MX3 videos

Does anyone have any videos of mx3s racing? Or even just driving around? I've been looking but can't find any.

the first one i think it's a klze in it
http://www.storm.ca/~mx3/mx3gsr/RACE2.MPG

and this one is ne made in germany
http://home.arcor.de/bond83/sinsheim03.wmv

havent seen that second one, but thats a sweet video..

That second one is pretty tight. Too bad there is nothing like that in the US! (At least that I know of)

we got somethin really similiar if not bigger here in Quebec..we were around 30 cars

That's pretty tight...The US doesn't have anything like that. Everybody's too busy with their slow civics and integras!

dont forget mitsubishi eclipses

the US (mostly) is all show no go, when it comes to "beefing" up thier cars

i'd take a stock look w/250 ponies in an mx before i'd put a piece of skirt or spoiler on my car

or you could do both :iceslolan

You're right...the US is mostly all show no go. But there are the few who are more concerned with go than show.

i could do both, but i just dont like the look of sideskirts, etc. i like the natural look of the car, the only thing i'd put on it is a carbon fiber hood....it would have to match the color of my car too...no black cf w/a red car

some people here in the states are into actually tuning their cars...but i'd say the fast and the furious has turned every high schooler into a wannabe vin diesel. there are kids(i'd say some college age'd guys too) in my area that actually think that a stainless steel muffler and a cat-back exhaust system are worth 1-2 seconds in the 1/4 mile, it's rediculous how much money kid's plunk down on a NHRA style wing that really is just adding 20lbs to their car...

I know what you're talking about. There are a bunch of those guys at my school. We have a bunch of civic drivers who formed a club for just their cars, and there's another one called Team Street Legal, and they have some cheap 92 Corolla, a RSX, and a Protege. They're just a bunch of ricers!

i could do both, but i just dont like the look of sideskirts, etc. i like the natural look of the car, the only thing i'd put on it is a carbon fiber hood....it would have to match the color of my car too...no black cf w/a red car

some people here in the states are into actually tuning their cars...but i'd say the fast and the furious has turned every high schooler into a wannabe vin diesel. there are kids(i'd say some college age'd guys too) in my area that actually think that a stainless steel muffler and a cat-back exhaust system are worth 1-2 seconds in the 1/4 mile, it's rediculous how much money kid's plunk down on a NHRA style wing that really is just adding 20lbs to their car...


agreed with you all..F&F as made triple the ricers out there...the movie is so lame :lol:

I like the skyline, supra and RX7 in the movie! All of them had the Apexi N1 exhaust, and now, all of the ricers have the apexi exhaust! It's ridiculous! People think that the exhaust makes their car 'Fast and Furious'!

My brother said he saw an MX3 in 2fast 2furious...did anyone else see that?

yup...it was Jade's mx...4cyl t3/t4 powered...you see it a the beggining of the movie when they show a couple shots of under hoods

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/282371

That is freakin sweet! Does anyone know what it'll run on the 1/4 mile?

with is dyno sheet I would guess around high 13's

will the t3/t4 fit a 6 cyl? When my engine goes out, i'm going to swap in the KLZE, but before I do that, I want to find a turbo for it!

t3/t4 is a perfect choice for our 2.5 engines..that's the one I'm getting...the thing you go to look for is the compressor trim and A/R on em....you look in compressor map to see if it'll fit your car....not all t3/t4 can do the job....it all depends the boost yo want to run with and when do you want it to kick in (remember sooner it kicks in sooner it stop producing boost) that is all in the A/R (area radius)

whoa...that made absolutely no sense to me. I've never worked with turbo cars...and not that many newer cars either. My car is the first new car I've worked on. I've always worked on my dad's '69 Cougar! Can you break all that info down into stupid people language? Compressor trim...Area Radius...compressor map...em...?

oh, and by the way, that second video link...the german one...doesn't work any more. does anybody have that on their hard drive? If so, maybe you can post it so people can download it. thanks

I like the skyline, supra and RX7 in the movie! All of them had the Apexi N1 exhaust, and now, all of the ricers have the apexi exhaust! It's ridiculous! People think that the exhaust makes their car 'Fast and Furious'!

ya.. I've even saw a mostly stock 92 integra with a F&F decal on it.. and the guy was actin all that... what a poser.. the only mod he had on it was some custom rims... which were off brand and a cheep flee maket spoiler.. :cwm27: but ya.. there are really no tuners here in the US... most of the people in my area... drive Camaro's and Mustangs and think their the junk... and most of the civics are manly 1992 civic ex models which are slower than my G-pa's Buick century. I definately want to drop the KLZE but don't have the $$$ yet, so I am doing the cheeper mods right now... oh ya one last thing, with the KLZE engine.. does it, for the most part drop in.... or is there other modding i need to do?

