Hey guys, figured I'd make yet another build thread for a car I said I wasn't going to mod...
I picked up a 1993 MX-6 LS a friend found on Craigslist for $500. It had some front end damage and leaking oil pretty badly. My one friend drove an hour to check it out and test drive it, then brought it back to MD from VA with him. Then another friend and I drove out to MD from OH to pick it up with his truck and trailer. I can't thank Jose and Will enough for their help!!!
Of all the weekends I had to pick one with freezing rain to go pick up the car...
Here she is the day we picked her up in MD;
You can see the light damage to the drivers side headlight area and the hood wouldn't latch completely.
All washed and put in the garage;
After struggling with trying to figure out where the oil leak was coming from (after a valve cover and front main seal replacement) found the front cam cap was scored really badly. So decided to pull the tired 168k mile KLDE and swap it with a JDM KLZE.
KLDE getting ready to be pulled;
How she sits in the garage as of 02/12/15;
Plans and goals:
A reliable DD that's still fun to drive.
Mods list;
Engine;
- JDM KLZE
- Xtremethings chipped ECU
- Exedy OE clutch
- Fidanza lightweight flywheel
- AWR front/rear motor mounts (filled trans mount)
- AutoTechnica ss clutch line
- Speed Daddy (ebay) headers
- eBay test pipe
- GReddy SP2 cat back exhaust
- eBay short air intake w/ K&N filter
- eBay poly shifter bushings
- MX6 forum bronze shifter bushings
- new OE radiator
- new OE hoses, gaskets and hardware all up hurr.
Suspension/brakes/wheels;
- Team Dynamics 17x8 +48 wheels (w/ 5mm spacers. So +43 in pics)
- Hankook Ventus V12 235/45-17 tires
- Hawk HPS pads all around
- Centric blank rotors
- Techna-fit SS brake lines
- DOT4 brake fluid
- Tokico Illumina struts
- Megan Racing lowering springs
- Mazda 626 (16mm) rear sway bar
Exterior;
- black paint and such
Interior;
- Pioneer headunit
- Rockford Fosgate 6x8 front speakers
- Pioneer 6x8 rear deck speakers
I picked up a 1993 MX-6 LS a friend found on Craigslist for $500. It had some front end damage and leaking oil pretty badly. My one friend drove an hour to check it out and test drive it, then brought it back to MD from VA with him. Then another friend and I drove out to MD from OH to pick it up with his truck and trailer. I can't thank Jose and Will enough for their help!!!
Of all the weekends I had to pick one with freezing rain to go pick up the car...
Here she is the day we picked her up in MD;
You can see the light damage to the drivers side headlight area and the hood wouldn't latch completely.
All washed and put in the garage;
After struggling with trying to figure out where the oil leak was coming from (after a valve cover and front main seal replacement) found the front cam cap was scored really badly. So decided to pull the tired 168k mile KLDE and swap it with a JDM KLZE.
KLDE getting ready to be pulled;
How she sits in the garage as of 02/12/15;
Plans and goals:
A reliable DD that's still fun to drive.
Mods list;
Engine;
- JDM KLZE
- Xtremethings chipped ECU
- Exedy OE clutch
- Fidanza lightweight flywheel
- AWR front/rear motor mounts (filled trans mount)
- AutoTechnica ss clutch line
- Speed Daddy (ebay) headers
- eBay test pipe
- GReddy SP2 cat back exhaust
- eBay short air intake w/ K&N filter
- eBay poly shifter bushings
- MX6 forum bronze shifter bushings
- new OE radiator
- new OE hoses, gaskets and hardware all up hurr.
Suspension/brakes/wheels;
- Team Dynamics 17x8 +48 wheels (w/ 5mm spacers. So +43 in pics)
- Hankook Ventus V12 235/45-17 tires
- Hawk HPS pads all around
- Centric blank rotors
- Techna-fit SS brake lines
- DOT4 brake fluid
- Tokico Illumina struts
- Megan Racing lowering springs
- Mazda 626 (16mm) rear sway bar
Exterior;
- black paint and such
Interior;
- Pioneer headunit
- Rockford Fosgate 6x8 front speakers
- Pioneer 6x8 rear deck speakers
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