Noob Here! Any MX-3 Owners?

[psyco-joe]

new to forum (cabpatch) just signed up today, I have a '92 mx-3 with the B6-ME/2E 88hp engine. it was my first car and i have done no real mods. Im planning on painting the rims black in a few days to get away from the stock appearance. One thing I really want to do but is going to be super risky, is to swap my engine for a Mazdaspeed3 engine, the obvious problem is hood clearance, engine bay size, and the fact that (as far as i know) no one has done it before. If i'm able to pull it off its going to be sick!!

the only things i did change was a stereo and upholstery, the pic is when we were halfway done with the front seats, passenger side is new upholstery and drivers side was old upholstery but now same as passanger side.

 

[CorkSport]

I think you should have enough engine bay space to get the MS3 engine in there.

If you keep the IC on the top of the motor I dont think you will get it in the car with the hood. You should be able to get a FMIC setup and have the clearance.

-Derrick

 

[psyco-joe]

yes that is what i was thinking another but i would rather go with the FMIC anyway cuz i already saw some cool ones that give the DISI engine better boost holding capabilities and of course it cools the engine better

right now i'm running a sick ol 88 hp lol.

 

[Mx3TD]

Hey All! I Own a 92 Mazda Mx3 1.6l and well.. when i bought her, she didnt have her stock steering wheel, and the previous owner took crappy care of her, the paint is pretty bad and well my piston rings are blown now... i have alot of bypass so i've been thinking of a BP-T swap but i just ordered new piston rings. going to start workin on it at the end of the week. here is a few pictures of her.

 

[psyco-joe]

Nice car an welcome to the forums

It sucks to hear ur car wasn't treated well by the previous owner. I recommed you check out corksport (an approved forum merchant) for any future needs of mx-3 parts as they are one of the few companies that make stuff for mx-3s.

 

[trailbrake2088]

new to forum (cabpatch) just signed up today, I have a '92 mx-3 with the B6-ME/2E 88hp engine. it was my first car and i have done no real mods. Im planning on painting the rims black in a few days to get away from the stock appearance. One thing I really want to do but is going to be super risky, is to swap my engine for a Mazdaspeed3 engine, the obvious problem is hood clearance, engine bay size, and the fact that (as far as i know) no one has done it before. If i'm able to pull it off its going to be sick!!

the only things i did change was a stereo and upholstery, the pic is when we were halfway done with the front seats, passenger side is new upholstery and drivers side was old upholstery but now same as passanger side.

Yae yours is clean now dont put a giant body kit or those black tailights on it and you will be set!!! lol

 

[psyco-joe]

thanks
and agreed, i hate big body kits and black out tail lights ain't my thing. I no longer plan to do any mods at all as I am saving to get a fc. if I get the fc I would still have the mx-3 as my DD and to let my mom drive it.

 

[shawnsenecaut]

I drive one

Hey,

My name is Jay, I drive a 92 Eunos 30X V6 ( Mazda MX-3 GS) , I was wondering why theres not a section here for the MX-3? How many people here drive one ?

I drive a mx3

 

[psyco-joe]

just glad u are okay.
i would have never expected an mx-3 to take that much punishment. There is one mx-3 for sale way over here in cali.
I know what u mean though, mx-3 are really rare and I have only seen 4 other mx-3s were I am from. thats cool u had the v6 version. must have been a lot more fun than my 88hp single cam 4 cylinder lol.

ahh and here is some more recent pics I took of my car. srry for the size

 

[mazda-mx3]

mx-3'er right here =) hows is ur guys mx-3 running ...

 

[psyco-joe]

my mx-3 runs pretty well with the exception of a kinda harsh automatic tranny due to the fact that it got replaced right before I bought it. The engine itself is very good and the handling is great.

 

[beansNJ]

that's all I ever seen until I found this site, basically lol.

I'm new on this site man, help me out, what's BP-T?

 

[CTt3P5]

Welcome and I've always liked the MX-3....have never had a chance to own one.

The BP-T is the turbo variant of the BP engine.

 

[beansNJ]

thanks bro and oh alright, I figured that haha hey, what's Megasquirt?

also, a friend of mine has a Talon and has a program hooked up from the ECU (I think?) and he can change basically everything from the program DSM Link (I'm pretty sure it's called) anyway, do you know if the MX-3 has anything like that where you can override certain things like RPM cutoff and the torque band as well?

REALLY interested in that since I wanna go turbo soon!

thanks for the response man!

nice car too!

 

[CTt3P5]

Sorry....wish I could help but I know nothing about megasquirt or the MX-3. You might be able to find something use the search feature?

Thanks! She's still work in progress but for now I want to try and stop or at least slow down the rust issues.

 

[psyco-joe]

megasquirt is a engine management system http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/megasquirtii-ems-system-smd-pcb357-black-case-p-171.html

I was looking at the mx-3 forums and according to them a lot of people use the megaSquirt system on turbo'd MX-3s so it should work good with the bp-t

 

[beansNJ]

thanks so much man, for some reason I wasn't finding that!!

so, it can be used without a turbo setup (of course?).

I just want to get the best stuff for the car really! (naughty)

sorry how newbish I am.. but, even after reading all that was on that page, I was thinking a few things to myself,

1)can I get that and just plug it in?
2)do I need a different ECU or something?
3)if I get the KL-ZE engine, can I still use the Megasquirt? (I know Iwould have to reprogram stuff around)


whew.. this is going to be a huge learning experience!! (doh)

 

[psyco-joe]

its all good dude, I am not new to the forum but as far as modding an mx-3 I am a noob too. my mx-3 is stock. But I have seen a lot of stuff and am good at researching stuff.
1. you can get the megasquirt system in individual parts that you put together. But i would recommend you get the already built and cased system.
2. from what I can tell MS is used on a bunch of KL-ZEs.
As far as installing it, idk if it is just plug and play or not, read this to get more answers. http://www.megamanual.com/index.html
remember that there are different versions of the megasquirt system so you should probably look at all of them to see which one would suite your needs.

 

[beansNJ]

thanks so much bro.

yeah, I think I'm going to make a thread about it and learn a bit.

 

[daninski]

Go to MX3.com Lots of info there on this subject. Cheers.