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So quick run down, my name is Derek moved down here from edmonton 6 months ago, married in sept and baby on the way in may! and picked up my first MX3 today, its a 93 SE GS (was the red, but previous owners painted it blue )! Love it so far and hopefully it holds up better than any of the dsm's i have owned! and hopefully I can post some pics for ya soon! Cheers
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Engine swap planned with all the go fast goodies
Cheers, Derek
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Welcome Derek. Congrats on the wife, baby and mx! Get a worklog going :)
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^^ What he said! If it was not abused, it will last for a loooong time. I have a stock GS that just turned 177,777miles, and runs like new...well, a little better with Phenolic spacers, synthetic oil, engine groundwires, and a cone filter.
'93 GS - P&P DE w/ ZE exh. cams/ pistns, KLG4 IM, 65mm TB, MSnS, Phenos, K&N RAI, UDP, Grnd wires, rear batt, filld MM, torq strt, TWM short shftr, Exedy, Lng tube hdrs 2.5" Side exhaust, H&R sprngs, Poly bushngs, strutbars, Alum. crss mmber&tiebar, 22mm swybar, solid links, Direzzas, leather int, Alpine 9805 stereo & alrm, keyless entry, 10 Boston Accoustics spkrs, Prjectrs, Blaster2, CF hood, FG hatch, Lexan
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[quote="fowljesse.. engine groundwires, ....[/quote]

What are engine groundwires and how do they help? My engine is grounded to the body, of course.
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jmdearras wrote:[quote="fowljesse.. engine groundwires, ....
What are engine groundwires and how do they help? My engine is grounded to the body, of course.[/quote]
Please search and try to not to jack this guys very first thread.

Where did you move to from Edmonton? It just sez "down here."
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welcome to mx-3.com
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lol im used to calgary only sites, I moved to Calgary ( live in the NW ) and yeah it doesnt seem to be abused has a 168k original km's on it. Today is brake day (needs all new brakes something fierce) and that lever that pops the trunk and fuel door. trunk opens but the two are siezed together so one opens and the other doesnt. so off to pick a part today aswell to track one of those down.
93 MX3 SE
Engine swap planned with all the go fast goodies
Cheers, Derek
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Welcome... you will find all the info you will ever need for your car on this site 8)
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nice. I'm in nw calgary as well.
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sweet, will have to meet up once i get the 3 on the road!
93 MX3 SE
Engine swap planned with all the go fast goodies
Cheers, Derek
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oh for sure. Aside from mazda in the mountains I have not been on a local mx cruze.
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well once i get all my issues so far with the car fixed i will totally be up for a cruze
93 MX3 SE
Engine swap planned with all the go fast goodies
Cheers, Derek
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