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GTX#1 has been under the knife and in for a new look
Started the coilover project with help from my pal Charlie( suspension guru). He would have engineered a whole custom set up but I have this stuff laying around that will work just fine for my needs. Dirtra bodies/Illumina 5 way inserts with GC sleeves and Southwest Speed coils. I should be able to get up to 3* neg camber with these using a wheel spacer. Not too keen on the spacers but much easier than modding the mounting ears.
And on the car
Been slow going...hot as hell here you know and too many other summer things to do. Into the coilover project I needed to use spacers to grab any reasonable neg camber. So, another set of rear knuckles with longer studs were in order. Should be good now.
Also my Garret GT2560R project for the upcoming BPT. A nicely modified VJ20 turbine housing. This was cheaper and easier than using a T25 housing and adpater and then a new downpipe and such. All bolt on now and a top shelf turbo.
GT 2560R dual ball bearing. I took the vj20 turbine housing to a shop along with a CorkSport vj14 housing to go off of. Looks like he nailed it. The waste gate was already ported so he did not have to do that. 200.00 for the work he did and a bit more if he has to do the porting. Now I just need to get it ceramic coated.
I like it, that is a much better option than just swapping a GT turbo in place.
92 Mazda MX3 GS> For sale, $1750 OBO
94 Escort wagon--BP swap coming, VF10 Turbo, COP, EVO ECU, 03 ZX2 front end conversion "Hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable"
EV14 330cc@3Bar injector kits available.
EV14 GT500 injector kits available for the BP. 610cc@3Bar.
EV14 925cc@3Bar injector kits available
BP Forged H beam rods available now
KL Forged H beam rods available now
K8/KF Forged H beam rods awaiting test fit
FS Forged H beam rods awaiting test fit
F2 Forged H beam rods awaiting test fit FE3 Forged H beam rods coming soon
Mitsubishi 3.8 MIVEC rods coming soon
Aluminum CAS/Distributor caps
BP oil jet eliminators
EV14 fuel rail spacers
More stuff coming soon.......
In reference to Yasin's coilover project and his chat with Terry, so I do not hijack his build log.
I think the biggest problem with our Dirtras and either the Dirtra inserts or the Illumninas is they are too long. The Bilsteins upgrade might cure that problem. They are in the yahoo database. My buddy Charlie builds Bilstein Sports for a MK3 VW to use on the front of his Festivas's. He can slam those cars to the ground on those struts and they fit the 323 as well. The tender spring is likely a must with the Dirtra as Terry says. I just finished a set as well and needed those. I ran into rear tire interference with the adjuster so wheel spacers were needed as well as much longer studs. First pic is the above mentioned Bilsteins for the front and second is the Dirtras I worked for the rears. The rears need to go down a bit more but there is nothing left due to the long stoke inserts...unless I use a shorter spacer and a longer spring but I will remedy that with camber plates which take up less space with than the oem mounts. I used pipe spacers with machined ends to hold up the coil sleeves.
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