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MX-3 Engine Swap Chart

Tom — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:50:36 +0000

Comparison chart of typical MX-3 engine swaps – thanks to whoever added it to wikipedia. Very much worth checking out for engine buffs!

Chameleon Paint Mazda mx-3

Tom — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:19:54 +0000

Okay I’ve shown my disgust of ugly-tuned Mazda mx-3′s on this site before, but this one is actually quite ok. I like the painjob, I don’t dislike the interior and the six-cilinder engine looks great!

Video uploaded by stangking, not sure if it’s his car or not…

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1992 Mazda MX-3 V6 24V, Tuned

Tom — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:17:46 +0000

Found this one at modifiedcars.com and even though I don’t think it’s a succesful modification, I’m showing it anyway due to the amount of work that obviously went in to it.

Mods that have been done:
topmix frontspoiler, pakfeifer high wing, side skirts, altezza tail lights, ath-tuning roof-spoiler, celica hood-spoiler, led side-markers, eye brows, window visors, alu wipers ——- alu floor mats, alu gear knob, alu pedals, various alu spray-painted dashboard parts,alu hand-break, bleu neon,a-style meters ——- 1.8 V6 24v weopon-r dragon filter + breathe filter, costum made exhaust system with 4 tailpipes, powerchip, powerboost-valve, ecotec cleanburn technology, hks iridium plugs, ngk wires…

The full “report” is right here…

Mazda mx-3 GS Engine

Tom — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:47:05 +0000

The exchange of the most common engine for owners of MX-3 GS with the V6 engine is of the 2.5 L V6 (It can be that of North American-Specifications, the KL-DE 125 kilowatts with the HP 168 and/or that of Japanese-Specifications, this KL-ZE 149 kilowatts and the HP of 199, had been found to various cars like the Efini MS-8, Xedos 9, and Eunos 800. The MX-3 has 2.0L V6 popularly known as KF-ZE which is also present, but this exchange can become really very difficult to prove at due the unavailability of the components required. With this reason, the particular exchange of engine is not often tried.

The engines of 4cyl RS can be often complicated than that of V6 GS due to the fact that ECU, harness in its wiring, and the combinations of MAF and the same time mounting of motor. V6 permute combinations require the ECU; its intake manifolds and probes specific VAF, although there are the far less variables that needs to require assistance. Many enhancements can be brought after the exchange of engine and during the process of tuning the engines to search for the best alignment of the peripherals of engine.

A German Mazda mx-3 Story

Tom — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:14:01 +0000

This is by far the most excellent Mazda mx-3 video you’ll be able to find on Youtube. It’s got some great footage, some excellent tuning (even though I’m not too fond of some of the overtuning, but I’m sure that’s personal) and some great sounds — not spoiled by overly loud background music.

Excellent video, lovely car — warspider27 obviously loves his Mazda mx-3! Props, man!

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Revving a Mazda mx-3 — That’s the sound right there!

Tom — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:52:53 +0000

I mean holy canoli, that’s not the sound we’re used to hearing from an mx-3. I pretty much love it though.

The sweetness of the car ends with the sound — who picked the color? Jeezes Christ — SPRAY PAINT IT INTO SOMETHING NOT-GAY, PLEASE!

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Mazda mx-3 dyno video

Tom — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:51:20 +0000

A pretty solid video of a Mazda mx-3 doing a dyno-run. I kinda enjoyed it — but what idiot decided to put music on the background? I mean — we’re trying to hear the engine, dude!

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Funny detail: the fattest dude was in the car — why? FOR STABILITY REASONS — no shit!

The Mazda MX-3: an affordable Sports Coupe

Tom — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:31:39 +0000

Mazda with its front dive sports motor car has been the first in its class due to the V6 engine enabled feature. The low based model used an engine with 88 HP, a 1.6-liter 4-cylinder. A top-of-the-range GS came with smallest V6 from the industry, they come in features like a twin-cam of 1.8-liter 24-valve, packing with a 130 HP. The two engines led a gear box standard 5-speed manual or an automatic optional 4-speed. To slow down with an antilock braking system this was optional only with that of the 5-speed GS, which seized with all-disc type of brakes. The low cuts employed an exhaled installation of face-disc/rear-drum. The GS also had tires of execution on larger alloy wheels.

This Mazda is quiet and eager, the feature of tiny revs with that of the V6 engine quickly to 3000 rpm but produced small HP with this type of speed. Consequently, that functions better with the manual station, which allows the user of the vehicle to be in more control with its engine speeds. The gas kilomètrage is not that impressive. We obtained to 20 miles per gas in an automatic GS. The engine has a 4-cylinder which is another history: It runs with excitation, particularly with automatic – they shift hard during a hard acceleration.

The Mazda mx-3′s “Speed Features”

Tom — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:36:41 +0000

MX-3 had a higher speed of roughly 200 km/h which is equivalent to120 M/H. MX-3 GS could accelerate up to 100 km/h, a 60 M/H, in 8.5 seconds within timeframe, and it could travel to a large distance of at least one thousand quarter in 16.6 seconds. With a rate of rotation of at least 0.89 g, an approximate of 8.7 miles per second square, its possibilities of handling could be the most excellent in quality class.

The V6 engine is very impressive during present time, pertaining to the K-series of Mazda, which were employed in a chain of the vehicles that of the company. These engines were designed to be smooth, very durable, and to hold a high torsion through the chain of RPM. These engines are beneficial in providing the optimal torsion by using the resonance of catch and a variable catch length intake manifold (VLIM).

Mazda had called their system on MX-3 which is a “variable system of induction of resonance” (VRIS). The HP 199 with KLZE discovered in various cars such as that of Efini MS-8, Xedos 9, and Eunos 800. The evolution with this size of engine added the semi-official balance of GSR to the MX-3. 4-cyl RS could be modified to adapt the engine of point of boiling, B6T or BP-T. One or the other of these modifications of engine gave the additional execution comparable with much of modern cars of sport, a popular improvement among the enthusiastic MX-3.

An mx-3 V6 24V having fun on the German roads…

Tom — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:31:13 +0000

This car sounds like HEAVEN. Too bad the uploader added background music — because honestly the powerful V6 engine (133 HP) sounds great, especially in combination with the Sebring exhaust. The gearbox behaves great shifting down at 100mph, which shows the class of this mazda…

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Apparently there’s more vids to come from this guy — so keep your eyes peeled!