First Time Building a Motor! | MAZDASPEED 3 Build Log

Building my Mazdaspeed 3 motor.
Music:
Vicetone - Anywhere I Go
MitiS & MaHi - Blu

[@A92CB7]

First start up sounded good

[@durban23496]

ARP 2000 head Studs are known in this platform to cause head lifting. Use oem bolts unless you need more power. Use ca625+ if you need head Studs that won't ruin your build and high hp

[@ZJSProMedia]

I'm only shooting for 450 -500. They shouldnt be a problem

[@WannabeTuners]

Hey man awesome video! Keep up the great work 👍

[@ZJSProMedia]

Thank you so much for watching! Love all your videos! Super excited to see you get your car back out there. I personally just went big turbo and am finishing stiff up so I can start the tuning process! So excited!

[@WannabeTuners]

@@ZJSProMedia Hell yeah man!

[@ZJSProMedia]

@@WannabeTuners when's the next part coming out!!!

[@WannabeTuners]

@@ZJSProMedia Hopefully soon, life gets busy sometimes lol

[@sonarcreep3691]

Wish I had the money to build mine.😢. Top job though buddy. Good vid. 👊

[@davidflores5783]

What video did you watch for the timing??

[@ZJSProMedia]

I referred to my buddies video over at wannabe tuners

[@grape00jellly]

This was an awesome watch from start to finish! Who do you recommend for tuning? 👀

[@ZJSProMedia]

Dramatune

[@valherustinger7848]

I noticed you rest your head on the the wrong side. Should be storing that up side down or on its side.

[@ZJSProMedia]

Yeah. I always tried to lay it on a soft surface and such but I know that now 😂

[@bigdong4402]

Fuckin sweet

[@jflorez3031]

Nice work man. I live down in central America mechanics down here are not too familiar with the speed6 engine so I will do the rebuilding myself. My concern are the clearances. Do I just tell the machine shop to bore the cylinders to 88mm? Might as well tell them to gap the rings I guess. Do the shaft has to be service as well? Thabks.

[@ZJSProMedia]

Hey man! If you get the 88mm pistons they usually come with a spec sheet for both bore and balance which should both be something the machine shop is familiar with. My crank was in good condition and just needed a polish. Do note that you might have to use stock main bearings and have them coated. I tried to use king bearings but the machine shop said it wasn't working so I brought them the old ones to get cleaned up and coated to go back in.

[@dasonstalnaker9764]

I know this is extremely late, but did you get your crank keyed?

[@ZJSProMedia]

Nah I didn't, it's not needed / recommended until 700+ Barret Strecker @corksport and I were talking and his nuts build isn't keyed. My goals are 450-500 so I should be just fine with everything I've done

[@dasonstalnaker9764]

@@ZJSProMedia thank you so much! How many miles are on it so far

[@Adr_Jim]

Awesome job bro! I'm going through a full quart of oil every 200/300 miles i guess it time for a build. 🥲

[@aidanalexander5180]

Very nice!! I’m pulling the motor out of my speed to check if the head is level but while it’s out I would like to get my block to look as clean as yours. Have any tips on how to clean the engine block?

[@ZJSProMedia]

I took the block to a machine shop, they steam clean them when they do machine work. Otherwise it's gonna be a lot of degreaser if you can't steam clean it...

[@willg125]

Well done! I've never pulled the motor on the speed3 before but do you have to go from the bottom? Curious why you chose to do it that way.

[@ZJSProMedia]

Sorry for the late response. No you can take the crash bar and core support off. I wasn't aware that you could do this without having to recharge the ac so I didn't wanna do it that way thinking I'd have to pay extra for that

[@WillJacksonNW]

Do you still happen to have the car? How has the engine been? Did they have to balance the rotating assembly after adding the pistons and rods?

[@ZJSProMedia]

I do, but it's for sale. It's been pretty dang solid! I believe they did balance it but it's been a bit I can't remember for sure.

[@santerivuolukka]

Was timing on the speed engine easy or hard i’ve only done timing belt jobs and i have a mazda 3 2.0l gt 2006 and probably need to do timing job in few thousand kilometres

[@ZJSProMedia]

It's not too bad. I referred to my buddies video over at wannabe tuners. Eric is great and explained the process very well!

[@frimm3846]

damn man..... just knowing i have to do this here soon is getting me nervous.

[@ZJSProMedia]

Pm me on Instagram @zjsproductions and I'll help you through!

[@hashtagjustadad5110]

Hell of a job. How much knowledge did you have about cars before embarking on this project on your own?

[@whitty9027]

How long did the rebuild take you to finish?

[@ZJSProMedia]

Well there was a fiasco with main and rod bearings when it was at the machine shop. But about 2 weeks minus the time the block was at the shop from the day I parked it to the day I started it up again

[@Tmoneygarage]

I want to do this so bad but this seems so intimidating.

[@ZJSProMedia]

Definitely isn't for someone that isn't mechanically inclined. Of you take your time you should be ok. Pm me on Instagram of you want tips and help! @zjsproductions

[@Tmoneygarage]

@@ZJSProMedia I will man! I work on airplanes for a living but I have zero engine build experience. I'll give you a follow now just for the future

[@ZJSProMedia]

@@Tmoneygarage yeah shoot me a text!

[@jakubkrcma]

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