MX3 Maniac's car

MX3_Maniac · Post by **MX3_Maniac** » September 11th, 2005, 11:54 pm

So this is my MX3 DAMN I love this car!!! I start to modify it lik 2 years ago and put some things in it... so tell me what you think of it....http://www.cardomain.com/ride/675827

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » September 12th, 2005, 12:18 am

Dont like all those gauges or the Neon lights but everything else seems nice

I'm just curious but do you know how much power you gained by porting the heads?

Casino · Post by **Casino** » September 12th, 2005, 2:56 am

If anything goes wrong you will sure know about it

GregoryChristian · September 12th, 2005, 6:42 am

nice .... looks like a cockpit of an Airplane with all the interior gauges though

MX3_Maniac · Post by **MX3_Maniac** » September 14th, 2005, 4:09 am

Thanks guys and what do mean Juans_93_MX3 : dont like the neons ??? I dont have neons...... anyway.... I try to do my best the thing I love the most about my MX is my cockpit... Im very proud of it.. happy to see Im not the only one Who like to know whats going on under the hood before it broke.......its like an open window to see your engine

And no I dont know how much you gain with porting the heads... but I dont think it really worth the bill

neutral · Post by **neutral** » September 14th, 2005, 7:14 am

Sweet looking ride Julien. It's always great to see an MX-3 that gets so much TLC. Betcha get a little thrill on every night drive too, when all those gauge-faces light up - flaps up: check... landing gear down: check... runway#2 clear: check... MX3_Maniac, we have you on visual and you are cleared to tear some a-- up on the taxi into gate #1.

After all, it's probably not possible for a guy to have too many readouts of what's going on under the hood - it's a Zen thing.

When I saw the pic w/dark tint (nice) and chrome altezza's, it seemed that black altezzas would look interesting and be more consistent with the red/black them of the rest of the car. Matter of person pref tho.

MX3_Maniac · Post by **MX3_Maniac** » September 14th, 2005, 2:27 pm

Thanks a lot Neutral

And I dont understand what you talking about..... ride thrill every night

racefear · Post by **racefear** » September 14th, 2005, 3:11 pm

GregoryChristian wrote:nice .... looks like a cockpit of an Airplane with all the interior gauges though

You can probably follow a Jet with this car.

Anyway Great mx-3 chumy....

Josh · Post by **Josh** » September 15th, 2005, 2:27 am

Juans_93_MX3 wrote: I'm just curious but do you know how much power you gained by porting the heads?

on average for N/A applications its 8 to 15 WHP, and as much as 20 to 25 WHP on boosted applications

Zoso124 · Post by **Zoso124** » September 15th, 2005, 8:04 am

HP can actually be lost on head porting jobs.

MX3_Maniac · Post by **MX3_Maniac** » September 15th, 2005, 12:38 pm

Thats why I say I dont think it worth the bill... I change for ZE heads with cams this winter and I change the valve seals for Duratec ones so Its gonna be bran new and I think it will pull more HP/TQ than KL03 ported heads anyway

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » September 15th, 2005, 12:42 pm

dude i'm lovin the gauges, specially that custom molded dual pod thing where the vents were! also the black IM and valve cover looks sweet

keep up the good work

DJsMX-3 · Post by **DJsMX-3** » September 15th, 2005, 12:51 pm

What rims are thoose? the ones you have and my own is some of the nicest rims i have seen on MX'es

MX3_Maniac · Post by **MX3_Maniac** » September 16th, 2005, 3:45 am

Its 17'' Ikon .. model Ikon3... And thanks for the gauge pod Im very proud of it I took the vents and just get rid of the grills and put 2 gauge pod in it with some work... and it clip where the vents were that give a OEM look

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » September 17th, 2005, 1:21 am

Zoso124 wrote:HP can actually be lost on head porting jobs.

Depending on how much the heads/intake get ported.
Stage 1 porting isnt worth doing on just a N/A engine.
Should still add power but just not worth it.
How much does it cost? $250 for port and polishing heads/intake?
I wonder how much Stage 2 porting would add to a turboed KLDE