.Cole's GS ZE Swap (Car Sold) 1982 blazer project now.

[cWs306]

hey, k well thought its about time i make one of these, already half way done my swap. idunno exactly how these things work, but i see people list parts then post pictures, so i guess thats what ill do.

Well the mx-3 is Sold. i had SOOO much fun building and driving that car. gunna miss bruising ego in that little beast. still mine for 2 weeks but only 2/3 of it is mine. haha. Ill still stick around on the website and what not. You guys are cool cats and are always willing to pass along some knowledge when its needed. Hopefully the new owner comes onto this site, he was a pretty straight up guy. has a major love for mx-3s.


Part's (green owned, Red need)
GENUINE 2.5L KLZE 21,823km's on motor.
Curve Neck Milennia IM(Thanks to Glen/Sleeper6)
KL36 ecu + JE50 VAF.
Pacesetter headers+Y pipe
2.5" Aluminized piping with a 14" cherry bomb resonator Flow master 40 series muffler and a 3" tip.
AWR mounts
99' Acura Integra CIA+K&N filter(anyone who see's this and doesnt have a k&n, GO BUY ONE! even a drop in for ur stock system it perks up the 1.8s)
Stage 2 Centerforce Dual friction clutch for a Mx-6
10.2MM NGK plug wires + 4cylinder Ford Probe NGK plugs
HEI Module + MSD Blaster 2 coil and KLZE disty
Dip Stick for KLZE
B&M Short shift(BUYING PACESETTER if anyone has one for sale, or knows where to get ahold of one)
Eibach Prokit Lowering Springs
KYB-GR2 struts
Kumo Ecsta rubber
Stock GS 15's painted black
Tinted Markers, Signals, Tail lights
Halo Projector headlights
2500 watt Exile amp + 500 watt alpine v power amp
2 10" pioneer's in seperate bassworx boxes
4 1/2" alpine type s front door speakers/ 6 1/2" 90s blue cone alpines

Dunno what else is in there, if i missed anything ill add it in as i go along.


Here's some picture's. Sorta slackin on the picture's but its because i vacuumed up my phone cord for my computer .

The day i bought my Very first Mx-3!!!! it had a cooked auto tranny(reason for trailer)


Doing the ATX to MTX swap


Finally on the road after the ATX-MTX swap.



Ripping out the fried k8




My love of my life:
KLZE 2.5L V6 24 Valve DOHC,

Displacement: 2497cc
Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
Valve Train: 24 Val
Horsepower: 200hp @ 6500rpm
Torque: 164 lb-ft @ 5500rpm
Redline: 8000rpm
21,823 km's




Not part of the swap, but its sorta hilarious. THE K8 IS BLEEDING! HAHAHA


5/7/11
borrowed my little cousin's camera for a couple minutes but i was passed the valve covers being off stage. so no inside pictures till i change something. sorry everyone but this is what i could get of the motor anyways.

just after i got the clutch+fly wheel on.


smelly tranny for a nice clean motor. i got lazy and didnt wanna clean it LOL..


Head codes and code on the block





5/28/11. after swapping over everything and getting the motor/intake in. still in the process of hooking everything up.
The intake pipe was just me pissin around.



If u got any tips or suggestion's, I'm more then happy to hear em. Cya

[solo_ryder]

Nice lookin project. I got aa ussed creek mica front lip for sale if your interested. Peep my fs thread.

Motor looks mint, got some pics under the valvecover?

[cWs306]

Thanks! i do!! there on my phone, i gotta get a new cord but there soooo $$$$. stupid crackberrys

[john1983]

just send the pics to your email no cords needed

[Nd4SpdSe]

Displacement: 2497cc
Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
Valve Train: 24 Val
Horsepower: 200hp @ 6500rpm
Torque: 164 lb-ft @ 5500rpm
Redline: 8200rpm
21,823 km's

Ha, ya right...

[Daninski]

Did you spend time cleaning that motor?

[Ryan]

I am also super impressed by how clean that motor is... Jealous, really.

[cWs306]

i got no internet on my phone, to expensive right now. ill get the picture's up asap.

cWs306 wrote:
Displacement: 2497cc
Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
Valve Train: 24 Val
Horsepower: 200hp @ 6500rpm
Torque: 164 lb-ft @ 5500rpm
Redline: 8200rpm
21,823 km's


Ha, ya right...

if im right? your laughing at the redline number? its ment as 8200 is max redline instead of 8000 like the k8.




Ryan and Dan, noperz havent touch the motor with anything other then new valve cover gaskets, disty, belts, water pump. but i was also very surprised of how clean it was, i lucked out i think lol.. website where i went were A++, gave 1 year warranty on the internals+heads and sent a info sheet with the motor of what it came out of, how many km's/miles were on the dial, and all the code's that r stamped all over the motor and a bunch more giberish in Japanese.

[john1983]

you dont need internet you just send a pic msg to your email adress the same way you would one of your friends cell phones

[Nd4SpdSe]

if im right? your laughing at the redline number? its ment as 8200 is max redline instead of 8000 like the k8.

WTF you talking about. The gauge cluster goes to 8K, the K8 and KL have a 7000rpm redline (see where the actual red line is?), but the K8ZE had a 7500 redline, that's it. Redline may be 7000, but the limiter is set to 7500 and a fuel cut-off at 7800.

Don't rev it past 7000 unless you want to replace the nice little motor of yours in the near future...

[Josh]

Defiantly for an 8200 red line you would have had to change the stock valve springs. i had to buy titanium valve springs for my BP to get it to rev up to 8200rpm really i can go to 85K but my cams will make peak power at 82K so no point.

Not saying that you couldn't but you would float a valve for sure. especially with the issues that ZE's already have. Is that what the place that you got your motor from said?

[cWs306]

yah i tried that john, its said i needed an internet connection. i didnt get the email and all that jazz with my phone. and plus my phone ended up in a nice pail of anti freeze last night, so all i got for pictures is whats on here. no they didnt have it listed, only everything else.. i just assumed it was 8200 cause of seeing how people drive them, everyone i know pulls em to 7200.. but i guess that isnt good for them.. thanks for the tips eh.

[cWs306]

more pics. best i could get.

[cWs306]

and i got a question, See the last picture for the code's, the last 3 numbers 589. is that the production number? like the 589th klze?

[Daninski]

Defiantly for an 8200 red line you would have had to change the stock valve springs. i had to buy titanium valve springs for my BP to get it to rev up to 8200rpm really i can go to 85K but my cams will make peak power at 82K so no point.

Not saying that you couldn't but you would float a valve for sure. especially with the issues that ZE's already have. Is that what the place that you got your motor from said?

OH man, anyone rev those to 8k+ got to be crazy.