Busy weekend for me and the MX-6.
First was an oil change with fresh Penzoil Platinum and a K&N oil filter.
Then I swapped the suspension. I bought some Tokico Illumina's from a friend and paired them with some new Megan Racing lowering springs from eBay. I painted the struts because they were rusty and dirty. I also painted the calipers.
One of the rear struts needs a washer for the top hat nut as it is clunking. But I'll bang that out this weekend. And I believe the 626 struts may be taller than the MX6 struts so the rear is sitting a little higher than the front. Which really bugs me. So I might buy new rear struts. But moving on...
Removed the puny 12mm rear sway bar for a 16mm 626 sway bar.
Replaced the hideous eBay headlights that came with the car with OE pieces I bought from a very cool fellow in Canada.
The OE headlights and corner lights look SO much better.
Bought back my old Evo 8 Recaros from a friend but they were way too tall. My head was touching the ceiling and no way I could fit with a helmet so he's taking them back and I put the stock seats back in.
Before;
After;
And HUGE thanks to Pablo for coming over with his timing light and adjusting my timing for me. Turns out the motor was running retarded (I love saying that...) so he timed it and we rotated the disty to 14 degrees positive and the motor runs much smoother and a better idle.
Took it to Lakeland for the auto-x shakedown to test everything out in a safe environment and went pretty well. My first run was slow as balls because I nearly ran out of fuel. lol! I knew I was low but the fuel light just came on. Apparently that's enough to slosh to one side a starve the fuel pump. Ran to the gas station and was back before the second run. Best time was a 51.08 in SMF and I'm looking forward to seeing how it stacked up to the other car(s) in my class. But the car rotates nicely with the suspension and sway bar. Motor pulls well though it takes some careful throttle input to not light up the front tire without an LSD and about 170hp. But I was getting the hang of it and it handled pretty well.