What did you do to your BG(part 8)

[91blufestiva]

^^ Dude fixing the dropped shifter is easy, some people drill a hole right through the floor and all the way through the shifter and put a bolt to sandwich them together, but I took and took the whole shifter out and drilled a hole in the two plates and then put a bolt through them. Don't tighten it all the way up as there needs to be a little play in there, and either double nut it or put a locking nut on there.

[Racerboy]

In the mean time, I guess I'll order my coil over springs and contemplate on how im going to permanently go about fixing this dropped shifter ordeal.

I am using anti drop brackets on both my cars. They work great.

[Scorch3]

Never heard of those before. How do they ride?

Pretty good, the rates aren't a whole lot stiffer than stock so the ride isn't jarring compared to most drops. I was worried they'd be too soft and I'd hit the bump stops but they've been great just driving around my town so far so I think I'm going to be ok. Body roll seems to be reduced a bit and it does feel a little better handling but I'm sure the stock struts are limiting that. I want GR2's but I go the front stuts like 10k ago to pass safety and there isn't a whole not more on the backs so it seemed a shame to get rid of them yet.

[MazdaNoob]

simple as this ... idk why this has worked for me but doesn't last for everyone else????

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

I have two screws in there now, but it moves side to side. I am going to do the drop bracket, and may lock nut it. Was going to weld it, but eh, no welder.

I also need to get a zx2 stabilizer bar bushing, bc currently, two big washers are there, lol.

Also may do some derlin bushings with one poly bushing on each front side to allow for some flex with the stock sways until I can get a zx2 front and a gt/ wagon rear bar. What other readily available stock front bars are a decent upgrade for a dx?

[FE3-323]

Brody,

If this is a picture from your car. its fully explanatory why your breaking bars.
IDK WTF endlink kit your running. but the middle spacer is FAR FAR FAR too long. The upward pressure from that is whats snapping your swaybars.
Cut that spacer in half or less & you'll never have an issue again.

Yup, they are exactly the same. I've cut both in half, and measured both. Both are solid, both are the same diameter. If you want an upgraded sway bar, you will have to go aftermarket. Or find some other car that has a similar setup and make custom mounts and stuff. Or you can make your own way better by making some derlin bushing and using those on the back. But using derlin bushings is sort of complicated. And if you are wondering what I mean by that, it means that you need to put one polyurethane bushing in each endlink because the derlin doesn't give enough. It would break the bar if you used just derlin. And you can't use derlin on the front bar. It will break the bar no matter if you use a polyurethane bushing or not. I've done it. on both sides of the bar.....
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Oh, and you need to make sure you lube up the bushings real good, or they seize up.

Now, what did I do to my bg today? How about reinstalled it's ecu and drove it. (The race car, that is. 323 is still not running.) Also took some exaust videos of it. I don't know why, but it seems louder than when I drove it last. I'm wondering if my glasspack burnt out again last race. But it's still quieter than a straight pipe.

[Ace]

speaking of sway bars, I installed my new rear sway bar. Painted red for ricer. I installed the energy suspension poly links too. I had to trim the bushings though. The kit I bought comes with just the bushings, (the one that comes with the bolt is too big) and they are a bit too thick to use with the stock hardware. Note- Trimming polyurethane bushings sucks btw.

also, cleaned the garage out and now my car fits in there again.

[tireboy]

finally got around to fixing the e-brake .. what an ordeal. but its done . also did an oil change .

[323Permin]

Well I tried to go through the emission test with the Progete Daily Driveer ... A Big FAIL !!!!

I had a feeling it would. So I changed the plugs ( which they needed badly ) , Cleaned the Air cleaner,
Put in a new O2 sensor , played with the idle adjustment ..

Now will try tomorrow to see if it will pass... I hope it does , as I dont want to change the cat ... last item that possibly could be
causing my Nox and Hc to be to high .

I also got the red car back together and played with the ride height with the K-Sport coilovers ...

It has much better stance now ..

[FE3-323]

Looks good!!^^

[wgnths]

ha! thats what i did today. I had to adjust the e-brake so they wud lock up good. i dunno why i waited soo long to do it. It suck if you dont have a deep socket for the handle adjuster...

[bogaut]

Well I tried to go through the emission test with the Progete Daily Driveer ... A Big FAIL !!!!

I had a feeling it would. So I changed the plugs ( which they needed badly ) , Cleaned the Air cleaner,
Put in a new O2 sensor , played with the idle adjustment ..

Now will try tomorrow to see if it will pass... I hope it does , as I dont want to change the cat ... last item that possibly could be
causing my Nox and Hc to be to high .

I also got the red car back together and played with the ride hight with the K-Sport coilovers ...

It has much better stance now ..

that car is lookin mean! now it just needs GTR power !

[Mazda_Powered]

Ace, what bar is that? Addco? I was able to use everything asides the frame mount brackets, ended up going OEM since they're a more solid design IMO.

[Racerboy]

Brody,

If this is a picture from your car. its fully explanatory why your breaking bars.
IDK WTF endlink kit your running. but the middle spacer is FAR FAR FAR too long. The upward pressure from that is whats snapping your swaybars.
Cut that spacer in half or less & you'll never have an issue again.

I didn't think it was from the endlink kit, as my grandpa ran stock length endlinks, as did protegemartin on here, and they both still broke their bars with delrin. But you are right, mine did put a lot of pressure on the bar. I wanted it that way, as it would preload the bar for going into the corner, which helped turn. But I always have done that, even without the delrin, and it never broke the bar until I put the delrin bushings in there.

[Ace]

Jack, its an LX rear sway bar. lol Just gave it some ricer love and painted it red. and brody, you may not have broke them before you put delrin in there but thats exactly what delrin is supposed to do, not forgive. It's making your sway bar link essentially a solid link and the end of the bar is the weakest point in that equation if you've got good grade 8 bolts for the end links. Preloading that bar added to the stress even more, so preloading AND having delrin end links was too much force on that bar.