I Think I have cracked my Block Please Help!
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well that was just so jammy 8)
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I was gonna say, I just checked and all seem £1000+ for car. There is one at £500. So you look at the ones being broken and just buy the engine? How do you get the owner to truthfully tell you if its the KLZE not the DE?
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How do you get the owner to truthfully tell you if its the KLZE not the DE?
don't tell him what you want it to say, but ask him to tell you the head code. is one way the other is to hold his dog to ransom lol
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How heavy are the engines approx? Im looking at 2 ton and 1 ton engine hoists. I expect the engine to be about half a ton but I don't want it to drop on my head! At very least it will damage my engine. :lol:
If I buy a lift and manage to swap the engines easily enough then I also want to swap a 2.5L LDV van engine before flogging the lift on ebay. Will a 1 ton lift do most jobs? I could do with keeping costs down as much as I can.
I cant afford the MX6 engine yet so am going ahead swapping my 1.8 V6 like for like but if not too bad a job I will be (In my own mind) a qualified engine swapper and will swap to the KLZE at a later date. I will be swapping engines left right and centre. :lol: I already got my mate on standby with his £500+ impact wrenches.
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The block without intake manifold, gearbox or fluids is 136kg. So it's safe to say your 1 tonner will do fine. I'd imagine it'll be fine for the van too.
Impact wrenches are awesome, really cut out alot of grief. Though sometimes you can't beat a breaker bar! Are both cars 95 or under? You may want to check the ECU leads are the same. (ie ones not obdi and the other obdii)
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My spares MX3 is a 91 J plate (Pre Cat) and my semi-working MX3 that I just blew up is a 92 K plate. So my ECU and loom should be the same. If i am sourcing a MX6 2.5L KLZE for future swap so what age MX6 should I look for then? Or doesn't this matter as my MX3 is pre 95?
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impact wrenches are awesome, whenver theres a big job on i ring a mate thats got a battery powered one :shock: a second on a rusty engine mount and its off :lol:
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That is sure good news as I have never used one. Wont they often just sheer the bolt head off though if they are so rusty? My mate is a steel erector (Makes those building frames out of steel gurders). He has a kit to extract broken bolts and another kit to re-tap those threads but I would rather not have to use either. He has some serious tools but no engine lift. Struggling to get one on my budget at the moment. I could really do with my car back and soon before her indoors sells for £30 scrap.
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her indoors needs to lay off you and have some respect for manly projects!
I don't know how rusty your car is, but mine was rather flakey around the bay. I broke one bolt on the removal, unfortunately its the crossmember bolt that was welded in. Was a bitch to cut out and now I'll have to nick an arc welder for a minute. But one bolt wasn't bad going…
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Her in-doors has even started to get her claws into her brother. He was going to be my saving grace in this project. Even he is now having the odd doubt.
My car is mint on the outside, in fact not far from showroom appart from tiny dink on door where roof slate bashed (Never rusted though). The Autoglym paint renovator and super resin gold always did me proud. Underside is a bit flakey and bottom of bay quite bad. They are after all 16 and 17 year old cars. The bar that runs accross the front of the radiator behind the bumper to stop it caving in is very rusty on both cars. I think this is an impact bar so perhaps not best that its rusty.
If I eventually swap to KLZE what league would it fall into? I.e. 197Bhp at the flywheel obviously not Supra, Scooby, Evo, Mitsu GTO etc but I reakon Golf VR6, Vectra 2.5, Audi A6, Civic type R, etc. Am I getting warm?
Are the stock brakes good enough to cope as mine do not seem great as it is. They are ok but Ive felt better on other cars in fact the safest I have ever felt was a golf GTI brakes and handling. Also did I read somewhere that you need new clutch assembly and gearbox to match the engine? I notice on MX-3.com they swear by Brembo rotors this sounds very pricy to me. I have not seen any big brake conversions in the UK especially reasonable priced.
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you should beat non turbo supras, the old skool supras, vectras, a6, a8, most hondas… Your 0-60 should be under 6.5 seconds, some claim 6, I can't speak for myself on that yet.
Youtube has some interesting races with zes. I look at it this way, I'll have spent about 1k on getting my ZE the way I want it. The mx3 project car cost me less again. So for under 2k I'll have a car faster than most new hot hatches and some much more expensive cars. Is it fair to compare 2k mx3 to a 10k+ evo? Not really, but I won't be embarrassed to give one a go when mine is done. I like how the mx3 looks and handles, I think evos and moreso imprezas look like shitty saloon cars modified by a council estate.
Stock brakes do most ppl fine, some SS brakelines, decent pads and rotors should be fine. The klze weighs about 2kg more - so you're not really having to stop anymore mass. But I admit considering the hp hike I'd like more. There is a guide on mx-3.com on how to upgrade to hybrid subaru/323f brakes. Or you can spend 1k with k sport. With a klze you'll want a stronger clutch to handle the power of course. Gearbox bolts up exactly to klze as to k8 as to klde.
