I have a '99 LX, 1.6, and I've had it for a couple years. It's been back forth accross the country and served me well. Today it rolled past the 100,000 mile mark. 100,006 to be exact and it's time to freshen her up.
My goals are:
- increase low and high RPM power
- drop it an inch or two, update suspension and put on some nice rims
- switch to four wheel disc brakes and increase brake size.
- freshen the exterior with some ground FX. Probably just a lip kit, skirt and tail. New front and rear light setups, to include fog lights.
- redo the existing grey and black interior to something more interesting. Update gauges and install interior neon.
- new stereo, and
- Modifying the automatic to make it a manual shift auto.
I have experience building and customizing older cars and trucks, but this is the first car that was newer than '78 that I have decided to take on.
I've been reading the forums and most people seem to be happy with a new intake and a better exhaust. What are the pros and cons of the available intakes, and how do you like the cat back exhausts?
I've seen that a lot of people are using the Eibach kits and was wondering what else works well for these cars. I'm not going to just heat the springs or cut them so we can leave that option out.
My big question though is has anyone converted the Mazda Automatic to a manual shift before. Not using a clutch but just set it up where you control when it shifts and it doesn't shift on it's own?
Thanks,
LB
My goals are:
- increase low and high RPM power
- drop it an inch or two, update suspension and put on some nice rims
- switch to four wheel disc brakes and increase brake size.
- freshen the exterior with some ground FX. Probably just a lip kit, skirt and tail. New front and rear light setups, to include fog lights.
- redo the existing grey and black interior to something more interesting. Update gauges and install interior neon.
- new stereo, and
- Modifying the automatic to make it a manual shift auto.
I have experience building and customizing older cars and trucks, but this is the first car that was newer than '78 that I have decided to take on.
I've been reading the forums and most people seem to be happy with a new intake and a better exhaust. What are the pros and cons of the available intakes, and how do you like the cat back exhausts?
I've seen that a lot of people are using the Eibach kits and was wondering what else works well for these cars. I'm not going to just heat the springs or cut them so we can leave that option out.
My big question though is has anyone converted the Mazda Automatic to a manual shift before. Not using a clutch but just set it up where you control when it shifts and it doesn't shift on it's own?
Thanks,
LB
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