what were your first 5 mods?

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what were your first 5 mods?

Post by IRISHmx-3 »

So guys...
what were the first 5 things you did to your car when you got it?

1.
I got it running right by replacing bearings and back box.
2.
polished and sprayied manifold, rocker cover & injectors matt black.
3.
fitted a comm's link for driver and passanger
4.
magnicore 8.5 mm ignition leaads
5.
raised bonnet to cool bay temprature
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you mentioned bearings.. thats not a mod just maintenance,


My mods..


1. short cone intake
2. civic headlight projectors
3. body kit
4.cai
5. kfze engine with headers.

of course looking at my sig thats not what i have now.
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MX-3 w/ curved neck millenia klde, boosted @ 5 psi. /bov and wastegate are good!/ nitto drag radial/ gutted interior/ millenia red top injectors, vortech fmu/aem wideband/ all bolts ons/ Car put together 100% by me. Mechanic? who needs a mechanic? ew.. real men work on their own cars!
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my mods

1. Rims/tires

2.Strut bars

3.lowering springs/shocks

4.Body kit

5.Exhaust
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1. Pioneer Deck
2. Blue Underglow Neons
3. CarPC
4. CorkSport Strut Bars
5. KLZE swap
1992 Mazda Mx-3 GSR - 2.5L KLZE : Award Winning Show Car & Race Car ['02-'09] (Retired)
2004 Mazda RX-8 GT - Renesis Wankel : LS3 Coils, BHR Mid-Pipe + Falken RT-615K 245/40r18
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On this latest MX-3 of mine:

1. 2.5" Cat Back Exhaust
2. KLZE/Clutchmasters Stage 3 on the same day.
3. Probinator ECU
3. Brembo Rotors and Green Stuff pads.
4. ZX2 Struts and Eibach Springs.
5. Custom Cold Air Intake
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1) ATX to MTX swap
2) Hotshot Headers
3) Battery relocation (still in progress sorta.. see worklog)
4) Gauges & Gauge pod install
5) Rear Mud Guards (My body kit aint that fancy ;) LOL ) or CAI - Whichever I get to first ;)

There are other mods... and mods within mods that happen as I am doing any given project on my GS.. see my worklog for more details.

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Post by 93-mx-3 »

1.cai
2.protege injectors/fpr
3.protege maf
4.gs front lip
5.accord lip ki/protege ecu
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1.intake
2.Exhaust
3.Rims
4.B6t swap With goodies
5.Head swap +goodies
92' Rs-t b6t/De - RIP

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1. Rims
2. yet to come altezzas
3. yet to come jap muffler
4. yet to come remove cat ;)
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Post by neutral »

Hmmm, first five mods...

1. Konig Helium 15" lightweight rims & new tires
2. Glass beaded "MX-3" alum. pedal set
3. Timing advance mod (1.6 DOHC)
4. CAI
5. SS mandrel bent exhaust
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Post by Mooneggs »

on my first mx-3, 94 gs (my first car ever):

1.window tint
2.sony xplod cd player
3.chrome altezzas (one of the first sets ever available)
4.custom sub box with 4 - 12" RF Punch, with Kenwood amp
5.5" monitor with vcp under the seat with infared control, nintendo 64

on my second mx-3, 92 gs:

1.KL-ZE swap w/prm intake, optima yellow top battery, mazdaspeed motor mounts, pacesetter short shifter
2.3 pillar guage cluster with auto meter C2 air fuel, volts and shift light
3.white indigo guages (blue/green) speedo and h-vac
4.invader style carbon fiber hood
5.TSW Razor rims wrapped in nitto 555 (205-40-17), tokico blue struts with intrax lowering springs

on my third mx-3, 92 gs (custommx3's old car):

1.fixed the front end, put new stock bumper on
2.gutted the interior, rode without the hatch for a while
3.painted all interior pieces black (were brown or taupe), including A and B pillars, put all 94 interior pieces and seats in, including black carpet (except for the 94 dash).
4.installed eunos presso front bumper, cold air intake
5.6000k HID kit and eyelids for headlights
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1-cd player subs
2-rims
3-muffler
4-intake
5-tint

thats the frist 5 thingsout of 100 lol
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1992 mx-3 with kl-ze costum paint and interior performance white 17" rims and now a new audio fiberglass setup
1993 mx-3 rs parting out
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Post by ryan_Fuerte »

1.cold air intake
2.headers and complete exhaust
3. sound system
4.underdrive pully and a/c delete
5.rebuilt klde and 5spd swap
Mx-3 GSr : Rebuilt klde with 5spd swap, xtd stage 3 clutch, Magnaflow dual exhaust,Accord custom intake, kyb gr2 struts with eibach springs, civic dual halo projectors, black altezzas, white 15'' oz rims, rolling on dunlop street slicks.

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Post by Slammed6 »

Umm i dunno how to list this but:

1. KLZE Swap, SS Autochrome Headers, Fidanza Flywheel, Clutchmaster Stage 4 clutch, Filled Motor Mounts, Millenia Manifold, Phenolic Spacers, UDP, KL-36 ECU, DropZone Coilovers, Painted car, and completely gutted interior. All this was done at the same time...so i guess its 1 :lol:

2. Walbro 255 HP Fuel Pump, ZEX Wet Nitrous kit

3. Custom Cold Air Intake

4. CV Tech Stage 1 Axles

5. ADR 17" Rims
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Post by cjthor »

1. KN air filter
2. Nology hot wires
3. Rims
4. NOS
5. centerforce clutch
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