OutlaW-1997 Mazda MX-3 K8 V6

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » June 17th, 2006, 8:56 am

Hi, here is the start of my project.
I almost gave up on buying this model, bue then after a few cars and switch's... it is finally official that i am a mx-3 owner.
A proud owner.

My car has 67 000 km's on it , it is a 1997 manual 1.8 V6.
It is almost 100% stock.
The mod's were done by the previous owner and are these :
Blaupunkt mp3 player stereo unit ( not in pics )
Fondmetal 5300 off-road wheels

I am plannig to put these part's
new seat cover's ( back and front )
new door cover's
new pedal's
new gearlever
B&M short-shifter

OBX-r headers
OBX-r highflow cat
OBX-r final exhaust
Some nice sparkplugs
Some nice sparkplug wire's
Bored TB
Headwork made to both heads(It does have 2 motor heads , doen´t it ?)
Ractive heatshilded intake ( with homemade tubes picking up air from the front of the car )

Next i'll post a few pics of it, to have something to look at after the mods.

Hope it is approved

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » June 19th, 2006, 4:27 am

Nice car, two things. THe first being that you should consider some new rims as I think those don't match the car at all. Secondly, it looks like your cruise control is missing? The nipple on the IM is just open. Other than that it looks good.

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » June 19th, 2006, 9:26 am

Yes, i know about the look of the rims , but in that case, i want to put a set of OZ Superllegera rims in 16" . So i have to buy the rims, and a new set of tyres, and that is a b$g investment.

i am going to firstly buy the some coilover's, and paint the rims like this :

Then i will worry about the rest

The cruise control is really missing, i am evaluating if i miss it in this car.
If i can wait for it, gonna buy it from Mazda or a local salvage wreck.
The installation is allready made.

thanks on the comments

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » June 20th, 2006, 9:08 pm

Not a problem, the car is mint. What size are those rims? 15"? If so try to find a set of stock ones, I think they will look much better.

Mx3Baker · Post by **Mx3Baker** » July 15th, 2006, 2:29 pm

VERY CLEAN THATS ALL

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » September 5th, 2006, 10:43 am

The last few days were all for the car.

I made the first mod. ... a new gear lever ( dont have pics yet )

Then i went to a dyno near by

and got some low numbers, but that's because this dyno isn´t too accurate and it was too hot

Yesterday i monted a K&N air filter... but i havent started the car since

If i can find a more accurate dyno, i sould make a second run after the air filter .

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » September 29th, 2006, 5:32 am

and now for some news.
The car is running great, as i expected.
I have done a few mods so far :

Debadging
New gearlever
K&N box air filter
New back tires ( Marshall tires )
Custom back exhaust with straight tube
15" TSW Black Ice rims

and now the best pic

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » October 25th, 2006, 9:15 am

This movie was made before i debagded the car.
It's just to show off my custom exhaust sound with no ressonator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk6esg-8JS0

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » January 19th, 2007, 2:29 pm

Yesterday i started my adventure in Ebay world.
I have ordered a Mazda Keychan, a nice alarm for my K8, and a cool looking MazdaSpeed logo to put in a very unusual place.
Hope to get the parts soon in order to take some pictures of it

trimble · Post by **trimble** » January 19th, 2007, 2:50 pm

Looks good! I like the rims. What brand of coilovers did you get?

neutral · Post by **neutral** » January 19th, 2007, 3:30 pm

very sharp looking ride

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » January 20th, 2007, 3:46 pm

trimble wrote:Looks good! I like the rims. What brand of coilovers did you get?

Thanks. I havent bought any coilover's yet, but when i do buy them, its going to be D2 coilover's

neutral wrote:very sharp looking ride

Thanks, a project still very in it's early stage

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » April 14th, 2007, 1:54 pm

I made some update's ... gonna take some pictures today as it is sunny

Painted my dash with a nice sparkling purple and moved my radio down

Painted my door scuf plates the same color

My car had a little accident a while back ( some idiot made a Uturn into my left side )
It wasn´t that big of a deal, and i even have a video with my left side injured.The car went to the body shop at his expense a few days ago, and i got my left side renewed, sanded and painted.

Also i painted my front Mazda symbol, and the hatch door lock.

Now here is a little surprise, and a couple of pics that are just plain COOL

Next gonna paint my engine and some engine part's . The sunny days are here to stay, so its paint time

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » April 22nd, 2007, 8:29 pm

nice new pics.

OutlaW · Post by **OutlaW** » April 25th, 2007, 6:51 pm

Tomorrow ill take some new pics, since i bought new front speakers, and painted some parts the same purple as the dash.
Next weekend, gonna paint some engine parts and make my DIY MazdaRacing airbox ...