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ok so i recently purchased a 92 MX-3 from a private seller. When i bought the car they told me the prior owner had swapped the engine in it i am trying to figure out exactly wich engine i have the only thing i do know so far about the engine is that its a 6cyl 24v dohc but i have no idea if its the k8-de 1.8,k8-ze 1.8,kl-de 2.5 or the kl-ze 2.5 is there any thing on the engine that would tell me? please help

take a pic of it and we will see if we can help you out, there are lots of posts on identifying a klze on here just search it, also a klde has a straight neck intake manifold whereas the k8de has a curved neck, a klze can have either straight or curved depending on which one you got. Externally they are all the same size.

i will have to take a pic and post it within the next few days but in the mean time is their any suggestions as to how to identify wich engine i have

All the V6's are 24v DOHC

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K8 - stamped K8xxx. I don't know what the stamping for a K8ZE us

KLDE - KL-101, KL-1A1

KLZE - KL31-101, KL31-1A1

this may be a dumb question but whats the possibility of some1 just swapping out the intake manifold, the ones in the image look like they are all the same bolt pattern

all the manifolds interchange, but that could mean they used the K8 manifold on a 2.5 too.

You need to check a few things. Head codes and block codes would tell you for sure.

Ryan wrote:all the manifolds interchange, but that could mean they used the K8 manifold on a 2.5 too.

Exactly. However, almost no one puts the 2.5 IM on the 1.8, but it's common for people to run the 1.8 IM on the 2.5, *usually* only a temporary setup because it restricts power.

i hate to sound dumb but where can i find these codes would they be in an accessable place

Why don't you take some fricken pictures and post them up

Head codes are stamped on the heads. The easiest one to see is on the backside of the front head. Look there, just infront of the intake manifold and you will see the code stamped just below the valvecover.

Kl31- is a klze, kl- is a de and k8 is self explanatory.

Ryan i plan on takin some pics but till i can post them i was wonderin if there was anything i could easily just look at my car is parked at my uncles house right now so when i go there to take the pics i was gonna see what i could find

john1983 wrote: i was wonderin if there was anything i could easily just look at my car is parked at my uncles house right now so when i go there to take the pics i was gonna see what i could find

solo_ryder wrote:Head codes are stamped on the heads. The easiest one to see is on the backside of the front head. Look there, just infront of the intake manifold and you will see the code stamped just below the valvecover.

Kl31- is a klze, kl- is a de and k8 is self explanatory.

Hopefully this link works, there's a head code, you can find it near the bottom of the intake manifold where it bolts to the heads.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_ima ... _large.jpg

thanks rx8se that should be helpful just wish i knew when i will be able to go over my uncles to check things out i hate not havin it right out front damn neighborhoods that like to call county for expired tags

Jeeeze buddy, borrow a camera or cell phone and take a pic of the engine then open a Photobucket account and use the IMG to post the pic here. This is your easiest solution.

Daninski wrote: open a Photobucket account

Don't even need to do that, use ImageShack for temporary stuff, quick and easy.