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do the MX3 and the 323 have the same 1.8l engine?
Just asking because i need a new distributer assembly and called a wreckers and they said they have one from a 323 that would work.

uhm..NO!!!!!

AFAIR the 323 never came with a V6. only 4cyl.

http://www.barrykclark.com/pix/323%20V6/

But you can put on in it

Apparently the canadian spec 323's came with the B8-ME 1.8 SOHC motor, but never a V6.

I wouldn't trust anything that wrecker says if they are that foolish to think that 323's came with that engine.

http://www.car-part.com rules

Sweet pics Barry, never seen a truer hybrid car. Couldn't tell where the 323 ended and the MX-3 started. LOL

I remember when I was living in the UK 5 years ago there WAS a 323 at the dealership with a 1.8l V6 - I am sure Ian will be able to confirm or deny!

Maybe the confusion is made by the Mazda Lantis. It is called 323 in Europe (not sure about the same on the USA) and there is one version which houses the Kf-ze engine.
Looking at Barry's pictures I feel that nothing is impossible to do!

<small>[ June 08, 2004, 02:43 AM: Message edited by: BATTOSAI ]</small>

Originally posted by Si:
I remember when I was living in the UK 5 years ago there WAS a 323 at the dealership with a 1.8l V6 - I am sure Ian will be able to confirm or deny!

I was going to say no, but I checked, and you're right, there was a V6 - it was a 2.0l V6 (147 bhp)!!!
http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/tech_data/index.aspx?range_id=242

Dropped in 1998:
http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/tech_data/index.aspx?range_id=1030

thanks guy, I gro, I checked on the parts web site. Only other wreckers near me has one for a 93 626. Any one know if it will work?

Originally posted by rinkymx3:
thanks guy, I gro, I checked on the parts web site. Only other wreckers near me has one for a 93 626. Any one know if it will work?

If it's got a 2.5L V6, then yes.

just one thing: 323 1.8v6 do exists, maybe not in the us, but in europe even if hard to find, they exist. ive seen only one for sale in a tunnig mag ( all original 323 1.8v6) from SPAIN. IM from PORTUGAL. hope I helped.

no BG-chassis 323 ever had a V6. The only one that would come close is the one called the "323F" which is actually an Astina, but called "323F" in europe. It isn't the same as a regular 323 hatch.

The car i question is the 1995 GT version of the European 323F, which have a 2.0L V6 engine.
I found a danish version and the link is HERE

The engine is a KF-ZE.
The car...Also known as a Lantis.