mafia_boy
06-09-2003, 10:03 AM
Hey everyone on AstinaGT. My name is Kenny but just call me Mafs. I'm one of the original fools on Fast Fours Forum, and I was the NSW reporter for FFVIP. Daniel (Rupewrecht) and Gareth (Fuzzy Dice) already know me from there and can tell you my story and after promising to Dan for months that I'd join on here, I finally have and will be here quite a bit for the present time, nitpicking your minds for info while I am completing my project.
My projects a little bit different but something you guys won't find too weird (but for some reasons freaks 95% of the people I speak to). I currently own a 1994 Mazda 121 Ricebubble and have just taken delivery of a nice GTX front cut sans gearbox to stuff inside the engine bay.
I'll be starting the work fitting the BPD (with just a mod or two :wink: ) at the end of the year for when my licence returns to me in January and I'm currently on the search for a GTR gearbox to convert to FWD for strength (or a BPT FWD gearbox which I've only recently heard of for simplicity) and looking for the GTX rear brakes for engineering purposes (anyone got a pair spare somewhere?? :oops: ).
In the meantime, I'm ripping the standard RHB5 turbo off the motor, getting a cheapish custom exhaust manifold made up and using the standard GTX piping to fit most of the stuff onto the 1.3L B3 motor. We will then be taking it out to Eastern Creek before the new track opens to have a quick bit of fun with that motor and it's using my junk bits. :twisted::twisted: It's also to give me an indication of where the piping can go when the full conversion happens and seeing the wreckers will only offer me $20 for the B3 motor I may aswell just blow it up in style on the 1/4 and I think 14lbs. boost will do that!! :wink::twisted:8):shock:
The main reason this 1st bit spawned is because I want to beat my bosses Type R and say he wasted $30k on the mighty WEETECH when I spent basically $500 on a granny car and beat him........and as they say in TFATF, it don't matter if it's an inch or a mile so if I even a blinker infront at the end with the 1.3L......:wink:
So just to break it down it will be like this.
Evolution 1 - Boosted B3 motor. Anything under 16s is a bonus.
Evolution 2 - GTX conversion done & legal. Looking for mid-high 14s dead stock, and 13s with basic I/E mods.
Evolution 3 - Fully modified.....aim for Top 10 FWD, not enough $$$ for that....YET!! :)
The fun thing about all this.........the total cost of the car at Evolution 2 spec, including the original purchase price of the car, will set me back less than $15k, at the moment it's looking closer to the $10k mark as I can do a lot of the fitting work myself. :D I know barring traction problems that my figures will get pretty close to the mark considering the car is 805kg (figuring 860-875kg after BPT and brake conversion) and with 134Kw from the GTX motor, I have a slightly better power/weight ratio than a DC2R (141Kw/1030Kg) with bucketloads more torque. I'm leaving the car looking completely standard with grey bumpers and all for the time being too......good for the sleeper look. :wink:
Anyway, I'm rambling on so I'm gonna go and check the rest of the site out. Take care everyone and talk to ya's about stuff later. C yas!! Mafs!!
*added bit* Just fixing up a tiny bit or two to make the message look purty. :P
My projects a little bit different but something you guys won't find too weird (but for some reasons freaks 95% of the people I speak to). I currently own a 1994 Mazda 121 Ricebubble and have just taken delivery of a nice GTX front cut sans gearbox to stuff inside the engine bay.
I'll be starting the work fitting the BPD (with just a mod or two :wink: ) at the end of the year for when my licence returns to me in January and I'm currently on the search for a GTR gearbox to convert to FWD for strength (or a BPT FWD gearbox which I've only recently heard of for simplicity) and looking for the GTX rear brakes for engineering purposes (anyone got a pair spare somewhere?? :oops: ).
In the meantime, I'm ripping the standard RHB5 turbo off the motor, getting a cheapish custom exhaust manifold made up and using the standard GTX piping to fit most of the stuff onto the 1.3L B3 motor. We will then be taking it out to Eastern Creek before the new track opens to have a quick bit of fun with that motor and it's using my junk bits. :twisted::twisted: It's also to give me an indication of where the piping can go when the full conversion happens and seeing the wreckers will only offer me $20 for the B3 motor I may aswell just blow it up in style on the 1/4 and I think 14lbs. boost will do that!! :wink::twisted:8):shock:
The main reason this 1st bit spawned is because I want to beat my bosses Type R and say he wasted $30k on the mighty WEETECH when I spent basically $500 on a granny car and beat him........and as they say in TFATF, it don't matter if it's an inch or a mile so if I even a blinker infront at the end with the 1.3L......:wink:
So just to break it down it will be like this.
Evolution 1 - Boosted B3 motor. Anything under 16s is a bonus.
Evolution 2 - GTX conversion done & legal. Looking for mid-high 14s dead stock, and 13s with basic I/E mods.
Evolution 3 - Fully modified.....aim for Top 10 FWD, not enough $$$ for that....YET!! :)
The fun thing about all this.........the total cost of the car at Evolution 2 spec, including the original purchase price of the car, will set me back less than $15k, at the moment it's looking closer to the $10k mark as I can do a lot of the fitting work myself. :D I know barring traction problems that my figures will get pretty close to the mark considering the car is 805kg (figuring 860-875kg after BPT and brake conversion) and with 134Kw from the GTX motor, I have a slightly better power/weight ratio than a DC2R (141Kw/1030Kg) with bucketloads more torque. I'm leaving the car looking completely standard with grey bumpers and all for the time being too......good for the sleeper look. :wink:
Anyway, I'm rambling on so I'm gonna go and check the rest of the site out. Take care everyone and talk to ya's about stuff later. C yas!! Mafs!!
*added bit* Just fixing up a tiny bit or two to make the message look purty. :P