HAIGHIE's BJ1 323 ASTINA

[HAIGHIE]

Hey everyone
This is my 1999 Mazda 323 Astina 1.8L

ENGINE

-FP-DE 1.8L (currently being rebuilt with forged internalts)
-G series Gearbox
-Injen CAI
-optima Yellow top battery
-AWR engine mounts (70 duro)
-Fidenza lightweight (3.6kg) flywheel.
-Exedy HD clutch
-Mishimoto radiator
-Mishimoto Fan shout
-Mi****moto coolant overflow Reservoir
-Mishimoto power steering Reservoir
-Rear Perry muffler
-TWM short shifter
-Kartboy shifter bushes

-A/C removed

SUSPENSION/BRACING

-Yellow speed Coilovers 7kg front, 4kg rear spring rates (soon to be 8kg front and 5kg rears)
-Autoexe 3pt front strut brace
-Autoexe Rear strut brace
-Cusco LCA brace
-Wholesale suspension 20mm rear swaybar
-AWR rear swaybar brakets
-Pedders cut to length endlinks


WHEELS/TYRES

-Mazda CX-7 S1 18x7.5 +50 offset
-Toyo proxes4 205/40r18


AUDIO/ENTERTAINMENT

-Alpine 7" touch screen/DVD head unit
-Alpine S type 6.5" componets front doors
-Alpine S type 6.5" splits in rear doors
-Alpine R type sub in Genuine Alpine box
-Alpine MRX-30 4-channel Amp
-Alpine MPR-M500 mono block
-Misc wiring and all that stuff
-Dynamat full boot, Duel layer doors, roof, floor

EXSTERIOR & INTEREOR ACCESORIES/EXTRAS

-Protégé 5 roof racks
-Mazda BJ1 Sport20 front bar
-Mazda SP20/Sport20 side skirts
-Mazda SP20/Sport20 rear bar
-Mazdaspeed rear wing
-Side strip removed
-Familia badge
-SP20 full interior swap
-MSP center console trim with open cup holders



OTHER/LITLE MODS

-HID head lights
-LED parkers
-LED number plate lights
-LED taillight (stop/parkers, reverse )
-LED interior lights
-LED dash and A/C lights
-Neon footwell lights


WISH / TO PUT ON / ON THERE WAY LIST

- TURBO :) hopefully this year
- Pro5 sunroof (just needs to be posted)
- bronze-oil shifter bushes
- Superpro bushes alround
- Window tint 15 or 18% allround
- Ipad mini install
- Quad retro fit projectors
- Subaru bug eye'd foglights for 100w HIDs
- CORKSPORT S&J pipe
- Red Star Fabrications front intercooler and piping
- Red star Fabrications stainless mandrel bent exhaust system
- And a hole bunch of other goodies that I have in a big box for the turbo swap :)
-Protégé 5 sunroof

[HAIGHIE]

ok i'm ganna have to edit it, sorry everyone, it will be done tomorrow

[xeon8]

Yay, another BJ1! Looks sweet man, those CX7 rims will suit the car perfectly when theyre on :)

[Zenki]

Resize your images :D

[marcs_sp20]

Cant wait to see the cx7's on, they suit the BJ so perfectly!

[BG1.8sp]

About damn time!
Ahaha, nice Andrew! Rims will look sweet!

[maz sp20]

Cx7 wheels will look good, how much do they weigh?

[smurfy]

looking pretty sweet andreww :)

[HAIGHIE]

Can you resize with out having to upload the photo's in a smaller scale?

[Clean_Cookie]

in photobucket you can. not sure about tinypic.

[swift jimmy]

the CX-7 looks awesome on your car dont know if its cause there almost the same colour or the amount of work you've got to now do to make them fit but BIG THUMBS UP !!!

[Hammo]

$175 Thats a bargin, Mine were almost scratch free when I got them, Paid $400 for mine even though they were on ebay and other people wanted them, got in quick when i seen them and messaged the seller saying pick them up on weekend with cash in hand, Youve done realy well.

[marcs_sp20]

You just have to find a seller that doesnt know what they are worth ;) I paid $165 for my set of CX7's way back in 09 as the bloke I bought them off of had put fullysickasbro 22's on his black CX7 :rolleyes:

[HAIGHIE]

yay all fixed it's readable now lol sorry for that everyone.


About damn time!
Ahaha, nice Andrew! Rims will look sweet!

lol yer i know as i said i'm lazy lol,

Cx7 wheels will look good, how much do they weigh?
bathroom scales say 10.4 kg each lol gotta be about right

$175 Thats a bargin, Mine were almost scratch free when I got them, Paid $400 for mine even though they were on ebay and other people wanted them, got in quick when i seen them and messaged the seller saying pick them up on weekend with cash in hand, Youve done realy well.

yer i got mine form ebay aswell and i was $99 delivery had them in three working days so pretty happy,

[HAIGHIE]

so i finnished removing the black stips off the doors that you can see in all the other pics and the mud flaps , i should of done the mud flaps when i first got the car looks so much better

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2010.jpg
and you'll se the after shots in the next photos:)

the removal of the strips was easy as just hit the edge with a hair dryer untill it was hot and then it just peeled off

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2019.jpg
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2018.jpg

so that was the easy bit then came the garstly challange of removing the sticking adhesive and glue :|

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2027.jpg
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2020.jpg
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2025.jpg

so as excited as i was to sit there an peel it off, i recived a message of azz ( bg1.8sp) to get a bloody caramel wheel.
and so i did and thank god i did, took about an hour to have it all striped back and polished up :)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2030.jpg
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2035.jpg
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2036.jpg

i also recived my clear side indicators aswell but i hated them so i just tinted the original orange ones and i'm very happy:)
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phone2039.jpg

[SP-20-DB]

looking clean did u find your doors sound "tinnie" after removing the strip?

[HAIGHIE]

looking clean did u find your doors sound "tinnie" after removing the strip?

nar lol that was one thing that i cheacked as soon as i got it off i compared one side to the other sound exactly the same only thing i noticed was that the dor shell flexes like it worps in but pops straight back out.

[HAIGHIE]

coz trents went tinnie?

[SP-20-DB]

yer it sounded different to mine after he did it. but i may just paint mine

[BG1.8sp]

Nice to see my suggestion helped ;)

Told ya it would save a whole heap of time!
Looks fantastic tho dude... Wish I could remove mine :(

[maz sp20]

Looking good bud,well done :)

[Ben]

Nice to see my suggestion helped ;)

Told ya it would save a whole heap of time!
Looks fantastic tho dude... Wish I could remove mine :(

Why can't ya?

They look great man. So much cleaner looking :)

Cant wait for the wheels!

[BG1.8sp]

Because my rear right door has been previously resprayed so I started on that one and as suspected when I lifted the corner it took the paint up with it...
So just waiting for the respray to take them off

[smurfy]

Thats the same with me too :(

[marcs_sp20]

Very clean, and mines tingy too, Cant wait to see them CX7's on it :D

[Zenki]

nar lol that was one thing that i cheacked as soon as i got it off i compared one side to the other sound exactly the same only thing i noticed was that the dor shell flexes like it worps in but pops straight back out.

Same thing happens to mine :D These BJ has very thin shell so they flex a lot without the door strip

[HAIGHIE]

yer my RH rear door i believe has had a clear coat respray there's a little step on clear around where the strip use to be but that's like one of the good things with the colour it's not really noticeable unless you get fairly close to it, but yer doors aren't tinniy at all.

i can't wait to get the cx7 either as soon as rego is paid and i get everything to do the 5 stud conversion they will be on:) i'll try and be really detailed and take heeps of photo's for anyone else looking to do the conversion,

what do use reakon keep them in allow or get them powder coated black??

i think i'll use that stuff you told me to use first for a couple of weeks after i get them on azz

[HAIGHIE]

Same thing happens to mine :D These BJ has very thin shell so they flex a lot without the door strip

probaby the only reason they put them on there to start with, and so nan doesn't wreack the paint work then she opens the door on another car at the mall or a fence

[Hammo]

sprayed mine black, reckon looks better than normal alloy silver, also if you get them painted/powder coated you can take the M out of the centre cap, use a small flatbladed screwdriver gently and they should pop right out

[xeon8]

Loving the Makita springs :p When I first read that I was like "never heard of them?!" and proceeded to Google them... it was only when I read your first post a second time when I realised that theyre choppies :p hahaha

[BG1.8sp]

Yeah but it's a wierd colour... And black and silver will both look good... But he just hasn't decided yet.

Hence why I suggested to buy a couple of cans of plasti dip.
Spray the rims to give an idea... If you don't like them black peel it off.
If you like it... Go get them powder coated.

[HAIGHIE]

sprayed mine black, reckon looks better than normal alloy silver, also if you get them painted/powder coated you can take the M out of the centre cap, use a small flatbladed screwdriver gently and they should pop right out

yer i was thinking of stealing your's but then thourght that you might notice there gone, and that i suddenly have a black pair just like yours lol

i don't know if there any good but they sell black ones on ebay like fully ready to clip in center caps with the chrome mazda M emblem

Loving the Makita springs :p When I first read that I was like "never heard of them?!" and proceeded to Google them... it was only when I read your first post a second time when I realised that theyre choppies :p hahaha

HAHA i'm glad you got a chuckle:) i love that you googles them lol that so funny. what results did you get on your google search? lol
they actually don't handle to bad ay now that i have some working shocks:)

Yeah but it's a wierd colour... And black and silver will both look good... But he just hasn't decided yet.

