{"id":1648,"date":"2018-12-21T18:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eoffer.us\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2024-03-11T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:29:44","slug":"wtf-friday-twin-engine-mx-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eoffer.us\/index.php\/2018\/12\/21\/wtf-friday-twin-engine-mx-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF Friday: Twin Engine MX-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who remembers the Mazda MX-3? No? How about the Precida in some markets? The four seater coupe had a fairly short run but was a pretty unique little car.<\/p>\n

Perhaps its largest claim to fame was the fact that it has one of the smallest V6 motors in a production car. The little 6 cylinder that could was just 1.8L in size. Tiny.<\/p>\n

Though the car was quite advanced for the 90s (they had a wild rear suspension set up that mimicked four-wheel steering) they were never extremely popular.<\/p>\n

Combine that with that fact that Mazdas rusted really bad through to about 2010 and very few remain today. In the nearly ten years I\u2019ve been doing this, I\u2019ve seen two I can easily recall.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So, given the car\u2019s are about as rare as hen\u2019s teeth you can imagine my surprise when someone tagged me in a photo of the one above.<\/p>\n

An Ontario plated MX3 that doesn\u2019t have one foot in the grave\u00a0is rare enough, but something about this one looked a little eyebrow raising.<\/p>\n

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A little digging revealed that\u00a0this<\/em> MX-3 was unlike any other on the planet. The owner @tyburgrisflyy<\/a> has installed a turbo KLDE motor mid ship, resulting in a tiny rear wheel drive monster.<\/p>\n

An ongoing project the car performs fairly well considering what it is.<\/p>\n

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Before the cops came ? @avahergs @tomboyter<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by \u2800\u2800Twin Engine Mx3! 2x v6’s<\/a> (@suicidemx3) on Dec 10, 2018 at 8:09am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In its current form \u2013which isn\u2019t final\u2013 it ran a 11.94 at over 100 MPH. Not bad at all for the Mazda that time forgot.<\/p>\n

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11.94 ???? I didnt get to explan the weekend. Basically long story short. I did test and tune friday and did one pass and my clutch was completely un functional with grinding and slippage. I brought a floor jack to the track thankfully and i was able tl pull the transmission off the frames of the car and find or fix the problem. Turned out to be the clutch for was. Not pushing strait and fell off the ball\/ track it pivots on. It took me about 2 hours with not enough tools to do the job but i got it done and did 11.9 the pass right fter i dropped the trans.?? then was fairly deep into the 12 second bracket racing ? was an awesome weekened ? @j_whitelawxo<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by \u2800\u2800Twin Engine Mx3! 2x v6’s<\/a> (@suicidemx3) on Jun 17, 2018 at 6:29am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However to quote the late Billy mays \u201cBut wait, there\u2019s more\u201d; the owner @suicidemx3<\/a> is also planning to put another turbo KLDE in the front of this car. The goal at the end of a winter of thrashing is twin engine all wheel drive car.<\/p>\n

Clearly Ty has a passion for the unique.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s also got an eye for MX-3s as the white car isn\u2019t his only one. I\u2019m truly impressed he has two on the road, especially one that appears to be winter driven. is far from his only one.<\/p>\n

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No mechanical sympathy. Sorry not sorry ?<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by \u2800\u2800Twin Engine Mx3! 2x v6’s<\/a> (@suicidemx3) on Oct 28, 2018 at 5:00pm PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully I get a chance to check up on this twine engine project next year. After all Guelph isn\u2019t all that far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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