has a JDM turbo engine Swap been done....

[69RMSP]

Its a great motor, i love driving my budds s and id love to drive a 88hatch with a k20 motor in it aswell .

What id suggest for those civic fans out there, is to buy a civic sir 98 ish and drop in a jackson super charger (ughdance). I think my buddys ran a mid 13 /w slicks. it had some other minor work but it was a good bang for the buck.

Yeh, those motors are mad expensive. Down here, still close to 9-10k for a complete swap.

 

[Mr. 4500 RPM]

Well the JDM motor you are probably talking about, the 170HP one, has different compression ratio, higher i beleive maybe I could be wrong. And different Mani's its small difference but which can be bought off of Corksport.com to "make the swap" without important the engine I beleive. Good luck and be safe!

 

[BlazinYellow]

Did Japan have a Mazdaspeed protege?

 

[BlazinYellow]

I found it on my own. It looks the same as the MP3 but with the 170 hp motor.

 

[orlandomsp]

ive also heard that the fs-de was used in a kia small suv as a rear drive and made 170... was this beast the ze in america?

That wasn't the FS-DE that was the FE3, or a detuned version of the FE3 if i remember right.

 

[redrims]

I found it on my own. It looks the same as the MP3 but with the 170 hp motor.

Yes the Mazda Protege MPS...

 

[Kansei]

That wasn't the FS-DE that was the FE3, or a detuned version of the FE3 if i remember right.

The FE3 is an amazing machine. And yeah, it is in the kia sportage

I don't think there were any transverse mount applications of it, sucks.

I read a nice site where a guy swapped the FE3 into a miata .. let's just say the FE3 has rods beefier than the holy grail of little Japanese 4-bangers, the SR20DE.

 

[redrims]

I think the guy with the FE3 miata is on this forum, if I'm not mistaken. But he put a SR rod beside a FE3 rod. To say the least, the SR rod looked like a twig compared to the FE3.

 

[02PROTEGE2.0]

someone should find a way to get that fe3 in a pro...

beefy rods... exactly what we're all looking for... lol

 

[Kansei]

^^^ simple as making the protege RWD

 

[02PROTEGE2.0]

^^^ simple as making the protege RWD

haha so lets do that while we're at it!!!! lol

ill donated my mazda as a test mule... as long as its done for free! haha

 

[blackdragon11]

Is there anywhere online that you can purchase ZE heads or parts from the head??

 

[redrims]

^^^ simple as making the protege RWD

There are 2 probe guys in my area with the FE3 swaps. And they are QUICK!

But I would love to see someone attempt this in a protege. I considered it before I got the SR, but it was out of my budget and ability.

 

[Kansei]

^^ whoa whoa.. if it can be done in the probe it shouldn't be alll that much different in our cars. Maybe we just don't have room for it.

 

[02PROTEGE2.0]

sound sliek someone needs to try this and let the masses know...

somone with lots of money... that kicks me out.

 

[redrims]

^^ whoa whoa.. if it can be done in the probe it shouldn't be alll that much different in our cars. Maybe we just don't have room for it.

I don't think "not enough room" is an issue, just an option nobody ever considered. I did a good deal of research about that motor in a protege 3-4 years ago. Can't remember half the crap I looked up...lol And I don't seem to have the links in my archives anymore

I got the majority of my info from the MX6 and Probe forums. They helped A LOT and know there stuff. And I think "TheMAN" also.

 

[redrims]

Is there anywhere online that you can purchase ZE heads or parts from the head??

None that I know of. The only part I think you can purchase are the cams from CorkSport.

 

[Dimitrios]

FE3 in a Miata swap
http://members.aol.com/solomiata/FE3.html

FE3 Forum on the MX6 page
http://www.mx6.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-125.html