The Mazda MX3, an unsung hero.

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>>14929051
Agreed.

I will have one someday.

Also agreed, really brilliant engine idea. Most certainly wouldn't mind one.

Some guy from a meet stuffed the Mazda 6/Ford Probe V6 in it
What's your opinion on that, guys?

>tfw shopping for first car
>1995 4 cyl 1.6 dohc with 68k miles for 2200
>or 1993 prelude si
>or get a miata, modified integra, 7th gen civic si for $1000 more

Man , I'm spoiled for choice

>>14929084
Same engine family, bolts right in. Common swap for more power.

>>14929092
The 1.6 is kinda meh, although you can stuff some nice tarbo 4-bangers in there and convert it to AWD using 323 GTR/GTX and Protege parts.

>>14929051
But why is the mx3 so heavy if it's contemporary with CRX

>>14929115
>converting drive trains
I may be new to cars , but that's not really anything I will do anytime soon probably .

The MX3 is the lowest mileage car for sale I like, all the others I listed are in the 100,000s and it's cheap. Plus it's a very pretty car.
Just wondering how it compares to the other cars I've listed in terms of driver satisfaction .

>>14929144
Supposedly they're great fun to drive, the 1.8 V6 is the one you really want though. Those sound fucking fantastic.

>>14929152
I sadly can't really find the v6 version for sale though

>>14929115
does the mx3 really have that much of an aftermarket ? seems like it has a disadvantage to honda with its mugen and jun

>>14929252
It shares a lot of parts with the 323/Familia/Protege, so most mods for those work on the MX-3 as well.

Certain Probe/MX-6 parts can be swapped in, too.

Overall the aftermarket isn't as huge as Honda's, obviously, but it's not too terrible.

>>14929268
>FWD
>NOT HONDA
>SHIT STOCK SPECS
>NO DOUBLE WISHBONE EVEN
>NOTHING REDEEMABLE
RIP
RIP
RIP
>>14929144
Don't buy it
RIP

>>14929051
When I was buying my first car I was really considering this, but my dads says no and I buy renault 25

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Love mine, v6 makes pretty nice sounds with an exhaust.
Prepping for a turbo probe gt swap.
Also there's a nice red one with a klze already in it for 2400 near Seattle.

>>14929127

Amenities and V6.

>>14929084

Why not KLZE or Miller Cycle swap? Bad engine?

>>14929407
>>14929443

Is the 4 cylinder not worth having at all? Is it that bad?

>>14929456
The S/C Miller cycle from the millenia can fit with some persuasion. I personally prefer the small high rev V6 with some boost added, but what do I know.

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>>14929443
>V6
even the 1.6 is still pretty heavy

>>14929456
Probe motor is better for boost than the klze

>>14929461
If you plan on doing another 4cyl swap it's fine because turbo options, but v6 goes from 130hp to about 185 with probe v6, and about 200 with klze

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>>14929499
>>14929283

I actually cringed at the way you type

>>14929468

That's what we said! It's gotta be more block.

>>14929519
Pretty sure it gave me cancer

>>14929283
Kill yourself

>>14929473

Good to know. Can you put KLDE heads on the KLZE block for lower compression with turbo and revs? I kind of want an MX-6 now.

>>14929488
just stick a honda engine in the mx3
>>14929526
what

>>14929051

This was my first car and they're pretty great. Had the V6 with the 5speed standard. It has a very good turning radius and handling. The V6 is a revving power plant and it is very easy to break the front wheels with it.

It's a load of fun, looks unique, and is a hatchback. It is every shitbox-enthusiast's dreams.

>>14929539
Not sure haven't looked into the klze much because prices suck and I got a probe gt motor already built for cheap.

>>14929575
Why.. Kl motors sound 10x better and are drop in

Ls swap
Ftw

>>14929592
Except you can usually find parts for shit boxes

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Took this in a car meet on sunday. Not bad 2bh

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what would happen if someone decided to swap in the RWD drivetrain from the Miata into those?

>>14929607
because its not a v6????

>>14929051
The Mazda MX-6 V6 is infinitely superior.

I got the v6 for a while
fun as fuck car, but had to sell it because I didnt have any money to fix anything wrong with it and my parents didnt want to deal with it

>>14929630

It had around 220K miles by the time I sold it and I never had an issue finding parts. The only thing I ever had trouble with specifically is the master window switch. A lot of the parts are interchangeable for the B6E as well since it was used in the MX5, protege, Laser, etc.

>>14929753
But the Mazda K-series is like the only good V6 in the world. It's up there with the Dino V6. Maybe the SHO V6 can tag along, too.

>>14929283
This is b8.

>>14930538
But the car isn't a v6 what are you even arguing anymore

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UNSUNG HERO THREAD

>>14929051
goddamn it's ugly

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>>14930719
>FWD

>>14930745
>>14930744
>distinct drop in posting quality once school hours are over
wow i want it to just be a meme

>>14930538
You're right, the VQ series are *great* V6's.

>>14930745
It's to the 626 what the Prelude is to the Accord.

>>14930745

CARS CAN'T BE FUN UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE THE TAIL COME OUT BY SLAMMING THE GAS :((((((

ALSO I CAN'T DRIVE :((((((

>>14931079
It's just my personal opinion that it looks like it should have RWD.

I don't mind it at all if it's in something with less sporting coupe pretensions.

>>14931207
It's just as sporty as any other sports coupe, stop being upset.

>>14931207
Chassis matters way more than drivetrain layout below ~300hp.

