Experts, Pros, anyone with BPT experience, please help!!!!

NickIreson · Post by **NickIreson** » April 26th, 2006, 7:09 pm

I am doing the Mazda BPT motor swap into my 1993 MX-3 1.6l.
Can somebody please gime me a no bull s--- assessment of what my problems migh tbe and how hard it is. How long will it take, and how muich work is it. is there any fabricating to do, and can a moderate level mechanic like myself do it without help?
Thanks

torpedan · Post by **torpedan** » April 26th, 2006, 7:47 pm

My own personal advice about such a thing, is if your having to ask odds are you will be in over your head.

Bolting things up and fabrication is the easy part, getting it to run right. will be the hard part.

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » April 26th, 2006, 7:55 pm

http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=34805
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=48479

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » April 26th, 2006, 11:10 pm

Maybe some location data and whatnot would help. It is more like something needs to come and help you.

Franko · Post by **Franko** » April 27th, 2006, 4:25 am

Ok... All those links are crap... He lists a water temp gauge and some weird ecu in one. What a load of crap.

Issues you might run into are stuff like mounts and cv shafts. The mounts are sort of a mix and match kind of deal. I have 1 protege mount and 3 mx3 mounts and one protege bracket for the front of the tranny. That was a hard part. Then theres stuff like the shafts which are hybrid shafts made from protege shafts and they have mx3 ends on them.

If you can source a bp26 (jspec) ECU for that engine then your in luck my man. You can use the stock mx3 engine harness with some minimal mods. You change 2 wires and add a thrid through the firewall and your good to go. I had my car running like stock last year with my setup. The 93 mx3 harness basically plugs right into the bpt.. There are a few wires that need changin.. like the oxygen sensor and tps. Everything else you should be able to figure out. But seriously.. the biggest pain in the a-- is intercooler piping. No joke.. you want good stuff that wont leak and getting mandrel bent stuff is just such a pain. Good luck with it man..

NickIreson · Post by **NickIreson** » April 27th, 2006, 8:17 pm

Thanks Alot Franko.

F.Y.I Im in fort myers, fl, if anyone gets the terrible urge to swing by and get their hands greasy haha

babyblueMX3 · Post by **babyblueMX3** » April 27th, 2006, 9:53 pm

Franko wrote:Ok... All those links are crap... He lists a water temp gauge and some weird ecu in one. What a load of crap.

Issues you might run into are stuff like mounts and cv shafts. The mounts are sort of a mix and match kind of deal. I have 1 protege mount and 3 mx3 mounts and one protege bracket for the front of the tranny. That was a hard part. Then theres stuff like the shafts which are hybrid shafts made from protege shafts and they have mx3 ends on them.

If you can source a bp26 (jspec) ECU for that engine then your in luck my man. You can use the stock mx3 engine harness with some minimal mods. You change 2 wires and add a thrid through the firewall and your good to go. I had my car running like stock last year with my setup. The 93 mx3 harness basically plugs right into the bpt.. There are a few wires that need changin.. like the oxygen sensor and tps. Everything else you should be able to figure out. But seriously.. the biggest pain in the a-- is intercooler piping. No joke.. you want good stuff that wont leak and getting mandrel bent stuff is just such a pain. Good luck with it man..

actually if someone's looking for a bp26 ecu somebody on the local board is selling one for around 350 IIRC

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » April 27th, 2006, 11:29 pm

Since I don't remember his user name on MX-3.com, go register on Clubprotege.com and send this guy a pm or email

http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/member.php?u=1575

His name is B-potent Lives in Tampa I think. He might be able to help ya with a swap and whatnot. He is a cool guy with a nice mx-3.