Hence why I suggested to buy a couple of cans of plasti dip.
Spray the rims to give an idea... If you don't like them black peel it off.
If you like it... Go get them powder coated.

and a swell idea it is just incase i don't like them :)
yer i don't know coz i'm blacking everything on my car and it's probly look more jdm but then at the same time i like really classy/easy to look at style as well, thats why i'm not sure :(

[xeon8]

HAHA i'm glad you got a chuckle:) i love that you googles them lol that so funny. what results did you get on your google search? lol
they actually don't handle to bad ay now that i have some working shocks:)

haha, just results on all sorts of Makita drills etc. ;)

I cant wait to see the CX7 wheels on the car though :D

[Hammo]

yer i was thinking of stealing your's but then thourght that you might notice there gone, and that i suddenly have a black pair just like yours lol

yea i think i would notice hahaha

hey wait I could have sworn i had wheels on my car...

[BG1.8sp]

It's the same though I had with mine.....
Was going black black black.... Which gives it that more aggressive stealth look...
But I just needed a Highlight as such... Making everything black takes away from eye catching things... So the silver rims brought that back! Hmmmmmmm
I has an idea...........
This up comming mod day... Do a rim swap session... You can put my rims on yours (just don't drive off with them) give you an idea of silver... And if someone is willing put some black 18's on Andrews car....
Actually... Do one side my rims and one side black rims and compare!

[HAIGHIE]

Lol hammo,
Your an ideas man azz, i know what i'm going to do, just powder coat 2 rims and do one side black and one side, silver, and then when i want change just put all the black on the rear or a colour on each corner lol, i got it hopefully i'll have the 5stud conversion done my then so we can put jess on :)

[ben carney]

I'm keen for this new read! Haha

[HAIGHIE]

i just uploaded my photos and relised i have no final product on anything i've done haha, well be doing it tomorrow now lol after i have taken some photos :)

[ben carney]

i just uploaded my photos and relised i have no final product on anything i've done haha, well be doing it tomorrow now lol after i have taken some photos :)
Haha I see only doing a half as*ed job again!? ;) haha I'm just kidding bro

[swift jimmy]

i just uploaded my photos and relised i have no final product on anything i've done haha, well be doing it tomorrow now lol after i have taken some photos :)




Fail !!!!


Bahahhaha Ben your game isnt Andrew doing your clutch next weekend? He may turn it into a discus throwing competition with your new clutch

[HAIGHIE]

Fail !!!!


Bahahhaha Ben your game isnt Andrew doing your clutch next weekend? He may turn it into a discus throwing competition with your new clutch

still not on that list:)

[ben carney]

Fail !!!!


Bahahhaha Ben your game isnt Andrew doing your clutch next weekend? He may turn it into a discus throwing competition with your new clutch

Haha he knows I'm joking! So it probably won't! Haha, if it does I'll just neg hard :(

[BG1.8sp]

Good news and Bad news....
Good is.... Found out today that the bearings are on a ship from Japan and on their way.
Bad... I have absolutely no idea how long it's going to take, could be this week... Could be a month...
Even worse news. If its after the 10th of September then I won't be able to get them to you until the 21st of October. As u will be in the US of A!

So let's just hope they come within the next few weeks aye :p

[HAIGHIE]

Good news and Bad news....
Good is.... Found out today that the bearings are on a ship from Japan and on their way.
Bad... I have absolutely no idea how long it's going to take, could be this week... Could be a month...
Even worse news. If its after the 10th of September then I won't be able to get them to you until the 21st of October. As u will be in the US of A!

So let's just hope they come within the next few weeks aye :p

ok so i enquired today and only $45 a hub, brand new, i might just get them dude, i feel kinda like an ass now but then i don't want you feeling bad if they don't come before you go to ameria(ass hole i wanna go so bad) lol and then i could do the coversion on friday so i'll be on the cx-7s for mod day

[BG1.8sp]

ok so i enquired today and only $45 a hub, brand new, i might just get them dude, i feel kinda like an ass now but then i don't want you feeling bad if they don't come before you go to ameria(ass hole i wanna go so bad) lol and then i could do the coversion on friday so i'll be on the cx-7s for mod day

Ohk yeah fair enough... And just don't ask how much the Japanese nsk hub assemblies retail for... Lol... It's stupidly exxy :p lucky it's free.
I will help ya put them in on the mod day then! Be sure to bring your rims along :p

[swift jimmy]

update your build thread already *shakes fist*

[HAIGHIE]

i shall do tomorrow:)

[ben carney]

update your build thread already *shakes fist*


I've been saying the same thing for like 2 weeks now!

[HAIGHIE]

the time has come
an UPDATE :)

ok so i finally put some small amount of sound deadening im my doors not heeps but it makes a differance
i used whats called BAM by focal

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/027.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/028.jpg

after
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/031.jpg

then redesigned my front grill because i hated the stock one looked soccer mum material.

so here's the new product
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/037.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/038.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/040.jpg

next up is the front autoexe coilovers
sp20 strut brace and rear swaybar
corksport engine mount inserts
before:
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/043.jpg
GAP.....
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/047.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/054.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/056.jpg

and after

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics013.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics028.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/060.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/062.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/063.jpg

stock rear swaybar 16mm

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/090.jpg

sp20 rear swaybar 18mm and modifyed:) by 50mm each side

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/088.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/085.jpg

[HAIGHIE]

PART 2

twm short shifter, borght off Andrew ( twilight protege )
before
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/069.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/070.jpg

The shifter

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/072.jpg

and the final product

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics0032.jpg

the new plasma dials????

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/128A434B-F636-4616-AA3F-0C541E8C085C-1464-0000016CF76CA4AF.jpg

blue

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/3256AF74-327E-4FAF-901C-227D97B62F37-1464-0000016D0C898D0D.jpg

or green

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/6A7CA3ED-1206-4FA8-BB76-CED8BD0272FD-1464-0000016D0273E26D.jpg

and what use have all been waiting for !!!!!!!!

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/459445F3-99EB-4F84-89E4-9973F6F34F91-1464-0000016A6F6B9182.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics007-1.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics034.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics043.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics044.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics045.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/phonepics047.jpg

for anyone looking to go the 5stud conversion. just go buy a sp20 haha nar if you can find the hubs cheap enough go for it one of he best mods i have done.
hope you all like it

[Rupewrecht]

Damn that's low!

[marcs_sp20]

Damn that's low!

x2! :eek: hey andy you mentioned before the 1.8 LCA's are shorter than SP20 ones, did you end up taking any measurements? Looks to be a lil bit of negative camber on the back too ;)

[swift jimmy]

Man that guy that gave up the strut brace and the corksport inserts and also helping you do the rear hub conversion must be pretty awesome !!!


Car has come so far in so little time *big thumbs up* :D


Marc - sp20 are shorter by about an inch then the 1.8s

[HAIGHIE]

Yer sorry what matt said sp20 ontrol arms are shorter and i had to drill the top strut hole side ways to i good produce some camber do the wherls fitted in the guard, i'll clean the car up on friday arvo then saturday morning i'll take some pics so use can all get a good look and idea i reackon it's got about 2.5 deg negative camber on the rear and close to that on the front aswell, overall i love to look, and can't really bring my self to even think of getting them powder coated black just love the alloy silver.

Yer rupe before the cx-7s the sill haft way up the drivers door was 110m so god knows what it was at the lowest point was.

Yer that matt guy was pretty kool haha

[maz sp20]

Looking good man :)

[smurfy]

What about that jess girl :( aha

[Mad Mat]

What about that jess girl :( aha

maybe she is too cool to be mentioned

[HAIGHIE]

maybe she is too cool to be mentioned

haha nailed it.

oh and jess for coming along to get the parts and giving me reasons to go up natio with the coilovers haha

[Mad Mat]

How did u level ur car with the coilovers??????

[ben carney]

Your car looks so sweet man! Envious :(

[HAIGHIE]

How did u level ur car with the coilovers??????

how exactly d you mean level? sorry i'm a bit slow today


BEN wait till you see it in the flesh:) and clean hah

[ben carney]

Haha it won't be long! I'm going to wash mine Friday/Saturday then get some snaps for my build thread, tag along?

[HAIGHIE]

yer i'm doing the same, cleaning friday, and then ganna do a sunrise photo shoot somewhere over the water like bald hill or something then go and get my wheel alignment:)

[ben carney]

Sounds good man! I may do the same but go local after a surf! :P

[SP-20-DB]

Where u going for a surf?

[Ricop5]

subd looks good!
where you get the plasma dials from?

[HAIGHIE]

subd looks good!
where you get the plasma dials from?

i got the dials off Azz (bg.18.sp) no sure where he got them from, sorry i couldn't be more helpfull

[BG1.8sp]

The ones I got you Andy came from MadMat, he has the set (was unused)

However you can buy them new from eBay here (http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=220453351516&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=13429356120)

[HAIGHIE]

There you go thats where you get them, deff worth doing they look so good

[FairyKitty]

Damn! Your cars looking good! Tbh i never thought a ba could ever be modified to look so rad :p Just wanted to ask a few questions, with your front bar, how did you actually attach the grille to the bar?

