Suffered some bad luck recently.
First was the starter motor, replaced with a Denso 1.4kw 626 Starter, works much better (sort of more later). Stock Left vs Denso Right:
Then a Indian gentlemen whom didn't speak a word of english t-boned me:
Car was working perfectly at this point, no cv whine, no starting issues. Perfect. Got it back from the smash repairs and the plugs were ****ed. (Fouled to the point it wouldn't start). The exhaust ports had turned to sludge from the amount of fuel that had been injected and not ignited. Cat was full of fuel, after a week of not running it still smelt of fuel.
After I got the car back I noticed that the cables that go into the ECU were starting to get bent from people stepping on them. As such with the help of a friend relocated the ECU and attempted to solder the knock sensor and crank into the ECU in an attempt to get the Air Con, idle air control valve (its winter here so it's taking a while for the engine to warm up sufficiently that it will idle itself) and tacho working.
In short the crank and cam didn't work, so they've since been removed again temporarily. And the USB port in the ECU was broken off at some point. I can't praise Adaptronic enough in that I express posted the ECU on wednesday and got it back the following Monday. In that time they replaced the ECU port and then sent it back express post. Thoroughly helpful. They even sent it expressed post back to me
At this point the engine stopped running. Leaving me and a few friends stranded in fasta pasta car park. Fun, not.
Since then I've had new tyres put on the rims, have had to raise it by 25mm rear and 15mm front. Mat also flared and rolled my rear guards a heap. Did a epic job too IMO
To get it all to fit having to run 4 degrees camber in the front and 3 in the rear. (Would like to dial this back to 3 per corner tbh). Hopefully that plus dialling in a lot more dampening will prevent scrubbage:
Front:
(Above shots pre camber)
Im going to need to get some new rims though, running too much camber for my liking to get them to fit really. Ill use them till the tyres wears out while I work out what I want to do.
Problems/Things left to do to get it running:
- Engine doesn't turn over. Before it went on jack stands it worked flawlessly so unsure what the issue is here. Relay seems to be working fine and battery has plenty of charge (its been on charge).
- Work out wtf it wasn't running in the first place. Could be solder join related potentially. Anyone know if the stock ECU needs to be earthed? (i.e. does the stock brackets earth the case and thus the ecu?)
- Bolt everything up tight suspension wise and double check all suspension is the same height.
- Swap back to 2.5" exhaust or rotate the stock mid pipe 180 degrees as the shifter linkage is currently hitting it. (Swapped to stock exhaust as originally thought the cat in my 2.5" was shagged).
Parts list I have for the car to install:
- Autoexe/Mazdaspeed Rear Wing
- Ford Laser Ajustable Wipers
- New Front Left Guard (Premium Beige Coloured )
- Swap blacked out lens into new HID headlamp.
- Install Mazdaspeed Familia front sway bar
- Toyota Coil On Plug Conversion.
- Autoexe Rear Sway Bar
First was the starter motor, replaced with a Denso 1.4kw 626 Starter, works much better (sort of more later). Stock Left vs Denso Right:
Then a Indian gentlemen whom didn't speak a word of english t-boned me:
Car was working perfectly at this point, no cv whine, no starting issues. Perfect. Got it back from the smash repairs and the plugs were ****ed. (Fouled to the point it wouldn't start). The exhaust ports had turned to sludge from the amount of fuel that had been injected and not ignited. Cat was full of fuel, after a week of not running it still smelt of fuel.
After I got the car back I noticed that the cables that go into the ECU were starting to get bent from people stepping on them. As such with the help of a friend relocated the ECU and attempted to solder the knock sensor and crank into the ECU in an attempt to get the Air Con, idle air control valve (its winter here so it's taking a while for the engine to warm up sufficiently that it will idle itself) and tacho working.
In short the crank and cam didn't work, so they've since been removed again temporarily. And the USB port in the ECU was broken off at some point. I can't praise Adaptronic enough in that I express posted the ECU on wednesday and got it back the following Monday. In that time they replaced the ECU port and then sent it back express post. Thoroughly helpful. They even sent it expressed post back to me
At this point the engine stopped running. Leaving me and a few friends stranded in fasta pasta car park. Fun, not.
Since then I've had new tyres put on the rims, have had to raise it by 25mm rear and 15mm front. Mat also flared and rolled my rear guards a heap. Did a epic job too IMO
To get it all to fit having to run 4 degrees camber in the front and 3 in the rear. (Would like to dial this back to 3 per corner tbh). Hopefully that plus dialling in a lot more dampening will prevent scrubbage:
Front:
(Above shots pre camber)
Im going to need to get some new rims though, running too much camber for my liking to get them to fit really. Ill use them till the tyres wears out while I work out what I want to do.
Problems/Things left to do to get it running:
- Engine doesn't turn over. Before it went on jack stands it worked flawlessly so unsure what the issue is here. Relay seems to be working fine and battery has plenty of charge (its been on charge).
- Work out wtf it wasn't running in the first place. Could be solder join related potentially. Anyone know if the stock ECU needs to be earthed? (i.e. does the stock brackets earth the case and thus the ecu?)
- Bolt everything up tight suspension wise and double check all suspension is the same height.
- Swap back to 2.5" exhaust or rotate the stock mid pipe 180 degrees as the shifter linkage is currently hitting it. (Swapped to stock exhaust as originally thought the cat in my 2.5" was shagged).
Parts list I have for the car to install:
- Autoexe/Mazdaspeed Rear Wing
- Ford Laser Ajustable Wipers
- New Front Left Guard (Premium Beige Coloured )
- Swap blacked out lens into new HID headlamp.
- Install Mazdaspeed Familia front sway bar
- Toyota Coil On Plug Conversion.
- Autoexe Rear Sway Bar