How-To Section
In this section you will find various walk-throughs on installations of peformance items, as well as general maintenence. Hopefully using these How-To's will save you time and prevent you from messing up the install like I have done with so many things (springs, shifter, calipers). If you have a how-to that you'd like to submit, please email it to me at: groharlem@hotmail.com I will give full credit for your work (^_^)
Coming soon:
-Take Apart G-series transmission & swap bellhousing
-Remove transmission from car with engine still installed
-Install 01-03 Honda Civic Projector headlights into your MX-3
-Install a Mazdaspeed Protege 2-way (clutch-type) Limited-Slip differential, manufactured by Tochigi Fugi Sangyo into your G-series transmission.
Click Picture for how-to: Install Time: Universal
-Enhance Looks of stock alloys
-Cheap alternative to buying new wheels92-94 Mazda MX-3, MX-6 and Ford Probe GT with V6 engine
Installing an HEI module to override your stock failure-prone module
-rev's smoother
-improved reliability
-don't have to pay $150 for a new distributor every other month
-Install EXTERNAL IGNITION COIL!!Any car with POS plastic headlight lenses
Polishing DOT Plastic Headlights
-Improved front-end appearance
-Brighter headlights
-Alternative to buying new headlights
-requires seperation of lense from housingBG 323's and Proteges with the curved-style headlights
(90-94 323 & 94 Protege)Mirage Projectors w/Halo Rings
-Improved headlight beam pattern & appearance.
-Requires cutting/modifcation to stock headlight bracket, corner lenses, and grille. Headlights sit near-flush to hood & grille.Ford Aspire Brake Swap EZ How-To
Install 9.2" Vented rotors up front and 9" rear drum brakes over your stock garbage brakes. Also improves handling and chassis rigidity
Making and Installing a Ground-Wire kit
Create an equal, if not higher quality ground-wire kit for about 1/2 the cost of a Sun Automotive, or HKS one!
Universal for any Mazda
-Reduces play in shifter
-Improves engagement feel
-Stiffens mounting point to shifterUniversal Mazda's from 1988-current including:
Protege / 323 / MX3
Escort / ZX2
MX6 / Probe / 626
Festiva / Aspire
Short Shifter Installation walk-through
Will work for:
-OE Replacement
-Short Shifter installation including:
B&M, Pacesetter, Kartboy, RR-racingAny Mazda with automatic seatbelts including:
Protege/323/MX3
Festiva/Escort
Fixes that annoying beep that randomly occurs while your driving. It permentely disables the seatbelt light from ever beeping again (except when you first start the car, it always beeps regardless).Learn how to paint you own calipers for a nice exterior enhancement to your ride!
Learn how to wire your head unit yourself, for long lasting connections, to ensure your system sounds as good as can be.
Learn how to change your oil. Also learn the secret of how to go longer without having to change your oil! (and it applies to all generations!)1999-2003
Mazda Protege & Protege5
Converting US-spec Headlights to ECE-spec
Learn how to adjust your headlights horizontally (Us-spec only allows vertical adjustment without this minor modification)
Universal
Axle assemblies are essentially the same on all Mazda's & Mazda-designed Ford's
Could also use these instructions for Driver's side axle
Replacing Passenger CV Joint / Axle
Got an annoying clicking sound while turning? Or a strange vibration under acceleration at highway speeds? Then you have an axle in need of replacement!
1988-1993 Ford Festiva 00:30 Installing an upgraded Domelight w/maplights
Significantly brighter, requires no drilling and minimum wiring to install.
1988-1993 Ford Festiva 00:45 Install a Tachometer Guage Cluster
Procedure for removing your stock cluster and installing a tachometer cluster from certain 1988-1990 Ford Festiva models.
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