So I figured I'm far enough along to warrant a build thread, or as I prefer another "protege KL swap support thread".
Heres what I got so far:
02 pro5, already has coilovers, wheels, awesome stereo, and the cruise control and A/C deleted:
KL engine from a 96 OBD2 ford probe, hence "Probege"
also tranny, wiring, mounts, radiator.. I had a donor car, I think I grabbed everything I need:
ordered a clutch:
exhaust:
LSD:
and or few more things left to buy.
My goal is to break 14 seconds in the 1/4, hence the overkill clutch.
I also have FD RX7 wheels that I plan to race with, and a buddy who is a welder by trade to help me with the exhaust. We plan to run a very quiet stock system and have a electronic dump right after the header for the track.
I have a good grasp on what this swap entails, but as always its the little things that kill you in the end lol.
To my knowledge I'm the first person to do this swap with a Probe engine/harness and the first in BC Canada. (please do tell me if I'm wrong) That also means aircare. I'll have about 3 years to figure out what I'm going to do about it, but the plan so far is to make the probe engine OBD2 compliant then have the protege ECU out of the picture. Because of this I'm gonna try and post specific wiring information. More research and testing to come however.
please feel free to comment, and contribute. I'm very good at checking the forums but horrible at taking pictures when doing stuff, so I need to know that at least somebody's interested in watching what i'm doing lol.
anyway, enough talk.
today I got the tranny off the motor and started degreasing everything, sheesh this stuff takes a lot of time to get off. My idea is to paint everything visible flat black, then the engine bay in POR15. Also the trans wasn't yet drained so I got a nice surprise when I pulled them apart... plan is to teardown trans and install LSD tomorrow night using this:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...-Teardown-amp-Rebuild-w-LSD-amp-5th-Gear-Swap
Heres what I got so far:
02 pro5, already has coilovers, wheels, awesome stereo, and the cruise control and A/C deleted:

KL engine from a 96 OBD2 ford probe, hence "Probege"
also tranny, wiring, mounts, radiator.. I had a donor car, I think I grabbed everything I need:

ordered a clutch:

exhaust:

LSD:

and or few more things left to buy.
My goal is to break 14 seconds in the 1/4, hence the overkill clutch.
I also have FD RX7 wheels that I plan to race with, and a buddy who is a welder by trade to help me with the exhaust. We plan to run a very quiet stock system and have a electronic dump right after the header for the track.
I have a good grasp on what this swap entails, but as always its the little things that kill you in the end lol.
To my knowledge I'm the first person to do this swap with a Probe engine/harness and the first in BC Canada. (please do tell me if I'm wrong) That also means aircare. I'll have about 3 years to figure out what I'm going to do about it, but the plan so far is to make the probe engine OBD2 compliant then have the protege ECU out of the picture. Because of this I'm gonna try and post specific wiring information. More research and testing to come however.
please feel free to comment, and contribute. I'm very good at checking the forums but horrible at taking pictures when doing stuff, so I need to know that at least somebody's interested in watching what i'm doing lol.
anyway, enough talk.
today I got the tranny off the motor and started degreasing everything, sheesh this stuff takes a lot of time to get off. My idea is to paint everything visible flat black, then the engine bay in POR15. Also the trans wasn't yet drained so I got a nice surprise when I pulled them apart... plan is to teardown trans and install LSD tomorrow night using this:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...-Teardown-amp-Rebuild-w-LSD-amp-5th-Gear-Swap
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