Summer is here, and with summer comes a great winner of ROTM. This month, Nick won ROTM with his sexy clean and super fast unique 323. As you can tell from reading the the description and the looking at the pictures, he has put a lot of time, effort and $$$$$$ into his car. Please help me congratulate him on his win and his wicked little car.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Suspension/Brakes:
-LX 4 wheel disc brake swap.
-brembo drilled rotors in front
-zx2 sr eibach springs
-zx2 sr tokico shocks
-3rd gen escort subframe with 25mm sway bar
- addco 23mm rear sway bar
-superpro polyurethane bushings
-rota slipstream rims 16x7 w/ nitto neo gen tires
-mx-3 rear tie bar
Body:
-JDM Headlights, corners, grill
-Corksport Side Skirts
-corksport rear bumper
-Corksport Fender Flares
-JDM upper spoiler
-JDM lower spoiler
-New Clear White Paint Job
Interior:
-Pioneer head unit & speakers
-Kenwood 10" Sub
-Power Locks
-Cruise Control
-LX protege interior seats/ carpet
-dynomated trunk
-generic steering wheel
-mx-3 console from shifter back
-modified shifter for shorter throw
Engine/Drivetrain:
-1.8L Turbo Motor Swap Stock wire harness
-Grid Chipped ECU
-Vf-8/vj-20 Hybrid turbo
-2.5 Mandrel Bent Exhaust magnaflow resonator, dynomax turbo muffler
-G Series Transmission ( great condition, no grinding)
-ACT stage 3 clutch
- Tial 38mm Wastegate rerouted into exhaust
- Forge Blow Off Valve/ stock Diverter Valve running in sync
-28x12x3 Front Mount Intercooler w/ 2.5inch intercooler Pipes
-2.5 inch Stainless steel Intake/ Fujita Filter
-MSD Coil
-NGK Iridium IX plugs
-NGK Wide Band 02 Sensor
-Rx7 460cc injectors
-SAFC 2
My 323 was bought in the summer of 2005. It was completely stock and pretty worn out, but I knew the potential. My 323 was the replacement of my old car a 98 Mazda Protege, which i tinkered with for a few years,doing a BP Swap, even going as far as a custom turbo kit. After awhile I grew tired of the 2nd gens lack of after market support and all around negative performance. During that time I fell in Love with the BP.
When the search was on for a new car, my choices were an FD rx-7, AE86, or BG 323. The choice was clear. Even though many of my friends thought i was insane for buying such an ugly car, they all realize my vision now, especially when they are eating my exhaust fumes.
A few months after the purchase of the car the BP-t swap was done, and everything else just added on from there. In my opinion its a perfect street car, it handles great but wont shake your brain out. Its very quick, yet if need be very good on gas. Inexpensive to fix. Sexy, but above all its unique. Everyday i get someone asking me, "What the hell is that?". I smile and tell a short story of Mazdas WRC attempt in the early 90s. Above all else though I love seeing the look on a guys face when his 30-60k car just got trounced by a early 90s econo-car!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Suspension/Brakes:
-LX 4 wheel disc brake swap.
-brembo drilled rotors in front
-zx2 sr eibach springs
-zx2 sr tokico shocks
-3rd gen escort subframe with 25mm sway bar
- addco 23mm rear sway bar
-superpro polyurethane bushings
-rota slipstream rims 16x7 w/ nitto neo gen tires
-mx-3 rear tie bar
Body:
-JDM Headlights, corners, grill
-Corksport Side Skirts
-corksport rear bumper
-Corksport Fender Flares
-JDM upper spoiler
-JDM lower spoiler
-New Clear White Paint Job
Interior:
-Pioneer head unit & speakers
-Kenwood 10" Sub
-Power Locks
-Cruise Control
-LX protege interior seats/ carpet
-dynomated trunk
-generic steering wheel
-mx-3 console from shifter back
-modified shifter for shorter throw
Engine/Drivetrain:
-1.8L Turbo Motor Swap Stock wire harness
-Grid Chipped ECU
-Vf-8/vj-20 Hybrid turbo
-2.5 Mandrel Bent Exhaust magnaflow resonator, dynomax turbo muffler
-G Series Transmission ( great condition, no grinding)
-ACT stage 3 clutch
- Tial 38mm Wastegate rerouted into exhaust
- Forge Blow Off Valve/ stock Diverter Valve running in sync
-28x12x3 Front Mount Intercooler w/ 2.5inch intercooler Pipes
-2.5 inch Stainless steel Intake/ Fujita Filter
-MSD Coil
-NGK Iridium IX plugs
-NGK Wide Band 02 Sensor
-Rx7 460cc injectors
-SAFC 2
My 323 was bought in the summer of 2005. It was completely stock and pretty worn out, but I knew the potential. My 323 was the replacement of my old car a 98 Mazda Protege, which i tinkered with for a few years,doing a BP Swap, even going as far as a custom turbo kit. After awhile I grew tired of the 2nd gens lack of after market support and all around negative performance. During that time I fell in Love with the BP.
When the search was on for a new car, my choices were an FD rx-7, AE86, or BG 323. The choice was clear. Even though many of my friends thought i was insane for buying such an ugly car, they all realize my vision now, especially when they are eating my exhaust fumes.
A few months after the purchase of the car the BP-t swap was done, and everything else just added on from there. In my opinion its a perfect street car, it handles great but wont shake your brain out. Its very quick, yet if need be very good on gas. Inexpensive to fix. Sexy, but above all its unique. Everyday i get someone asking me, "What the hell is that?". I smile and tell a short story of Mazdas WRC attempt in the early 90s. Above all else though I love seeing the look on a guys face when his 30-60k car just got trounced by a early 90s econo-car!
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