My FE3 progress thread

[Mazda_Powered]

damn that's close lol

[bp_turbo'd]

cant wait

[FE3-323]

Just so happened to match some injectors into my fuel rail

[irishkev90]

Were you wearing shoes!?

Hahaha, nice progress. Makes my jealous my car isn't torn apart

[Racerboy]

Hey Ryan, do you subscribe to grassroots motorsports magazine? How do you like it? And how much does it cost to susbscribe? I am looking for another magazine to subscribe to, as one of my usual magazines (hemmings muscle machines) went WAY up in price, and I cancled my subscription.

Back on topic:

If you want some good sound deadener, dynamat products are the best you can get. My dad uses it on all the cars he restores for people and it works WAY better than anything else out there.

[Powar]

I'd highly recommend GRM. $100 for 10 years is pretty unbeatable, too.

[SgtRauksauff]

yeah, GRM is pretty nice. I got that same 10 years for 100 bucks, i think my subscription ends in 2017 or something.

Ryan, are you going to paint the welds on the inside of the car too? I'd recommend it, because rust WILL form, if there is bare metal...

[Mazda_Powered]

oh he's coating everything top to bottom lol. NO RUST ALLOWED!!!!11

[FE3-323]

Good info for those people swapping in Kia FE3's
99 miata thermostat housings bolt up & face the correct direction..........
You'll need to machine a lip into the head for a Thermostat to sit

[FE3-323]

Today's update.

Thank you goes out to bogaut for mailing me a GTX TB coupler!!!!

Upper charge pipe is mocked up & technically fits with better angles than it did with the BP.












Also went into my garage & dug out the old 2.5" exhaust from the RED 323 (323 #1) lets see if anyone remembers it..........

it'll get me by with a complete exhaust system for now- Mandrel bend 3" will be fitted down the line.
meanwhile a free flow master muffler/resonator inline should help tone the car down a bit.

[progt91]

cool stuff, when did you plan on having it fired up by?

[monoxidechild]

either the stock water neck from the kia fe3 fits also if you drill out the two mounting holes also. i have that fitted up on my spare kia head in my garage. the plug thats normally on that outlet also works to plug that one at the front of the motor when you make it FWD.

[FE3-323]

Changed the exhaust valve keepers over to intake keepers(spares from other heads)
not bad if you have the tool & some air.

Pulled out the FEAP intake cam & put in a KIA FE3 intake cam(FE3N cam equivelent)
should prove a nice jump in performance VS how it could have run.
I did note that i had a fully collapsed lifter on the intake side- so all of the caps/HLA's are being pulled out & ultrasonicly cleaned


worked on extending/relocating the VAF wires a bit more today. i'll finish that up when i can score some more free time.

[bp_turbo'd]

how much hp expect to make with these cams?

[FE3-323]

Test fitted the injector rail so i could have an idea how to start on the throttle cable...

turned it around so i could put it on the hoist & finish up the exhaust system tomorrow.