Recent content by lablue96

Well it's been a while, but after having a 2+ month long tedious process dealing with the people over at werks, I finally got my pistons and crank, so now the block is at the machine shop. I'll get it back in a couple of weeks. They wouldn't do any work until the pistons where delivered just to...

argghhh Snailmail growing impatient waiting on the snail mail. I was expecting some waiting time because I was ordering around the holidays, but... what can I do. to pass time I was messing around with the intake, I removed the shutter valves just to keep me occupied in the mean time, I don't...

did you get your engine yet? I'm working on building a 2.3 that came with an auto. it still had the flexplate bolted when I got it. I tried the flywheel and it bolts right up so your manual should bolt right up. this was my main concern when I first got this engine.

Tuning was one of the first things I started thinking about. Originally I wanted to get a camshaft as well for the engine, so I called Dynotronics and talked to their sales rep for a while. I liked that they send you the software, you download it and send them some data and then they send you...

It'll be a mild street motor. maybe a good starting point for future mods. I would like to have at least a good bottom end to start with. Honestly this is my wife's car, but since I'm doing the rebuild I couldn't just keep it stock and an increase in responsiveness and more hp is always good to...

yeah they are there. Nice work and good idea on the plasti dip, this might make it easier to remove and go back to the originals if you change your mind. if I look at the posts I make on my phone and I'm not logged in none of the pictures will show up, I have to be logged in to see pictures on...

Hello again, well I finally started the engine rebuild so that our Mazda3 can finally be back on the road. The block is at the machine shop so while I'm patiently or I should say impatiently waiting here are some pictures of what came in the mail... I have two daughters 6 and 4 and they can't...

Agree, sometimes hard work pays off in the long run, this is something I'm really considering myself...

It's a nice car. How do you like it so far? you mention it's a 3s, guessing it has the 2.3 liter?

Cool. thanks I'm asking because I'm rebuilding my mazda3 with a bad engine. I have another used 2.3 engine that I will be rebuilding and swapping into the mazda. My car is a 06 2.3 mazda3 with a manual but the engine came from a 07 car with an automatic transmission. I was asking mainly because...

Hello all, My first post will be an easy one. are the crankshafts on a manual transmission 2.3 same as an automatic? are they interchangeable? that would be on the 06 07 08 engines if that helps. thanks