It like replacing your engine with the same...It basically the same all around...the differences lies IN the engine..IF you would have to modfied something is the intake manifold depending wich one you get with the engine (straight or curve)...if it's straight you'll have to swap for a curve one....you going to have to reuse your old k8 disty because the klze disty has 7 plugs and you can't run with it unless you've got some type of ignition system....that's pretty much what I can think right now

Is there an aftermarket disty that'll work? And if I get the straight intake mani, should I just look for an old Millenia mani, or is there an aftermarket one?

ya.. I've even saw a mostly stock 92 integra with a F&F decal on it.. and the guy was actin all that... what a poser.. the only mod he had on it was some custom rims... which were off brand and a cheep flee maket spoiler.. :cwm27: but ya.. there are really no tuners here in the US... most of the people in my area... drive Camaro's and Mustangs and think their the junk... and most of the civics are manly 1992 civic ex models which are slower than my G-pa's Buick century. I definately want to drop the KLZE but don't have the $$$ yet, so I am doing the cheeper mods right now... oh ya one last thing, with the KLZE engine.. does it, for the most part drop in.... or is there other modding i need to do?
ya...Iknow what you mean about those integras. They run around thinking their the best stuff, and thinking that they know everything about cars...then they find out that you can put more than just an intake and exhaust on your car!

Is there an aftermarket disty that'll work? And if I get the straight intake mani, should I just look for an old Millenia mani, or is there an aftermarket one?

no there's no AM disty for our car...the only that works is the stock one....and if you don't use the straight neck IM...get a curve neck intake manifold from a ze OR a 2.5 96 millenia IM...they are pretty much the same...that's the one I got.

It like replacing your engine with the same...It basically the same all around...the differences lies IN the engine..IF you would have to modfied something is the intake manifold depending wich one you get with the engine (straight or curve)...if it's straight you'll have to swap for a curve one....you going to have to reuse your old k8 disty because the klze disty has 7 plugs and you can't run with it unless you've got some type of ignition system....that's pretty much what I can think right now


why does the KLZE have a 7 plugs?..... was someone :smokin: or what... just curious.... also can you specify what I am looking for when you talk about the intake manifold strait or curved... what's the diffrence... could you post pics of the 2 diffrent ones... it'll help... also isn't it possibible to take the intake manifold off the 1.8 L V6?

they have 7 plugs because the klze was made to be used with an eternal coil and that's what they use in japan...
as for as the intake manifold is concerned the curve is exactly like the stock one (shape) except it has bigger runners......and the straight neck has a straight neck poiting towards the right of the car then has a sharp 90 degre bend that turn in the front of the car....sorry no pics
and you COULD use the 1.8 intake but your vris points will be different and the you will run rich at high rpms

they have 7 plugs because the klze was made to be used with an eternal coil and that's what they use in japan...
as for as the intake manifold is concerned the curve is exactly like the stock one (shape) except it has bigger runners......and the straight neck has a straight neck poiting towards the right of the car then has a sharp 90 degre bend that turn in the front of the car....sorry no pics
and you COULD use the 1.8 intake but your vris points will be different and the you will run rich at high rpms


VRIS? :eek7:

VRIS means variable resonance induction system...this is what Mazda uses for the intake manifolds...it alows the air to take different path so you could have performance on both low and high rpms...the vris opens (like a butterfly valve) at certain rpm...if you don't have the intake manifold that goes with the good ecu your vris points (rpm that vris 1 and 2 opens) won't be the same and it will be all messed up...I know because i ran my car with the ze, k8 intake manifold and ze ecu and I would have drops in power at different rpms because the vris points weren't the same in the k8 intake manifold that in the ze manifold...

what about a K8 ECU and the K8 Manifold on the KLZE? shouldn't that work?

yes it will work buy you won't have a good fuel set-up...you'll be running 180cc injectors instead of 220cc..if you do that that excpect around a 20hp drop under 200 since the manifold will be really smaller than what it should be and you'll be running 180cc injectors

so I can get the IM off a 2.5 L Millenia, and get an KLZE ECU?

bingo....that's what i got

if I want to put an catback exhaust on my MX-3 which fits it now will it also fit the exhaust Manifold of the KLZE

yes you can keep it but just to clear something..a catback doesn't bolt to the exhaust manifold....it bolts on the downpipe....and klze and k8 exhaust manifolds are the same

yes you can keep it but just to clear something..a catback doesn't bolt to the exhaust manifold....it bolts on the downpipe....and klze and k8 exhaust manifolds are the same

thanx :worshippy I'll remember next time... don't know all car termology... just some... need to learn more... :lol2:

