F2T Powered MX-3

[dansXR2]

Hello from West Virginia, My name is Daniel and I'm the owner of a pretty rare swapped car. AFAIK its one of two documented and with the 2.2 Turbo Swap. Here's a some of the modifications on the car.

2.2 Turbo Swap (F2T)
H-Series Transmission
Corksport Ball Bearing Turbo
Ebay Front Mount Intercooler
2.5" Intercooler Piping
3" Downpipe
2.5" Exhaust
MSD Ignition with BTC
MSD Blaster2 Coil
MX-6 GT Rear Disc Brake Conversion
5-Lug Swap
Tenzo R seats
Bride Quick Release Steering Wheels
Bride Shift Boot

The car had 17,xxx miles on the body when I got it, now its got ~23,500 on it now. Here's a few pics of it. Glad to be part of the group!












Love to hear feedback

[Ryan]

How'd you manage the 5 lug conversion?

[Sleeper6]

Yea thats pretty sick, thats the older mx6 turbo right?

Definately interested in your 5 lug swap that you have, not to mention those FD rims look killer on that cr

[wytbishop]

What are your dyno numbers if you have them?

[marcdh]

Nice one! Interesting choice of engine, not tempted for FE3? Lantis v6 parts for 5 lug? Or you fit in mx6 bits? Yours is the only other 5stud I've seen! Bit of tidying up wouldn't go astray but it's fantastic to see something different in there!

[dansXR2]

Yes thats an older MX-6 GT. The Swap consists of MX-6 Knuckles on MX-3 Control Arms.... I take it the 5-Lugs is pretty rare too then huh?
The wheels look nice but even with the rear fenders rolled, and 1/2" spacers they rub in a hard turn so I'm lookin to swap back to 15's....

As for dyno #'s I'd say 180-200 at the wheel... If I get a dyno day sometime, I'll post numbers

[kulluminati777]

welcome bro sweet ride

[mazda915]

welcome mx3er total sleeper ride man . good job and love the swap !

[Josh]

Very nice!

For us Americans this motor is more available than the FE DOHC - FE3 motor.

Good work very clean.

[pox]

clubprotege would love this ish.

[mazda915]

OMG DUDE i love you car super sweet man i envy u in a good way haha keep it up and well gone ... clap .. clap .. clap clap clap

[Calg_93GS]

i can see why its a rare swap, as strong as these f2t's are, they are normally pulled out of the 1g probes for a better power plant (BPT mainly)

you'll deff love that engine tho, of the 2 that ive owned, they have both been strong healthy engines right to the end

[dansXR2]

I haven't posted a update lately, so here we are.

Car is now resprayed in a colorshifting Purple/Green/Blue hue. Read through the build. I placed 12/35 at the Grassroots Motorsports $2012 Challenge in Gainesville, FL at the end of Sept.
I hit a deer with it 3 weeks ago, and have just about everything enroute to fix it with, minus the JDM/Euro Lip...

Interested in more about the car? Check out my build thread for it:
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/ ... 567/page1/

[Nd4SpdSe]

i can see why its a rare swap, as strong as these f2t's are, they are normally pulled out of the 1g probes for a better power plant (BPT mainly)

Not really. I've never seen a BP in an gen1 Mx6/Probe. Probably has been done, but it not a common swap. F-series are stronger motors than the B-Series, and the F2T has the strongest FWD trans you can find for a Mazda, hands down.

[RobMinhas]

I take it the F2T trans isn't compatible with much besides the F2T? Or else most others would have used it by now in builds on this site?