AAWWWWWWW!!!! Your day will come. And when that day comes it will be the most beautiful day!! You will make a beautiful bride...(wiggle)
*Mazda of the Month 2.0* Enter now for October!
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AAWWWWWWW!!!! Your day will come. And when that day comes it will be the most beautiful day!! You will make a beautiful bride...(wiggle)
kung fu hustle
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- 1988 Mazda 323 GTX AWD
Genuine Hiroshima, Showing what Mazda did to FIA rally racing in 1986.
URL- www.myspace.com/awdturbohatchback
Driver- Bill W.
M247 S/N- Kung Fu Hustle
Car- 1988 Mazda 323 GT-X 4WD Turbo Group-A Homologation, 1 of 5000 Manufactured Worldwide.
This vehicle, for all intents and purposes, was built using mostly Mazda (not MazdaSpeed) Competition Parts.
engine:
MBC, 10 psi, no spike at all.
massive FBE intercooler, custom welded and fitted.
Turbo XS bypass
Trust intercooler tubing, also custom fab.
2.5" mandrel bent exhaust w/ magnflow muffler.
Accel coil and wires for the mcdonalds approach.
Ngk v-power plugs, gapped to manufacturer's group-a spec.
Walbro 255lph Fuel pump, stock tank transfer pump.
transmission:
Mazda 'competition' low ratio, very rare, using stronger componentry (all billet) and casing. up to 70% stronger than a north american trans. at 100 km/h im at 3500 rpm in fifth, do the math and the engine runs out of steam as the trans runs out of gear, leaving me with nothing but fat powerband until top speed. unavailable as NOS from mazda.
Mazda Competition twin pressure plate clutch, '90s design. unavailable as NOS from mazda.
suspension:
Ground Control Coilovers
Koni Adjustable struts
CUSCO Camber plates. '90s design.
Mazda Competition Group-A strut tower bar, unavailable as NOS from mazda.
interior:
custom carbon fiber gauge cluster, housing a/f, oil temp and water temp
a-pillar boost gauge
x2 racing steering wheel
analog metric gauge cluster, very rare.
gaywad shift knob
factory recaro seats
exterior:
Non DOT-compliant glass headlamps.
Non DOT-compliant amber signals
front lip, cut 'n' paste
hacked front bumper
So, 'clean' is in the eye of the beholder. After all is said and done, this is, in fact, a twenty year old car that was spec'd and built just after it left the special order form (there were no "showroom" cars built) what matters is this car is a piece of history that Mazda has fought to regain with it's "Mazdaspeed 3" and "Mazdaspeed Protege" lineup of recent years.
One of many stories about the car:
Mazda had to be persuaded into rallying like it seems typical for the Japanese. Early efforts by New Zealand’s Rod Millen and Finnish Mazda dealer son Timo Salonen seemed to be ignored and even when Achim Warmbold created a European Mazda preparation business, MRT = Mazda Rally Team, based in Bruxelles, Belgium, Mazda headquarters appeared to ignore it. (Warmbold always had a hang to rich places, at first for a very brief period MRT was based in Geneve, Switzerland, then Bruxelles, today the German lives in Monaco.) Although eventually Warmbold succeeded to gain their attention, this did not seem to help the project at first. Achim Warmbold first created a group A 323, just to get his hands in. This 323 was an old fashioned car, it had only FWD but it featured a turbo engine. The 323 was a short lived project as it was only a warm up for an extraordinary adventure: Next in line was a group B RX7 with a Wankel (rotary) engine and quite surprisingly this unusual RWD vehicle managed a podium in the 1985 Rally Acropolis. This was about the time Mazda woke up, but they didn’t want to support the group B RX7, they wanted to throw their effort behind a group A 323 again. This maybe was not as bad logic as it sounds. There was a new model 323 and it had 4x4 as well as a turbo engine, such in some events it promised to be just as efficient as the group B car, even though it was in a lower class. The timing of this project could not have been any more perfect: the 323 4WD Turbo debuted in Monte Carlo 1986. While this was before the group B disasters happened, its launch was only 1 year away from the ban of group B and by the time group A became compulsory only Mazda had a well proven 4x4 turbo car! JACK POT!
