Project Jay-Spec MX-326GS

[Mazda_Powered]

lol @ crappy engine. At least it'll run better than it looks!

[IMACHU2]

Cleaned my JDM pooped on KLZE today





JDM oil for sale












Used 3 cans of Joe Gibbs degreaser, two bottles of Mothers wheel and tire cleaner and one sample bottle of Mothers car wash. It is cleaner then it was before LOL


All looks good except the water pump. It is all kinds of $%^&*@-up. Has about an inch of play in it I was going to replace it anyway though.

Looks like I am a Mazda kool kid now. (it has the "good" cams)




Got it as clean as it is going to get with degreaser and soap, time for some power tools with wire brushes on them.





I am going to paint the engine black, the vavle covers wrinkle black and the intake "as-cast" silver. Looks like another trip to the Mazda dealership is in my future, many of the molded hosed are hard as rock and crumbly. I have a multi-pack of black Vibrant silcone vaccum hose to put on it too.

I ordered up a new manifold emblem too

[Mazda_Powered]

looks good man! the benefits of aluminium block/heads lol, they clean fairly easily.

[IMACHU2]

Cleaned up the intake and valve covers.










Also cleaned a seemingly endless number of brackets and little pipes

[IMACHU2]

Worked on the car today. Trying to make the ugly engine pretty.













Used two cans of degreaser and $15.00 at the car wash cleaning the transmission.









Gave the transmission a coat of enging paint.




Next up more cleaning and painting of little rusty brackets

[atomicEGT]

jesus christ, did you seriously spray bomb everything without masking stuff off?

[Mazda_Powered]

brave man washing a trans with the axle holes exposed lol

looking good tho man

[concealer404]

Intake manifold looks great! Want to hook me up with one of those sticker sets?

[IMACHU2]

I have all new seals for the transmision, so the old seals got a coat of paint. A new release bearing is also going in. I drained all the water out of the trans, it will be flushed with clean fluid and get fresh synthetic fluid very soon, so no worries.

The engines old timming belt, timming components and water pump all got painted, but they too are all being repalced The engine had clean rags in all the open holes.

The "KLZE" decal came from these guys: http://www.etextremegraphics.com/cat...klze&x=16&y=10

[concealer404]

^Thanks for the link man, i appreciate it!

[IMACHU2]

Worked on the car for a few hours today.
























I put a new timing belt and tensioner and a water pump on the KLZE today.


Got a few goodies today too

New clutch master line.






I got a 15" line, it is a little long, Russel does sell 13" lines too.

Got a new thermostat today too.


This part will easily add 20 horsepower


I got all new bushings for the sub frame and new engine mounts also. (All from the Mazda dealer).

[FE3-323]

glad to see more progress!

[mazdasly75]

lots of work here! good job man, nice project!

[IMACHU2]

Thanks guy. I am running out of rusty broken **** to paint or replace, I may actually be ready to put the engine in soon

[FE3-323]

^ now your talking