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Excellent information. Reading up this, and the follow-up threads of stories infuriates me how greedy and crossed some people in this world can be. The one guy who had the piston blow to shards, that really grinds my gears.
Thats what sucks about buying such a complex assembly, when its too far away that you cannot check it out in person, and you have the expensive shipping and negotiations. This is one of the handful of reasons I have not bought a ZE yet, I have a very hard time spending so much on something I can't inspect in person. Its kind-of like buying a car from ebay without checking it out or driving it. The biggest stopper for me, is knowing that dealing with issues with the importer, will be hard, and probably require legal actons. Almost too much a mess to deal with.
Now, if there ever could be a day, that a Probe/Mazda enthusiast (honest) can work, or better, run such an import business, that would be great, but I better wake up as I am dreaming LOL.
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Originally posted by Tiggerso if I got my obd-1 ZE it should have the good retainers in it already and I should not have to switch them out with my odb-1 de retainers and locks right?Last edited by KLZE Porsche; February 14, 2008, 10:03 PM.Success is a measure of determination!
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Valve Spring Retainers - more info from an old thread on Mx3.com
Hey Porsche
Congratulations on some really useful research - bloody useful.
You might be interested in this topic which touches on the same theme of variations in the size of retainers from "KL-ZE" engines
http://mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php...ring+retainersEunos Presso HI-XS Special Edition, KLZE, KL47 IM+TB, MX6 LSD box OEM front s/bar, Outlaw IM+TB thermalbloks, lightened K801 fly, XTD Stage 3 clutch & cover balanced to f/wheel, mbolin tranny saver , walbro 255,short shifter, SRD shifter bushings- H&R Springs and Koni inserts, MSpeed engine mounts, SS brake and clutch lines, PRM CAI,Whiteline rear strut and swaybar, 7x17 Konig/Maxxim Fourteen rims, and stuff.
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Ok, so what you are saying is they made the retainers with more surface area but they thinned them out so they are more brittle. Should I change out the springs as well to the DE ones? Or should I just swap out the retainers and locks..?In search of the eternal buzz, but not the one from a hon-duh with a fartcan...
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Originally posted by shawn_crashedMake sure no Helicoil on it...thats a ball buster to deal with.
Originally posted by TiggerOk, so what you are saying is they made the retainers with more surface area but they thinned them out so they are more brittle. Should I change out the springs as well to the DE ones? Or should I just swap out the retainers and locks..?
Also a note to all who read: If you experience broken retainers in your ZE or DE then please post photos of which type of retainer and split locks you had that broke so we can shed more light on this. Please clean the pieces very well and use a high quality camera (not a cell phone cam) to post some photos for comparison. This bit of help would be greatly appreciated.Success is a measure of determination!
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Hello to all the probetalkers, my name is alex and I live in rome, italy i have an mazda mx3 and i'm tryng to swap my old k8 with a klze. I would ask you some information about the klze because here in italy nobody knows this engine. Viewing this probetalk forum I noticed that here you know it very well. and i want to tell.. .thank you!!!!!!!! to all the guys for these very important informations..actually i bought an klze straight neck on ebay from ENGINESUS hoping to give "200"hp at my car but now i'm afraid to receive "200"kg of rust... and i'm waiting for the payment... do you knows Bob of enginesus and the products they sell on ebay? I can trust?. i bought the staight neck version in order to have for sure the kl-31 cams but i know that this intake manifond don't work good cause the mx3 battery's location, but before i bought also the kl47 curved neck intake manifold with square port/runners but unfortunately i have this kl47 throttlebody it's full of rust and I would like to ask if i can install a kl-31 throttlebody from the straight neck that i will receive on this new Curved neck intake manifolds. please help me!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot.
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Originally posted by alexskull75Hello to all the probetalkers, my name is alex and I live in rome, italy i have an mazda mx3 and i'm tryng to swap my old k8 with a klze. I would ask you some information about the klze because here in italy nobody knows this engine. Viewing this probetalk forum I noticed that here you know it very well. and i want to tell.. .thank you!!!!!!!! to all the guys for these very important informations..actually i bought an klze straight neck on ebay from ENGINESUS hoping to give "200"hp at my car but now i'm afraid to receive "200"kg of rust... and i'm waiting for the payment... do you knows Bob of enginesus and the products they sell on ebay? I can trust?. i bought the staight neck version in order to have for sure the kl-31 cams but i know that this intake manifond don't work good cause the mx3 battery's location, but before i bought also the kl47 curved neck intake manifold with square port/runners but unfortunately i have this kl47 throttlebody it's full of rust and I would like to ask if i can install a kl-31 throttlebody from the straight neck that i will receive on this new Curved neck intake manifolds. please help me!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot.
I am continuing to build this thread with photos and information but I cannot express enough the importance of performing a very thorough inspection as suggested by this thread. And it is especially important to people overseas since the cost of obtaining a KLZE is far greater than it is in the US in most cases.Success is a measure of determination!
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$500 Gas-Electric-Gas Reconversion/Restoration
Mini-me & 500k "Old Gal" RIP
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Originally posted by KLZE PorscheAnd I am really dissapointed that Noyan has chosen to not honor the warranty that is expressed on their website.
Good thread and something i will use on my next engine purchase05' AM General 1151 Up-Armored HMMWV "Humvee" TurboDiesel V8, 190chp - 400ctq on JP8
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