I present to you, the Passion5

[sethro_GT]

Man I wish I could remember the guy that recommended it to me, a god among men.

 

[CheeseHelmet]

Man I wish I could remember the guy that recommended it to me, a god among men.

Heeeey, you're the guy from the how-to

Thanks for your hard work, the pics are great.

 

[pat_neumerz]

I broke hardened bolts trying to remove the hub off my mp3 once...

 

[FORZWIN]

One ECU is definitely possible because the ABS system has its own brain. I'm running my swap on megasquirt and have functional gauges, ABS, fans, ect. Just spend a lot of time tracing wiring and be sure that each and every joint / splice is done well.

I don't have ABS so that makes it that much easier

Interesting idea using that pully puller, not sure that would have helped though, i might have pulled the hub off, even the rust was rusted lol.

 

[JC-MP5]

Just caught up with this. Thank you for saving this P5!

 

[RaiderMS3]

How's the progress coming?

 

[Justin2129]

How's the progress coming?

yeah havent had an update in awhile!

 

[FORZWIN]

Sorry guys, It's been pretty hectic with the holidays and all, my wife and I have been doing a lot of traveling to see family. As far as progress goes, I got the knuckles out and a buddy of mine is pressing in the new wheel bearings, I should have those back on Saturday. In the meantime I found a spring comrpessor and mated the Front MSP springs to the GR2's (No compressor needed for the rears) along with all of the new rubbers . I've been slowly stripping the engine bay to get ready for paint and I also have to fix some rust over by the master cylinder, looks as if some brake fluid spilled and was left to eat the paint/primer.

Sunday's Mission: Get the P5 off of the jack stands and back to a rolling chassis
a. Install hubs + Front suspension
b. Install Inner/Outer Tie Rods
c. Remove/Disasseble/Reassemble rear suspension

True to my busy lifestyle, we have christmas party this weekend that will take me out of town Sat/Sun, but there should be enough time to get some work done on Sunday. Maybe after the 15th I'll tow it over to my parents place to live in the garage; at which point the real fun begins...

BTW, I have a full set of cloth seats and door panels that need to go pretty soon.

 

[RaiderMS3]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Droopy]

Great build! I'm glad the poor Mazda was saved!

 

[FORZWIN]

Sadly, I wasn't able to get anything done today...by the time we got back in town and picked up my knuckles it was already dark out; my backyard doesn't make for the ideal workspace. Maybe throughout the week I can piece it together and have a rolling chassis by the 15th. I'll do a better job of keeping you guys in the loop, promise. Also, this thread needs more pictures...I should fix that too...

 

[bullshark524]

i know what you mean about outside work places. im doing my build in my carport and it is starting to get brutal at night

 

[FORZWIN]

Haha, a carport would be a step up for me

I got the hubs on yesterday. Going to pick up a floor lamp so I can work on it at night, once the tierods go on, she'll be ready to tow. Hopefully New Years weekend it will be in the garage (finger's crossed).

 

[Lewis7789]

Subbin. Holy crap, mate. You've brought that car along quite well! Looking good! Keep up the good work!

ps- if you still need an KL A/C compressor, you can have mine. I am deleting the A/C on my KL. PM me if you want it. Say $20+ shipping.

 

[cclngthr]

Restore looks good. Will be watching this.

 

[FORZWIN]

I'm towing the Passion5 to my parents garage tomorrow...and so it begins.

 

[RaiderMS3]

Good luck!

 

[KMac]

Can not wait to see how well the KL engine fits into the little P5. Between you and Lewis7789 putting in the 6 this is going to be interesting. By the way thanks for the heads up on using mazda6 rotors and calipers.

 

[1 Sick 5 door]

Can't wait for updates

 

[jonespm]

Subscribed!!!