[swift jimmy]

Damn! Your cars looking good! Tbh i never thought a ba could ever be modified to look so rad :p Just wanted to ask a few questions, with your front bar, how did you actually attach the grille to the bar?

Andys cars a BJ not a BA ;)

[FairyKitty]

Andys cars a BJ not a BA ;)

Let me just slowly back away, in shame...
I dont know why i called it a BA..BJ1 is in the title..****.

[Ricop5]

those dials should fit my US model p5 no problem right ? all the same?

thanks for the info by the way :)

wonder if they have or make ones with mph tho :/

[BG1.8sp]

Yep you can, when you order you just sent a pic of your stock dials, and they will send you the correct faces. Also you asked in my build thread where I got my dials. From eBay as well... Except mine were from 'MoMan'
If there isn't a set up ATM, just wait a couple of weeks and they will pop up.

Same goes for that seller to, sent them a pic and they sort out the MPH, KPh, the rpm/redline etc.

[Ricop5]

oh cool. appreciate the info i guess ill snap pics at lunch and write them :D

i know not the correct vehicle.

but this seller?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Celica-89-2006-glow-gauges-plasma-dials-INDIGLO-plasma-gauges-shift-moman-/130745151208?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3 D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1553139565098957344%26pid%3 D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D3%26

[Rafferty]

Hey man, your car looks great! (Mines the same colour - champaigne gold)
I've been thinking about the 5stud conversion myself.. What parts do you need do do it?. And is it straight forward? Cheers, Raf

[Ice88]

Hey man, your car looks great! (Mines the same colour - champaigne gold)
I've been thinking about the 5stud conversion myself.. What parts do you need do do it?. And is it straight forward? Cheers, Raf

Google + Forum search are your friend. Its been covered a few times in the last 2-3 months.

[HAIGHIE]

Hey man, your car looks great! (Mines the same colour - champaigne gold)
I've been thinking about the 5stud conversion myself.. What parts do you need do do it?. And is it straight forward? Cheers, Raf

kool man you'll have to come out to our next meeting so we have 2 gold mazdas,

the 5 Stud conversion was so to say quite easy just time consuming,

you'll need the front and rear hubs off an sp20 and new brake rotors and either get a lock nut set for the extra stud or buy a new set of wheel nuts,(5 stud ones lol) " FamiliaGTX" has a full set of hubs, calipers and rotors for sale at a good price,
but yea it's pretty straight forward, just unbolt and re-bolt up if you need any addvice or a hand just give us a bell man

you can put the sp20 rear lower control arms on if you want( there shorter ) but just a heep of extra work for (what i would call lesser gain) getting the bottem of the wheel inside the car body, mine has poke :) and then i just x-drilled my top hub bolt holl on the rear shock to allow me to put negitive camber on the rear wheels so the top of the tyre fits in the guardif your car is lowered

what wheels you planing on running?

[HAIGHIE]

Damn! Your cars looking good! Tbh i never thought a ba could ever be modified to look so rad :p Just wanted to ask a few questions, with your front bar, how did you actually attach the grille to the bar?

Let me just slowly back away, in shame...
I dont know why i called it a BA..BJ1 is in the title..****.

haha umm sorry for being heeps delayed i'll take photos omorrow and put them up, it's dodge but it's works lol

[HAIGHIE]

just for everyone to get an idea of the camber/poke the car has
i will take more photos tomorrow and put them up displaying it a bit better but you get the idea

currently running -3deg camber
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/006.jpg

and as matt said the 1.8 lower control arms about 1" loger then the sp20 ones and just not worth the effor to drop the rear X-member to change them

[Ice88]

That's providing he has a 1.8. If he has a 1.6 then there's more to it :)

Again something that was covered in a few of the threads, including links to part numbers.

[Rafferty]

kool man you'll have to come out to our next meeting so we have 2 gold mazdas,

the 5 Stud conversion was so to say quite easy just time consuming,

you'll need the front and rear hubs off an sp20 and new brake rotors and either get a lock nut set for the extra stud or buy a new set of wheel nuts,(5 stud ones lol) " FamiliaGTX" has a full set of hubs, calipers and rotors for sale at a good price,
but yea it's pretty straight forward, just unbolt and re-bolt up if you need any addvice or a hand just give us a bell man

you can put the sp20 rear lower control arms on if you want( there shorter ) but just a heep of extra work for (what i would call lesser gain) getting the bottem of the wheel inside the car body, mine has poke :) and then i just x-drilled my top hub bolt holl on the rear shock to allow me to put negitive camber on the rear wheels so the top of the tyre fits in the guardif your car is lowered

what wheels you planing on running?

Thanks man. I'll look into it - (FamiliaGTX). Not sure yet what wheels... But more than likely it will be a set of 17" or 18" Mazda factory wheels.

I'll try and get to the next meet..

Thanks for the helpful reply. Much appreciated.

[HAIGHIE]

Ok so on the way back from the JDMST yesterday when i got home i noticed the car making a bad noise, sorta sounds like the timing belt slapping the timing cover crossed with the noise a v6 commo makes when the harmonic balancer breaks and flops around :(
Great more money will look at it during the week and maybe fix it after work on friday if it's an easy/cheap fix, so stay tuned,
God i hope it cheap
Ke70 for the week it is :) gess its not all bad

Edit:
just hit me, sounds like the water pump shaft's come loose

[swift jimmy]

fingers crossed its just the waterpump mate :-)

[HAIGHIE]

been i little while since i've updated so here goes

not much has happen

installed cusco LCA brace yesterday(don't have any photos as phone is "F"ed)

put a deposite on a carbing 3point strut brace from rupe so hopefully will have that soon,

I ordering a rear strutbrace from corksport along with there radiator cover amd braided clutch line, if you want anything let me know on the [GB] page i made,

and hopefully if everything goes right between now and the end of november the car will be sitting on some nice new yellowspeed coilovers:)

and then early next year i will be getting the wholesale suspenson front and rear swaybars so a bit plained for the very near future

[HAIGHIE]

UPDATE i'm a seinor member now:)

so went and paid a well enjoyed visit to azz (BG1.8sp) yesterday,
whilst standing around the cars azz said " you still haven't done your roof, and seem's i was doing nothing today well you might have just made me do it (thanks for making me spend more money haha)

anyways here's some pics wasn't happy with the finnish before i put it all back in and together but just love it, it looks much better all together in the car, i'll let the pics do the talking

( sorry about the pics only had my gopro as my phone is, well not heathy atm lol

before:
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar021.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar024.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar027.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar028.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar029.jpg

the biggining of the dieing

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar030.jpg

and after

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar032.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprecar036.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprocar001.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprocar003.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprocar008.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/goprocar011.jpg

looks heep better in person as you can see that the A B and C pillars are black clearly, but i love it
will try and get some better photo's ASAP

[BG1.8sp]

Yep... Want! Except I will dye the handles and seatbelt adjusters etc too.
What dye did you use and spray it with?
Looks sweet

[Hammo]

Thats pretty sick man, black gives the interior a small car feeling too. those white pieces look out of place now hahaha

[HAIGHIE]

yer i actually like the sun visors ans handle and seat belt bits the creamy colour, it give little high lights weird i know but as i say inperson it actually looks good, yous will have to see on the cruise

azz it's just VHS vinyl die, comes in a can just like night shades, took 3 cans worth of spray probly would be better with 4 but i'm over the moon with it as is

[swift jimmy]

looks mint dude :-)


now buy some new seat covers.. think ur drivers one is dead

[ben carney]

now buy some new seat covers.. think ur drivers one is dead

come see ben :P

[swift jimmy]

did u paint part of your dash black aswell???

[HAIGHIE]

did u paint part of your dash black aswell???

nar just look like it's matching in the pic (wish it was the same)
now i just gotta get all the sp20 interrior so it matches better as it's darker then the astina interrior,

the dash will be fun but the peice that needs doing the most but it's not to bad as everything id the lighter grey so it give it the two tone look

[BG1.8sp]

MADD.... This sounds like a great job for me to do this week :p
Defs want the handles and visors black in my car tho.

I get what your saying bout the highlights, suits your colour tho.

[Clean_Cookie]

Same as what I used on my dash. How does your lining feel now its dyed? I'm worried it will be crunchy rather than soft. The instructions said to use a comb over it as it was being sprayed. Is this what youdid? Looks great!

[HAIGHIE]

yer it's not to bad i didn't comb it but it's pretty good it's gone a little bit like dry paintish but not really if that makes sence, it's still soft and that but just ever so slightly dry,

i reackon if i was to comb it now it might brake it up a bit and make it nice and soft as it was originally but to be honest it's not that bad i'm not even going to worry about it,

i love it

oh and azz don't freak out when you die the pillars and they look black black ( like i did) it'll look good once in the car, i was worryed ay thats why i said i wasn't happy with it but it'll do for now untill i put in in then it just looked unreal

[swift jimmy]

oh did u also seal up ur water leak that you were talking about aswell?

[BG1.8sp]

oh did u also seal up ur water leak that you were talking about aswell?

