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by fiestafrank
July 19th, 2009, 6:31 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons
Replies: 12
Views: 684

Re: 24 Hours of Lemons

Not a chance. We bought the car from him and I'll leave it at that. Not a positive experience.
by fiestafrank
July 18th, 2009, 12:18 am
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons
Replies: 12
Views: 684

Re: 24 Hours of Lemons

seeing as no one else has contacted me, make me an offer
by fiestafrank
July 17th, 2009, 11:19 am
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons
Replies: 12
Views: 684

Re: 24 Hours of Lemons

This is the first car we bought and turned into the race car:
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The suspension is in good shape and includes Drop Zone Lowering Springs (1.8 IN), KYB Gr2 shocks/struts, Whiteline Automotive camber bolts ...
by fiestafrank
July 16th, 2009, 11:04 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons
Replies: 12
Views: 684

Re: 24 Hours of Lemons

lots of unny replies, no real answers :(

are we best off just scrapping the cars? are there no useful parts?
by fiestafrank
July 16th, 2009, 6:33 pm
Forum: Introduction Forum
Topic: Forum help requested
Replies: 1
Views: 966

Forum help requested

Can someone contact me about some MX3 parts I think the members might want?

Thanks
Frank
by fiestafrank
July 16th, 2009, 6:26 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons
Replies: 12
Views: 684

24 Hours of Lemons

Some of you may remember us - we ran a MX3 in the 24 hours of lemons a couple of years ago. We were easily the fasterst car there, but the base car we bought had a ton of hidden problems. So, we were going to run again this year, but we don't have enough funded drivers. We'd like to unload ...
by fiestafrank
October 1st, 2007, 8:14 pm
Forum: Drag Strip/Track Racing
Topic: 24 Hours of LeMons: SUPPORT NEEDED CALLOUT!
Replies: 16
Views: 3695

First, thanks for all the advice we got off this forum. The majority of you guys are friendly and class acts. Unfortunately for us, we bought a lemon. 'Isn't that the point?' Actually it is not - its just a name. To give you an idea of some of the cars entered we had everything from a Neon SRT to a ...
by fiestafrank
September 27th, 2007, 9:06 pm
Forum: Appearance
Topic: Plastic Lense Restoration.
Replies: 19
Views: 2394

Not much I can recommend other than give the local Mazda dealer a hard time. Yellow Headlamp lenses are a serious safety defect and even if they aren't covered under warranty you may get them replaced. If they think you are complaining for cosmetic reasons you may not get far. I would explain its in ...
by fiestafrank
September 27th, 2007, 8:57 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: Electronic Module under seat
Replies: 2
Views: 316

Thanks, I can remove it then as the race car has all the belts removed & replaced with racing harness. Anybody need to buy one? Are these things even worth anything?
by fiestafrank
September 27th, 2007, 6:11 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Want to Buy Forum
Topic: WTB Axles
Replies: 1
Views: 206

WTB Axles

Just reviewed the parts car we bought and it doesn't have any axles. Need a set in the Detroit area for the race this weekend. Thanks
by fiestafrank
September 27th, 2007, 6:10 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: Electronic Module under seat
Replies: 2
Views: 316

Electronic Module under seat

Can anybody tell me what it does? Can we remove it from our race car?
by fiestafrank
September 23rd, 2007, 7:43 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Want to Buy Forum
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons - Help Needed
Replies: 15
Views: 1542

we now have a trans so thanks for all the replies
by fiestafrank
September 22nd, 2007, 5:12 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Want to Buy Forum
Topic: 24 Hours of Lemons - Help Needed
Replies: 15
Views: 1542

good news is that we finally have a parts car - bad news is it has no trans. Looking for a 5spd for the v6 in the detroit area.
by fiestafrank
September 22nd, 2007, 5:09 pm
Forum: MX-3 Related Want to Buy Forum
Topic: WTB: oem wrap-around spoiler
Replies: 1
Views: 269

We just took ours off the race car - pm me for details
by fiestafrank
September 22nd, 2007, 5:06 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: CROSS POST: Support needed for 24 Hours of LeMons Detroit!!
Replies: 2
Views: 342

I am happy to announce we have secured a parts car minus a transmission. If you have a 5spd for a V6 let us know, we'd be happy to come and get it (provided you are in the Detroit and general area). Thanks too to PurpleDino for all his help and advice

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