Project Jay-Spec MX-326GS

[tym2pla7]

Looking real spiffy!!!

[IMACHU2]

Thanks for the compliments

Got the new Nitrous Kit For the MX-326GS. The new "Blackout" Zex Kit. It has "Active Fuel Control" to monitor bottle pressure and automatically adjusts the fuel enrichment accordingly. In basic terms, more laughs per bottle

[bp_turbo'd]

lol at laughing gas dont forget to shift 5th when ur on hiway lmao

[Turpro]

what?

[bomdoutscort]

N20 is laughing gas, and he's saying maybe the laughing gas is getting to him on the hwy. My take on it.

[IMACHU2]

Did lots of wiring on the MX-326GS.

Wired the driving lights


Used a soldering gun with a cutting tip and a dremel tool to convert a "option I didn't have slot" into the driving light switch. The empty slot will be a red missle switch for the nitrous.




The driving lights are very bright and very white, the "black optics" play tricks on my camera.


Wired the whole stereo. It sounds great. It has 7 zillion colors for the display. I chose 90's green :-)

I had the door speakers behind the factor grilles but they were so deep, the window hit the back of the speaker when it tried to go down.



Speaker box with fork lift style quick disconect plug.





Speakers piled in the hatch...for now.


I need to wire and plumb the nitrous kit, then I can gather and button up all the wiring and put the interior back togeather. There is going to be lots of stuff in the hatch. I am thinking of making a plywood trunk floor liner to neatly mount & secure everything to.

[IMACHU2]

Started putting the nitrous kit in. Built a funky bracket to mount it. Running out of room under there!




The red switch is the nitrous arming. I have to say this is my first Zex nitrous kit, but not my last. Nicest kit I have ever had. I Have had a NOS and a Edelbrock nitrous kit, this one is much nicer and much more complete. It's like they thought of everything and included it too! I picked up a 4X8' 3/4" piece of plywood. I am going to cut it to fit over the massive spare tire well and mount the sub box and Nitrous bottle to it.

[crazycanadian]

Looks good. To bad you couldn't do something different with the nozzle. I wouldn't really like having it threaded to the silicone coupler like that.

I like Zex kits. I have installed and run a couple of their dry kits. They work good, user friendly and really easy to set up and play with.

[IMACHU2]

You can't see it very well but there is a bulkhead fitting in the coupler that the nozzle threads into. The silicone coupler is also 4 ply (really thick). It is solidly mounted and leak free.

[crazycanadian]

You can't see it very well but there is a bulkhead fitting in the coupler that the nozzle threads into. The silicone coupler is also 4 ply (really thick). It is solidly mounted and leak free.

Yeah I have used that coupler before as well in my old Zex setups.. It looks like it'll work fine for a while, but if it was my setup I'd look at away of getting the nozzle into a proper metal pipe... With your intake I don't think you can unless you change out that silicone coupler.. The problem with having the nozzle in the silicone coupler is that fact that it'll vibrate with normal engine vibrations.. Over time it'll wear into the silicone coupler and eventually rip threw.. Depending on how much you drive the car it'll probably last a while though before that happens..

[89BG 323]

sub'n. im only 7 pages in... and theres alot more great sh*t to read.

[IMACHU2]

Thanks 89BG 323

I have been super busy with my new Bambino! (Ella)

My father passed away also :-(

I decided to bring the 326 home so that I might have a chance to work on it. I had the Mustang towed to my shop and decided to drive the 326 home. I had some trouble starting it so, I did some quick diagnosing and figured the starter motor was dead. I bought a new starter and went to instal it. Before I began I twisted the key and the car started right up. Confused I figured maybe one of the interlocks was being finicky. I continued working on the car temporarily installing a drivers seat and drivers seat belt. I was kinda flustered and late when I went to drive it home and it would not start. I tried to bump start it without any luck, so I got some jumper cables and connected the battery right to the starter and jumped the solenoid with a piece of wire. Nothing happened so without a shadow of a doubt the starter was definitely dead. I quickly changed it and the car started right up. In my haste, I forgot the sunroof was not bolted down and when I pulled second gear it took flight, hit the road and exploded into a zillion pieces. LOL

The rest of the drive home was pretty fun and uneventful. It goes like a 323 with a 197hp V6 :-) I am very happy with how the car drives. It handles very well and it rides very well. Some mentioned the MX-3 Eibach Pro Kit would have too high of a spring rate and suggested it would ride like a tank. Thankfully It rides and handles great. There are a few small issues with the car. The shifter was mess, and I did my best to fix it. (It had rusted apart, I cleaned it all up painted it, and screwed it back togeather). The shifter worked fine under normal load, but during high RPM shifts it bulked up bad and was nearly impossible to shift. With car season quickly approaching and me with very limited time, I decided to throw money at it until it worked LOL. I bought a new shifter and a new rear reflector for it.



With the car home and the tools at the shop (so far)I have done a few small projects between baby feedings. I cleaned up all the interior wiring and sticker bombed the interior roof.

I have decided to make lemonade out of lemons with the smashed sunroof. I have a much larger pop-up style sunroof on order. (the old one was just a little fella). The seats are giving me a headache. The seat brackets are rusted-out and the MX-3 seats are well worn, and they don't bolt-in. Do I fab up custom brackets for well worn seats? Thinking I might put my crappy ripped 323 seats in on their rusty brackets for now. I noticed the place I bought the KLZE from has at least ten million WRX Recaro's in stock so, maybe I will take a couple off his hands.

[concealer404]

Ooooooo.... that shifter assembly. How much did that set you back?

[FE3-323]

whoa!!!! a couple things.

Congrats on the little one.
Sorry about the loss of your father.

Where can i buy a new reflector? and $$???

[IMACHU2]

Thanks guys. I got both parts from the dealer. I get a pretty good deal @ my local Mazda dealer. The Shifter assembly was $221.99 (remember it is for a MX-3 V6 though) + $8.38 for the two bushings not included with the assembly. The Reflector was $298.20.