mx3 v6 into 94 protege

[nathan0333]

is it possible to take the engine and transmission from a mx3 v6 and put it into my 94 protege

[progt91]

yes

[Pastor_Protege]

is it possible to take the engine and transmission from a mx3 v6 and put it into my 94 protege

Why would you want to? They're both 1.8L.

[purewhitemp5]

Take a engine and trans from the MX-6 and stuff it in the Protege. You get more power and larger displacement ( 2.5 MX-6 vs. 1.8 MX-3 ). And they respond to turbos very well.

[Pox]

Im assuming your refering to the KL-ZE, and not the DE, correct? Id love to see a KL-ZE in a 94 Protege, with a write up/how to of course. =P

But the ZE has high compression, wouldnt that be unsafe to run turbo on?

[Silentbob343]

Im assuming your refering to the KL-ZE, and not the DE, correct? Id love to see a KL-ZE in a 94 Protege, with a write up/how to of course. =P

But the ZE has high compression, wouldnt that be unsafe to run turbo on?

Tuning is even more critical/less room for error.

[Pox]

I find it hard to believe theres enough room in the engine bay of a 94 Pro to fit that big 2.5l 200hp monster of a motor. Would there even be room at all to try and fit a turbo + - FMIC? Man, Im starting to drool a little at the thought of a KL-ZE Protege..

What do you guys think would be faster 1/4 mile? Stock BP-T or Stock KL-ZE?

Also does anyone know the weight difference on these two beasts?

Sorry for the thread jacking. =[ lol

[Silentbob343]

They fit in the MX-3 so I would assume they would fit just as well in the pro.

[Jho]

It's been done.

I hate V6's for the very reason that they don't leave much room under the hood.

[sfd]

aye, the klze and variants fit just fine. it's been done even on the 1.9 escort, there's no difference in what you need so the escort/protege regardless of what's under the hood will smile at it.

1.8 v6 from the mx is a waste IMO. higher compression is just fine for turbos, you just have to adjust and properly tune as stated. lower compression leaves room to f up.

id bet the klze stuffed bg is faster out of the box but only by a little. but consider that no one in their right mind will pop a stock klze or stock bp-t into their car, 95% of the time they have mods going in with it.

[purewhitemp5]

Im assuming your refering to the KL-ZE, and not the DE, correct? Id love to see a KL-ZE in a 94 Protege, with a write up/how to of course. =P

But the ZE has high compression, wouldnt that be unsafe to run turbo on?

I was refering to the DE. They are more plentiful here in the states for a much cheaper price and they respond to boost better then the ZE not to mention they are basically the same engine just slightly different tweaks.

[sfd]

I was refering to the DE. They are more plentiful here in the states for a much cheaper price and they respond to boost better then the ZE not to mention they are basically the same engine just slightly different tweaks.

for the cost of swapping a DE into a protege (not to mention the additional weight) a gtx swap would easily outrun a de swapped protege in cost and the platform, power wise, is pretty much the same. plus respond to boost is not even a question with the gtx obviously.

i dont see how a de would respond better to boost over a ze considering as you said, they are the same motor minus some restrictions in air flow really. What's the compression difference? i think they are almost if no identical.