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Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 2:44 am
by hgallegos915
wow it looks like this guiy has never taken the k8 ecu(original owner)
i drove mine on 86 octane with no negative effects. It was a good engine.. everyone that has had this engine well not everyone but most of us have had bad luck, mine hydrolocked, was on fire and the thing still worked. I swapped it out for a ze, left it in my yard.. we had a flash flood and the engine sat under water for 2 days. I opened it to clean it and it looked good.. put it in its right side up and it got seized again.. bleh.. its there ... ill use it as a core when we go buy that millenia ze for my friend.
I wodner where this guy got the kfze from.. maybe ebay? i got shanked and got a kf instead of the klde i wanted.
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 11:16 am
by Custommx3
If you ran 89 octane with no negative effects, you probably had a KF.. cause it would knock like crazy and timing would retard ALOT.
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 11:25 am
by maryus
hehehe , well as far as i know , i mean in the moment i bought the car , he told me it's an engine that he imported from japan like 2 years ago and he paid 1800$ cad for it, but i dont know why i have the feeling that he didn't know what ENGINE HE HAS . he was thinking about K8 j-spec . maybe .. if not he is really not serious , he's not answering to my calls now .. ehh that happens always.
The wires on the engine bay , if i clean them up with diesel gas it will be ok ? i want to clean all the engine bay all around , i want to have a good image , in this moment i am sorry about the engine. It will be ok if i use some cloth/rag with some diesel fuel ? or there is something better. thx
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 11:37 am
by Mnemonic
NO FUEL lol use some simple green, grease lightning, purple power. You can even use Carb n cleaner or brake cleaner but no actual fuel
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 11:52 am
by maryus
ups errr.. .
no FUEL LOL
))) where it came that one from .
Mnemonic , i will be back by night , you can make the quote ?
thx
and the most imp , how much time it will take , i think you can have either regular or some express right ? ciao
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 12:33 pm
by Custommx3
maryus wrote: hehehe , well as far as i know , i mean in the moment i bought the car , he told me it's an engine that he imported from japan like 2 years ago and he paid 1800$ cad for it, but i dont know why i have the feeling that he didn't know what ENGINE HE HAS . he was thinking about K8 j-spec . maybe .. if not he is really not serious , he's not answering to my calls now .. ehh that happens always.
The wires on the engine bay , if i clean them up with diesel gas it will be ok ? i want to clean all the engine bay all around , i want to have a good image , in this moment i am sorry about the engine. It will be ok if i use some cloth/rag with some diesel fuel ? or there is something better. thx
Im sure its a KFZE.. it does say KF on the block right?
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 12:32 am
by maryus
Yep thats what it says KF:220632 , by that number you can see how old it is ?
Now i will need help , hopefully i am gonna change the ECU soon , having the k8 intake manifold (i am not sure what intake is that one , could be the lantis type r ? neahh it has the v6 sign on it .. ) and JE-50 VAF it will work at the right capacity ? the new ecu would change the power ? or only the gas mileage. Note that the engine was running for a time with the K8 ecu and 87 Octane .
i wish i had this engine before him .
thanks for the help.
something else please : sorry i dont know much about this : The cams are what ??? To see what i have is that wire on the engine bay on the right of the mazda sign ? I checked mine it says KL-01 , is it good ?i mean i checked one website , it says KL-01 are for KL-ZE and KL-DE ...
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 9:58 am
by Mnemonic
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 10:13 am
by Custommx3
My old KFZE w/ KL IM
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 11:59 am
by shameem
Custommx3 wrote:
My old KFZE w/ KL IM
I see you did the flashlight mod too - i heard it adds about 12 HP
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 12:19 pm
by maryus
yours looks muuuchh nicer ... but i will clean mine to
, no fuel lol
thx for the inputs
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 1:14 pm
by Mnemonic
shameem wrote: I see you did the flashlight mod too - i heard it adds about 12 HP
I used to misplace so many tools right there, I'd be done and grab everything but leave something in that one spot lol, drove me nuts till i finally figured out i had that habit
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 1:42 pm
by se7en
I did that flashlight mod to my 300z, and it left a small dent in my hood
and I didn't get my 12 hp either
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 2:39 pm
by hgallegos915
How i miss my kfze
not.
It was very reliable tho!! took me everywhere , got hydrolocked, got burned and IT STILL WORKED...
haha it just drowned when i left it in my yard lol
Re: KF_ZE again
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 2:56 pm
by maryus
hahhahha , funny guys .
I have another issue , see my car is full of issues
... the issue is : THE SMELL , it comes from under the hood , it's like an egg,gas smell . Or something chemical aniway , it was there but i only notice now when i opened the window and driving like that .. soo for the summer will be horrible.. I suspect the battery smells like that. if not what else could give me bad smell from under the hood ?
KF-ZE should be a good engine by the sheet specs , but it looks like he likes trouble
marius , ciao