Posted: May 13th, 2006, 8:27 pm
Well heat will be the enemy there. if you do a tranny service, new fluid, new filter, add a tranny cooler It "should" live just fine for some time to come.
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Posted: May 13th, 2006, 10:41 pm
I could be wrong but I dont think I am...the auto K8 tranny is the same as the KL auto tranny so it wouldnt make a difference at all. I know the MT trannys are the same. Everybody says weird things about heat and all but its the same damn thing.
Posted: May 13th, 2006, 11:28 pm
actually the KL atx is different from that of the K8 ATX..i even came on here before if i could use the 2.5 ATX but it wasnt swappable, the KL operates differently than the K8 ATX but they both are still a big POS
Posted: May 14th, 2006, 12:25 am
dont forget the exchange rate.. CDN bucks dont translate to as much in US... hey whered you get sucha bomb price on a ZE anyway??2.5mazda wrote:Yeah, I thought that there could be a difference since you are in canada, and the cars themselves are more money usually or so I have heard.
Posted: May 14th, 2006, 10:55 am
This company in Chicago called Eric Japan Engines. They do not have a website, but can ship anywhere and do it fast!! Mine was in GREAT shape, it even had the distributor and wires too.
Posted: May 17th, 2006, 6:24 pm
if you're gonna be running the auto, then the easiest thing to do would be to pick up someones old K8, don't bother with a K8ZE (you'd probably need a new ecu), and with the KL (DE or ZE) you'd need other stuff to get it to work with the tranny......