Indeed when group A became the norm with the start of the 1987 season, everybody regarded the Mazda as a major threat. However it never turned out quite like this. The car had the perfect size and shape, it in fact was by about everybody regarded as a really sweet and easy handling car and it had a year of competition under its belt. Still, it only had a 1.6 turbo engine, which simply wasn’t strong enough and even more surprisingly after all that preparation, the car still had major reliability issues especially in the transmission.
..His'try!!! for the big win!!! It's red, Love it!!!!
URL- www.myspace.com/awdturbohatchback
Driver- Bill W.
M247 S/N- Kung Fu Hustle
Car- 1988 Mazda 323 GT-X 4WD Turbo Group-A Homologation, 1 of 5000 Manufactured Worldwide.
This vehicle, for all intents and purposes, was built using mostly Mazda (not MazdaSpeed) Competition Parts.
engine:
MBC, 10 psi, no spike at all.
massive FBE intercooler, custom welded and fitted.
Turbo XS bypass
Trust intercooler tubing, also custom fab.
2.5" mandrel bent exhaust w/ magnflow muffler.
Accel coil and wires for the mcdonalds approach.
Ngk v-power plugs, gapped to manufacturer's group-a spec.
Walbro 255lph Fuel pump, stock tank transfer pump.
transmission:
Mazda 'competition' low ratio, very rare, using stronger componentry (all billet) and casing. up to 70% stronger than a north american trans. at 100 km/h im at 3500 rpm in fifth, do the math and the engine runs out of steam as the trans runs out of gear, leaving me with nothing but fat powerband until top speed. unavailable as NOS from mazda.
Mazda Competition twin pressure plate clutch, '90s design. unavailable as NOS from mazda.
suspension:
Ground Control Coilovers
Koni Adjustable struts
CUSCO Camber plates. '90s design.
Mazda Competition Group-A strut tower bar, unavailable as NOS from mazda.
interior:
custom carbon fiber gauge cluster, housing a/f, oil temp and water temp
a-pillar boost gauge
x2 racing steering wheel
analog metric gauge cluster, very rare.
gaywad shift knob
factory recaro seats
exterior:
Non DOT-compliant glass headlamps.
Non DOT-compliant amber signals
front lip, cut 'n' paste
hacked front bumper
So, 'clean' is in the eye of the beholder. After all is said and done, this is, in fact, a twenty year old car that was spec'd and built just after it left the special order form (there were no "showroom" cars built) what matters is this car is a piece of history that Mazda has fought to regain with it's "Mazdaspeed 3" and "Mazdaspeed Protege" lineup of recent years.
One of many stories about the car:
Mazda had to be persuaded into rallying like it seems typical for the Japanese. Early efforts by New Zealand’s Rod Millen and Finnish Mazda dealer son Timo Salonen seemed to be ignored and even when Achim Warmbold created a European Mazda preparation business, MRT = Mazda Rally Team, based in Bruxelles, Belgium, Mazda headquarters appeared to ignore it. (Warmbold always had a hang to rich places, at first for a very brief period MRT was based in Geneve, Switzerland, then Bruxelles, today the German lives in Monaco.) Although eventually Warmbold succeeded to gain their attention, this did not seem to help the project at first. Achim Warmbold first created a group A 323, just to get his hands in. This 323 was an old fashioned car, it had only FWD but it featured a turbo engine. The 323 was a short lived project as it was only a warm up for an extraordinary adventure: Next in line was a group B RX7 with a Wankel (rotary) engine and quite surprisingly this unusual RWD vehicle managed a podium in the 1985 Rally Acropolis. This was about the time Mazda woke up, but they didn’t want to support the group B RX7, they wanted to throw their effort behind a group A 323 again. This maybe was not as bad logic as it sounds. There was a new model 323 and it had 4x4 as well as a turbo engine, such in some events it promised to be just as efficient as the group B car, even though it was in a lower class. The timing of this project could not have been any more perfect: the 323 4WD Turbo debuted in Monte Carlo 1986. While this was before the group B disasters happened, its launch was only 1 year away from the ban of group B and by the time group A became compulsory only Mazda had a well proven 4x4 turbo car! JACK POT!
