K8 Ordered, KF on Arrival..Now a K8 to KF-ZE swap WTF-TJDM
Posted: August 19th, 2011, 9:25 pm
hey guys, iv decided to move into the world of V6 MX-3's as my 4cyl BP is slowly dieing. so i bought a 94 GS for 300 bucks. got the car running at sellers house and it ran very nice for 15 min (front springs were gibbed, one went through tire) backed it out very very slowly and as we were trying to trailer it the car began to smoke like a 5-alarm. at this point papers were signed over already. he was a douche about it and wouldn't give us our money back. head gasket's i'm assuming, as it also drips from passenger side. for the record he said it would pass e-test no problem...hahahaha. i guess he didn't plan on the car running for 35 min with fuel light on..
So, today i drove to TJDM..in Toronto, 2 1/2 hour drive from my place. iv been emailing the guy all week and he said yes he had JDM K8 with 60 to 80k on it for 280 taxes in. upon arrival, NO K8, so he gave me a JDM KF-ZE for the same price. now my questions i was trying to find on the forum, but didn't have the best of luck. this guy said, if we change the intake manifold, or just throttle body then it will bolt up, tranny from my K8 will work, and it will run off the K8 ECU. i found this hard to believe, but i'm very new to the v6 game. was he telling the truth? what am i getting myself into? has anyone done a K8 - KF swap? i read somewhere that there were no production cars in North America with KF motors making parts very hard to find. Please help. I will be doing a write up when i get into it and be sure to document everything.
Thanks A lot
JeremyP
So, today i drove to TJDM..in Toronto, 2 1/2 hour drive from my place. iv been emailing the guy all week and he said yes he had JDM K8 with 60 to 80k on it for 280 taxes in. upon arrival, NO K8, so he gave me a JDM KF-ZE for the same price. now my questions i was trying to find on the forum, but didn't have the best of luck. this guy said, if we change the intake manifold, or just throttle body then it will bolt up, tranny from my K8 will work, and it will run off the K8 ECU. i found this hard to believe, but i'm very new to the v6 game. was he telling the truth? what am i getting myself into? has anyone done a K8 - KF swap? i read somewhere that there were no production cars in North America with KF motors making parts very hard to find. Please help. I will be doing a write up when i get into it and be sure to document everything.
Thanks A lot
JeremyP