Well, my plan now (and is the best one yet I think) is to buy Jon's Milly 1996 harness and probably a boat load of other parts from his Milly donor car. That way the engine will be OBD2 (I have e-Check here every 2 years) and will use a MAF instead of a VAF. And the wiring will be MUCH easier when I get to that stage.
And like I said on PT, I really gotta stop calling my motor a "JDM Millenia" motor since they didn't exsist over there. It's a Xedos 8 motor. They were produced from 95-02 and only the 1995 motors had square intake ports on the heads, all the other were oval. So I have a 1996 or later motor. So I think using the USDM Millenia harnesses from the engine bay will make things much easier and I can semi-revert to my original plan of swapping in a KLG4. I would love to eliminate the Protege harness from the engine bay altogether and have a nice, clean OEM looking set up. I have no problem doing the mechanical part of the wiring harnesses since I love to solder and am pretty anal when it comes to this stuff. I still need to figure out the transmission aspect of the wiring though since I believe Millenia's were only offered with automatic tranys. Which is fine since my JDM MX-6 tranny has all the wiring pigtails still attached, hopefully I'll just be able to solder the correct wires together into the Milly harness. And hack up the PGT harness if need be.
I also mocked up the intermediate shaft and the bolt holes align perfectly to the Xedos block so that's good. One less thing to worry about. So a clutch and flywheel is next on the list. I was looking at
RR-Racing online and they have some great prices on Clutch Masters clutch kits and flywheels. So I'm probably going to go with that setup. I'm still debating ona Stage 0 "R" or a Stage 1 though. I don't drag race so I'm sure a Stage 0 will be just fine for daily driving and weekend racing. But who knows if I will boost it in a year or not and would rather have the Stage 1. I don't mind spending a little extra money on a Stage 1 if it's a better option. But not if it's unnecessary. More research I have to do in that department...
Jon, thanks again for all the info and for replying to all my bloody PM's. haha. I'll clean my IAC this week following your steps. I wish you lived closer so I could help with the MP3 and Probe. I owe you.
JK, I like how you said "only made 224whp". That's seriously two of my FS-DE's. I dynoed 115whp on a Mustang dyno. haha.
And I agree with Wesley's "brain soup" analogy. Haha! When I first bought my motor I researched online for a solid month and thought I knew everything I would need to get the swap done. Then the more I researched the more I learned I didn't know jack. haha! So it's important for me to verify everything and double check all the sources. I've got folders on my computer stored of KL info, notes and bookmarks. The more I research the deeper I dig into the correct information. I'm glad I replaced the headgaskets because now I have a much better understanding of how my motor works and the variations from the ZE and DE. I don't mean to sound like a prick, but it's important for people to post CORRECT information. Not just stuff they heard from another member on another forum. I'm not talking about you guys here, you guys have helped me out TREMENDOUSLY already, and the motor hasn't even been started yet. haha. But I do a lot of research on PT, and all the other Mazda sites and am a member on there, I just don't post very much. I do most of my posting in this build thread, though I started one on PT since JK and a lot of those cats have been working on KL's since 1993. haha
Jeff, the AWD system would be epic. Maybe someday. haha
Okay, back to more research for me.
