Marc's Sooty v2.0 - Autozam AZ-3 B5ZET

[marco]

Cheers guys. The 0-60 surprised me, probably not entirely accurate but does feel in the 6 second bracket

Some pics of the snail in his new house:





Intercooler piping needs tidied, a few temporary measures in place!

[FE3-323]

damn thats purty

[marco]

Thanks! I've now redone my intercooler piping into just two simple pipes all TIGd together :D Photos will follow when I actually get an hour without rain.

[FE3-323]

anxious for photos of the pipes

[Mazda_Powered]

ditto ^^ looks real clean so far!

[marco]

Cheers! I've only 800grit wetsanded, may polish, may powdercoat. It's all nice 'n' light alloy TIGd together. Battling with a crap idle control valve at the moment. It works for a while then seemingly randomly stops working, idle shoots to 1700 and then next time I get in the car it works again. Maybe doesn't like my megasquirt settings. May just block off the valve.

Intercooler piping (re)done!


One piece :D


Turbo to IC


3" downpipe yo

[FamiliaIRL]

I'm jealous of your fabrication skills! Nice job of the ic pipes, I had the same idle issue before and couldn't fix it.

[marco]

Thanks mate. Well if you need anything butchered on come up haha. What did you end up doing with idle?

[FE3-323]

great to see it all together! i bet its a blast to tear around town in

[marco]

Sure is! Thanks!

Been working at other projects atm but went to a meet for a while yesterday:


JDM side skirts on yo!

[bogaut]

damn that looks nice. full length sides ftw. whats the deal with the rubber strips on the rear bumper?

[Mazda_Powered]

looks good!! should get that rad hose off the IC piping though lol

[marco]

Ahh the rubber strips were the gift of a previous owner! I removed one today, takes about an hour arghhhhh. Car wants a respray. Thanks! Skirts seriously transform the car.

Cheers Jack yea haha probably should. I gotta sort out a stuck lifter first. Going to do timing belt and water pump whilst I'm at it.

[marco]

Yesterday I replaced:
Timing belt and pulleys and spring
Cam seals
Crank seal
Water pump
Also stripped and cleaned 8x intake hla






It was all a pleasure to replace! Very easy on this engine

It still didn't cure my HLA tick but that's because that turned out to be an exhaust gasket!

There's still a bearing sounds a bit whiney, maybe alternator.

[Mazda_Powered]

Pull the alt belt and see if it still has the whine to it, it'll run on battery power, but I suggest not to let it run long lol