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Thanks for that info Yoda.. that seems to make Mazda look a bit idiotic though. Why would you use weaker valve train components in a higher performance engine? Especially when all the good components were right there on the shelf beside the cheap stuff? Tunes67 Of all the japanese car manufactures ...

Mike have you done the swap with that diff? If so what was the cost of the Diff and where did you get it? And if the Mazdaspeed protege gear sets fits my case then it should work. Does the ZX2 come with LSD as well??? if yes is the year car 97-00 or what? The LSD in the ZX-2 was never available as ...

Of course not, but how could there not be? Especially the fact that there's the LSD trans that you can get (besides the hard part of getting the axles). So your saying that in Japan, our respective JDM counterparts that got KLZE's instead of KLDE's would only of come in automatic? Mx-6 and 626 incl...

KLZE's came in both auto and manual, but the curved-neck was auto only, like a Millenia. So what JDM cars came with the Straight Neck ZE with a 5spd? And got any pics of the cars? Tunes67 The MX-6, Eunos 800 (626), and Cappella sedan had MTX as options but all were open diff. http://www.streetimpor...

I have had the retained break on me twice. One on a straight neck and one on a curved neck heads. Both broken at low rpm's the straight neck at cruise at around 2800-3000rpm on the highway and the curved neck at idle. I've talked to just as many guy over the years that have split retainers at low rp...

Same basic design and thus bolt up the same. (the 4 bangers and V6 MXs) actually, it is the same basic design but the calipers are not interchangable. pepboys gave me a pair of 4cyl calipers which did bolt up but it was not letting the rotor seat properly which was only solved by exchanging them fo...

I had to replace one a couple years ago. Even with my 15% discount of OEM parts the price you were quoted isn't that far off the price I paid at current exchange rates. As it turns out the same piece from Ford is much cheaper but that doesn't help you out on that side of the pond because Ford Europe...

Changing the W/P and timing belt on the SOHC is pretty simple . The hardest part of the job is breaking loose the crank pulley bolt and making sure you are aligning the right timing marks on the cam pulley. Yes there is more that one. The first time I ever did the job took about 90min on the side of...

we are talking about airconditioning, you leave the water pump in. I think that was the point of my original message. Someone pointed out that removing the A/C would yield next to no HP gains and I pointed out were you would likely to find greater gains in reducing parisitic losses elsewhere removi...

i saw your name and knew there was gunna be a lot to read yoda lol. im not understanding what you mean about removing the waterpump thing or whatever, also, my electrical should be fine, i have a brand new battery, had a ground kit (sucked so took it off) and i am not running any extra electrical e...

No they are different. Disc and drum brakes require different fluid volumes and pressure to operate correctly. Without changing the master cylinder and the fluid distribution block you are getting much less braking force from the rear brakes. The rear brakes usually 20% of the total braking force wh...

The alternator doesn't take as much power as you think unless you have a problem with your electrical system like a bad battery or a grounding issues or you have a lot of aftermarket eletronic equipment. Over about 3500rpm the waterpump creates big parasitic loss. Removing the mechanical waterpump f...

I was working over at the store today (weekend job) and we had 2 different MX-3er call in looking for wheel spacers for the same wheel and tire size rubbing on the struts. The guys on the counter knew I ran 225's on my car for years and never had a problem rubbing the struts. One of these guys didn'...

You can but you will need to swap to the smaller 22V13 calipers found on the 323 and early Protege and some of the '92 MX-3.

The parts for a 90-94 323/ Familia/ Protege or a Ford Laser/ Lynx of the same vintage in your part of the world are the identical parts. Look in the Monroe catalog all the replacement parts are available except for the springs. The spring may actually be the issue the rear springs in all the 323 bas...