Don't be silly!
One job per day limit :p and besides... It's not raining so he won't remember :p

[HAIGHIE]

hahah exactly right azz you got it lol

[HAIGHIE]

Orded yellowspeed coilovers today :) can wait
finally will not scrape when i change lanes now:) and can tow the boat again

[swift jimmy]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

sorry know how bad u've been pinging for these :-D

[xeon8]

Roof lining looks sweet as! Gives me ideas for my car :rolleyes:

[BG1.8sp]

Sickkkkkkkk now hurry up and get them in before the cruise :p lol

[HAIGHIE]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

sorry know how bad u've been pinging for these :-D


haha nar man i'm so happy and sorry for chewing your ears about how much i want them it's just ever since i've had the cx-7s i''ve just never been able to drive my car hard and be comfortable doing it so i don't go as hard as i can, and it's just been getting me down that evern when i drive to work i scrap just turning outta my street,

i'm just so stoked that i've actually ordered/getting them :)

Roof lining looks sweet as! Gives me ideas for my car :rolleyes:

cheers man like i said before in person the lighter handles and visors don't actually look bad at all gives it a highlight, ( i showed ben carney today and he agreed) i love the look of it been wanting to do it for a long while now and love it.

Sickkkkkkkk now hurry up and get them in before the cruise :p lol

haha thats the plan dude i'm hoping i will get them by thursday night next week at the lastest so i can install them on friday but can only wait and see, would you been kool to pick them up for me maybe??

[swift jimmy]

dont be sorry dude.. im excited for ya :-D

[HAIGHIE]

soon it will be lowwer then yours haha

[BG1.8sp]

haha nar man i'm so happy and sorry for chewing your ears about how much i want them it's just ever since i've had the cx-7s i''ve just never been able to drive my car hard and be comfortable doing it so i don't go as hard as i can, and it's just been getting me down that evern when i drive to work i scrap just turning outta my street,

i'm just so stoked that i've actually ordered/getting them :)



cheers man like i said before in person the lighter handles and visors don't actually look bad at all gives it a highlight, ( i showed ben carney today and he agreed) i love the look of it been wanting to do it for a long while now and love it.



haha thats the plan dude i'm hoping i will get them by thursday night next week at the lastest so i can install them on friday but can only wait and see, would you been kool to pick them up for me maybe??

Ya dude sure, just let me know when... Is like 5 mins away :p
You are picking up KYB struts and autoexe springs right?? :p hehe

[Hammo]

woooo another one with yellow speeds :D

[swift jimmy]

ya dude sure, just let me know when... Is like 5 mins away :p
you are picking up kyb struts and autoexe springs right?? :p hehe

rofl !!!!!

[HAIGHIE]

Ya dude sure, just let me know when... Is like 5 mins away :p
You are picking up KYB struts and autoexe springs right?? :p hehe

hahah literally just was crying with laughter for 5 mins then ay, but yer mate sure am lol

[HAIGHIE]

woooo another one with yellow speeds :D

what else you got that i can copy ??? cx7s yellowspeeds hahaha lol, i'm joining the club, maybe paint rims black lol

but yer man just never read a bad thing about them, and you've been rating them the hole time so for the price couldn't see me going wrong

[Hammo]

im getting jdm lights and autoexe covers so maybe you could copy them lol

[ben carney]

Roof lining looks sweet as! Gives me ideas for my car :rolleyes:

it looks ahhmazing!
haigh has started a trend!

[HAIGHIE]

im getting jdm lights and autoexe covers so maybe you could copy them lol

seriously???
like the ones azz has???
mo joke i've been talking to azz about getting a pair hahaha, as i already have the JDM tails lol

[BG1.8sp]

im getting jdm lights and autoexe covers so maybe you could copy them lol

No your not :( noooooioo don't do it.... They are hideous!!! Ugly I tell you!!!

What have I done :/ like absolutely no one had them.... Now you all got your beedy little eyes on mine and want them :/ rofl

Just going to say this once... I copy Marc, then you fellas copy me and my ideas ... Looking at you andy!

Ahahaha nah I'm not like that... Really couldn't care. I am telling you tho... When you put them on you won't like them a month later.... But then you love them again. :p

[HAIGHIE]

yer true they are ugly maybe i'll just stick to mine lol you know don't wanna be like everyone else and all,

and i copy everything you do??? plz you just steel my ideas and do them before i get a chance to do them haha

[Hammo]

yea just waiting to get them from rupe, my tails are leaking, ive got some lamin-x and cf vinyl wrap ready to go for them. just wait and see :)

[marcs_sp20]

Just going to say this once... I copy Marc, then you fellas copy me and my ideas ... Looking at you andy!


QFT!!

Gotta start somewhere right? :rolleyes: :p

[HAIGHIE]

QFT!!

Gotta start somewhere right? :rolleyes: :p

haye marc how dose the carbing 3poing strut brace perform?
i've just borght one of rupe

[BG1.8sp]

QFT!!

Gotta start somewhere right? :rolleyes: :p

Damn it!! You saw :o
Hoping you wouldn't read that! But for easily the first 6 months your car Marc definitely was my inspiration.

[marcs_sp20]

haye marc how dose the carbing 3poing strut brace perform?
i've just borght one of rupe

Better than stock, seeing its bolted to the firewall for extra strength ;)

Damn it!! You saw :o
Hoping you wouldn't read that! But for easily the first 6 months your car Marc definitely was my inspiration.

LOL, I do read every thread ya know ;)

[HAIGHIE]

well not much of an update at all really but hey my clutch hose spring a leak on sunday so got a nice fresh braided one today :) looks sexy as.

i will be getting my cx-7 brakes on saturday for my upgrade ( will be taking many pics for comparison and just sheer eye candy:)

[B]THINGS ON THERE WAY[B]
. Yellowspeed coilovers
. Nolathain bushes
. Carbing 3 point strutbrace
. Rear strutbrace
. CX7 front calipers rotor and pads:)
. interrmittent wiper combination switch

so looks like a busy weekend for me :) i'm going to be putting the SP20 rear lowercontrol arms in on friday aswell because i'm sick to death of scrubbing my tyres and lissening to it and to prevent the camber wear.

[swift jimmy]

no more jokes to make about andys car after all that goes in *tear*

[HAIGHIE]

thank god lol well have to start picking on ben (evil laugh) heheh

[swift jimmy]

*turns focus to carney insert evil laugh*

[BG1.8sp]

Bag ahaha rofl you evil evil buggers!
What rear strut bace u getting dude ;) lol
It's not your birthday yet!!! Counting your chickens a little early? :p

If I were you Ben... I would hide... And run very far away! Lol

[HAIGHIE]

arh one just from this cute little guy i know,
wow that really don't sound anything like from this cute little chick i know hahaha.

you get the idea hahah, can't wait :) soon to be a gokart:) once i get the rear sway bar aswell:)

[BG1.8sp]

Lol happen to be black? And in the boot of my car? Lol

You are going to be in heaven... All those bits in one big hit. You won't recognise the car lol.

Also extra castor for the bushes dude?

[HAIGHIE]

yer i know i'm ganna have to take it easy untill i get use to it sliding a little coz at the moment it's like hey just drive at 5kms/h around this corner other wise were just ganna rip your tyres up :) like seriously can you get any worst then choppys and not rear swaybar, lucky i put them struts i got off you in at lease coz the old 275000kms struts were "F"ed lol

[HAIGHIE]

today i got a phone call from pete and well lets just say there was a lot of fist pumping, jumping, dancing and yelling some french words :) lol

because my yellowspeed coilovers came in today:) so off i went to pick them up after work ready to install tomorrow after work:)

[Hammo]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

[HAIGHIE]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

yes that was some of my reaction to hearing they were in hahaha man so excited there so sexy:)

[swift jimmy]

HELLLS TO THE YEAH !!!!!!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7cx4TtEs1r3hk8ko1_500.gif

[HAIGHIE]

So slight up date got my coilovers on monday and have installed them :)
yesterday i put the sp20 rear lower control arms in,
and Today again i adjusted my coilovers and got my guards rolled by a nice bloke done them real cheap, his companys name is guard rolling by haighie's rubber mallet :)

Tomorrow i will be getting a hole bunch of dynamat and doing that :)

[xeon8]

...and got my guards rolled by a nice bloke done them real cheap, his companys name is guard rolling by haighie's rubber mallet :)

Hahaha! Would you recommend him? :p

[Hammo]

Any Pics :D

[Clean_Cookie]

Locally how much do you pay for dynamat ?

[HAIGHIE]

No pics just yet hammo i will get some tomorrow hopefully. :) it's low

Yer he did an alright job ay hahaha well saved me a coue of dollars hehe :)
He seemed like a really genuine bloke Nd took great care with the car :)

As for the dynamat best price i had been offered was $220 for the bulk pack from a shop, but frankies autoslectrics are having a up 90%off sale so ganna see what i can het it for:)

[Clean_Cookie]

Wow that's way cheaper than i could find.local anyway.

[HAIGHIE]

175 for a bulk pack so i bourght 2:)

[HAIGHIE]

So it's been a long time since i have updated on the thread now and being my ( 1000th ) post i thourght what better place to do it but my own build thread:p, yes i am yet to put up a pic of the car with the coilovers in and the intsall, and a couple of little extra little gifts to the car:)

but i am just about to start tearing my front brakes apart because i'm getting my new ones tomorrow:) what will they be ??? thats the suprise :p

i will be up dating the thread over the next couple of days and try and get up to date with where the car is so stay tuned.

Edit: i have updated the build list on the first page so thats all up todate i may be missing a couple of things but i'll put them up as i remember them

[BG1.8sp]

What if I spoil the supprise and tell everybody what brakes you are putting on? Rofl!

