Project: Gray Death.
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Just a suggestion lori, if you are doing exhaust by a stainless kit and do the modding to the center pipe, much easier and a massive difference in power.
If you are welding sills then do the center pipe at the same time ( mig welders will weld stainless pipes together )The drive shaft should have a little circlip that goes n the groove on the end, I had a missin one and went to vauxhall and got a vectra one in mine as thy cost a few pence each and were on the shelf
O2 sensors I think only have 3 wires into a 4 pin block white black & blue
and for being pissed off, try rebuilding an engine fitting it and finding the £3 oil seal behind the flywheel leaks, thats annoying and just another thing to deal with in modifying. If it was easy putting an mx6 engine into an mx3, halfords would sell the kits for £5000, its not modifying of sorts just time eating and dealing with every issue you can think of if that the haynes manual doesnt cover lol
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@0786dea913=djmarcopolo:
Just a suggestion lori, if you are doing exhaust by a stainless kit and do the modding to the center pipe, much easier and a massive difference in power.
If you are welding sills then do the center pipe at the same time ( mig welders will weld stainless pipes together )The drive shaft should have a little circlip that goes n the groove on the end, I had a missin one and went to vauxhall and got a vectra one in mine as thy cost a few pence each and were on the shelf
O2 sensors I think only have 3 wires into a 4 pin block white black & blue
and for being pissed off, try rebuilding an engine fitting it and finding the £3 oil seal behind the flywheel leaks, thats annoying and just another thing to deal with in modifying. If it was easy putting an mx6 engine into an mx3, halfords would sell the kits for £5000, its not modifying of sorts just time eating and dealing with every issue you can think of if that the haynes manual doesnt cover lol
Got the ebay set :) I'm using a cat-less center pipe so need the cat adding in.
My 02's are 4 wire, 2 white, 2 black.
Will take a look at the drive shaft, couldn't feel anything on the end to hold it in thou.Yeah, that would frack me off, this whole thing has been fun but I gotta be honest, I won't be doing it again. You got more desire then me to do that bud. Respect.
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Stick at it Lori, because if you do and when you finish it, when you drive it you'll be glad you did! :lol:
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@4fd39e8e45=mx3gulf:
Stick at it Lori, because if you do and when you finish it, when you drive it you'll be glad you did! :lol:
This!
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Picked up a mint Mazdaspeed spoiler with baseplate this morning.
And the delivery of 2xslim line fans, an oil catch can should be going in tomorrow.
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Good to hear you are back at it Lori!
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It might piss me off from time to time bud, but hell.. I want this fucker finished.
PM me your address bud.
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Maybe just get it driveable & legal at first, as there is no such thing as finished in the car modding world :lol: :P
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It will be drivable before Christmas, won't be legal (nor see a road I should add) till afterwards.
Most of the parts (except the MS spoiler) are replacement parts for ones that are broken or easier to fit with it in it's current state.The MS spoiler was £50.. couldn't pass that up.
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Sounds positive Bro. Nice score on that MS piece too!
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50 quid? Mother of God, some bargain!
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@5b7b226916=jayom:
50 quid? Mother of God, some bargain!
Hell yeah.
That means that in my garden, I now have every official spoiler they ever made for the MX.
Wraparound.
RS (slightly raised)
Stock UK one (Not raised)
Mazdaspeed.Thou, not sure why… meh.. lol
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Well, with DJ's help on Skype video! the bay is 99% done and ready.
Left to do:
1 - Remove the EGR from the block and bolt the blanking plate on. - DONE
2 - Extend the EGR loom to the EGR on the back of the inlet and plug in. - TODO
3 - Swap the rad fans to the new slim line ones and add coolant. - DONE
4 - Bolt exhaust on and clamp end can on. - DONE
5 - Route the oil catch can into the air intake pipe. - 50% DONESmaller jobs:
1 - Remove the center console and attach the short shifter on (right this time) - TODO
2 - Swap the HAVC controls over to the AC ones. - JOB SCRAPPEDWould have got to a point I could turn her over today but rain ended play…. Bloody British weather.
DJ = Fooking legend!
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Great news Lori, light at the end of the tunnel!
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Legend! Sounds as if it's all gone well and ready to fire up soon!
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& here she blows.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
The 02 Sensors aren't wired in yet, nor was the rad fans.
The smoke at the back was the EGR out on the rear down pipes not blanked off yet..
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another ZE on the road soon :respect:
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Yup! Won't see the roads until the new year, around Easter I'd guess but at least I can spin it around the car park until then.
Few small things to fix and sort but nothing major. Rad fans first, so I can leave it running for a while and heat up the shell.
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Proud of ya man! :cheers:
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Get her running good and come to nurburgring with me and 30 other modded cars in july :)