Anybody else who has a Straight neck ZE! im Q?

wagZE · Post by **wagZE** » August 18th, 2006, 12:38 am

So how did you guys fit it in with no clearance? I mounted my TB upside down (so my tb isnt getting coolant flowed through it). I had to lengthen the IAC & TPS wires aswell.

Does this look retarded?
http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/w ... downTB.jpg

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » August 18th, 2006, 12:43 am

Image is a no go.. you need to relocate ur battery . There are some people that have done it but for some stupid reason refuse to tell how. There are others that have done it and did tell how.. i forgot. I dont remmber that we had to put the tb upside down tho.. keep uo posted and post pic

wagZE · Post by **wagZE** » August 18th, 2006, 12:48 am

hgallegos915 wrote:Image is a no go.. you need to relocate ur battery . There are some people that have done it but for some stupid reason refuse to tell how. There are others that have done it and did tell how.. i forgot. I dont remmber that we had to put the tb upside down tho.. keep uo posted and post pic

- YA ppl say they've done it but where's the pictures?I did relocate the battery The effin brake resivoir gets in the way of the throttle body- right where the cable attaches.
Oh ya the link is fixed

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » August 18th, 2006, 12:52 am

I will give you some tips here. First off, turn your TB back, that is retarded.

You will want to possibly use the TB linkage from your K8 TB (the round one) and cut off the bottom bolt. You many need to also grind down the bottom right side of the TB so it clears the Master Cylinder there. I have also heard of some people using a mx6 master cyclinder as it is abit smaller? You will also need to relocate the battery. Here is a small write up on this process:

http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Scroll down to MX3 GSR for Dummies post.

If you want, just use the k8 tb and IM for now and sell (or trade) the straight neck on Probetalk or MX6.com and then purchase a Curved neck, there is lots out there and it will be less of a hassle plus you do not need to relocate the battery. That is what is best to do IMO

wagZE · Post by **wagZE** » August 18th, 2006, 3:18 am

Thanks- that was a good link... They talked about the dif ZE's working better with some IM's. My ZE came with a "short neck" im like the one a KL-DE probe has (but motor stamped kl131 a1 / kl31 101) so using the straight neck am i going to lose power? I got the impression that some im's work better on other ze's. I have 2 ZE's one went boom so i bought a new one never bothered to find out what was wrong with the old one.
I am gonna try an mx-6 brake resivoir & grinding the TB if i have to thats all there is to it- my "short neck" has no vris's on it or anything & i don't wanna go through the hassle of buying new shat to put on it. My battery is already located in the hatch & CAI so i don't need to worry about intake hoses clearance issues. I'll put some pics up when i'm done.

Mashamoto · Post by **Mashamoto** » August 18th, 2006, 8:17 am

Here are some pictures of my setup, hope this will help, i relocate my battery too and mod the front engine mount 2 cm lower.And i use 2 other brake fluid container and mod the original one.

Hope this will help you out.
cheers

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » August 18th, 2006, 11:41 am

That brake fluid resivoir does not look very safe up where it is, does it work well for you?

Mashamoto · Post by **Mashamoto** » August 18th, 2006, 11:45 am

It works 100%, i drove 240 accross the German highway.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » August 19th, 2006, 2:48 pm

AAA so the brake resevoir is the KEY hmmm INTERESTING

thanks for sharing that u are awesome duuude!

Steeb · Post by **Steeb** » August 19th, 2006, 4:01 pm

hgallegos915 wrote:AAA so the brake resevoir is the KEY hmmm INTERESTING thanks for sharing that u are awesome duuude!

yes, but the other big factor is what i have posted whenever someone asks how to do it. modifying the engine mounts so the engine is offset more.

btw, mx6, 626 and probes have much larger master cylinder designs. the mastercylinder is about 3-4 inches longer than the mx3 master cylinder so switching that out will cause your more problems.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » August 19th, 2006, 5:02 pm

Really admire the fact that you shared this info.

Theres a few people that keep mods to themselves and i dont know why..

wagZE · Post by **wagZE** » August 24th, 2006, 2:21 pm

sodo you guys run the mx-6 resivoir on the stock mx-3 brake booster or switch the brake booster aswell? Thanks!

Mashamoto · Post by **Mashamoto** » September 5th, 2006, 9:10 am

wagZE wrote:sodo you guys run the mx-6 resivoir on the stock mx-3 brake booster or switch the brake booster aswell? Thanks!

No it's not a mx-6 reservoir, it's just 2 small reservoir which they uses on motor bikes

We cutted the stock reservoir til about 2 cm, we fill it with hard plastic and connect 2 rubber host to both small reservoir, it's works very good though.