[HAIGHIE]

do it i dear you ?? lol

[BG1.8sp]

do it i dear you ?? lol


Ok.... The brakes andy is getting issssss


cx9


Lol jks!

[HAIGHIE]

so completed my mazda CX-9 ( or CX-7 turbo) brake upgrade on friday :)
result: unreal except no ABS is a sligh problem but i'll get use to it.

wasn't as easy as i thourght it was going to be but it's on and works great but for anyone looking to do the upgrade i highly sugest to just do the mazda 6 brake up grade as it is a straight bolt on, and theres a fair bit of messing around to get it to fit and you have to use the 299(300)mm rotor from the mazda 6 wagon.

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/C309BFE8-D98F-467F-AF75-88E2814DB001-9323-00000DE9B395B83E_zpsfb93a21a.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/774DF7FC-07D1-4DA1-8753-5D2EF54886E2-9323-00000DE9AF629BDE_zpsd9fd3c79.jpg

i will get some better day time with rim on shots:)

[BG1.8sp]

Not just a Mazda 6 wagon. But any Mazda 6 GH has the 299mm rotor (wagon or sedan)
GG= 273 (or something close)
And GY = 282

Looking good andy! The 2pot's look sexy!


But not as sexy as that pink writing ;)

[HAIGHIE]

what azz said ^^^^^^

andd yes it is pretty sexy pink writing :p

[Clean_Cookie]

Your bumper is sagging hehe

[HAIGHIE]

I KNOW :( lol

and theres nothing to fix it, BJI ftw i was staring at all for like 10 mins when things were going wrong with the brakes :) was like a anti-helping chilling out staring point lol

hopefully the new bumper wont sag:)

[BG1.8sp]

I KNOW :( lol

and theres nothing to fix it, BJI ftw i was staring at all for like 10 mins when things were going wrong with the brakes :) was like a anti-helping chilling out staring point lol

hopefully the new bumper wont sag:)

Omfg! Lol know that feeling... My anti helpin starring point was my yellowing lights, slightly sagging bumper and the CV seized In the knuckle :p

[TheMAN]

so what exactly you did to make those work? details! details!

[BG1.8sp]

so what exactly you did to make those work? details! details!

Yeah andy! I would like to know also.....

Jks, I already know ;) but shhhhhh lol

I will give you a hint... He did stuff to one (or more) of these items...

The caliper bracket and/or the knuckle mounting point, and/or the hub mounting point and/or the rotor.

That might narrow it down a little bit ;) hehehehehehe

[HAIGHIE]

ok Ed details, but if anyones going to tell be about structual integ and what not i know but i have left more then enough.

anyways

so what you need
Mazda CX-9 ( or CX-7 Turbo) brake calipers and mounting brakets, and bolts

to make it fit:
so you have to use the mazda 6 brake rotors (299mm) rotors, as the CX- 327mm rotor is to wide for the caliper braket to reach the holes on the hub nuckels about 12mm(1/2") off, if that makes sence. so the 299mm rotor is a perfect fit.

once i had figured out the rotor problem i then had the issue with the rotor wouldn't sit flush becuase the caliper braket was to wide and would foul on the rotor preventing it to sit flush againt the hub, so i made the decision to just do it as i have already paid for the brakes so i had nothing to loose.

so i machined the braket out a little bit with a grinder to recess it back a bit to give it clearance

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/B2C18AF6-6736-40A2-B8B5-A7E1A4B9466D-9323-00000EA571599496_zpsfba2644a.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/E5E37353-B03C-4F6A-9F99-6F448C51EA8C-9323-00000EA574A4779D_zps161d11a4.jpg

then once you have it all mounting evenly you have to drill out the two holes on the hub with a 9/16ths drill bit ( just slightly bigger then 14mm) so the bolt can go through easily ( bolt is M14 ).

as far as brake lines go its all direct swap.
the peddel is the tinyest bit softer up top but is still very firm, i still have to adjust the hand brake up a little as it is currently not so good. so that might just be my problem love the handbrake adjustment so easy :)

the advantage of this over the mazda 6/CX-7 non turbo. is well i haven't messure the pistons yet so i can't say its a stronger braking force but i ges it's a little bit more evenly despenced braking force over the pad, and the pad has an extra 3mm of friction surface at the bottem compaired to the mazda6 pads, but really over all it's not going to be noticeable, my bigest problem ATM is no A.B.S. lol,

i just have to get use to not having to stomp on the brake anymore as i use to have to do :)

also i think an up grade to the rears would help balance out the braking distrabution aswell an not make the front SO dominate.

if you have anymore questions ed i'll be more then happy to answer as best i can :) you could posible be the fisrt person in the state to complete this conversion :)

[TheMAN]

you don't need to adjust the hand brake... you need to adjust the rear calipers first so that the pads will get applied sooner!

you should be glad you don't have ABS on this car.... the BJ's ABS system is rubbish! It's overly sensitive and activates too soon! The rear sensors are also prone to getting stuffed

I don't remember... do you have rear drums or rear discs?

[BG1.8sp]

you don't need to adjust the hand brake... you need to adjust the rear calipers first so that the pads will get applied sooner!

you should be glad you don't have ABS on this car.... the BJ's ABS system is rubbish! It's overly sensitive and activates too soon! The rear sensors are also prone to getting stuffed

I don't remember... do you have rear drums or rear discs?

Rear discs.

And yes... They are wayyyyyy to sensitive!
Extremely bad with out EBD and a stuff rear swaybar...

Lifted week = zero brakes lol.
But then again... Those brakes in the wet and no ABS... Bound to have some mad lock ups if soneone pulls out on you

[TheMAN]

so EDM rear brakes then for almost painless bolt-on installation ;)
get better pads for the rears than front, that will solve the brake bias problem somewhat... or do it right and get a brake controller valve... not sure if that will get you defected though

[BG1.8sp]

so EDM rear brakes then for almost painless bolt-on installation ;)
get better pads for the rears than front, that will solve the brake bias problem somewhat... or do it right and get a brake controller valve... not sure if that will get you defected though

My suggestion was rear upgrade and the bias valve too :p lol

[Ice88]

Its illegal in Queensland to have a brake bias ajuster without a mod plate or at least it is in April. Unsure what the rules are now :)

[BG1.8sp]

Its illegal in Queensland to have a brake bias ajuster without a mod plate or at least it is in April. Unsure what the rules are now :)

Has to have An engineers cert for one here in NSW.
But basically everything needs that piece of paper these days lol

[HAIGHIE]

yer i know about the rear brake adjuster with the 4mm allen key behind the 14mm bolt i call it the hand break adjuster but i love it so easy to adjust and set to desired adjustment, just done a natio run and clicked the handbrake 2 notches to compensate as i haven't adjusted yet and OMG does this thing like to stop :)

Azz remeber when i stomed on the brake way to early in your car hahah same thing all the way through natio, it just stops the car to the point where i'm like dam i'm going way to slow now, gess i will just have to get use to it :)

yer i will be doing the rear upgrade after i have a feel of azz's other wise i'm more then happy with this current set up just have to keep the rear brake finely adjusted:)

[TheMAN]

you'll start hating that stupid adjuster when it strips/seizes/rusts/breaks like it has happened to so many people in north america already

I love my EDM brakes... fully auto adjusting, no stupid adjuster to break!

[HAIGHIE]

so on tuesday a package got delivered to my work :)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/1D7284A5-1157-4EB1-A94E-18FF2EDE053A-1997-000002F6FDC3A8C8_zps627c0599.jpg

and me being me couldn't help my self and as soon as i got home started putting it all together

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/F1FFDF88-6996-4FBD-A2B7-35F82AE70C72-1997-000002F6F98A25F6_zpsa63de2c6.jpg

and that when i got home from work on thursday i made the rash decision to actually put them on my roof so down to bunnings it was to get me a drill bit some silicon and a couple of nuts and spring washers :)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/A26C9206-7CDB-4BFC-AFF4-88EFBDEEC141-1997-000002F6F7A7FC14_zps5c6256f5.jpg

and then i went out a took some photos, yet to get some good ones but they will come.

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/23BEEE6A-0F82-4C08-A435-FDB083AFD731-1997-000002F6F16F4B34_zps41807c1e.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/4E1618B0-6313-479C-A91B-8CBC1FAA9925-1997-000002F6F39FC9CB_zpsa41e227b.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/FF03C85E-59FA-4E20-9735-336D8CACD149-1997-000002F6EF04A3EF_zpsa97d3fe8.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/FD550663-717C-4E98-B8EB-71F7424B40C0-1997-000002F6E969C7B2_zps9b5ce686.jpg

so having a little claim to my self of being the first 323 Astina with these roof rack :)

cheers heeps tp alex for the racks and packageing them extreamly well so they didn't get damaged :)

i also recived my Injen from ben on monday so i chucked that in aswell

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/5772DEE6-AB87-4E55-AF7D-6D81C63AE77D-1997-000002F6FB5D9F32_zpsbf5b06e4.jpg

i love induction noise ;P

[BG1.8sp]

Hate to burst your bubble... But there is a BJ2 1.8 L that's red with faded paint and looks like s**t that I see almost daily with those racks ;)

[HAIGHIE]

with the actual cross bars or just the runners like the SR2s have??

[BG1.8sp]

Exactly what you got bro...

It also has a sunroof.

