engine swap

[2001 mp3]

Here is my story so everyone can get to know me i bought her in 2001 car # 163 with about 11 miles on her brand new and shiny she still looks good but the motor started ticking on the top end and she has lost some power so i need a new motor 142,000 on it and she has never had anything replaced on the motor she has been good to me. So now i want to know all i need to know to swap in the 170hp fs-ze thanks for the help in advance.

[Lukie91985]

I was told those are " ... impossible to find and the reliability of them has gone out the window ..."

That is, if you are talking about the JDM engine ...

[kcbhiw]

Have you ever had your lifters adjusted? It's specified under the service schedule. Since the FS uses solid lifters, it may only need a re-shim.

Valve springs settle and the shims wear. Such could cause the ticking and power loss that you are describing.

Skip the FS-ZE as you'll need the Japanese ECU to make any power. That said, if you have emissions testing, you'll never pass as the JDM ecu is not OBDII compliant.

[2001 mp3]

I sent an email to corksport and supposidly they are going to help with locating the engine they used to do the installs but stoped for what reason i dont know. and i have not had them adjusted so i guess i will go to mazda and see what it cost thanks for the info.

[Lukie91985]

I just bought a used engine from www.protegegarage.com ...

I'd check them out ...

[2001 mp3]

so i just got a reply back from corksport they will install the fs-ze but will not do the rewire for the jdm ecu thus u will get a better performing motor than the fs-de but not all it can be. On a sad note he said if u look really hard u can find one but he could not give out their source but he did hint that the car was also exported to australia all the jdm models that is so this is where i am going to start looking now. As far as the harness rewire that should be easy as long as u have the ecu schematics for both ecu so u can repin the wireing it is common with honda swaps i did this for my crx it wasn't that hard just time consuming so wish me luck if i find a dealer i will let u all know.....................till then