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so first post i want some constructive critism
day 1
got the probe gt with the de in it


taking a look at the "new de and mtx"



oh and much thanks anthony for these gifts


soo it begins
goodbye k8

and hello KL-DE

so i took off the timing belt cover and saw that the belt was ripped to sh*t i hope the rest of the engine isnt as bad

Timing belt is no big deal, I personally will just run them till they blow unless I don't have another car ready.

Looks good so far! You need to drill out the front cross member holes to accommodate the beefier PGT front mount.

The DS mount is totally different, you need (I think MTX only) MX-3 mount (K8 or B6, IIRC). Thats a lot of IIRC... sorry.

The rear mount is also totally different, you need an MX-3 one.

AAANNNDD my PS mount was different, off by about 2". So I used an K8 one as well.

yaa thats wut im going to do ill post more pics tomorrow

so my progress is kinda slow but to day i got the shift linkage out sorry i forgot to take some pics
and started tearing the engine apart


got her on the engine stand and going to start taking her apart



oh wuts this and this




and there she is so far

Nice work man, keep it up! and when a timing belt goes on our motor's were lucky, the piston's dont his the valve's so its a-ok ull just have a shitty idling car.. and AWR mount's would solve every motor mount problem. there SOLID as f---. and fit de/ze + mx3 cross member like a dream.

Thanks

well i went out to the gerage today just to grab something and saw the table saw setup didnt think much till i saw it was set beside my open engine and sawdust all over it i was sooo mad

:O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who ever did that deserves a smack up side the head. well from now on when ur done playing with your motor, put a big black bag over it.

yup i am

sooo ive been looking on the online manuals and i cant find the untorquing order of the left head

Umm not sure info you need should be here but I'll keep looking. I know there's a complete torque guild some where on my computer. http://www.mazdamaniac.com/oldsite/home1.htm

got her open

the right cams taking out

a couple of mounts which arent in the greatest conditiion

parts pile

the one left is before cleaning the one on the right is after

my little wash basen

whats that tub filled with anyways? lol. brake clean? thatd be alotta cans hahaha.

Varsol its a solvent :p and it comes in 1 gallon jugs its in the paint isle