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So I'm new to the world of the 323 gtx although I've had a couple mazdas. I picked this car up a couple days ago car seems awesome has a lot of really nice mods

Here's the car pretty clean minus the roof but i will be removing the previous owner's work he did and install a Manuel moon roof or completely delete it

I will be repaint the car specially since its bondo free at the moment


Mods that came with the car
galant vr4 brake upgrade
Corksport upgraded intercooler
Custom intake
Spec clutch and lightweight flywheel
B&m shift knob
Plx wideband plus plx box
Grant wheel
Konig r wheel
GAB Dirt trail shock and springs
Chipped ecu reich racing also came with a none chipped ecu
Hks f con
Hks evc
Hybird turbo stock exhaust housing thunderbird intake housing
arp head studs
Long neck crank i think he said help was crank walk

So far that all i can think of or found
The trans looks and said to be rebuilt the head was rebuilt the block had good compression.
The block need to be set to tdc and cam gears aligned to finish the timing. Change the fluids and running the vac plus intcooler plus and we can start it
Stock ecu

Chipped currently installed. I need to figure what tune is set for the chip i heard there reich made a couple different tunes

Engine bay


the wheels plus vr4 brakes




plx gauge

plx box and the reich chipped ecu

hks f-con tuner

hks evc

interior


2.5 catted exhaust
 
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Performance
Reich 174B HP-SPEC chip
HKS f-con fuel controller plus jumper harness
HKS evc boost controller
NGK BKR7EIX Iridium plugs .028 to .030 Gap
Corksport Side Mount intercooler
Custom Hard pipes
Custom intake with vmaf/w filter adapter injen filter
DSM 1g Bov
AutoZone Rebuilt distributor - None sold new
AutoZone Rebuilt Alternator - None sold new
Custom Grounding kit
Midpipe back custom 2.5 catted mandrel bent exhaust
Redline 20w-50
ARP head studs
Hybrid Thunderbird comp housing/exhaust housing gtx turbo

Drivetrain
Fidanza flywheel
Stage 1 clutch (i can't remember the brand)
Redline MT-90 fluid

Suspension
Gab Sport dirt trail Spring/shock combo
Adjustable rear control arms

Interior
B&M short shifter
PLX Digital AFR/Boost gauge multi display
Grant steering wheel

Exterior

Brakes
Galant slotted rotor
Escort caliper
Goodridge stainless brake lines

Wheels
Works CR-01 reps
15x7 35 offset
 
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SpeedE said:
Cool, you're the guy thay bought this car. You got an amazing deal with a lot of nice parts! Those Reich ECUs are really nice and good for runing more boost. Check out this post, a lot of info.

http://www.club323f.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20821
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Yea it was a steal and the owner of the car was a really chill guy... I wasn't shopping for a car but saw this had to get it.... That link is really awesome one of the most helpful so far
 
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set the timing today and got some worked done deleted the p/s and the a/c was already removed and cleaned up the bay by removing the fog lights and and air horns trying to figure a couple things in the harness

couple things removed

started with setting the timing since the head was rebuilt

noticed it had a different cam gear seems like the 1.8 cams gears

factory cam gears

timing went well rebuilt head with arp studs


power steering, a/c, and windshield wiper delete
 
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Nice work! Let us know how the steering feels. I may go this route if I don't get the hardlines. Are you planning on AutoXing it?
 
SpeedE said:
Nice work! Let us know how the steering feels. I may go this route if I don't get the hardlines. Are you planning on AutoXing it?
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Ill let you know how it goes i will be redoing the loop for power steering one more time im going to try loop it right on the rack.... Mostly daily driving and autocross when i can afford to refresh the suspension and get a set of coilovers
 
Nice car.. glad that you are saving it,
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Tell me that you are gonna swap out those panted air wents? :)
 
Car is pretty much ready to start just needs a bov and valve cover gasket... I finally got the vacuum corrected for the evap but never found which hose runs to which solenoid but i don't think it would make a difference since those valve do the same thing i figure
 
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A lot of work completed.. Turbo fully mounted and coolant and oil lines connnected

New clutch and flywheel (the previois owner said it a fidanza flywheel and a stage 1 clutch)

Figuring out the rats nest

Cleaned up everything and redid the vacumm lines then installed the intake manifold and intercooler pipes


All the vacumm lines and sensor properly hooked up

Decided to completely remove the ac harness

 
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I deleted th a/c and heater core basically i got rid of everything i could and cleaned up all the wiring

Dashboard back on

Found an awesome spot to mount the boost controller

In the whole a/c process i found a lot of things that were done to the car which helped me start the car when i reassembled the interior the car wouldn't crank when i bought it found some loose wires, blown fuses and a bad fuel pump. Lucky the previous owner include an extra one i tested it turned on. I purchased a new strainer the car finally started sending gas

After insuring everything was at tdc and ignition was giving spark we got it to start
http://s431.photobucket.com/user/am...1-4D5B-8A33-75E61CE85C6E_zps8l564xqi.mp4.html
 
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I love this car. I'm on the lookout for one. I need something else to drive so I can turn up the boost on my 88 mx6. A 323 gtx sounds like a great candidate! ......and then I'll begin modding that haha
 
AndyNC said:
I love this car. I'm on the lookout for one. I need something else to drive so I can turn up the boost on my 88 mx6. A 323 gtx sounds like a great candidate! ......and then I'll begin modding that haha
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theres a couple for sale Facebook
 
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