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Welcome to the show boys and girls! I bought a KLZE today. 400 bucks (plus I paid the guy 50 for delivery) with the tranny and fully loaded with everything. Said it's got about 120k on it and the clutch (which he said is stage 2 but doesn't know the brand) has about 70k. Got a bunch of goodies with it as well like KL02 VAF and the collector pipe with O2 sensors... Took off the VC right away and confirmed the KL31 camshafts If this thing works it's gonna be the craziest deal in ZE history lol.








Now, does anyone have a curved neck IM and the proper ECU?

Congratulations!

Now, tell me you're gonna take that "F" word off your valve covers...

can you do me a favor and send me a couple picture from around the throttle body area, im having vacuum problems and any help is appreciated. pretty much just to know where everything goes and comes from. thanks

I'll be over shortly to liberate that engine

Cool, good job on that, hopefully it runs well. Needs a good clean man...

For sure, will clean. And that VC will definitely go, can't stand looking at those 4 ugly letters

Check out that junkyard on mavis rd that I told you about for the IM, I saw a KL millenia there not too long ago.

And congrats When do you plan on doing the swap?

Oh and if you're gonna change the water pump and timing belt while it's out, I have a water pump that has really low miles apparently, I don't need it because mine stopped leaking.

Man you guys get a lot of rust eh?

I hope it works good, what was it like under the valve covers?

RX8SE3P wrote:Man you guys get a lot of rust eh?

I hope it works good, what was it like under the valve covers?

Are you kidding? That's minimal. Under the VC was a little brown but nothing that a few oil changes with synthetic won't change.

Have the valve covers and intake powder coated. I didn't and now wish I had of. Is there any reason why he can't use the K8 valve covers? Replace all the rubber hoses now whle it's out. Buy some Devcon Duathane 94 and fill the mounts about 2/3rds as the K8 mounts are too soft. Replace the timing belt and how about a new clutch disk and bearing?

I'd rebuild it while it's out.... after having gone through the drama of getting a rooted ZE the first time, there's no harm in making a fresh engine with 0 kms

Unfortunately I don't have the money for a rebuild. Every mod I do to my car is on a budget, as you can see even by this purchase. I'll do the basic maintenance stuff and drop it in and see how it goes.

Wow that is a good deal. I spent >$400 to replace head gaskets. Have fun with the swap.

now, if only I could find one layin around in the northwest for a reasonable price... 750 seems to be the goin rate at all the importers... I was hopin for less but, i'm starting to get anxious

What a great feeling to finally get your first ZE. Congratulations. I paid $900 for mine and I even picked it up. I’m not going to complain though. It’s the nicest engine to drive that I’ve ever owned. This is what the MX-3 should have been all along.