What did you do to your BG today?? - Part II

[jumpncrash]

well i received the pistons I bought from BPT323, now gonna have to bring one of em in with the block and have it bored to fit.

[jasoncsprotege]

installed my winter wheels on my car. Its been raining like a SOB the past couple days and my 17's are getting a little on the bald side.

[FE3-323]

wOOt!

[Struggly]

Installed new front LCA bushings. The original front bushings on the arms weren't that bad, but the rear ones were pretty laughable.

Nice design on those stock rears too: egg-shaped bushing in cylindrical sleeve, with airgap on 2 sides. I didn't realize that much suckage was engineered into the bushing from the factory.

Clint

[therieldeal]

what did you go with, energy suspension?

[deadly_sleeper]

finally installed my corksport exhaust. i must say, i am more impressed then i thought i would be with the exhaust. doesn't sound ricey at all. makes the car sound really deep. just the right tone.

[TurboProto]

finally installed my corksport exhaust. i must say, i am more impressed then i thought i would be with the exhaust. doesn't sound ricey at all. makes the car sound really deep. just the right tone.

Picts please?

[MD323]

i picked up a new transmission, it needs some cleaning before it goes in, i may pull it apart to weld the diff pin but probably not. im not modding the 323 anymore so theres no need for all that extra work .

Picture of transmission

[Struggly]

what did you go with, energy suspension?

Yeah, I went the cheapest route possible. I needed a new set of front pads and I really need to get some braided SS lines as well. I also may be looking at a new set of tires. I've got 4 more track days scheduled. My current ones will probably not last that long. On top of that I've got to pick up new snows for the ice-racing season. The list goes on and on.

Now I'll be able to run over the curbs and rumble strips at NHIS without having to listen to "clunk...clunk" all the time.

Clint

[FE3-323]

took my car to the machine shop this morning.... dissasembled the wastegate took out the seat & the valve... had the 45° recut on both of them so they seat. water tested & vacum tested to hold now i've found that the exhaust has quite alot of extra pressure coming back upstream do to it not being flanged together & there being a catalytic converter in the way. the exhaust is just bouncing back & coming up the wastegate tube & pouring out up by the wastegate!!!! one can only imagine what thats doing to my spool time time to cut more exhaust tubing out

[Guest]

what kind of wastegate did you use?

maybe its due to the fact you need to gut your cat unless its a highflow

[FE3-323]

its s 3" catco on a 2.5" exhaust & its not clogged. i never noticed any issues prior to this, but then again i've had a fully sealed exhaust.... i think thats the real key to figuring it out. the pulsing is related, without a doubt to the reverb of the exhaust.... i plan to cut more off & call it good

[BuiltMazdaTough]

today... well, i rotated my tires. put a bottle of injector cleaner in.
oh.
and picked this up from the machine shop:


the pix suck, and i didnt quite line the gasket up to the ports in this one, but you get the idea:


the rest are here. better ones later.
when i get off work

[FE3-323]

ebrake is finally repaired!!!! new cables are installed!!!! YAY

[Turpro]

today... well, i rotated my tires. put a bottle of injector cleaner in.
oh.
and picked this up from the machine shop:


the pix suck, and i didnt quite line the gasket up to the ports in this one, but you get the idea:


the rest are here. better ones later.
when i get off work

Did he use that gasket when he "gasket matched it" for ya???? Looks kind of like a crappy job if he did. Might want to take it back and have him fix that. Other than that it looks good.