My Full Build Progress FINALLY!

[madtownmazda]

More stuff ive been doing since i was waiting for the motor and this all needed to be done lots of goodies and yess i know rusty I NEED A NEW SHELL! then also i know someone is going to say WTH on folding the headliner well...i didn't have one and it had to fit in the 323 for transport before this so a headliner is better than no headliner.

[FE3-323]

those brake lines look even better installed. i need to get a set for my new shell

[madtownmazda]

Very nice. I can't say I would do Sigh(?) grooves though. This is gonna be a Flyrtle right?

What do you mean by Flyrtle....yes im slow :p

[FE3-323]

thats the meet in florida this september steveo

[FE3-323]

wheel bearings/ misc goodies

• New wheel bearings
• GTX wiring harness/ BP26 ECU
• Pacesetter short shifter
• Big nose crank pulley

[madtownmazda]

now i gotta find my dam usb cord so i can upload some pics

[madtownmazda]

so i go to start it yesterday and irony of the car sitting for 2 yrs 1 caliper seized, 1 wont get fluid, 2 work and then when i go to start the dam thing the starter takes a ****.....WTFFF! then today i said **** it im putting the original starter it to make sure it would turn over and it did but found out the cam caps were slightly too tight....yes noob ik but i fixed the issue then i go to start it and it turns over like a dreammm but NO SPARK DAMMIT! so either my ecu is shot or the coil took a **** who thinks the coil would have went bad??! anyone had one go bad before?


ECU IS BAD ((((( now i need to find a new gtx ecu so i can break the engine in correctly!

[FE3-323]

grammar & punctuation!!!!

[madtownmazda]

grammar & punctuation!!!!

PSH who needs that you have eyes don't ya and you can read right?! so you shoudn't have an issue

[psiturbo]

I cant believe the machine shop did not clean the outside of the engine block and put new plugs. I would not have cut the crankshaft, but its not my block.

[SgtRauksauff]

'lectronics like that wouldn't just go bad from sitting. Unless they got really rusty/corroded?

[FE3-323]

PSI turbo, why wouldn't you lighten your crank??

[psiturbo]

I have thought about it many times and in fact taken the crank to machine shops willing to pay for the job to get it done.

Each and everytime I bring up the idea, again and again I would here the same thing. The BP crankshaft/ engine block does not need to be messed up with. Everyone would tell me to leave the crankshaft alone, put some rods/pistons, get it balanced, follow specs, torque and put some serious boost and call it a day.

I would bring the crank to the shop and always the conversation would end up the technician showing me a car that is pushing 30 psi day in day out with the CS untouched, just some rods/pistons and serious boost.

There are plenty Mazda 323 with BP doing 10 and 11 with stock crankshaft on full body platform, no 3/4 chassis or fiberglass parts, and with untouched completely stock cylinder heads, just boost and a good tune.

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I like the cylinder head how they brought back all clean, but the engine block, they could have cleaned it a little better and like I said take care of the plugs.

The last that I want to do is start an argument, I am just expressing my personal opinion about what should and should not have been done. Its your project and wish you the best of luck, for sure I will be checking this build to see how that little beast comes out and to see the final results with some good videos.

If you dont mind me asking, Can youm post how much you paid in detail for the machine shop job? How much it was the porting, honing, cutting the crankshaft, balancing the engine block, etc?

[madtownmazda]

I have thought about it many times and in fact taken the crank to machine shops willing to pay for the job to get it done.

Each and everytime I bring up the idea, again and again I would here the same thing. The BP crankshaft/ engine block does not need to be messed up with. Everyone would tell me to leave the crankshaft alone, put some rods/pistons, get it balanced, follow specs, torque and put some serious boost and call it a day.

I would bring the crank to the shop and always the conversation would end up the technician showing me a car that is pushing 30 psi day in day out with the CS untouched, just some rods/pistons and serious boost.

There are plenty Mazda 323 with BP doing 10 and 11 with stock crankshaft on full body platform, no 3/4 chassis or fiberglass parts, and with untouched completely stock cylinder heads, just boost and a good tune.

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I like the cylinder head how they brought back all clean, but the engine block, they could have cleaned it a little better and like I said take care of the plugs.

The last that I want to do is start an argument, I am just expressing my personal opinion about what should and should not have been done. Its your project and wish you the best of luck, for sure I will be checking this build to see how that little beast comes out and to see the final results with some good videos.

If you dont mind me asking, Can youm post how much you paid in detail for the machine shop job? How much it was the porting, honing, cutting the crankshaft, balancing the engine block, etc?

these are off the top of my head so just a ballpark of my memory lol

Yes the Head work minus the valve cutting was all done by BPT323 (he did 2 other heads with some AMAZING results)

the crank lighten was 200 for the first 2 hrs so 100hr then he charged me for 1.2hrs on top so the total for the crank was $320.00

ballance was included in the assembly fee that was 120.00

bore & hone was 55 for all 4! yes all 4

clean was 80.00

and i provided him with new valve seals and he also put the springs and keepers in so that was like 30 bucks.

I will edit this this is what i remember off the top of my head so check back on thursday i should have this updated to the point of how much each was.

[SgtRauksauff]

those're pretty good prices, I think. I can't remember how much it was to have my 4AGE bored/honed and the crank polished and the rotating assembly balanced. I'm pretty sure I paid over 1k for everything, but that's also including parts (new pistons/rings, valves, bronze guides, seals, bearings, etc.) I had them balance it also, but I did the final assembly on my own. My place did the same with the block. no new frost plugs or cleaning the outside to bare metal. but it was fully degreased, so I cleaned it up with a wire wheel as best I could, and painted it myself.

--sarge