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Well my friend went ahead of me n started the swap...

Im excited and upset at the same time...because imma miss ripping my mx's heart out lol.

On a separate note....what motor would this be judging from the intake?

It looks a little too round to be the klze...but then again i just got into the mazda life...this kid that looks up to me is trying to go a similar route as me and found the motor on cl...its advertised as a klze but...well idk lol

Looks just like a straight neck KLZE. The only way to be 100% sure is to look on the block.

it better not be!!! ill be pissed, he found it for 500...motor, trans, stage 2 racing clutch, and most of the exhaust...imma fight him lol!!! too bad he is putting it in an older protege....muhahaha! lol

kulluminati is correct. It's straightneck KL intake, but the head stamps will tell you more. The cams should be checked as well, while you're at it.

well...here goes... Im not in VA right now im in Oregon until Saturday. So a friend calls me and tells me he found a klze for 500...i say cool. Come to find out its the same motor my buddy mentioned yesterday. Well, i just paid a grand for a klze before i left. My buddy who wants the klze said he doesn't have the money right now. Since i did i bought it...AND my other buddy got it today and said "hey...im gonna put it in for him." When my buddy gets enough money ill sell the other klze to him for 750..so in the long run i save 250. and here it is

Woooh!! Welcome to the KL club!

Hey, where in Oregon are you?

Bend OR... until 730 am tomorrow morning lol. n yea im stoked to be a part of the kl club...i CANT wait to get home...but i will miss the brew out here lol

Ahh, I lived there briefly when I was younger!

Have fun with the car, let us know your first impressions too

kulluminati777 wrote:Looks just like a straight neck KLZE. The only way to be 100% sure is to look on the block.

MrMazda92 wrote:kulluminati is correct. It's straightneck KL intake, but the head stamps will tell you more. The cams should be checked as well, while you're at it.

Exactly. That intake is for/from a ZE, but it does't mean they swapped on to a DE. Possible, but odds are it's a ZE under it. As MM92 said, confirmation would be the stamping on the heads. KL31- for a ZE, KL- for a DE. Usually the big issue is getting that IM to clear the master cylinder in a LHD Mx-3

I've got a set of KL131 heads, and a set of KL101s...

Hmm, I need to clean the KL31s up and sell them.

well i got to my first hump....i have to source some mx3 v6 motor mount brackets of figure something else out...other than that its already dropped in just not finished being finished quite yet lol.

its def a klze tho...i finally got to see it today at my buddies shop...it feels good to be home and under a car i tell ya

Good to know it's progressing further!

Why don't you use them off of your stock K8, or the engine you're pulling from the car?

Well i would but....the motor i pulled out....was a 4cyl so the motor mount search continues lol

93DrunkMx3r wrote:Well i would but....the motor i pulled out....was a 4cyl so the motor mount search continues lol

Not too familiar with the v6 swaps here, but could you not use the mounts from the donor car? I think thats how the BP/B6 swaps are usually done.