Projectzemx3 worklog - DEEP DISH AND STRETCHED! pics inside

[projectzemx3]

yep your exactly right. 1000 - 1500. i hope probinator emails me back otherwise im going to mississauga. the idle is weird, if i shut the car off and then start it up it idles fine, if i pull forwards enough that i would have to shift into second or push the clutch in and come to a stop then it will idle up and down. its as if that once it gets into the rhythm of going up and down, it cant stop.

when i get the ecu im going to adjust my disty for perfect timing, and if the idle is still persistant up and down then maybe it has to do with my front valve cover breather that i dont have on this valve cover. probably not but we'll see.

[projectzemx3]

yes! probinator emailed me back. im going to send my ecu out today.

here is how the body work is going.














oh ya, HID!!!!!!

[mx3autozam]

UPDATE:
i am still running the klze on the K8 ecu and i havent adjusted the disty since i put it in. i wonder if my timing is whats causing the up and down idle, or if its simply because my ecu is like WTF WHERE DID THIS EXTRA 700cc's COME FROM.

mine did the same thing till i got it chipped. the idle was bouncing all over the place! i think it was bouncing around over a 1000 rpm range... yea... get it chipped.

gettin it chipped has nothing to do with the iratic idle...You guys just need to adjust the tps once the idle is set. I have ran my ze on a k8 ecu and had a perfect idle. and I know like 3 or 4 others that have as well

[projectzemx3]

my TPS is already set within specs.

[projectzemx3]

so i just finished my 1000 KM clutch brake in. so i took a trip down to a old airport on private property with medical staff on hand in case of an emergency and took it right up into the rpms. its extremely quick off the bat, accelerates extremely hard compared to the 1.8 (and the saturn i just drove all winter). but from like 165 - 210 is kind of so so. it still goes like its possessed but i think a litttle boost will do it some good....

[SmoothMX3]

Did it really feel that fast?
Damn, Im so excited and can't wait...

[wytbishop]

For me on the stock tranny first gear sucks. Second is the big acceleration gear. And passing on the highway is just awesome. 100kph to 150kph feels like a freight train.

You're gonna love it. It's not like 350Z fast, but it's much better than stock.

[OutlaW]

i would even love a KLDE ...

[colinsmx3]

Me Want NOW! *sigh*..... Maybe one day..... I told the g/f if my engine "blows" I will have to get a new one and I may aswell go ZE! Then she proceded to tell me thats why I have a second car incase something happens!.... Now I am trying to sell my 323 so I only have 1 car.... ehehehhe

Good to hear it's working out for yea! I will see it at the meet yea?

[projectzemx3]

hey i brought it home from paint tonight. its prettttyyyy mintttttt . altho the silicone in the armor all i used on my dash about a month ago reacted wit the paint and i have small fish eye spots... its not as bad as it sounds tho, there are only a couple spots the rest of it is mint: heres pics.

oh yeah my 205/55/15 general exclaim UHP tires came in, i put those on at work and they are smooth. dont spin so much off the line anymore, but defiantly still spinning first gear alot.

ill put the sideskirts on sometime tomorrow:

wet sanding after prime:




shaved rear squirter and key hole:















after wet sanding everything we then re-masked for paint:


then paint:

[projectzemx3]

next step: tint those windows, and a eaton m62....

[mx-3_4evr]

Congrats yo! Good job!

[Mad Cow]

Wow that's sexy. Did you paint it yourself or did you pay a body shop? I'm looking to paint mine soon but I don't wanna spend much money.

[projectzemx3]

my dads work has a paint booth for painting truck trailer faring's they dont have anything else to paint at the moment and they were painting truck parts for coca-cola. they had extra coke red paintl, just enough to paint my car and have a jam jar full after. so i jumped all on it!!!

[Nd4SpdSe]

OMG, you're MX3 is an oversided Coke can!