Though I have to say with a 13+yo car you will have to deal with rusty things, things that break etc. Much like any older used car. SO be prepared to have to buy new things. I think its great value for money fixing up an mx3 into a 200hp beast, you may dissagree or moreso your lady!
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Im right with you on that notion. In fact I wouldn't thank you for an Evo or scooby either. If money was no issue I probably would go for either a BMW Mini Cooper S, Grand Prix (Only 500 made but very pricy and huge waiting list) or a Golf R32. If I won the lottery I would like to think I would also still keep my MX3 and get all body work done, respray, swap the engine, turbo, NOS and kit it out to the hilt pimp my ride style with lambo doors and personal number plate. The main let down is the K plate people realise its age but do not believe its that old in such good nick. Like I said it looks mint as it is but the red is hard to keep red. Its all original paint aswell. I can wax then 3 days later starting to not be as shiny.
Within my budget the only other car I would want is a Mitsubishi GTO 3L twin turbo mk I only. I love the width of that back end. They are expensive for the age of the car and even more expensive to run. I fell in love with the GTO when I used to spend all my time playing Gran Turismo 1 on the PS1. But I am more passionate about MX3's and would not swap one for anything at the moment. I might swap one for a car with much higher value but only to sell it and get a better MX3. The V6 is enough to get you out of trouble but I am seeking more power. Money is the biggest constraint at the moment so for now will have to swap like for like engine. There are not any other cars I would consider. I got to say though I only like red ones unless they have lots of aftermarket bits sticking out. I am contemplating cutting my bonnet and sticking 2 Astra GSI bonet vents in. I already got SQ red paint.
My lady doesn't understand the car. She loved my first one more than me until it started to go wrong. She even drove it harder than me. In fact my tracking was out and one day she came back with 2 rear punchers and two front tyres chamfered on the inside. I checked it only a couple of days before and was fine. I needed 4 new tyres and they were decent that were already on. She blamed me for that aswell.
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How do you get a pic on your signature?
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numerplates are easy changed! Yea gtos are mad cars. Biggest mx3 let down to me is FWD. Not so easy to change that! 323gtr awd swap seems to be all anyones came up with. Mx3 can be a fun car for the money. It'd be a shame to have 2 scrapped when they could be combined to one decent one.
Good luck with whatever you choose mate! And lol at your girl wrecking your tyres! What does she drive now?
And yea winning the lottery I would make the most awesome mx3 ever! But keep it kinda sleeperish… ah how fun it would be, v8 subtley hidden in the back pulling up beside a gayvo or subarpoo...
oh yea for the image in signature- just add
Same as a forum post
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Cheers, so I have to have an image online to add it here? I wanted an image form my PC.
It sounds like you like evos and subarus even less than me. All my m8's used to rave about them and I never bothered.
My bird drives a nice looking Saab 93. She got as a bargain and I suppose it is quite a nice looking car. Everybody says its a great drive but I hate it. Gears are wierd you need reverse to get the key out and its by the handbrake. The seats don't hold you, you seem too high and it handles like crap too with no real power. Before that she had a Punto sporting that she wrote off. Appart from the red key issue with Fiat, that was a decent car. We only had the red key and this is a service key that can only be used around 1000 turns otherwise it renders the ECU knackered. Even with this in mind this was not the end of the car. She smacked it up good and proper. We got good pay off the insurance and she bought a 1.3 Fiesta (For the love of god of all the cars to buy). That was a shocker.
I love my MX3 all round!
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lol sounds like she can't really talk down to you about your mx! Is the saab 2.0turbo engine? Look like boats to me.
You can use somewhere like imageshack.us, photobucket or one of the many other free online photo uploaders. Many of them even give you the code in a box to drop straight into forums :)
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I always thought they look like planes with the wings snapped off. Guess I will have to make a photobucket account then.
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Wow! I just added image to my profile signature. I never knew it would update all my previous posts. Fantastic! Cheers for the info. Now I know how to do it I will have to get a decent pic on there. Just read your profile too and realised your into photography. My biggest passion!
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and realised your into photography. My biggest passion!
I like photography too…
its great what you can find on the net (just don't tell the wife lol). :lol: :wink:
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Well in that case you 2 can take pitty :cry: - I was having areally bad week. The same day I blew my car, the washing machine packed up. I had to go comando for a week lol. But worse my EF 50mm f/1.8 lens front element just popped off, rolled down my roof, onto my bonet and crashed to the floor. I only got it christmas and is my sharpest, fastest lens.
Plot thickens! The guy in the shop retired and closed business and canon said it sounds like it has been dropped and had impact damage therefore voiding the warranty. What impact damage? Who by? Not effing me and thats for sure! I was well hissed off. I tried everything, citizens advice, consumer direct and trading standards. The conclusion is I have to prove I never dropped it, which is impossible now its bounced. :evil:
What good is a waranty if its worth jack-shite! Also notice we now have not 1 but 2 working and plumbed in washing machines. Her in doors gets her way quick enough!
