My aspire swap...

[defprun]

Ive watched 3 hours of 4 Weddings before, 2 hours grinding welds isn't a total waste of time...

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[Bert]

When I looked at the factory welds inside that Aspire manifold I just shook my head. Never seen anything as counterproductive as that before and presumed that some conscientious Kia or Mazda engineer (who'd also seen that) concocted more efficient cam/valve rockers in order to counter that mess so as still be able to say the engines were equally fuel efficient. 2 hours of careful grinding is not a waste of time when you're aiming for 'state of the art' but when it has to be done in order to mimic parts that were mass produced a few years before it all gets rather embarrassing.

[defprun]

I see your point...its a newer car. But there's examples of that everywhere. Motor mounts are s*** from the factory on a brand new mazdaspeed 3...at least theyll be cooked at 20k miles. I know a MX3 doesnt have 280 ft/lbs but at least their mounts seem to last..how hard is it to engineer a solid hunk of rubber?

I was talking to a friend of mine and his father is part of an engineering firm. They were testing a Pre-production Toyota Supra out in Alberta in the snow and after 72 hours of testing nothing broke...except for his dad slamming the hatch and the pin inside broke.

They engineered a titanium unit...Toyota included it in all Supras.

Why cant Mazda take a page? Our freakin' hatch spoilers rattle when you close the hatch like its fastened with duct tape.

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[defprun]

I made dis



Rio mount and some bent 1/4 inch galv steel. Solid front mount! Gonna throw a U clamp around the bolt to keep it from opening up until I can have it welded.

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[defprun]

Speedo gear with half the threads...



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[defprun]

Its cranking but not starting. My FSM wiring diagram isnt giving me any pointers on where the rest of the connectors go.

This two prong black connector has a red/yellow and yellow/black wire
Just behind it is a white two prong connector both wires are solid green.

This is a single prong white connector with a solid yellow wire...

Any help would be appreciated!

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[FestYboy]

that single wire is for the coolent temp sensor for the dash. (connects to the head near the t-stat housing)

[zoom zoom]

Was you car an auto converted to manual? Kinda want to say the 2 prong connector is for a tranny sensor but might be for the iac? Make sure the relays on the driver fender are hooked up and fuel lines are right!

[bravekozak]

I have a B6 carb intake manifold, just in case.

[defprun]

The FSM had me connecting a green/yellow wire there. Ill splice that together tomorrow. Explains why the fan would run continuously.

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[defprun]

The car is an auto converted to manual.
Ive thought about converting to carb lol not gonna lie.

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[zoom zoom]

Did you splice together the two wires to make it run????! Send a pm to Gomez he can probably tell you exactly which wires need to be spliced!!!!!

[defprun]

I hope I can get time for this today before work. Ill give gomez a PM for sure.

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[defprun]

It almost started! Lol but the battery doesnt have enough charge...Ive got my booster pack charging and ill try again tomorrow. Ive got a white 6 pin connector dangling under the dash...dont see anything under there that it could connect to.

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[defprun]

The car gets fuel and spark, thinking its probably timing. Friend of mine is coming over tomorrow and see if we can get 'er started.

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