Logan
03-30-2006, 04:36 PM
I'm driving this car right now, it's in excellent running condition, with the exception of a second gear grind if you try and shift fast. It burns about 1L of oil between oil changes.
I imported it from the USA in November 2004 and put way too much time and money into it before I could put it on the road.
Engine is strong, the car has around 100000 MILES on it. I have installed a canadian gauge cluster though, as the US cluster digital tach wasn't working.
I replaced the following last winter (Jan - March 2005):
all brake hard lines
brake flex lines from a no-rust west coast car
all fuel hard lines
gas tank
four struts, the front two are tokicos, rears are monroes
springs from a no-rust west coast car
front lower control arms
it has mazdaspeed trailing arms
two of the four lateral links are mazdaspeed, the other two are original parts
mazdaspeed rear diff mounts
all new wheel bearings and seals. while the knuckles were off I sandblasted them and painted them freshly
four new mazda rotors
four rebuilt calipers and pads
refinished the wheels by hand.
New last winter four new Michelin snow tires
I was going to paint it, so it's not that pretty to look at. It is black.
Has power windows and power mirrors, sunroof.
The underside is getting soft. The lower rad support needs to be reinforced and the frame rails up near the front are also not as good as they could be. I did patch up the floor, there aren't any holes now but there were.
I was going to continue to fix what's wrong with it, but honestly have lost interest and want to move on to a new project.
A few hours with a welder and some steel is all the car needs underneath.
I know what I've spent on this thing and I know I will not get anywhere close to that amount. I would like to see it stay in the CASC family, or even become an ice racer for someone to whoop Tony with ( haha ).
Anyone interested in paying $2500 for it?
I'm located in Peterborough if anyone wants to check it out. It's my only car at the moment so it's not immediately available, but could be made available somewhat quickly to the right buyer.
I imported it from the USA in November 2004 and put way too much time and money into it before I could put it on the road.
Engine is strong, the car has around 100000 MILES on it. I have installed a canadian gauge cluster though, as the US cluster digital tach wasn't working.
I replaced the following last winter (Jan - March 2005):
all brake hard lines
brake flex lines from a no-rust west coast car
all fuel hard lines
gas tank
four struts, the front two are tokicos, rears are monroes
springs from a no-rust west coast car
front lower control arms
it has mazdaspeed trailing arms
two of the four lateral links are mazdaspeed, the other two are original parts
mazdaspeed rear diff mounts
all new wheel bearings and seals. while the knuckles were off I sandblasted them and painted them freshly
four new mazda rotors
four rebuilt calipers and pads
refinished the wheels by hand.
New last winter four new Michelin snow tires
I was going to paint it, so it's not that pretty to look at. It is black.
Has power windows and power mirrors, sunroof.
The underside is getting soft. The lower rad support needs to be reinforced and the frame rails up near the front are also not as good as they could be. I did patch up the floor, there aren't any holes now but there were.
I was going to continue to fix what's wrong with it, but honestly have lost interest and want to move on to a new project.
A few hours with a welder and some steel is all the car needs underneath.
I know what I've spent on this thing and I know I will not get anywhere close to that amount. I would like to see it stay in the CASC family, or even become an ice racer for someone to whoop Tony with ( haha ).
Anyone interested in paying $2500 for it?
I'm located in Peterborough if anyone wants to check it out. It's my only car at the moment so it's not immediately available, but could be made available somewhat quickly to the right buyer.