My 1992 mx-3 gs has 270,000 km on it. Everything on it is pretty much the original parts. The only things that were replaced are disty, clutch, axle, cat converter, egr valve and maybe some other minor stuff. It still runs ok. It runs more like a car with only 180,000 km on it. Maybe I'm just so lucky that the previous owners took good care of it.
Do u guys think that 270.000 km is still ok? I'm wondering how much km/miles are on your odometer? I hope my car doesnt give up on me till it reaches 350,000 km.
1992 Mazda MX-3 GS 5 speed
Reverse glow gauge, Custom CAI, Cross drilled rotors. Toucan front strut tower bar, Custom circular ground wires, Custom exhaust w/ stainless oval dual tip muffler, Custom blue turn indicator lights on gauge panel and switches, performance steering wheel, Pacesetter short shifter
*shakes head*
man you guys can rack up the k's
my 1991 Presso has 140 on the clock, but probably 30k's less on the engine
my Zed has only just gone 100k's
even my 82 Laser only had 210k's on it!
143,000 miles and running strong. I have pretty much replaced all the moving parts on the car, but I like new and am very into preventative maintenance, hehehe maybe a bit too extreme...
ZE -strait neck,headers,2.5 exhaust,pheno spacers,lower cross member,GC coils,MS struts,Brembo slotted rotors,filled MS mounts,SS brake/clutch lines, CAI,to rear bat reloc,Hella headlamps,Hella DE fogs 180WHP
OK everyone, check this out: My 1992 MX3 RS has nearly 360,000 miles/579,360 km on the original engine and is still going strong! It's not burning any oil and I have not had to do any repair work on the engine to date.
I also have a 1993 MX3 GS SE that pooped out at 202,000 miles/325,000 km when I hit an object on the freeway that put a huge dent in my down pipe just before the flex coupler. (You would have to see the size of the dent to believe it.) I'm still not sure what I hit but the dent closed off at least 1/2 of the exhaust flow which proved to much for my worn K8 engine to take. I knew I was in trouble when my oil pressure gauge reading dropped to zero and sure enough, a few minutes later, the engine gave out. Happily, it's now getting the KLZE treatment (in progress) coupled with an array of serious "upgrades".
If anyone is interested, I'll be happy to post "the skinny" on the 1992 RS and include all the things I do to keep it running smoothly.
1993 Mazda MX3 GS: SE to ZE (in progress)
1992 Mazda MX3 RS: RETIRED at 498,430 miles! RIP.
1994 Mazda MX6 LS: Currently stock with no mods to date.
Whooa! 360,000mi??? Did you know, you could've traveled to the moon with that distance. Wow! What kind of treatment do you give your car? Push it to 500k and be a guiness world record holder. LoL!
1992 Mazda MX-3 GS 5 speed
Reverse glow gauge, Custom CAI, Cross drilled rotors. Toucan front strut tower bar, Custom circular ground wires, Custom exhaust w/ stainless oval dual tip muffler, Custom blue turn indicator lights on gauge panel and switches, performance steering wheel, Pacesetter short shifter
I believe you are correct. What's amazing is that he did it with an MG! (LOL!) I also own a 1980 Triumph Spitfire and had to have the engine rebuilt at original 22,000 miles -- the previous owner must have ridden the clutch alot which led to one of the thrust washers being dislodged causing the crank to float. Oh well, at least the body was and still is rust free -- MGs and Spitfires are water soluable (LOL!). Point is basic maintence and care go along way.
1993 Mazda MX3 GS: SE to ZE (in progress)
1992 Mazda MX3 RS: RETIRED at 498,430 miles! RIP.
1994 Mazda MX6 LS: Currently stock with no mods to date.
I bought my mx3 with 101,300 miles and a thrown rod. As of now it has 121,100. I feel somewhat bad racking up those miles, but its good I put it back on the road rather than letting it go to a junkyard..
Now I have a Nissan Pathfinder as a daily driver. 218k and original V6 motor. I will be installing the remote turbo kit I built for it shortly
94 Mazda MX3 GS - 395 whp 397 ft lbs untuned on pump gas and stock KLDE 15 psi boost. now running 16 psi and E85.. numbers=? 425ish whp
04 GSXR 600- full exh, power commander 3, int turn signals, etc
98 Ford Ranger 3.0L
01 YZ250- most fun vehicle Ive ever owned.
95 Eclipse- built 420a, 60-1, megasquirt, 371 whp @ 17 psi, dsm-broken-car-curse
I got an mx-3 with 226 000 on it, runs fine. No oil burning but i have an oil leak i gotta fix. I hope its nothing too seriouse. My exaust is seriousely in need of replacement. Just gotta pay off some 300 in tickets and i'll be set to go.
My 92 GS 1.8 had about 280,000 original miles, and was still running hard before my ZE swap. It did have three bad piston rings but it still ran great.
It was original engine and original tranny, but it held all of my abuse.
1992 GS ZE swap 94 dash swap drilled and slotted rotors full ceramic pads CS SS clutch and brake lines KL-36 ecu zx-2 tokico struts eibach springs short shifter Tenzo exhaust Hi flow cat 2.5 in piping