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by joshuaj
July 8th, 2001, 1:21 am
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: Age poll?
Replies: 187
Views: 14281

Re: Age poll?

Well i'm 22. I've had my car for 1 year now. Its doing pretty well now with 160,000kms. Almost time for a new engine. <P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Evil G:<BR><B>I'm 21 - just done a manual transmission conversion - next step KL-ZE in ...
by joshuaj
July 7th, 2001, 3:14 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: this may seem weird but.....
Replies: 4
Views: 690

Re: this may seem weird but.....

Mine does that as well. I can even get a flame out the back (visible at night). Mine has done it ever since I changed my exhaust. I actually cut my cat out and replaced the piping from the headers. <P>i am hoping to fix it by replacing my resonator with something that will deaden the sound a bit ...
by joshuaj
June 27th, 2001, 9:35 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Overheating
Replies: 3
Views: 717

Re: Overheating

hey <P>I had a similar problem. I put up with it for a while but it got considerably worse, to the stage that I could see water running out of my radiator as I poured it in the top. Turned our that the leak was where the main hose fed into the radiator. The connection actually completely broke when ...
by joshuaj
June 9th, 2001, 7:05 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: '91 ECU wiring diagram wanted
Replies: 4
Views: 777

Re: '91 ECU wiring diagram wanted

Cheeers for that jeff<P>And here is the latest. I did some hunting in my engine bay and found the PRC system. It seems that it is not controlled by the computer at all but rather the vacuum is supplied by a line running directly from the intake manifold. <P>Guess that rules our my chances of making ...
by joshuaj
June 8th, 2001, 7:58 pm
Forum: Car Stereo/Alarm
Topic: Alarm Sensitivity
Replies: 3
Views: 851

Re: Alarm Sensitivity

Personally I disabled the sensitivity on my alarm as I got sick of it being set off for no reason waking my neighbourhood up. I rely relp entirely on door boot and hood switches. As well as the ignition switch. After all who is gonna shake the car before they try to open a door. <P>JoshuaJ
by joshuaj
June 8th, 2001, 7:54 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Ported intake manifold
Replies: 6
Views: 1160

Re: Ported intake manifold

I would be interested to see if there is any noticeable improvements. <BR>Joshuaj
by joshuaj
June 8th, 2001, 7:49 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Hardwire Fan
Replies: 5
Views: 944

Re: Hardwire Fan

That previous reply pretty much sums it up. A lot of the accessories controlled by the ECU are fed 12V constantly and rely on the ECU to open up an earth to complete the circuit. To hard wire something all you need to do is find the earth wire and ground it somewhere on the car. it is pretty easy to ...
by joshuaj
June 8th, 2001, 7:40 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: '91 ECU wiring diagram wanted
Replies: 4
Views: 777

Re: '91 ECU wiring diagram wanted

Yes indeed.<BR>Imported from japan. it is the only one here in New Zealand that I have seen with the MX3 badges. All others have Presso. But yes my registration says 1991. <BR>josh
by joshuaj
June 8th, 2001, 8:30 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: '91 ECU wiring diagram wanted
Replies: 4
Views: 777

'91 ECU wiring diagram wanted

Hey all<P>I am looking for a wiring diagram my ECU (91 model), specifically the PRC solenoid wire. I have tried the wiring diagram on the mx-3.com however this does not seem correct as the pin that it indicates is empty on my car. Any help would be appreciated<P>Joshuaj

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