My 2002 Protege 5, KLZE to KJ swap

[Brayy]

I do like the yellow on the engine bay of the mazda. Dunno if its just me but you should keep it that way.

[NicholasJackson]

I do like the yellow on the engine bay of the mazda. Dunno if its just me but you should keep it that way.

I cant stand miss matching colours, thought about painting it?

Nick.

[thered56]

Gonna be sweet, No doubt! As if it wasn't before...
What's happenin with the KL?

[Damkid]

I do like the yellow on the engine bay of the mazda. Dunno if its just me but you should keep it that way.

I cant stand miss matching colours, thought about painting it?

Nick.

Yes the engine bay will get a coat of paint, i can't stand mixed matched colours on a car either..... but with saying that, i may just spray the engine bay black, mainly since i have a few cans of black spray paint already :lol:

Gonna be sweet, No doubt! As if it wasn't before...
What's happenin with the KL?

I'm honestly not sure what to do with the KL, probably keep it as a spare for the festiva, cause once i get the turbo setup going, its very possible i could blow the motor :lol:

[Tommychu]

It's Miller time.

(anyone else surprised I'm the first one to make that joke? First thing I thought of when I saw KJ)

Millenias also had MILLER CYCLE ENGINE written on the tach, and some even had it pretty much plastered all over the car.

[Damkid]

^^I'm assuming your letting everyone else know that besides me? considering i stripped the millenia and all...... i kept the miller cycle badge off the trunk so i can put it on the protege once i'm all done lol

[walth]

how's the wiring coming along?

[Damkid]

:lol: i just started looking at wiring diagrams for the KJ today, but i think i got it pretty much figured out

[Damkid]

So tonight i did some minor tedious crap, pulled the KL harness out, stripped the pass. side of the engine bay and threw down a quick coat of paint, it's not pretty but at least it doesn't stand out as bad as the yellow lol




And i have this in mind for the badges on the back

[kellen302]

Hand Model, it's your destiny, man this thing will sound BEAST with sc noises

[Rocketman]

Subbing so I can see how this works out.

Has anyone mated a KJ to a mtx before?

[Damkid]

Subbing so I can see how this works out.

Has anyone mated a KJ to a mtx before?

I once seen a video on youtube of a 5 speed Millenia S, at the time i didn't know much about the millenia's and that they never came standard, but i remembered about the video when i read someone post the KL tranny's bolt to the KJ's......... so thats when i wanted to find out for myself :evil4:

[Tommychu]

^^I'm assuming your letting everyone else know that besides me? considering i stripped the millenia and all...... i kept the miller cycle badge off the trunk so i can put it on the protege once i'm all done lol

I was referring to bhazard's post on page 1, but I was half asleep and it didn't even cross my mind that using that handy 'quote' feature would be a good idea

[getnpsi]

The hits just keep coming. Just a year or two ago if a kid signed up and asked if these swaps could be done he would have been assaulted with 4chan picture insults. Now not so much. Can't wait to see more progress!

[Damkid]

Well the other day i decided to put the battery in the P5 to see if the power draw is still there now that the motor is out, i left it for a day and the battery did not die at all

So i'm figuring it was probably the alternator that was draining the battery, so i'm happy that's finally solved

And i got the rest of the engine bay painted as well, pics comming soon