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check compression. I bought my car with a blown engine. it was overheated. It bent all the exhaust valves. 0 compression

I recently changed mine with the Bosch universal.. I got mine from Amazon. with free shipping. double check part # with Bosch.com and leave extra length wire to deal with the connector. minor hassle, major savings, works fine you need the 4 wire

this is what I'm trying, so far so good http://www.raktron.com/misc/mt.htm

and you get to use premium fuel

my replacement engine turned out to be an fs-ze. the only way I could tell was by the camshaft #s. pull the valve cover to see. it looked like yours only I never saw the intake manifold

when I swapped my motor everything was fairly straight forward. the only issues I had was a stuck axle in the transmission. I used a wedge and forced it out. pay attention to the heater hose routing, they cross over each other. the wire harness routing is kind of tricky around the starter. and...

http://www.mazdascene.com/topic/21663-changing-your-timing-belt-and-water-pump/ http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32015&highlight=timing+belt

mine has the same led hooked to an after market alarm. It was causing starting problems, so I removed it.

these are the spark plugs that came with the engine from Japan. NGK ZFR5F 11 might be originals

Looks like I have the FS-ZE engine. I did some more reading about the cam. Mine is stamped FSH9 on the intake. FSD7 on the exhaust. I have about 4,000 miles on this engine since the install. I got 34 MPG on the last tank. Occasionally I get the ping going uphill or pulling hard in 2cd. I live at...