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MX3 Maniac's car

Posted: September 11th, 2005, 11:54 pm
by MX3_Maniac
So this is my MX3 DAMN I love this car!!! I start to modify it lik 2 years ago and put some things in it... so tell me what you think of it....http://www.cardomain.com/ride/675827

Posted: September 12th, 2005, 12:18 am
by Juans_93_MX3
Dont like all those gauges or the Neon lights but everything else seems nice

I'm just curious but do you know how much power you gained by porting the heads?

Posted: September 12th, 2005, 2:56 am
by Casino
If anything goes wrong you will sure know about it :D

Posted: September 12th, 2005, 6:42 am
by GregoryChristian
nice .... looks like a cockpit of an Airplane with all the interior gauges though :P

Posted: September 14th, 2005, 4:09 am
by MX3_Maniac
Thanks guys and what do mean Juans_93_MX3 : dont like the neons ??? I dont have neons...... anyway.... I try to do my best the thing I love the most about my MX is my cockpit... Im very proud of it.. happy to see Im not the only one Who like to know whats going on under the hood before it broke.......its like an open window to see your engine :D

And no I dont know how much you gain with porting the heads... but I dont think it really worth the bill

Posted: September 14th, 2005, 7:14 am
by neutral
Sweet looking ride Julien. It's always great to see an MX-3 that gets so much TLC. Betcha get a little thrill on every night drive too, when all those gauge-faces light up - flaps up: check... landing gear down: check... runway#2 clear: check... MX3_Maniac, we have you on visual and you are cleared to tear some a-- up on the taxi into gate #1. :D After all, it's probably not possible for a guy to have too many readouts of what's going on under the hood - it's a Zen thing.

When I saw the pic w/dark tint (nice) and chrome altezza's, it seemed that black altezzas would look interesting and be more consistent with the red/black them of the rest of the car. Matter of person pref tho.
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Posted: September 14th, 2005, 2:27 pm
by MX3_Maniac
Thanks a lot Neutral :D And I dont understand what you talking about..... ride thrill every night :roll:

Posted: September 14th, 2005, 3:11 pm
by racefear
GregoryChristian wrote:nice .... looks like a cockpit of an Airplane with all the interior gauges though :P
You can probably follow a Jet with this car.

Anyway Great mx-3 chumy.... :wink:

Posted: September 15th, 2005, 2:27 am
by Josh
Juans_93_MX3 wrote: I'm just curious but do you know how much power you gained by porting the heads?

on average for N/A applications its 8 to 15 WHP, and as much as 20 to 25 WHP on boosted applications

Posted: September 15th, 2005, 8:04 am
by Zoso124
HP can actually be lost on head porting jobs. :shrug:

Posted: September 15th, 2005, 12:38 pm
by MX3_Maniac
Thats why I say I dont think it worth the bill... I change for ZE heads with cams this winter and I change the valve seals for Duratec ones so Its gonna be bran new and I think it will pull more HP/TQ than KL03 ported heads anyway

Posted: September 15th, 2005, 12:42 pm
by Sam Baker
dude i'm lovin the gauges, specially that custom molded dual pod thing where the vents were! also the black IM and valve cover looks sweet ;) keep up the good work

Posted: September 15th, 2005, 12:51 pm
by DJsMX-3
What rims are thoose? the ones you have and my own is some of the nicest rims i have seen on MX'es

Posted: September 16th, 2005, 3:45 am
by MX3_Maniac
Its 17'' Ikon .. model Ikon3... And thanks for the gauge pod Im very proud of it I took the vents and just get rid of the grills and put 2 gauge pod in it with some work... and it clip where the vents were that give a OEM look :D

Posted: September 17th, 2005, 1:21 am
by Juans_93_MX3
Zoso124 wrote:HP can actually be lost on head porting jobs. :shrug:
Depending on how much the heads/intake get ported.
Stage 1 porting isnt worth doing on just a N/A engine.
Should still add power but just not worth it.
How much does it cost? $250 for port and polishing heads/intake?
I wonder how much Stage 2 porting would add to a turboed KLDE