Garfy1981's - KLZE MX3 uppdated 04/10

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:52 pm

lol that's a sad story! What company was it? Well I'm sure you could sell your customs to one of the americans who mainly track with thier 3. But you'll get used to ride... probably Razz

Oil cooler sounds easier than I thought. Probably creates an easy place for turbo feed too? Did you get the cooler off ebay?

I hope you pull off the throttle bodied intake, would be immense!

lol at 12k, that's a fair bit.
Lets compare to a hyundai 2.7 coupe to cheer you up
£18,495 - ouch
165bhp - owned
0-60 - 8.3 owned
Looks pretty sweet - so does the 3
Brakes - owned
Handling - in a hedge

But seriously, I take it alot of that was on your custom brakes and suspension?

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:42 pm

I'm keen to fit an oil cooler as do a few track days, very interested in were you sourced yours from..

Smile

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yes, most of my money has gone on custom parts such as exhaust, suspension, and brakes, the total of the 3 is around 3K, then engine etc etc. But i enjoy every part of it so its all worth it, everyone has to have a hobby right lol!!

The oil cooler parts are all sourced from demon tweeks with no problems. I actually have a spare non- thermostatic sandwich plate if your interested? say a tenner?

The main pain with the cooler was getting it behind bumper and trimming the required parts, but once its on plumbing it in prob only took an hour including replacing oil.

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:44 pm

Yeah i'll have the plate please PM me the details on how you want the money..

Moderator Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 392 Location: kent

Cricky a year since my last post, well had the mx3 MOTd in aug2008 and its only done 500miles since then. Only addition is removal of air bag wheel and new momo wheel, which is much better. Other than that its still the same.
Few clips of recent action;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InR2DmJhhUE

was good to push it to limit, you can see where RWD is so much easier to handle on track, FWD power, braking, and steering was bit of handful on corners but straights were good!, i have a new found obsession with the small 2seaters ( elise, catherham, VX220 ) could be a possible future replacement for the mx Shocked

From 1st May poor mx willl sit in Garage to save bit of money, can be trailored to track so may get some more use this year.

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:15 pm

Long time no see indeed! Guess you better start working on a rear subframe for the KLZE Razz

Really you should keep the mx AND get an elise Wink

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no think the only thing left for the mx would be a quaife ATB, but to be honest think i will prob curb the spending on mx and start enjoying it now, taken 5 years to get to where it is now.

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:44 am

Yea fair play, but why Quaife when you can MFactory for less than half the money Wink

http://www.clubprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38426

This is a Quaife equivalent ATB LSD, allegedly made the same if not better tolerances and materials for half the price. I'm on the group buy, can't wait Smile

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:24 am

I enjoyed the vid... I love how the ze sounds!! I need to get mine to a track soon...

anyways I'm in on the mfactory LSD as well - it's going to be AWESOME

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yeah would like to hear how M LSD performs.
As for rear subframe for the mx that would be great but can i keep the engine at the front and have one in the back too! Very Happy

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UPDATE PICS AND DETAILS;

BYE BYE AIR BAG WHEEL;

FLUIDS UPDATE;

ENGINE OIL CHANGED FROM MOBIL1 0-40W TO Silkolene PRO S 5W-40
AND GEARBOX OIL CHANGED TO REDLINE Synthetic Manual Transmission 90 MT90 75W-90

ALL AVAILABLE FROM OPIE OILS

The engine is still slightly noisy but this is quite common and some people have complained that the mobil1 0w-40 left the engine really noisy but i havent noticed the difference really, supose it depends on engine condition and mileage.
The gearbox oil ( not cheap £57.35 inc ship&vat ) but made a massive difference, as the gear change always seemed a bit grindy and hit and miss, but i presumed it was down to the original k8 box on 138k miles, but now the change is sweet, and think i only missed the gear once on track, not bad for 4x 20mins track sessions.

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:37 pm

nice wheel! Certainly updates that area. I had mobil1, found myself struggling to justify £47 for it. It costs just $20 in USA! I saw it in wallmart and was outraged, even took a pic.

It's amazing the gearbox oil makes such a difference, when I get my LSD I shall treat it to some of that redline then Smile

I have a really good feeling about it. Here's what one of the prototype testers said:

Quote:

"In hydroplaning conditions Auto-Biasing is easily notable- alltho a given difficult situation to maintain a straight line. the lsd provides a severely drastic improvement consistantly transferring power between the wheels providing more available traction In dry conditions the Auto-biasing is a smooth transition hardly noticeable to a persay "everyday driver"- beyond its exceptionally increased
traction through each & every corner/turn. Exiting speeds are notably increased in excess of 15+mph Vs an open differential- as noted on one of my personal favorites, traction to the inside wheel is immensely improved
Roundabouts also feel amazing in comparison(feels like the car is a merry-go-round stuck to the road). Dan has already proven its worth during launching applications so i need not be
redundant in explaining it"

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:30 pm

have you got a closer pic of the vauxhall corsa bonet lifters
im very intrested in doing a bonet lifter mod

Moderator Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 392 Location: kent

hello, due to a couple of requests here is lifters;

make, Powerlift Autospezialteile Bonrath ( German ) www.bonrath.com/e/pl.htm , was told that these were for opel corsa ( although corsa i think was nova abroad? so not sure if its nova or corsa)
Im sure that in any doubt any style of lifter would work, as these were just laying around in local modification store. www.trac-art.co.uk

Any how
Length of lifter fully extended; 430mm
From tip of wing by headlight to centre of bottom fixing ( wing ) 485mm
From centre of fixing to end of bonnet over headlight 765mm measured straight not against curve of bonnet.
( hope these measurments arnt too confusing. )

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well its been exactely one year since i put the mx away to save some cash to fix up the project house. Started getting a few bits cleaned slowly, removed number plate holder and old plate, looking for a legal smaller version now, without number plate holder. Also received a nice parcel this morning any one care to guess what it is???. Very Happy

going to sell my blitz sus filter even tho i dont want to, but its too big to relocate. Now looking for a good quality ( ie not ebay ) replacement. Relocating as barrywhite and gulf mx3 have into front well.