Thought many times to go all GTA style and roll the get for his racks :p lol

[TheMAN]

they're the same thing as the 2002 P5 and 2000-2002 Familia S-Wagon Sport20
they look good but adds so much wind noise/wind resistance

the roofs that have the built in roof rack is different from the ones that don't, which is why drilling holes was necessary for conversion... to or from a roof rack conversion

[mattylagana]

"It also has a sunroof"

OUCH, and he's still picking himsel up off the ground lol

[HAIGHIE]

Exactly what you got bro...

It also has a sunroof.

Thought many times to go all GTA style and roll the get for his racks :p lol

ok azz where do you see this car?? and what time??

you take the racks i'll take the sun roof deal better we'll just get the 9" out and take it all as one then split it :) now were talking

yer ed, actually do you know of anyone thats taken a pic of the roof??? ours has the holes cut out in the second layer of the roof corner on the inside just not on the outside layer, so it gave me a pretty definded point to drill out, but would love to see what the US and JDM roof is actually like

[BG1.8sp]

ok azz where do you see this car?? and what time??

you take the racks i'll take the sun roof deal better we'll just get the 9" out and take it all as one then split it :) now were talking

yer ed, actually do you know of anyone thats taken a pic of the roof??? ours has the holes cut out in the second layer of the roof corner on the inside just not on the outside layer, so it gave me a pretty definded point to drill out, but would love to see what the US and JDM roof is actually like

Lol!

Chop the roof off and do a runner.

[HAIGHIE]

exactly midnight spares:)

[HAIGHIE]

so today i under took my own quest of fitting a FS intake cam int to my FP :p

for the differences :

FP: 225 duration, 7.9mm lift

FS: 241 duration, 8.6mm lift

the FP has an overlap of 6deg

the FS has an overlap of 7deg

with the FS intake and FP exhaust you get an overlap of 11deg

so not massive spec difference, and power gain wise not really all that noticable, but power curve has been moved completely, the FP sufferes badly down low and then really cam alive at 4000k mark, now my car has a nice smooth power curve from about 2-2500k mark up to 5500 then really comes alive goes to limiter really easily, my biggest problem now is the limiter being to low,

so over all i have no idea if its quicker or slower as i said not a massive noticable power difference but the power curve has been shifted and changed :) over all i will be driving the car like this for 3 weeks untill i go to the drags again and see what the difference is, if it's worst i will probly keep it like this still as i CBF to swap it back, but i'm thinking it could only be worst because the engine isn't able to rev to its power band,

and at the end of the day cost me nothing at all had everything laying around and it was just a matter of staying back at work 4 and extra 3 hours,

of and i also got this today :)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/00B4D842-12F3-4FC2-8ED9-D7D5CBDC3503-4599-00000835B9ADE3F3_zps387f073b.jpg

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/166BF826-B51A-4F3E-B975-D07EF66B10C8-4599-0000083531BD4B48_zps53c424a6.jpg

my new perry muffler :) was a nice little addition also

i also now have a very slight cam sound to the exhaust note at idle :p

[TheMAN]

increasing overlap reduces low end power/torque, due to exhaust reversion... high RPM power is increased because of better scavenging, longer duration, and higher lift... this allows more air into the engine at high RPM

[HAIGHIE]

exactly:) and thats exactly where its moved the power curve up, the car start to come alive at 5500 and then hit limiter 6700 way to easily but it has smoothed out the low end though, it's not as slugish and reves evenly and smoothy all the way up till it start to reach it's power band,

so i'm gessing the extra lift and bigger duration is helping the low end, but the real difference it up top but high then i'm able to reach :(

[maz sp20]

Perry looks good mate

[HAIGHIE]

ok so little update on this cams performance, car is alot better smoother pulls harder down low and revs alot more happy in the top of the rev range in 3rd and 4th, doen't seem to lag/struggle to rev out anymore. over all i'm much happier with this little mod just makes the car much nicer to drive

[TheMAN]

I just thought of one thing
if you put the FP-DE exhaust cam back in, you'll get even better top end performance than the FS exhaust cam... it will bump the overlap up to 11 degrees... DO IT!!!

[HAIGHIE]

thats what i've got in ATM:) i only changed the intake cam to the FS intake cam :)

one better i'm going to put another FS intake cam in place of my exhaust cam as i will still have my 11deg of overlap but with a 8.6mm lift insted of the 8.1mm lift :) and bring the exhuast duration up from 230deg to 241deg. food for thourght :)

so i will kind of have exactly the MSF TBS cam specs plus .5 deg overlap :)

[fr35hr]

hey! names michael, i'm new around here

cool build thread!

[99BJAstina]

hey! names michael, i'm new around here

cool build thread!

Welcome Michael :)
Nice to see you've reached 4 posts! I hope you find all the info your after on AGT, even this Haighie guy knows a little what he's talking about :)

[Hammo]

hey! names michael, i'm high as ****

cool build thread!

:p:p:p

[fr35hr]

thank you 99BJAstina who ever you are!

[HAIGHIE]

So this 99bj guy who ever he is seems nice but fr35hr i hope you do find all the info your looking for, for you mazda 3 SP23, it seems to be the only car people talkabout on here :)

Oh and congrats on your 5th post also :) lol

[maz_zam]

Went back a page and read about your FS cam install mate and wondering how its been now after almost 2 months? And any closer to installing the intake as exhaust cam as well?

Very interested as have the FP-DE as well and read bits and pieces on this mod over different forums. Especially if youve been to the drags and thoughts there?

Anyway sweet build thread mate, subbed for the 1.8 relevence for me :D

[HAIGHIE]

Went back a page and read about your FS cam install mate and wondering how its been now after almost 2 months? And any closer to installing the intake as exhaust cam as well?

Very interested as have the FP-DE as well and read bits and pieces on this mod over different forums. Especially if youve been to the drags and thoughts there?

Anyway sweet build thread mate, subbed for the 1.8 relevence for me :D

hey man sorry for the epic late reply

yer the cams going good man, down low its about the same maybe a little bit more sluggish but up in the rev range it really comes alive, i always noticed the FP would start to run out of puff about 5800rpm and would really only come on to a power band from about 4000rpm. so not much to play with,

with the cam in it starts to move about 3800rpm and just REV's n REV's n REV's :) and then you hit limiter :( lol but yer it really suffers from the 6700rpm limiter. i would like to bump it up to about 7400rpm, from about 6200rpm it really starts to pick the revs up nicly but just straight to limiter (yes i hit limiter alot lol but its way to easy lol) :) and even on the outside of the car it doen't sound like its reving its hole either it actually sounds very comfortable.

putting the FS INTAKE cam in place of my EXHAUST cam will be happening as soon as i can get my hands on one lol, but hopefully it should just really even out the powerband a little bit smoother but again i think i'm going to suffer from the poor red line our cars have.

over all i think it was a great mod to do. the 1/4 - 1/2 throttle range is much more toey and responsive aswell so when you are just crusing it just purrs along. i would love to say go and do it but if i was to hepl you out in anyways i gess i would say just hold off untill i can undertake putting the FS intake in for the Exhaust aswell to see if its better to just get both of them done instead of having to do it/get it done twice :) but as soon as i do get my hands on one i will let you all know :)

[maz_zam]

Seems interesting enough to give a shot i reckon. Hopefully by the time I get headers in you will have tried swapping out the exhaust cam for the intake and can see if worth the both :D

I know may be bit of work for not massive gain but its all about the projects right :rolleyes:

Cheers for the reply

[HAIGHIE]

exactly right man, and you also get a slight lumpy cam note to it aswell :) hopefully it's a little more so with the exhaust cam done :)

but BIG NEWS AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SET BACK

MOTOR DECIDED TO CARK IT TODAY:(

pretty neg about it but just means bigger and better things to come :)
i'm taking this as the strip and rebuild phase :)

list of items to be going in new engine.

forged wiseco pistons
forged k1 rods
ARP head stud kit
ACL race series bearing through out the motor

head ported and slightly polished, with looking at maybe 1mm oversized valves on the intake and not sure if possible but maybe 2mm on the exhaust as the heads on these cars were the point where they relised they were running out of money and were like he i found these stick them in she'll be right.
along with some new stainless valve guides, and new valve springs.

and then bolting all the MSP gear with the GT28, and REDSTAR intercooloer system :)

so a bit to do in the next month or 2 but should be well worth it :) and then i will worry about the gearbox later :) lol

so no body invite me anywhere because i have to save :)

[BG1.8sp]

head ported and slightly polished, with looking at maybe 1mm oversized valves on the intake and not sure if possible but maybe 2mm on the exhaust as the heads on these cars were the point where they relised they were running out of money and were like he i found these stick them in she'll be right.
along with some new stainless valve guides, and new valve springs.


so no body invite me anywhere because i have to save :)

Hehehehe 121 exhaust valves eh ;)

ROFL

It's ok andy... Us two can just hang out from now on, save save save mode for mee too :(
Poor Mazda :(

[Ice88]

Using the 2 litre block for the turbo build?

