1996 mx-3 rs,
i bought it with the gtx engine swap and nothing else, no rims,no tires, no audio , basicaly the car itself
swaped brakes and mags,
upgraded the interrior
the last management installed was a oh-so-crappy-suplementary-injector-type
drank like an alchoolic but was running straight(obd2+peggyback)
lucky enough, we have a mazda mech not too far that install Megasquirt management, and masicaly saved the engine life
the fuel/spark ,fan control,msd helped big time.gaz consomation went down by half and gaigned 20-25tq due to the fine tuning
still using the same bov, i do like the type-s sound, but i seriously thinking about going to the hks world
shortly after upgrading the management i tried to do some dragrace, wich was totally forbiden in my babying-habbit ...
i felt in love with the adrenaline rush, and the new laws here in quebec makes u wish you couldn't make your car go faster than 90mph
did a couple of crappy run, time to learn how to launch proprely ''not at the green light''
i hardly went faster than 14.4 with the 16'' with matrack tires, dropped at 13.9 @101 with 14''wintertires.
had plenny of fun, but here , winter is kinda bad, so storage time came, and it rimes with investments
i really wanted to go faster and the ''way too fast spooling ''of the vj-20 kinda bored me out,since on the high-rev the boost just fade away
i ordered some parts with the firm intention of having a really mean setup for 2008
i dont remember the trim, but i GUESS it's .47 60 a/r ,
the t3 is oil cooled, i had a great deal on it , so i took it without arguing
the mani is from etdracing,and the wastegate from tial(spring rated at 1bar)
i couldn't start it, because of my innability to weld a downpipe,had to wait to spring(hard as hell).
during the cold month, i had to change a couple of rusted parts, since i was sending it to the body shop anyway(rust on the roof and bad cancer around windshield)
removed the hatch, putted a shaved one
changed the front bumper wich was cracked since 2002
i FINALY founded non-rusted electrical door. after 2-3 years, and ironicaly i founded them on an US imported gs
getting uglier
changed the clutch
for a nice sprigned bully 6 puck
changed it TWICE
founded z3 wing , wich is heart breaking for me since i have such a love/hate relation ship with body mods. i stoped there
stripped the interior and worked all winter. dreaming of starting the beast week after week
assembeled things, have to go to the apointement with mr.i'll-tune-the-new-turbo-setup-wich-will-cost-me-too-much
since i have to make it street legal to bring it back home after the mechanical mods, i borroed the front bumper of a friend(wich i had to mod a bit to fit the i/c )
the running gag lasted 36hours, and it was enclosed in a garage for 3 weeks.
i decided to make the wg vent to atmosphere, i really wanted to do some noise, since the exaust i have is so silent.
vid of the completed setup
cant go higher than 10-11psi since my injector are saturated(sorry for the poor english)
i got it back on saturday, and went to the bodyshop on sunday,heart breaking period where you have to leave something you just got,,,defenetly worth it tho
last week end
i prefer raw coments, tell me what you really think,
for those wondering, i scrapped one of my mags, so i had to switch for the protege oem one,it's temporary.
the steering is a cheap guess, i have the drag launch module on the left, and the co2 intercoler sprayer kit is on the way for the right one(i go manually with a paint ball tank for now rofl)
