hello people im new to this forum, and new to the mazda family actually. Just picked up a 94 mazda 323 standard, and i got big plans for her. Im picking up a 95ish mazda mx-3 that has the v8 and a manual trans. as well. Looking to swap the v8 and transmission in, and any other parts that i should as well. Like i said before im newer to mazda's, any suggestions? Ill have the whole mx-3 to strip, so any ideas on what i should swap over while im swaping the engine and trans? for example suspension, dash, guages, etc. I dont really know whats all interchangeable between the cars, so thats why im here asking you gurus . any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

ps. im swapping it all over now because i heard that to do the klze swap its alot easier to start with a v8 setup than a v6.. is this true? im not planning on swapping in a klze engine right away, but it is something i wanna do down the road

 

Is that mx-3 v8 a stock engine?