And sorry to hear man :(

Also dont worry so much about the intake its the exhaust that needs the work :) What redline are you aiming for? If your not aiming too high then I wouldnt worry about doing that much head work. Remember changing the size of the valves will affect your bottom end. Head with a small amount of work done will flow 7500 easy :)

[HAIGHIE]

nar man using my current FP block just got to sus out the damage hopefully its not to bad and hasn't wrecked everything so i can't use this motor. ( i wanna keep engine numbers) and i like the way the FP's rev. yer i will be looking for like maybe a 7200 limiter max with this motor under boost.

i will be getting the hole engine balanced and finely machined by a bloke i know who's very experienced with this **** but works for him self now only to make a little spending money as he's retired well semi lol, but yer he's very cheap :)

but yes the heads will flow there easily but it's better to have them flow alot better so you don;t have to strain the motor of all its got to make what you want better to have it flowing a **** load so you can make easy power on not much :)

and yes azz hahah 121 valves lol i can't wait to pull the head off one at work so i can compair lol bet you they are lol. actually there probly bigger then ours lol.

now here i got making a shopping list :) don't really wanna see the price in total :/

hopefully it the car will be quick .... fingers crossed :)

[familiagtx]

Sorry to hear about the bad news

[Ice88]

nar man using my current FP block just got to sus out the damage hopefully its not to bad and hasn't wrecked everything so i can't use this motor. ( i wanna keep engine numbers) and i like the way the FP's rev. yer i will be looking for like maybe a 7200 limiter max with this motor under boost.

i will be getting the hole engine balanced and finely machined by a bloke i know who's very experienced with this **** but works for him self now only to make a little spending money as he's retired well semi lol, but yer he's very cheap :)

but yes the heads will flow there easily but it's better to have them flow alot better so you don;t have to strain the motor of all its got to make what you want better to have it flowing a **** load so you can make easy power on not much :)

and yes azz hahah 121 valves lol i can't wait to pull the head off one at work so i can compair lol bet you they are lol. actually there probly bigger then ours lol.

now here i got making a shopping list :) don't really wanna see the price in total :/

hopefully it the car will be quick .... fingers crossed :)

Those rods wont work then, no real need to get longer rods on an FP. If your just after some forgies check out some forged BP rods IIRC there similiar BE, might need some slight machining to fit. You'd gain about 2 mm in rod length :)

I wouldn't go much bigger if any bigger on the intake tbh id be focusing on the exhaust valves. There tooo small and im kicking myself now that I didnt have them enlarged by a mm. Also wish i had had the exhuast ports mirrored in hope of getting better exhaust velocities.

Remember the bigger the valves are the lower your intake velocity will be and thus the worse the engine will perform at lower rpms. Honestly man at that sort of redline you don't really need any big head work, port patch, smooth out machining marks and you'd be under way :)

EDIT: Might even be able to use a BP piston on top, but youd wanna check this out.

[TheMAN]

I'll need to look in my manual again... it illustrated some differences between the FP and BP I think

[Ice88]

The biggest thing to my mind would be lubrication. How the oil squirters hit the piston etc.

But then there's alot of intricacies that I'm yet to learn :)

[HAIGHIE]

I'm getting rods made to the same specs as the stock FP rods but obviously stronger. So really just the same length and same jernal sizes, but a much stronger rod :) and then i'll use the FS wiesco 9:1 forged pistons, which will give me a compression ratio of about 8.3 - 8.5:1 so i can be happy with a bit of boost :)

[HAIGHIE]

UPDATE:

so due to the terrible unfortunate accident of a fellow member SWIFT JIMMY's SP20. I have picked up a hole lot of parts :) because I felt bad and wanted to give him all my cash so he could invest in a not pride and joy.

parts including.
. Mishimoto radiator
. Mishimoto shroud
. Mishimoto coolant reservoir
. Mishimoto power steering reservoir
. Fidenza 3.5KG Flywheel
. G-series gearbox
. Excedy HD clutch kit
. AWR 70 duro engine mounts
. SP20 dashboard ( like the hole thing)
. SP20 center console and all that jazz
. wholesale 20mm rear swaybar :)

I have just purchased some goods from Alex todd from the states :)
. Corksport S pipe
. Corksport J pipe
and something else that he has thrown in for me because he's a nice guy :)

I have bourght an entire sunroof off him aswell but he's working out the best way to ship it to me :) so that will be installed hopefully by the end of the year :)

I have also purchased a BJ1 sport20 front bar off rupe :) and a new mazdaspeed rear wing :)

my engine is getting pulled out in the next couple of weeks striped down and sorted out and then sent away for machining and balancing once I receive my new pistons and rods :)

my next adventure then will be to build the gearbox and try and make one fairly unbreakable as I plan to make a fair amount of power out of the old girl once she's all back together :)

so heaps to come in the very near future, so stay posted :)

Cheers
Andy

[sikwitit]

good score you have there I have the fidenza flywheel and exedy heady duty button clutch massive improvement along with the engine mounts will be a lot of fun

[Clean_Cookie]

you like :) hahahahahaha. :) sounds like a whole lot of what i've just been through. its fun.

[marcs_sp20]

Cant wait to see the end result Andy :D

[Hammo]

I knew you got your greasy mitts on all that shiny mishimoto gear hahahaha

[familiagtx]

Very nice

Another turbo BJ in the making

I know your going to be burning up money at the moment, but if your investing all this, I recommend using a aftermarket ecu instead of the stock msp ecu

[HAIGHIE]

good score you have there I have the fidenza flywheel and exedy heady duty button clutch massive improvement along with the engine mounts will be a lot of fun

yer iwas impressed when I drove matts car with all of it in but i'm really keen to see what it's like with the turbo spinning it:) should be pretty quick i'd be thinking

you like :) hahahahahaha. :) sounds like a whole lot of what i've just been through. its fun.

haha yer ryan tell me about it seriously i'm that broke now haha but will be worth every cent, just want the car back on the road I miss it so bad

Cant wait to see the end result Andy :D
cheers marc neither can I and there will deff's be a road trip install for when this is all done and running :)

I knew you got your greasy mitts on all that shiny mishimoto gear hahahaha

sorry hammo :( but you got the R/B RSW, lol pay back haha

Very nice

Another turbo BJ in the making

I know your going to be burning up money at the moment, but if your investing all this, I recommend using a aftermarket ecu instead of the stock msp ecu

yer probly in the in the pipeline dude but I have to save many $$$ now to get it all done and finished, pretty excited to be hounest I can't wait to drive her again :)

[Hammo]

U got one of them now too hahahaha

[Rafferty]

Wow mate, your car should be awesome when complete!

[Ice88]

Epic score dude!

Builds looking really solid :)

[maz sp20]

Sick,sick,sick... I can not wait to see this mate :D

[HAIGHIE]

Cheers guys i will be updating when ever i do anything so i have a log and can look back on it in years to come and realise how much touble and effort i went to. Or if it was easy :) lol hoping the easy one :)

But it should be a new car hopefully :)

[HAIGHIE]

so little update not much has happened mostly just accumulating parts for the turbo conversion and I've just been lashing out on all the things I've always wanted, I thought while the cars off the road what better time to buy everything and do it all.

some things that I have got, not all of it but just some.

Corksport S&J pipe

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/9EBEB337-6D60-4459-89EA-87FED597C946-138-0000000570C6D0BC_zps1eccd824.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/9EBEB337-6D60-4459-89EA-87FED597C946-138-0000000570C6D0BC_zps1eccd824.jpg.html)

a small bunch of things I had out at the time

inc:
fidenza flywheel
Excedy HD clutch
AWR 70 duro engine mounts
mishimoto radiator
the SP20 rear bar and side skirts
and the rest of the stuff you can see

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/57199CA3-4E8B-477E-B726-5B6149C52ABB-138-000000056E71E39A_zps2507740e.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/57199CA3-4E8B-477E-B726-5B6149C52ABB-138-000000056E71E39A_zps2507740e.jpg.html)

and last Thursday I got a parcel :) the new face of the car

Mazda Familia BJ1 Sport20 front bar

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/52BC11E6-94E7-4168-8A57-C9041C0A26C2-138-000000056614B91D_zps9140c3ea.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/52BC11E6-94E7-4168-8A57-C9041C0A26C2-138-000000056614B91D_zps9140c3ea.jpg.html)

with front mount.

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/337E38CA-2684-4D4E-86BB-81C944CBAC09-138-0000000567DE2347_zpsb38c3039.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/337E38CA-2684-4D4E-86BB-81C944CBAC09-138-0000000567DE2347_zpsb38c3039.jpg.html)

And on the car

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/89EE36E3-FDA0-49C1-A75B-2828CFF8D17C-138-0000000569CEC646_zps102a41dc.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/89EE36E3-FDA0-49C1-A75B-2828CFF8D17C-138-0000000569CEC646_zps102a41dc.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/E5551D5C-C8CF-45B6-9AE5-55F3C964BCED-138-000000056BDEAFD8_zpsb8109d55.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/E5551D5C-C8CF-45B6-9AE5-55F3C964BCED-138-000000056BDEAFD8_zpsb8109d55.jpg.html)

I am getting the bumper and skirts resprayed in gold very soon and then I will get them on,

but that's currently it ATM no much is happening at this current moment just saving the $$$ and buying what is needed to make it all work nicely. I have a couple of more things on there way and will up date when they come.

[JDM323]

nice, loving the build

[DVS]

Bumper suits it nicely

[swift jimmy]

you actually made your bed for once ;-)

[z100]

Don't really notice the colour difference of the front bar at first glance! Looks great, but not a fan of the lip. Doesn't really fit IMO.

[HAIGHIE]

Haha lol yer sure, made bed haha.

