I bought this car in Oct of '09 from a guy wanting to sell it for parts. He said the car ran, but he never drove it after 2005 (still had a Tenn tag from 05) due to it not passing emissions. I went to look at it & bought it not even hearing it run.

Pics when I 1st got it to my job. It was sitting in his driveway for a while.









Tried starting it, but it would only start by spraying starting fluid in the intake. Put a new fuel pump in & she fired right up.

Pics when I got her home & all cleaned up.











Drove it for a little while & then the mod bug bit.

I installed a K&N FIPK...





Also installed fresh rebuilt calipers with Hawk HPs pads all around & SS brake hoses...







Also picked up a Turbo Timer & a manual boost Controller...



Then came time for the exhaust as the stock one was rusted & leaking everywhere that you could think of...





All emissions removed & blockoff plates installed...





Here is the complete album.....http://s390.photobucket.com/albums/o...20T2/?start=60

All work not done by me was done by my friend Rob, who is a Co-owner of R&D Perf (http://www.theturbodave.com/). His work is outstanding and has never failed me once.

Current mods/maint done since purchase.
-Nexex N5000 tires
-New Fuel pump, plugs & ignition wires
-K&N FIPK
-Single 3" turboback ending in a HKS HiPower Series Muffler
-Fuel Cut Defenser
-New Clutch Master Cyl
-Rebuilt Clutch Slave
-New Calipers
-Hawk HPS pads fr & rr
-SS brake lines
-All lamps blacked out
-4500k HID kit installed
-Apexi Turbo Timer
-Manual Boost Controller
-All emissions removed & blocked off
-Pulsation Damper Mod
-AutoMeter Sport Comp Boost Gauge

Running 10lbs of boost at the moment.

 

Dyno with just the FIPK. Will be on it again soon to see where I am at with the exhaust & other mods.

 

Man.... That car was CLEAN when you bought her!! Looks good Sheldon.
A good platform to start with always makes the rest easier.

And..... It's about time you started a thread for her too.

Subscribing...

 

lol, thanks Rich. I just sat here this morning & did it. I'll be updating as the build progresses.

-Sheldon.

 

looks good. it's about the same stage as mine right now. i am running an rtek instead of a FCD though. i think i need a rebuild now though.

keep the progress posted.

 

How do you like the Rtek? I was looking at that, but may go Megasquirt instead.

 

I went with the 2.1 and I really like it. You have to keep the afm for now, but they are working on that. It makes the variable sensor electronic and gives you options with the emissions. It has inputs for datalogging and the egr output switches over to a window switch for alcohol, water, or nitrous.

 

HIDs installed...

 

I'm guessing 35w, 6000k, H4's?
Now if only you could figure a way to install projectors.... (hmmmm?)

 

New part. Got my Walbro in.





Back in the day when Mazda was just Mazda & made things simpler & user friendly.









Side by side comparison of new Walbro pump & 23yr old stock pump.





New pump ready to be dropped in.