At this time, are you a Present, Past, or Future MX-3 Owner?
At this time, are you a Present, Past, or Future MX-3 Owner?
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jamestakay
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Joined: April 20 2004, 2:01 AM Posts: 131 Location: minnesota
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Bought mine when I was about 18 years old, had it for 9 years now. It was in a fender bender, than I got into a dumb fender bender, now I'm just waiting for a ze.  Still one of the cleaner ones in Minnesota even with the small mishaps. 92 white gs, sunroof, bought it with 83,000 miles had to get rid of the diamond emblem cuz it fell off due to the accident. Makes the seat belt noise, still got alot of pep for 150k and no engine ticking noise. Sometimes I can't even tell if it's started due to it being so quite, lol. Almost sold it due to buying a mx6 ls but glad I still have it. All the imports always seem to look really hard to see what my car is, gotta love white! I love it when the honda guys tell me my cars a v3 or inline 3. lol.
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January 27 2012, 12:21 PM |
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mikeetown
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Joined: October 27 2009, 4:52 PM Posts: 357 Location: kelowna B.C.
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My red one got rear ended and written of 3 months ago. Now I have a black one  . I got HID;s today and they are awesome.
_________________ mikeetown 93 Black GS - J-spec KLDE, CLEAN CAR 92 Red GS - J-spec K8ZE, stripped interior - Written off 2004 Infinity G35 Track Edition - 6 speed manual http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=79142
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January 28 2012, 2:00 AM |
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Frost881
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Joined: January 23 2012, 10:43 PM Posts: 32 Location: Canton Michigan
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Bought my first one, a 92 RS 5 speed, in december. Its presently sittin on jackstands awaiting the re-instillation of the shift linkage but it drives pretty damn well considering it has 195k on the clock! One minor difference between this and your average RS....mine has no interior pannels, 1 seat and a roll cage...why you may ask? BECAUSE RACECAR!!! I'll be takin mine club racing this summer! i'm hoping to proove that while most the world may have forgotten baout this car it can still hang loose on an open track! 
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February 02 2012, 1:06 AM |
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cWs306
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Joined: May 03 2010, 2:09 AM Posts: 622 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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oh god youll have a blast in your mx on the track. took mine out to my first ever autocross last summer and i was playin with the big boys and there awd cars. as long as u got some suspension work and a front n back tower bar. youll rip. and if u havent taken it around corners at high speeds yet. the 1 thing i can say, is the a-- ends of these cars are LIGHT. they love to slide n get swirly.
_________________ Black 94' GS-ZE Sleeper
 Worklog http://mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=77160
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February 02 2012, 4:49 PM |
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Frost881
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Joined: January 23 2012, 10:43 PM Posts: 32 Location: Canton Michigan
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Good to know since the a-- end of my car has nothing but air and part of the roll cage in it. hopefully the hankook r comps i bought will help it stick 
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February 08 2012, 6:29 PM |
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MrMazda92
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Joined: October 08 2009, 5:35 PM Posts: 5200 Location: Eugene, OR
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I miss driving my MX-3s.  About 2 hours out now, less if I could find my damned tools!! 
_________________ '12 Challenger R/T Plus w/ STP - 3.92 w/ Limited Slip, Shorty headers, SkipShift delete, Clutch Delay Valve delete, Hurst STS, RAM Clutch Adjuster, StopTech 6 Piston Brakes, Sticky Nittos, Tuned
'92 GS 5 spd - Straightneck KL, 67mm TB, MegaSquirt, Coilpacks, 5 lugs, Speed6 brakes, FD wheels, wiretuck, progressive coilovers, shorty headers w/ custom collector, AEM WB, 2.5" straight, Borla XS Deleted: VAF/Power Steering/Air Conditioning/EGR/ABS/Auto Seatbelts/etc
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April 20 2012, 5:36 PM |
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jaydog is back
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Joined: November 05 2011, 6:14 PM Posts: 76
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My second car was the Mx-3, purchased new in the summer of 94 and has been parked and driven for the last 18 years...
I aquired another Mx a couple years ago which was a friends car but happily given to me.
