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This is my Worklog for my 1992 Mazda MX-3 GS, bought it for relatively cheap, the woman that drove it before me decided to rub against something. Car has had zero smoking and has been oil sprayed from what i can tell for as-long as the cars been around, other then the hatch, there's practically zero rust on the car. The interior is practically mint and hasn't had tint installed every. Came with a Sony deck (freebie) which ill be replacing with my stereo from my Suzuki Swift GT.

Already installed Items

• Real Carbon Fiber Shift Boot
  Real Carbon Fiber Gauge Cluster Overlay
  LED Map Lights
  LED Gauge Cluster Lights
  LED Cargo Light

Items to be installed

• 1993 MX-3 GS Front Seats
  KLZE Header back exhaust 2.25"
  HID Projector Custom Fog Lights (4300K)
  HID Headlight Bulbs (4300K or 6000K)
  Drivers Side CV-Shaft

Fixed Items

• Passenger Side CV-Shaft
  Passenger Wheel Bearing
  Random Light Bulbs
  Fixed Passenger and Hatch Locks (didn't work with original key )
  Cruise Control Buttons
  Fixed Rear Wiper Not Spraying Issue
  Fixed Hatch and Gas Tank Releas

To Be Fixed Items

• Driver Side Wheel Bearing
  Passenger Side Fender
  Passenger Side Quarter Panel
  Replace Rear Hatch ( rusted )
  Passenger Side Toe issue (not sure yet )
  Passenger Side "GS" lip
  Fix AC Condenser noise when engine is cold

Future Mods / Changes

• Powder-coat brake calipers (Red or Bronze)
  Powder-coat Stock GS rims (Bronze)
  Powder-coat intake manifold
  Powder-coat Rad Support
  Rear Upper Strut Bar
  KLZE Straighneck with Curveneck manifold
  KLDE intake springs
  Cold Air Intake
  Bore-out VRIS Solenoids
  Drop-zone Springs
  Red-Out tail lights
  Possible Bi-Xenon Retrofit
  Fresh Gloss Black Paint Job (very future)

Here's some pictures of the car how it was / is right now, most of my work wont be happening for another month, possibly sooner. I'm looking to drop a KLZE in late Feb and paint in June i hope, the rest will be kind-of random. 90% of the work ill be done by myself or with a bit of help from friends, i hate paying someone to fix something I could lol.












Pictures that make it look not mashed up:

Also, This Saturday, I'm picking up a parts car, everything's still intact except the 93 seats that everyone loves. It was hit on the drivers side, but other then that the rest of the body is in really good condition and it'll be a good donor car. got it for dirt cheap too lol, its red but meh.



and these are the fog lights i've retrofitted HID's into, the cutoff is really nice. Didn't want to go for the JDM fogs as they are stupid expensive and you need the JDM bumper to make it look good. If i had more money then for sure but these $20.00 fogs and 30 mins of my labor will do.

I bought my first car in similar bodily condition Who am I kidding, my other two were equal, if not worse.

You sounds like an intelligent guy, its a nice change. Best of luck with the restoration.

thanks lol, i hate body work but the rest i dont mind doing, hopefully over time it ends up looking good

Ryan wrote:
You sounds like an intelligent guy, its a nice change.

Ow, Ryan, I'r not that dum.

GO on with your bad self, Slayer.
This is going to be a good worklog....

Btw devin the header back exhaust you have is 2.25. You can probly have my header as well for cheap in the spring.

and when you get this parts car let me know so I can come by and see if i need anything. I will pay you for the parts.

mx3autozam wrote:Btw devin the header back exhaust you have is 2.25. You can probly have my header as well for cheap in the spring.

and when you get this parts car let me know so I can come by and see if i need anything. I will pay you for the parts.

ah, my bad lol, ill change that to 2.25" and ill send you a text on Saturday or Sunday. I'll definitely pick up those headers for sure in the spring.

I was thinking as a, later in my spare time project, since i'll have a spare K8 with tranny , ecu and harness, possible swift resurrection???? that's 90% of my problems with that car lol.

and i fixed my photo bucket pics, i forgot to change the links after i moved them into a folder

quick question for ppl that are looking,

I'm thinking of things to do to the ZE before i install it personally, i can weld, grind, die grind, torch and alot of other things soooooooo.... i was thinking of gutting my intake manifold and VRIS, im not sure if this will do anything good for sure or if its a gamble. any comments?

Unless your going boost leave the vris intact and don't gut it too much. You'll loose alot of downlow power.

I recommend doing everything I did in my worklog or at least getting a KLG4 IM, and porting it. Check out xtremethings.com. Oh, man, I have So many suggestions, but am sick, and don't feel like typing right now. Check out alot of worklogs, though.

i guess the vris idea is out, makes sense though

i checked out the xtremethings.com page and do you think you could use a die grinder to do the knife edging or porting the intake manifold? obviously carefully lol

Good news. Car is here. I'll be stripping parts this weekands and next but after that it's gone to the scrapyard. Other then thedrivers door and drivers fender the rest of the body is really good. No rust. If anyone needs anything let me know and I'll see if I have it. No front seats but 95% interior lefts, really clean too.

some pics of the car, don't let the dirt fool you, this thing had 232xxx on it and there's not a speck of rust on the body. And the K8 still runs like a champ, needs a front valve cover seal, there's some oil on the connecting end of the spark plugs.

nice you got the good front valve cover on your black cars k8. sand blast that s--- put it on the ze!

Bought myself a nice tire and rim set from someone local to me, really good tread left and they're exactly how i want them, just have to paint the center caps, he even gave me the paint he used, 3 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint.





Polished up the headlights from the parts car, they look pretty sweet, ill be doing some more work to them this weekend most likely to get them even clearer. Any random home remedies to bring out that extra clearness?