[HAIGHIE]

Yer the lips only held on by 2 screws at the front, i'm yet to heat and mold it
To the bar, but will be doing that when its all painted :)

[ghetto3]

Lots of skinned knuckles to come, eh?

[familiagtx]

nice looking familia front end :)

[HAIGHIE]

Lots of skinned knuckles to come, eh?

yes many more lol at least i'll be happy doing it on this car :)

nice looking familia front end :)

cheers bud :)

[rodhog]

bro if your taking time Get that dump coated in ceramic coat it's not that much and it's worth every ****ING DOLLAR.

especially on car they didn't add much too for long term heat protection. The one thing I wish I could do more of on my cars.

[HAIGHIE]

WISH/TO DO LIST
- TURBO hopefully this year
- 20mm rear swaybar (wholesale suspension)
- G seires gearbox
- fidanza flywheel with HD clutch just not sure how HD i need
- either evo 8 recaros or bride reclining seats.
- Pro5 roof racks (on there way) INSTALLED
- Pro5 sunroof (just needs to be posted)
- bronze-oil shifter bushes
- some kind of rear muffler Perry installed
- Complete the sp20 interrior swap
- Familia bj1 sport20 front bar and the sp20 skirts
- Superpro bushes alround
- Window tint 20% fronts. 18% rear windows ( will be 15 or 18% allround now)


just was about to updated my list of parts and wants on my first page.
then just relised how much of this stuff I actually have now plus a lot more

only thing I don't have in this list is:

- Superpro bushes all-round ( will be ordered in the next week or 2)

- Window tint 20% fronts. 18% rear windows ( will be 15 or 18% all-round now)

- bronze-oil shifter bushes (hopefully on there way)

- either evo 8 recaros or bride reclining seats. ( may have gotten myself some different ones )

actually didn't realise what I have to actually go on the car makes me feel a little better in that I am making progress towards what I've wanted for my car

I will be redoing my first post to the current state of parts and items I have accumulated and that are ready to go on the car over a small period of time, as I think of everything :)

[mattylagana]

Wow you have done alot since I last sore you :)

[HAIGHIE]

OKAY EVERYONE ITS UPDATE TIME:

been ages since I've updated simply because nothing has happened to her

so i'll just hit it off with the pic
Also have a few more things to add that have been added also but don't have photo's ATM so I will add them in the next week or so.

so was out with the misses and just cruising around with benni boy (ben carney)

and I may have hit a cat.
actually to be honest the cat hated it's life because it realised it was a cat, then ran out in front of my car quicker then I could even do anything and just clean hit it
here's the after math.
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zpsbeebd9f8.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zpsbeebd9f8.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zpsa0a8700a.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zpsa0a8700a.jpg.html)

so much to my "i guess happiness" this came a lot earlier then intended but man am i happy

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zps7f743237.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zps7f743237.jpg.html)

so some before shots

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zpsd951e124.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zpsd951e124.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zps376d348a.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zps376d348a.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zpsa6b717f2.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zpsa6b717f2.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zps28248192.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zps28248192.jpg.html)

install :

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zps70415927.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zps70415927.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zpsf7d00d7e.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zpsf7d00d7e.jpg.html)

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj613/Haighie93/null_zps64922ff8.jpg (http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/Haighie93/media/null_zps64922ff8.jpg.html)

and the afters:
did someone say sport20 ????

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i will upload more photos this week from a shoot i done with benni so keep your eye open.

the way the car sits and looks now is exactly how i ever dreamed of it, right from the very start i wanted the kit and CX-7s with the racks, I've finally completed the look I've always wanted and couldn't be more happy with how it turned out.

Now, Hammo lol, the next thing will be the build for the snail.

ohh and i almost forgot the ZU TU TU TU TU TU TU TU TU heheh

[Hammo]

Looking HOT as!!


http://i.imgflip.com/bfpy.jpg


DONE!

http://www.allmystery.de/i/t01b12d_Randy_Marsh_covered_in_ectoplasm.jpg

[tuffsr2]

looking amazing man. love the top racks, now i need a set :). cant wait to see it on boost!

[99BJAstina]

AMAZING! SIMPLY AMAZING!! Congrats man, all your hard earned money and countless hours working on it, are now evident in your creation :) Cant wait for the turbo AND any other mods you decide to add/change along the way.
CONGRATS BUDDY :)

[marcs_sp20]

Fark dude, looks baller now :eek:

[bjk]

Swish. Man, the SP20 skirts really make a difference. Front bar looks mint too!

Looks like you have as much fun angling as I am at the moment. :P

[JDM323]

awesome, thankyou cat!

[smurfy]

Saw this in person on sunday and holy crap it looks minttt!!!!!

[maz sp20]

Very nice mate :)

[z100]

Looks fantastic, massive improvement! What lip do you have on the front bar?

[Rhys]

Looks really nice. I'm surprised the cat did so much damage!

[Rupewrecht]

Looks great!

[rodhog]

Well it turned out well.

Not going to say I don't like it because sorry SP20 owners but it looks More CLASSY.

yes IMO deep down it's 1inch or 30mm too low should have 17's with 5% over tyres.
but that's me wanting to hit the speed humps and pot holes with out slowing. OR scrapping that front skirt.

Just remember you have added - EXTRA TARGET on ya.

[familiagtx]

looking smick!

just don't hit another cat with this import bar

you and josh are pretty close with converting to turbo.

[HAIGHIE]

Cheers everyone, yer just love it it really has changed the entire look of the car but i love it more :)
it's a subaru STI lip
Front lip is exactly 100mm off the ground, so its not too low but still i'm careful with driveways and all that jazz.

Rhys yer man i was doing 60kms and just as i was going past a fence a cat come flying out quicker then i could even react to think about the brake and just clean hit it. Sounded terrible i heard the stupid thing bounce under the car. I wasn't really well happy or anything in that manner, more pissed about me car. ( i hate cats )

Rod cheers mate and yes i know about the extra TARGET!! Attention everyone who see's me tells me the car looks on the ground, so i'm just going to see how i go for a bit.

Will up load the other photos tonight :)

[BG1.8sp]

Better pull my finger out and get started on your wiring loom soon hey? :p

[HAIGHIE]

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[xeon8]

Ooo, looking very nice indeed!! :)

[99BJAstina]

How come every time i look at it, it gets better!!! :P hahaha
WOW dude, hats off to you! Know wonder i copy all your ideas ;)

[COLONEL DON]

what tint did you use for your tail lights and blinkers ??

[HAIGHIE]

Just used night shades man, but you have to buff them back quite a bit so there not Black!!

And same for the side indicators, just night shaded them to but no buff back there, :) there just black

[ghetto3]

Looks BANG ON,

Worthersee-esque.

[rodhog]

Just used night shades man, but you have to buff them back quite a bit so there not Black!!

And same for the side indicators, just night shaded them to but no buff back there, :) there just black

Yeah you love a Good Rub down don't you?

[COLONEL DON]

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/VHT-Lens-Tint-Night-Shades-312g.aspx?pid=7790#Cross

this stuff ?? easier to take the tail lights out ?? or just leave them in ?

[Ice88]

Hey man,

Figured id post this here so the information is available for everyone.

The whole concept came about due to sustained rpm leading to premature engine wear and oil starvation issues with the rods. The stock oil pump just doesn't keep enough pressure/flow enough. The second problem is that the internal PRV causes cavitation in the pump which reduces the flow when the valve opens.

As such the DocB setup uses a swaintech coated pump to create tighter tolerances, thus increasing flow and then plugs up the PRV to stop the cavitation. A PRV is needed however as otherwise you get 100+ PSI at the filter which promptly blows the seal (as mat and myself have witnessed when the PRV failed to open).

The way it works is that you get a AN10 return welded into the MBSP for the oil return and use a oil filter relocation kit.

Stock Oil Filter Out -> Peterson PRV -> Oil Filter Adapter -> Back to Engine

The Bleed of oil from the PRV is sent back to the MBSP. Get mat to show you my setup when you come up :)

EDIT: When rebuilding engine man, make sure you rebuild using tight tolerances on the mains.

[HAIGHIE]

so it's been neally 3 months since I have updated this :/

and I have just come to relise that my car is pretty on the ground hahaha, was just going through the photo's in the previous page love it :)

I will be updating very soon with the latest that's been happening to the car as som of you have already seen and some already know, but it's been a long time that I've wanted to do it and it's getting done :) hopefully be back together and finished tomorrow :)

so keep an eye out for the latest :)

[HeyDayJordan]

Great job, real huge inspiration for my new BJ1 Astina. I've got the roof-racks so far. Hoping to one day get the mk1 sp20 bodykit! Again, great job!

[HAIGHIE]

WOW 4 years since updateing this.
I thonk i remeber why to haha, i was going through the furst pange and editing adding and re organising my entire build list, and right when i went to click update the internet crashed and clean swiped the entire list, (i'd spent about 5 hours doing it up)

But man oh man has the car changed since the last update, its had about $40k+ spent on it, and as it looks much the same just changed wheels right now, there has been some BIG $$$ spent on her.

Not sure if i'mgoing to just keep on this build list, and try and re-do/update to date the build list up on the first page, or start a fresh one, and just do the car from an AS IS point and continue from there. We'll see,

[Noble323]

Nice to hear the car is still with you.

You should at least update with some pictures like engine bay and with new wheels ;)

[HMT]

Yeah please do since all the old pictures are gone :(

[Promaster]

Looks good bud we'll done