>>14929575

My bad, I thought the 1.6l was a V6 too.

Well thanks to the driver and passenger Airbags; side curtain, seat mounted, and an interior made not economically, it's still a lot lighter than the CR-X III del Sol.

>>14931427
Fwd can't take real power

>>14929051
Mazda MX3, a car that shouldn't have been FWD

>>14931719
A hardtop, V6-powered Miata would've been fucking amazing.

It's still a damn fun car, but just imagine that.

>>14931732
Imagine 2005 RWD Integra. What a missile that would be

>>14931764
>>14931719

Go back to Jalopnik

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>>14929051
I used to have one. Was heavily molested and I tried to give it a decent paint job before I sold it, Someone covered it in black bullshit all over tail lights and everything. One of the best handling cars I ever drove, and was fun for being slow. Nobody wants one of these damn things though.

>>14931802
I want one.
I will own one someday.

Fuck, there's even one in my city for sale for ~1400 eurobucks.

>>14931802
>fwd
>handling well
Then again anything with 105 up that's small will be said to "handle well "
No reason to get mx3 over Honda or miata

>>14931819
You're gonna want more power after awhile trust me, but its a head turner, or at least in the US I suppose. I had a lot of people ask me what the fuck it is and that they've never heard of one.

>>14931840
I'm not in the US, but they're still not exactly common around here.

There's some nice backroads though, and their low weight means low road taxes and decent MPG, which is nice because fuel's retardedly expensive.

>>14931840
1
0
5
Horsepower
2470 POUND FWD COUPE
LOL
GET A MIATA OR INTEGRA OR CIVIC SI MORON

>>14931834
Knows nothing about handling obviously

>>14932554
Or the MX-3, most of the talk ITT has been about the 130hp 1.8l V6 version, not the 105hp 1.6l i4.

It looks like a twingo meets supra meets nb meets 928

>>14932577
To me,it looks like a Miata with a little less hood,a little more in the middle and the ass of an FC,with the curves of an NB Miata throughout.

>>14931414
>make passing comment
>/o/ burns their ass in rage
>I'm the one upset

If you say so pham.

>>14929283
t. Bus rider

>>14931414
>It's just as sporty as any other sports coupe
In appearance, perhaps. Don't be a Hondafag.

>>14929051
Rather have celica or a prelude 2bh

>>14932809
>>14932720
busriders

>>14932570
Holy shit no it hasn't

>>14932789
t. Bus Memes
t. t. Memes

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>>14933046
FWD cuck.

>>14933046
Alright, how is >>14931414 true?

The MX-3 and 6 are sports coupes. The S15 Spec-R is also a sports coupe. The DC2 Integra Type R is also a sports coupe. The sixth gen Celica GT-Four is also a sports coupe, as is the seventh gen Celica, as is the AE111.

They are all drastically different to each other.

I tried for years to find one of these in BC that isn't raped with rust and peeling clearcoat but it's impossible.

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>>14930719

Speaking of which...

>>14933418
Didn't these come with an SR20 at some point?

I have a 323 hatch, really wanna swap it for a lantis now

STOP POSTING FWD

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>>14933976
Shouldn't you be doing your chores?

>>14934278
The 1.6 mx3 is trash and inferior in every way to every other option

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>>14933976

>>14929763
This, I owned one and it was a great car. Apparently a nightmare if they go wrong, mine didn't so :^)

>1.6 mx3 loses to stock 1.6 mx5 in a fucking DRAG

>>14933434
>some point

If by "some point" you mean from the day they were introduced, to the day they were kill, then yes.

>>14934547
There was a 1.6 as well iirc. GA16DE?

>>14934586

Yep. In some markets.

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Oh hey, heres another small 90s Mazda hatch.

>>14934640
Trashy underpowered shitbox that isn't even that reliable.
At least the MX-3 had a V6 variant.

>>14933976
Get out of our FWD appreciation thread.

>>14934326
And everyone ITT who's not shitposting has been saying that if you buy an MX-3, you buy one with the V6.

Also lolnopower doesn't mean it can't handle well, which it does.

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Posting MX3 CL finds

https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/5534073007.html

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/5528528513.html

https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/5557041695.html

https://spacecoast.craigslist.org/cto/5558342509.html (V6 in bad shape, RIP)

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/5552218476.html (Protege DX with low miles, because fuck you)

https://sarasota.craigslist.org/cto/5556387473.html (This one is in good condition, other than those tail lights)

https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/5524319727.html
(V6 with rattle can paint job)

https://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/5538244456.html
(comes with rims yo)

https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/5556595335.html (TARBO brapbrapbrap)

and that's pretty much it, RIP little MX3

>>14935841
We're not discussing the v6

>>14937256
Some if us were dumbass

Fwd

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Unsung heroes

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Mazda 323 sedan reporting in

>>14941801
You mean a poor VWfag's favorite car aside from an older Golf to the point where it's nearly impossible to find an unmodified example anymore.

>>14942290
Literally what

>>14931861
>bench racing this hard

Look retardo, cars are more than numbers and specifications for you to fight over at a chink animu board.

Pay due respect to glorious Ahura Mazda or get fucked

>>14943179
>105 hp fwd

>>14945804
>under 1100kg with a good chassis

also,
>the V6 is the one to get anyway

>>14943179

>replying to an obvious shitposter faggot

Cmon now

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>>14929051
Why hasn't anyone posted the MX3 song yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRWJN_lVMp0

>>14947020
We were never discussing v6, jerk