Xaviers 1993 LX Sedan

[FE3-323]

whoa!!! wait a minute...... you turned in the sphericals??? not a good idea. thats reducing castor....... fix that.

[AWDXavier]

whoa!!! wait a minute...... you turned in the sphericals??? not a good idea. thats reducing castor....... fix that.

I have plenty of positive castor, i dialed the front pick up point inwards as far as I could. No worries, ive got the alignment sheet if you would like to see it. Also realized I never updated my latest round of bits to the car. Next post may contain that info, or ill edit this post in a few.

I may have went a little overboard on a few things to lose some weight.... Haha. Picked up a 9 lb Braille battery and aluminum tray, while also getting the alternator only accessory mounting bracket for the front of the motor, as I removed the power steering completely and also pulled the underwood AC components, pics below!

40 lb stock battery next to Braille goodness!



Installed with the aluminum mount box low on the frame rail, lower CoG ftw!




And a general engine shot to show everything that i removed, you can also see the Roodwerks timing side engine mount, not visible are the AWR solid roll stop mounts, or Ferdis engine crossmember bushings.





Forgot to snap pics of the Cs Short shifter and NRG NeoChrome Ti shift knob and leather boot though.

Picked up some Koseis K1s, damn 17s! But they are 7.5 inches wide with a +45 offset really close on the inside but nothing a little bit of camber adjustment won't help, may be able to run a 225 with the proper rear quarter panel modifications!




How close they are to the rear trailing arm! Lol



Hope you enjoyed this (2.5 month old) update, I suck at these things! More to come I've got some evil ideas brewing, just need to get some progress made on my "Racecar" before really digging into this again.

[AWDXavier]

Also, I sourced some rear hubs from a BG GTX thanks to Hiren (familia_uk) May the AWD parts collecting begin! :D

[FE3-323]

^ apparently thats why he never PM'd me back. you musta bought em.

Id love to see an alignment chart. i always enjoy looking at them.
BTW how close is the strut body to the rim.
the rear trailing arm issue can be solved with some later escort tubular arms.which have an inward bend to clear the rim.

[AWDXavier]

He did indeed sell them to me, sorry for scooping them up before you Ryan. I was glad I was dicking around at work and checked the forum, lol. Im flying to go pick the car up in a week, ill have the alignment printout with me then. Ill be sure to scan it in. Its pretty damned close to the strut body, also to the plastic cover over the fuel filler neck on the drivers side, At most ill need a 3mm Spacer. Its far enough away from the trailing arm, it should work out there. I just couldnt get a good picture of the coilover clearance, its a bit tighter there, lol.

[FE3-323]

i'll hold my tongue I have "no comment" on the spindles

im curious tho how you have any space to the strut body. I have +35 & 8mm spacers & still have 2-3mm clearance only...... totally confused

[AWDXavier]

Maybe it has something to do with me being on K-sports, are you still on stock style struts? I dont have much room, but it is there, it spins freely without issue. The K-sports allow easy camber adjustment, or I would throw a small spacer on, definitely going to need some quarter panel work though, stupid little door sill intruding into the fenderwell.

[FE3-323]

idk. the strut to rim distance shouldn't change. i have mx3 TTL's but that still shouldn't effect anything.

[deadly_sleeper]

idk. the strut to rim distance shouldn't change. i have mx3 TTL's but that still shouldn't effect anything.

On full coilovers, the body is a bit skinner and the bottom perch that bolts to the knuckle area bit different so it probably allowed for more clearance.

[AWDXavier]

What color should I powdercoat these damn wheels!!?!??!?!

[Mazda_Powered]

I say medium orange to match the corner lights and rear reflector lol

[Ace]

You sure those are 7.5" wide? My rota grid's were 17x7.5 +45 with stock camber and the wheel rubbed the strut body unless I used a 5mm spacer. Also, I've got less clearance now due to the lock collar on my coilovers

[AWDXavier]

Finally decided what tires to buy for the wheels, after looking at rubbers for the last 4 nights, lol. 215/40 Nitto Neogen ZRs! Should be a tight fit, lol.

I say medium orange to match the corner lights and rear reflector lol

The corner lights are going to be clear Laser pieces soon enough. and the rear will be tinted red eventually. I think I figured out what color I want. :D

You sure those are 7.5" wide? My rota grid's were 17x7.5 +45 with stock camber and the wheel rubbed the strut body unless I used a 5mm spacer. Also, I've got less clearance now due to the lock collar on my coilovers

Im absolutely sure. I dont think you guys understand it when I say just how close they are to the coilover body. Wish I had taken a picture!

[Mazda_Powered]

Wow I actually really like that color! Will look sharp on your white BG.

[AWDXavier]

I think it will look pretty dope!

So I bought one of these.



And one of these.



Looks like my tax returns are going to be large enough for me to get ahold of Jim and have him build me a Rear crossmember to mount the Differential to. Along with a few other goodies, FYEA.