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by **ollieboy** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:48 pm

I've been given a Mazda MS8 with a buggered gearbox-engine is all mint though. Anyone know what the best thing to do with this would be? Would parting it out be best or are gearboxes cheap to get?

It's got the 2L V6 engine in and it goes ok- not hugely fast but its a nice car aye.

Cheers guys.

by **RS13** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:07 am

They're rubbish no matter which way you look at them. Pick any random MS8, chances are it's either had a new gearbox or had it repaired, or its' blown. Motors aren't much better. The whole car is a dime a dozen.. but if you've got time and space and money to burn, then fix it.. but don't say I didn't warn you.

Edit: For example:

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Alycia wrote:Sep 02 Total recondition of Automatic Transmission including installation of a Cooler unit Approx 120,000km

by **Lith** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:47 am

RS13 wrote:Motors aren't much better.

Depends, the 2l isn't but the 2.5l KL-ZE is a nifty unit... a few years ago there was a Eunos 500 doing mid/high 13s regularly at Meremere running a KL-ZE.

by **ollieboy** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:39 am

Thats good to know RS13, I will probably sell it for parts then.

Cheers

by **pjay** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:25 pm

if it was the 2.5l klze, id buy it

by **pjay** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:28 pm

if it was the 2.5l klze, id buy it

by **pjay** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:28 pm

if it was the 2.5l klze, id buy it

by **pjay** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:29 pm

triple post ftw

Website · by Si » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:25 pm

MS8s suck ass.

My mrs had one. Typical gearbox $&#$%. 4 wheel steer made the thing drive like ass too.

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:03 pm

nice car, but yeah gearbox....
i got rid of mine before it died. again :lol:

but the motors are good, excpet for one thing!
leaking all the oil out the oil pressure sender! they have been known to leak all the oil out there untill it goes bang!

4ws is fine, like any 4ws car..... if you try and get sideways it feels really weird!

if you can pick up a box cheap.... it could be worth fixing to flick off for a few bucks.

or manual conversion? wont be all that easy... but would be a hoot!

by **rage** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:45 pm

fix it and then try sell it for some profit

by **deaf_rattle** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:47 pm

Lith wrote:
RS13 wrote:Motors aren't much better.

Depends, the 2l isn't but the 2.5l KL-ZE is a nifty unit... a few years ago there was a Eunos 500 doing mid/high 13s regularly at Meremere running a KL-ZE.

that thing was pretty cool, n/a too wasnt it?

by **Lith** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:06 pm

Yeah it was, had a few Mazda speed goodies. A hell of a sleeper, the guy who used race it all the time sold it to a chick up that way then it disappeared from my radar. People in the states hiff those motors into Probes and the such and go for 13s.

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:42 pm

isnt it fraser that puts those in lotus 7 replicas?

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