MX-3.com

All i know is its a 1994 Mazda MX-3.. it has the 1.6L DOHC I-4 with the auto trans.. I want to know everything bout this engine.. is it good for modding? reliability? what ever you know bout this motor, please tell me. I hope i posted in the right section, this forum is huge and has alot of sections.

-Mike

Search the forum. Read a LOT. You will find everything you want to know.

I've searched and looked, its just that i don't understand half the stuff on here. I just want to learn around this motor/car. If someone would be nice and point me in the right direction that would be great (i.e. with some links) I just want to see if this current engine is worth modding or stuff like that. I just want to learn, thats all.

well lets see here i know that you can put a turbo on it, do the atx to mtx swap, there are mods that you can do to it but if you really wanna know use the search function and type in 1.6L DOHC or B6DE and u should be able to find out what u want

is there alot of km's on the car?

Start by modding the tranny. Add an auxiliary transmission fluid cooler. The ford/mazda atx is not known for effective trans fluid circulation/cooling. Not a glamorous mod but worth spending the few bucks and some time to install. Also check out the MX-3.com home page online shop manual or invest in a factory shop manual if you want to learn more about the MX-3 fast. Great resource to dig into when you read some of those posts and don't understand everything being talked about. Necessary for figuring out diagnostics and all kinds of repairs too. Here's a solid tutorial site on engines and cars in general. It's searcheable and explains the car's basic systems clearly with animated color graphics too. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ Learn the essential function of the car's systems like suspension, drivetrain, electrical, engine, and the description of various mods to those systems will make more sense. G'luck.

Now start drinking from that fire hose.