daninski]

Outside motor looks clean, hopefully that translates to the internals. Your going to love the increase in power and the increase in penis lenght that comes with having a ZE in your car.

[Legato626]

LOL o I got one hell of a 14incher from the boosted supra I have !!! NO HOMO!! but for a daily driver I am going to hunt down hondas!!

[Legato626]

Do you have to run the KL31 or KL36 ecu to run the ZE safly?

[Nd4SpdSe]

Using a K8 ECU and VAF just makes it run way rich. Rich isn't bad, but it waste alot of fuel. One thing to lean it out would be to use a KL02 VAF on the K8 ECU. The KL31/36 ECU's require the stock Mx-3's JE50 VAF

[Legato626]

not to be a retard but whats VAF stand for?

[Nd4SpdSe]

Vane/Volume Airflow Sensor

[Legato626]

So after installing the engine would it be safe just to wait for the KL31'36 ecu before driving it?