klze in a 4 banger

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klze in a 4 banger

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hey guys i bought a 4 banger mx3 couldnt turn it down was immaculate and has some nice mods on it and i wanna put my klze in it can someone gimme an idea on wut i need to change to get it in
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#1 Buy another V6 MX3
#2 swap the entire engine bay from V6 into I4, including all hardware and harnesses
-All A/C stuff - all P/S stuff - All cruise stuff - all electrical stuff, harnesses, fuse boxes, abso-freakin'loutly everything - All brake stuff, master, distro block, lines, clutch line - All cooling stuff, rad, resevoir, lines - Lower crossmember - May as well swap in GS suspension as well, for safety, so all subframes.

#3 insert KLZE

have fun.
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Black '93 BP RS - wrecked, parted, scrapped.
Green GS - Sold.
Black GS - Summer DD/Race car - Fancy KLZE
Red GS - K8-ATX -> MTX-KLDE - Frakencar. Scrapped
White GS - Rusty. Parts. Scrapped
1997 BMW M3 - my summer baby
2002 BMW 325Xi - sold
2003 Forester Xti - EJ20K swapped.
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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You don't absolutely need to swap the brake booster/master cylinder and proportioning valve though, but everything else Ryan said is true.

Good luck and enjoy cheaper insurance. :lol:
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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wut u mean by cheaper insurance lol
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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ramsen25 wrote:wut u mean by cheaper insurance lol
youll be paying 4cyl insurance rates with a klze under the hood
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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is it a big difference lol
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For a young driver like me it made a pretty decent difference.
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you do need the proportioning valve if you do GS rear swap :lol:
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Black '93 BP RS - wrecked, parted, scrapped.
Green GS - Sold.
Black GS - Summer DD/Race car - Fancy KLZE
Red GS - K8-ATX -> MTX-KLDE - Frakencar. Scrapped
White GS - Rusty. Parts. Scrapped
1997 BMW M3 - my summer baby
2002 BMW 325Xi - sold
2003 Forester Xti - EJ20K swapped.
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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i have my 96 mx3 can i just swap all the parts over
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i have my 96 mx3 can i just swap all the parts over
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Re: klze in a 4 banger

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Yeah you coudl just swap it all over, but it must be EVERYTHING and you may as well figure out how the harness changes on ZE. You've got lots more reasearch to do.
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Black '93 BP RS - wrecked, parted, scrapped.
Green GS - Sold.
Black GS - Summer DD/Race car - Fancy KLZE
Red GS - K8-ATX -> MTX-KLDE - Frakencar. Scrapped
White GS - Rusty. Parts. Scrapped
1997 BMW M3 - my summer baby
2002 BMW 325Xi - sold
2003 Forester Xti - EJ20K swapped.
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