My FE3 progress thread

[Mr N4SA]

lmao!!!!

Is your car fitted with P/S?

[FE3-323]

^ HELL NO! i want is as difficult to drive as possible for anyone but me.
plus i do not like powersteering

[Mr N4SA]

I like your thinking!!
I see you like to put up a good fight with your car.
Yeah, agreed! P/S feel can sometimes be to light, I experienced that on my Dad's FS 626. Especially when cornering hard, the car feels very unstable, where as with his older 89' 626 the steering feel is much better, but town driving was s bit of a "beach"

[89BG 323]

P/S can die in a fire. that sh*t always just feels so overboosted to me. im just not a fan on the whole. that and its just one more thing to break in my eyes.

[nerd racing]

Nice bracket Ryan, you going to have a few made up?

[FE3-323]

^ no, if anyone wants one they can come to me for the file or ask me to make another one.
Last time i made front mount brackets for the FE3 drop in. im still sitting on ALL of them people's failed interest or fear of a new (old)swap here on CP has me a littlebit upset.

[bomdoutscort]

Nice plate. I might have to use something like that when I get a big turbo.

[pumer1904]

just a quick question ryan about how much money would u say it takes to do this fe3/fe3t swap vs a bp

ps beautiful art work on the fe3 progress

[FE3-323]

Swapping in a FE3. requires less different parts then a KL swap.

a Kia FE3 can be found in the JY for the same cost as any other motor.
MX6 2.2(NA) transmission/axels (same cost as any other in the JY)
uses existing BP front rear/top rubber engine mounts.
uses existing BP rear/top engine mount brackets
uses existing transmission crossmember
uses existing BP shift linkage
uses MX3 V6 beltside engine mount
you can buy a front engine mount bracket from me
you can buy an A/C bracket from me
you can buy TB adapters for **full mazda FE3's only**
BP/t management can be used

BOLTS RIGHT IN! (no cutting needed)
but then again. not a single other member has enough balls to just drop one in. I seriously don't understand that one.
So virtually the same cost as a BP swap

[Justbp-me]

It sounds too easy but I trust what you say.

[pumer1904]

pm me a price for mounts set plz

[FE3-323]

^ see post 53+ people have seemingly forgot to listen when i say it bolts right in.
they have confused my swap with what only needs to be done.
My swap is above/beyond preparing the chassis frame-rail for a E153 AWD swap- that is why i have cut it.

[signature sound]

subbin. Awsome project.

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

Hmmmm. fe3 or klze. Mannn. Another decision for my future swap plans. Dam!

Stock for stock and swap wise, which one is superior?

Sorry if this has been discussed already and i don't mean to derail this thread.

[Mazda_Powered]

IIRC there's a few different FE3s out there, so it all depends on which one you would get.

Personally I'd go FE3 if I had an option and a BP swap was not one of them. Especially after reading someone was able to bolt a Miata BP 6spd trans to one