What downpipe? You guys have down pipes...I thought that was only for turbo cars! Maybe I don't know what it really is!

well the down pipe in turbo cars is the same thing...it's the part that goes from the turbine outlet to the cat and in our car it's the part that goes from the manifold to the cat..some call it downpipe and other something else..Our downpipe consists of 2 collectors that merges into one then off to the cat

So that's what the PRM intake description was talking about. So the $180 for the intake covers the downpipe too. How much hp comes out of just a downpipe. Cuz if its alot, I'll buy the PRM, but if its not much I'll just make my own intake.

they are not talking about the same downpipe...what they mean is that the prm replace the oem filterbox and the pipe goes down..it not a real downpipe if you get what i mean...thy just mean that the pipes goes down...

oh...gotcha...that was kinda misleading.

hey...with the whole IM thing on the KLZE...what car did they come off of, and what can I identify it by? I'm trying to convince my dad to let me get the KLZE...but I need some major swaying power, and a knowledge of everything I will need to do will definitely help alot.

it should be easy, the ZE is a direct bolt on (you prolly knew that) so it's not a difficult swap to do, the millenia curved neck manifold on the ZE (the real one, w/the kl31 cams and kl31-101 head code) and the kl36 ecu should easily put you in the mid to low 14's

but if you really want details i've got a few sites for ya...

http://www.mx6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24982

http://street-import.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21

my setup is a little unique but it's not all that stessful of a swap, even if you've got a mechanic/really smart friend, to help

I have a friend who swapped a 351 cleveland into a 89 Mustang. He says we could get the KLZE in the car and turbo'ed in 4 days. We would have to relocate some resevoirs and vacuum hoses, but, he thinks we can fit it in the front passenger side of the hood...right by the power steering resevoir. So thats what I'm thinking....but I read some of the disclaimers on that forum you posted. If it's gonna be a big problem to get it legal, and have problems with the intake location, I might not want to do it.

if youre not an mx-3.com board member....become one and ask! those guys are a wealth of knowledge, they'd be able to tell ya the problems/difficulties involved w/it within 24 hours.

be descriptive...the more details the more likely you are to get good answers

it's not that i don't believe your freind but putting a klze and turbo it in 4 days !!! i don't think so....if you're like 10 guys working on the car yeah :rolleyes: ..just drop the engine in and turbo that's not the big part of it..making it work and tune is the hardest part...oh and if your putting a klze and turbo..be prepare to invest 6000$ + and that's just a basic swap turboed

$6000? For what? The turbo kit is only like $1500, plus another $1500 for the forged parts,(I'm guessing), all the labor will be done by me and my friend...and his dad...I don't see where $6000 came from. what is it that makes it so hard to tune and get it to work? My friend has turbo'ed his thunderbird, and his cavalier, he hasn't had a problem with either.

well first of all there's not "kit" our car....you have to made it yourself....1500 for a complete kit is pretty cheap..I'm assuming you're getting used parts or cheap parts....oh and I'm talking cad$ here...I don't think you'll get forged internals for under 2000$..they have to be custom made and we have 6 not 4 like your freind's cavalier...drop another 1500 for the engine....what makes it hard to tune...the 10:1 compression ratio...try it...if you going with a klze turbo with neew parts and you do it for under 6000 cad$ TUNED..then you're my hero

I'm making the piping myself...and I'm getting a discount on the turbo set. My friend owns turbodiscounters.com He was gonna get me a good deal. As far as internals...I hadn't thought much about that. I was hoping someone in here would know somewhere that sold them...but I guess not. In that case, the internals is what's gonna take the budget over $4000.
I still have to convince my dad to let me do this...but I've already started making plans as to where, when, how, and how much it will cost.

but you really think it'll cost that much for the internals?

yeah JE pistons are one of the best place to get custom pistons....it will be probably around 800-900usd for a set...and then you'll need to get rods,wristpins and bearings....add another 900usd....you only touched the bottom end...your already up to 1800usd...and you haven't touch yet..valves, retainers, springs, etc...

I guess I wasn't thinking it would be that much...but I can probably find some hook up somewhere! My friend's dad owns a auto shop...and one of my friends knows some people in high places...so, I'm probably looking at a little bit of a discount...but maybe not as much as I would like!

What's JE's website?

www.jepistons.com

I've done some research...and decided that I'll wait until I'm a millionaire to bolt a turbo on. For now, I'll aspire for the KLZE engine.

that second link...the german video link at the beginning of the thread doesn't work anymore. Did anyone download it, or know if it is posted anywhere else...I didn't get to download it before it stopped working.