Garfy1981's - KLZE Project superleggera
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Not installed the megasquirt as not decided what stage 2 tuning process is yet, turbo, supercharger, or throttle bodies, but all will need some sort of ecu changing.
just getting a few other parts bullet proof before next phase, lsd gearbox, driveshafts and rear brake upgrade.
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Engine.
2.5 KLZE Straightneck V6 engine
KL36 ECU
Magnecor blue custom made HT leads
NGK Iriduim Plugs
Blitz Air Filter.
Blitz Oil filter.
Mazdaspeed Performance Engine Mounts ( corksport )
Engine Poilishing. ( Fading slowly :( )
Thermostatic Mocal Oil Cooler with stainless piping. ( pics to follow)
Only run on super-unleaded 97-99 RonTrans;
K8 1.8 V6 gearbox
Clutchmasters stage 2 clutch ( rr-racing )
Fidenza flywheel ( rr-racing )Exhaust;
Hotshot headers ( rr-racing )
Custom made 2.5 inch mandrel bent exhaust with hi-flow cat, 3 inch outward rolled tip.Brakes;
Willwood custom made front big brake conversion, c/w stainless steel hoses.
Rear Standard, c/w stanless steel hoses.
Performance brake fluid.
Suspension
Custom made coilover set up, adjustable height.
Wheels
BK Racing 17x7 239 Wheels
Front; Freebie Falken tyres ( to be replaced to match rear ) 205/40/17
Rear; Prada spec 2 yokohama 205/40/17Styling;
Standard, apart from vauxhall corsa bonet lifters
Tinted rear lights.
Clear front bumper indicator conversion
Mazda 6 side repeatersInterior
Reverse Glow dials ( speedhut )
Corksport Rear strut brace ( pics to be added )
Battery Relocation to rear ( pics to be added )I.C.E/ Security
Standard
Cobra That 1 alarm/immob. with window closure.Spend to date since 2004 inc cost of car servicing/modifications. Not inc tax or insurance/petrol.
£12,000 :shock:Future plans.
Quaife ATB Diff, mx6 Gearbox with longer 5th Gear.
Throttle bodie conversion
Standalone engine management system
Lightweight alloys
Get rid of air bag steering wheel.
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mocal oil cooler
rear strut and battery relocation
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that is one sweet set up! you've done it all right. Very tastefully done! do the oil cooler feeds come from the filter area?
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looks nice, what sort of ride do the coilovers give?
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hey,
with the oil cooler, you take off the original filter and bolt on a sandwich plate which has 2 lines from it, then the oil filter bolts onto this, the two lines connect to the oil rad and thats about it. There is two options with the sandwich plate thermosatic or non-thermostatic. Mine is thermostatic so that the oil has time to reach temperature before the oil cooler opens and vica versa maintaining a optimum oil temperature.
The coilovers are good but very harsh as they were built by a race company they are made for track use, which makes road use very harsh ! it has adjustable height so will lower it once it settles.
As usual i ordered them about may 2007 when nothing existed for the mx3. A month later the K-Sport ones were available. And these have adj damping and also look really good for the price available on the group buy. Oh well. It was also the same story with the big brake conversion! Guess I should learn to be patient!
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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 :P
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 hedgeBut seriously, I take it alot of that was on your custom brakes and suspension?
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I'm keen to fit an oil cooler as do a few track days, very interested in were you sourced yours from..
:)
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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.
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Yeah i'll have the plate please PM me the details on how you want the money..
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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 :shock:
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.
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Long time no see indeed! Guess you better start working on a rear subframe for the KLZE :P Really you should keep the mx AND get an elise ;)
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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.
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Yea fair play, but why Quaife when you can MFactory for less than half the money ;) 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 :)
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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! :D
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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-90ALL 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.
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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 :) I have a really good feeling about it. Here's what one of the prototype testers said:
@e8c3f437ef:
"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"
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have you got a closer pic of the vauxhall corsa bonet lifters
im very intrested in doing a bonet lifter mod