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September 21 2012, 9:52 PM |
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Nd4SpdSe
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Joined: May 25 2002, 2:01 AM Posts: 11212 Location: CFB Val-Cartier, Quebec, Canada
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jaydog is back wrote: has been parked and driven As opposed to the poor "parked only" Mx-3, or the elusive, always on the move, "driven only" mx3
_________________ 1992 Mazda Mx-3 GSR - 2.5L KLZE : Award Winning Show Car & Race Car ['02-'09] (Retired) 2004 Mazda RX-8 GT - Renesis Wankel : LS3 Coils, BHR Mid-Pipe + Falken RT-615K 245/40r18 2011 Mazda Mazda2 GS - 1.5L Manual : Yozora Edition (1 of 500) 2003 Nissan Xterra SE - 4x4 Supercharged : 2" Body Lift, 4" Suspension Lift & 33" MTR Kevlar 2001 Nissan Frontier SE - The Frontrailer : Expedition/Off-Road Trailer Project
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September 22 2012, 9:37 AM |
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jaydog is back
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Joined: November 05 2011, 6:14 PM Posts: 76
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Lol, well parked for various reasons such as engine swaps, engine rebuilds, broken trans, and lately the "poor" parking. 
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September 22 2012, 12:05 PM |
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mavi92
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Joined: February 01 2014, 9:47 PM Posts: 4
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Just picked up my 2nd MX-3 but this one is a GS v6 for a $1000. Runs great and it's Brilliant Black!
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February 01 2014, 9:52 PM |
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kulluminati777
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Joined: July 11 2010, 11:10 AM Posts: 2506 Location: Sunny California
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Brilliant black yes!!!!!!!! Not to many black ones anymore. Welcome to the forums. May be you should start a worklog to show off the car and update us on its progress and any modifications you do 
_________________ View my worklog: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=77688
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February 02 2014, 5:53 PM |
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12vguy
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Joined: June 18 2014, 4:04 AM Posts: 38 Location: Regina sk.
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96 Gs silver 95 Gs silver
His and hers if you will!
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July 20 2014, 11:17 PM |
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mavi92
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Joined: February 01 2014, 9:47 PM Posts: 4
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Just did a major tune up plugs electrodes were almost to the ceramic, and the cap and rotor had major carbon arcing. runs great but now i have an idle issue just started when it goes into gear it jumps up to 1200 out of gear around 750 don't know whats causing it. Anyone ran into this before? Thanks
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July 24 2014, 9:13 PM |
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Sleeper6
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Joined: March 08 2010, 8:21 PM Posts: 1523 Location: Canandaigua, NY
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mavi92 wrote: Just did a major tune up plugs electrodes were almost to the ceramic, and the cap and rotor had major carbon arcing. runs great but now i have an idle issue just started when it goes into gear it jumps up to 1200 out of gear around 750 don't know whats causing it. Anyone ran into this before? Thanks check your coolant levels, known to cause erratic idle issues as well as a possible IAC (idle air control valve under the throttlebody). Check those, if no luck best to post under v6 perf section
_________________ 92 GS gold (driver) worklog> viewtopic.php?f=46&t=73405 93 GS red (wrecked)
I modify my ride so I can drive around the stupid people
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July 24 2014, 11:40 PM |
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mavi92
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Joined: February 01 2014, 9:47 PM Posts: 4
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So update on my MX-3 Idle problems. So ever since I bought the car I've never been able to disengage the cruise control by pushing in the clutch. Not a big deal right, so since I been tuning it up and fixing all the hack stuff with it now all the vacuum leaks fixed it came down to this last issue of high fluctuating idle when in any gear. Well read on the forum http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=261376 about a clutch pedal switch. So I took it a look at it and noticed that my stopper on the pedal was missing and the post for the switch was going thur the hole in pedal. Pushed in the clutch and in gear pushed the switch in.... nothing same idle issue. Took it apart the spring in the plunger was broken not making the post move far enough out to make contact with the tabs to close the switch put a new spring in it (cause I had one and I'm Cheap!) not buying a new one. Started the car up and PRESTO! no idle issue then went on a drive with the cruise on pushed in the clutch, cruise disengaged. So if you can't disengage your cruise and you have high idle now you know what to fix. It's about $15 for a new one but i'm cheap it's fixed and runs like a top!
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August 17 2014, 8:13 PM |
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