kl-ze straight neck engine install progress pix **2 new pix*

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » April 4th, 2007, 11:55 pm

well im bord right now and took lots of pix!!

first of all i owe a big thx to john (mx3autozam) for helping me alot to install this engine!! i owe u man!! enjoy!!

SOME GOODIES I GOT

OLD KL-DE

NEW KL-ZE YAYYYYY

PRESSURE WASHED ENGINE!!

INSTALLIN NEW T-BELT!!

ALMOST READY TO GO IN!! YAY

DROPPIN HER IN!!

ENGINE IS INSTALLED!!!!!

SNAPPED A ROD ON MY OLD KL-DE lol

TREVO123 · Post by **TREVO123** » April 5th, 2007, 12:23 am

Looks good man, Havent talked to u on msn for awhile where u been hidin?

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » April 5th, 2007, 1:02 am

Holy swap in the snow, that is real ghetto. Warrior ZE install!

mx3autozam · Post by **mx3autozam** » April 5th, 2007, 1:15 am

Your welcome Duncan...friends help eachother out.
Hope you enjoy the engine, but don't blow this one up!

I even helped you find this engine, man straight necks are becoming tricky to come across

ninjajim4 · Post by **ninjajim4** » April 5th, 2007, 10:24 am

solo_ryder wrote:Warrior ZE install!

lol

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fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » April 5th, 2007, 7:49 pm

lol ive been around trev.. i got a new job over a month ago and it eats up a lil more time than usual and i have a new msn addy i just havent added everyone yet to it but add me if u want and anyone ekse thats wants to!! i like talkin to mx3 guys!! fieromx3@hotmail.com

yea i went and looked at 4 different engine importers and 3 more with john and only one of them had a straight neck!! got it for a good deal of 700!! plus a few hundred more for everything else i bought for the swap lol

LOL yep!! twas 11pm last night we were just finishing up!! although doesnt look like it in the pix we were gettin quite a bit of snow and it was really windy!! but o well it was fun anyway lol

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » April 5th, 2007, 9:07 pm

Im glad you are getting back in the game

w00t i miss your car vids

take it easy on this engine please LOL

what are you doing to the old de? wanna sell some parts of it? post it on the sale forum, water pump, valve covers manifold vris , the works.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » April 5th, 2007, 9:16 pm

good job, props for doing install in the snow, thats hardcore!

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » April 6th, 2007, 2:04 am

my old DE is now at a scrap yard so i cant get no parts from it lol well engine is almost done!! just making new grounds, relocate the battery and modify the throttle body and misc like oil, plugs intake and all and shes all good!!

mx3autozam · Post by **mx3autozam** » April 6th, 2007, 3:21 am

Once you get it running good..bring it by my house!

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » April 6th, 2007, 11:48 pm

to get the straight neck ZE intake manifold to fit i used the K8 throttle body abd ground part of the iac down just enuff to clear the bolt on the master cylinder the bolt is close but there is enuff clearance that it wont hit during shifting.. (grinding idea i got from mx3gsrfordummies) modding the engine mounts isnt necessary!!

intake loosly placed on the new ZE

n2ogsze · Post by **n2ogsze** » April 7th, 2007, 1:22 am

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Your engine rocks, and yes, it rocks primarily forward but for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction--your engine WILL rock backwards with even more force than it's forward rock because of the spinning crankshaft. Bam, you nail the master cylinder and all hell breaks loose, or you cause a nasty fluid leak. I had a straight neck ZE in my MX3, so I'm not some newb posting garbage. Oh, the K8 TB is 55m, which will be a major restriction in your intake flow. I had my K8 TB installed for a while, simply because I was modding my KL TB. You'll see, you will lose a ton of power with the K8 TB.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » April 7th, 2007, 1:40 am

ding ding ding to what is said above.

If you take your car to a dyno, watch the engine as you are shifting. Even with filled mounts, the ZE's here is GA rock like crazy.

That is not NEARLY enough clearance, my man.

!vtec-this! · Post by **!vtec-this!** » April 7th, 2007, 11:27 am

yes true to what they both stated above.

and props on that crazy instal that looks to be a blizard lol (was someone in a little bit of a rush?)

fieromx3 · Post by **fieromx3** » April 7th, 2007, 3:15 pm

well i have alot more clearance now i grounded alot more off safely.. i know a guy who did the same thing and hes been runnin it like that for years.. ill bet u i wont have any problems at all.. that pic was just a test fit not the end fitment if it hits it hits o well i got an ebrake lol and the k8 doesnt hurt power to bad i ran it on my de for months then went to my de one then back wasnt even noticeable at all besides ill get it bored out.. and no i wasnt in a rush ive been takin my time on it..

u just hafta see the clearance in the person that pic isnt even close to showing the clearance..