Indeed when group A became the norm with the start of the 1987 season, everybody regarded the Mazda as a major threat. However it never turned out quite like this. The car had the perfect size and shape, it in fact was by about everybody regarded as a really sweet and easy handling car and it had a year of competition under its belt. Still, it only had a 1.6 turbo engine, which simply wasn’t strong enough and even more surprisingly after all that preparation, the car still had major reliability issues especially in the transmission.
..His'try!!! for the big win!!! It's red, Love it!!!!
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red95_240sx
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zows that thing is old. Jbird ur a girl?
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- 03' Mazda Protege 5
Kungfuhustle, Sweet ride and piece of history! My first car was an 87' 323 wagon. I loved that thing. It had a cd player, power windows and sun/moon roof. Much love for the 323!
LOL no...just a strange sense of humor
i just did that last month! i wasnt whining, just making note that i wasnt in this competition
Are we writing a book or making a calender?
Anywho...
^You really are special aren't you?
I'm gonna skip this month too, unless these are the only 3-4 cars entering?!?!
Anywho...
Tricked me too at first thought it was a MSP. Then i saw it was automatic
^You really are special aren't you?
I'm gonna skip this month too, unless these are the only 3-4 cars entering?!?!
CX7IZED
Rod
2007 Mazda CX-7 Sport FWD
- CUSTOM 22" WHEELS, PAINTED GALAXY GRAY SPOKES WITH FLAT BLACK LIP.
-CUSTOM DIAMOND MESH GRILLE
-CUSTOM PAINTED CALIPERS
-CUSTOM TWO TONE FLAT BLACK HOOD
-CUSTOM PAINTED FLAT BLACK WINDOW TRIM AND FRONT EMBLEM
-SMOKED HEADLIGHTS AND TAILIGHTS
-CUSTOM TAILGATED, WELDED HOLES AND PUT TURBO EMBLEM
Rod
2007 Mazda CX-7 Sport FWD
- CUSTOM 22" WHEELS, PAINTED GALAXY GRAY SPOKES WITH FLAT BLACK LIP.
-CUSTOM DIAMOND MESH GRILLE
-CUSTOM PAINTED CALIPERS
-CUSTOM TWO TONE FLAT BLACK HOOD
-CUSTOM PAINTED FLAT BLACK WINDOW TRIM AND FRONT EMBLEM
-SMOKED HEADLIGHTS AND TAILIGHTS
-CUSTOM TAILGATED, WELDED HOLES AND PUT TURBO EMBLEM
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SPEEDYHANS
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- speed 3 (mS3)
thats a bad ass cx-7
jam_asian85
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- Mazdaspeed 3
CX7IZED,
Contest Requirements:
* Each contestant must submit a maximum of three high-quality high-resolution images of their Mazda. One image must be of the exterior, another the engine bay and finally an interior shot.
* Each contestant must follow the format shown below or your entry will not count!!!
* Any form of photo/image manipulation is not allowed except for adjusting and enhancing image color, contrast, tone and levels etc.
FORMAT:
1. Username
2. Name
3. Model name + (Year)
4. ONLY 3 Images (one exterior + one engine bay + one interior shot) NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!
5. "Mod" List *NOTE* It must be posted in default "Verdana" text size 2. No colors and No funky formatting! Please make your list CLEAR & CONCISE!
Contest Requirements:
* Each contestant must submit a maximum of three high-quality high-resolution images of their Mazda. One image must be of the exterior, another the engine bay and finally an interior shot.
* Each contestant must follow the format shown below or your entry will not count!!!
* Any form of photo/image manipulation is not allowed except for adjusting and enhancing image color, contrast, tone and levels etc.
FORMAT:
1. Username
2. Name
3. Model name + (Year)
4. ONLY 3 Images (one exterior + one engine bay + one interior shot) NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!
5. "Mod" List *NOTE* It must be posted in default "Verdana" text size 2. No colors and No funky formatting! Please make your list CLEAR & CONCISE!
jam_asian85
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- Mazdaspeed 3
just go back and edit your post when you get the other two pics
sorry bro I don't have pictures of the engine bay or a good one of the inside, I have put the car for consignment, it is sitting in the showroom of a Mazda dealership here in Northern California its cool i understand if I don't qualify.
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