My 2002 Protege 5, KLZE to KJ swap

[Damkid]

Figured i'd start a build thread for my P5 since i'm sure along the way i'll be doing upgrades here and there and i'll need a place to post it

when i got the P5, it had i guess vinyl across the top of the windshield, i like a nice dark strip like that but i like to be able to see through it, so tonight i took the vinyl off and added some 5% tint to the top of the windshield



Then a decal i got last week from michael11



And just another shot




And after reading neanderpaul's friend Justin did a brake swap on his P5 and is virtually a direct bolt on and are a drastic improvement over stock, plus i guess the stock calipers are known for seizing up, i think that'll be the first big upgrade i do to the P5

[blkfordsedan]

Will a 3.0L DOHC Duratec fit in a P5?

[91mcnasty]

Looks great I'll be watching this one!!!!

[Damkid]

Will a 3.0L DOHC Duratec fit in a P5?

Well it would most likely fit in the engine bay but how compatible it is, there's the real question, and I honestly don't care to find out either, I like kl's and if I want more power I'll turbo it too :lol:

[Damkid]

Buwahahaha got me a new power plant for the P5 :evil4::evil4:






For those who don't know, it has a 2.3 litre supercharged V6 (called the KJ) and the thing just got a brand new supercharger on it then within a month after, it got into a crash, it also has a new transmission in it with maybe 3,000 kms on it, although its auto and i won't be re-using it

[daniel_cogar]

glad to see you picked it up....

[Damkid]

^^No, thank you for buying my hood so i could get this car

[91_festy_Gl]

Awesomeness!!!!!!!!

[bhazard]

Dude, you aint right.

Is that the stock engine cover? Seems wierd that Mazda would just throw "MILLER CYCLE ENGINE" on it... as if the average joe knows what that means.

[shadetree]

Scoorree

[Grey Vw]

Weren't you thinking of getting one of those into the festiva?

[Damkid]

Dude, you aint right.

I hear that a lot for some reason ::dontknow:

Is that the stock engine cover? Seems wierd that Mazda would just throw "MILLER CYCLE ENGINE" on it... as if the average joe knows what that means.

This millenia is 100% stock

Weren't you thinking of getting one of those into the festiva?

Yes i was thinking about it, but i don't have enough room to get another car for a KJ festiva swap, maybe later on down the road i'll get another millenia for that purpose though lol

[Damkid]

Well i got some time today to work on the millenia tonight and i didn't get the motor out, but one more axle to take out and out it comes, it was just fighting me all night long so i called it a day, probably finish it up saturday

[Nerd Racing]

I've heard awful things about the miller cycle engine... then again you can't trust everything you read on the internet either.

[FB71]

Dude, you aint right.

Is that the stock engine cover? Seems wierd that Mazda would just throw "MILLER CYCLE ENGINE" on it... as if the average joe knows what that means.

Mazda had an intense ad campaign about the Miller Cycle v6 when it was new.

KJs themselves were fairly bullit-proof... the Lysohlm compressors are the weak link.