323Permin's 323 SE transformation into a GT

[MazdaNoob]

wow that sucks about the turbo . they offer any sort or warranty on the external bits? unlikely i guess

[323Permin]

Hi Jack ... Yes it is more of a whale tail and it stands off the hatch about 3/4" to 1 " .

From what I have read it is from only 200 produced ? and was on the GTR ( GT-ae ) model.

This one allows for air to be pushed down onto the lower spolier. unlike the current LED one I have.

[323Permin]

@ mazdanoob .

Their warranty for turbo/supercharged engines is crap.

Its like a 7 day warranty from time of purchase.

So It takes ...what 5 to 7 days just for shipping to me.

And then they want it to be installed by a professional shop and running. Only then will they do anything about warranty issues.

So, If I installed it I wouldnt have a warranty, plus by the time I got it 7 days would have passed.

To add to this issues the motor was missing items like the injector resistor pack , the knock control sensor box .

Thankfully I was able to track those items down.

[triplezoom]

Damn, sad for you about the engine/turbo :-(

BTW, the bigger upper spoiler is a optional part on mazda catalog, not a GT-AE version, but looks defo beter then the little one ! i have two of thoses babies waiting my courage for being putt on my cars lol

Cheers !

[bogaut]

yea gtae's had the same top spoiler as a gtr.

[323Permin]

Finally some progress made ....

A good part of a sunday to Sand, Primer and Paint my mirrors and the new rear spoiler ..

[triplezoom]

Nice work !!!

[Mazda_Powered]

damn that looks awesome man!! Question for you, could you take a few assembly pictures of your mirrors? Both mirrors on my Protege shake like a dog crapping razor blades and maybe your's help figure out what went wrong lol.

[323Permin]

This was the good news of the day !!!!!

So, I finally got some time to make up some new gaskets for the top spolier and mounted it today .











Want to know the bad ??

Well I picked up my block from the machine shop and got it home .
proceeded to bolt it to the engine stand. Once it was on I spun it around to expose the bottom end .

I was planning my day of reassembly....

But I had to take a double take to what I was seeing ... I was and still am sick to my stomach .

I thought the machine shop had caused this damage to the block . So I checked all my pictures of the tear down .

How the hell did I miss this F*ckin hole in the block !!!! I am so stupid and embarassed to even admit I did see it .

The block is usesless..

When I did my tear down I didn't find any sign of metal or water in the oil pan or the crank case , the piston & rod etc. had no sign of damage.

So I dont even remeber seeing this hole , and due to no signs of damage I had to of totally over looked this . I still dont know how .

I also am shocked that the machine shop didn't see this after all the time they had it and all the machining they did to it.
I have had lots of work done by them in the past and I know if they see any problem they call me to tell me if there is a issue ... but they didn't say a word.

So there goes a bunch of money to machining for nothing , plus now I have to source another block and do all the machining again ...







I am really really rethinking this whole GTR engine swap ... its had a bad omen from the start.

Looking at selling all the parts off and try to cut my loses.. this f'in sucks !!!!!

[bogaut]

damn.. those guys sold you a junk block and a junk turbo. nobody buy from texas jdm engines

[323Permin]

Hey Bo... those guys down at JDM Engine Corp. are going to get an ear full tomorrow.

And ya everyone do not buy anything from this company !!!!

http://www.jdmenginescorp.com/

[ThatGreenBG]

Man, that sucks. Sorry to hear!

[triplezoom]

Damn :-( so sad for you about the engine, i know how it's difficult to source a bpd in north america and when you finally found one he's completly damaged :-( i hope you will get back somes money with the parts !

[M323GTR]

That spoiler looks sexi man sorry to hear about ur loss bro

[92dx]

Dude relax. All BP blocks have that hole.. Its the drainback from the head. lol.

http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/showthread.php?56913-is-my-block-bad&highlight=hole+in+block