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by nicacus
November 8th, 2005, 11:37 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: water pump
Replies: 8
Views: 229

ok well now I am questioning if it is even the water pump that is bad.. ( i am pretty sure..) but the car still drives... it just doesnt hold the coolent... the shop said that there is a valve on the water pump that opens when the pump goes out?? and it will just drain out the water.... so i can dri...
by nicacus
November 8th, 2005, 9:32 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: water pump
Replies: 8
Views: 229

wow.. hey that sucks... sad thing is they are one of the only decent shops in town... I wonder why they would lie.... maybe the guy is just lazy... this is something I am pretty sure I could do... only problem is that I will never have the time to do it... and beleive me I would much rather do it on...
by nicacus
November 6th, 2005, 4:40 pm
Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Topic: Negative side affects that come with lowering a car....
Replies: 16
Views: 1022

sweet.. I will have to get some pics of my car after I dropped it.. it looks freakin sick... I love it... to bad it is being a pain in the friggin arse right now..
by nicacus
November 6th, 2005, 10:15 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: water pump
Replies: 8
Views: 229

water pump

so get this.. I replace the radiator... later that night my water pump goes bad... wow the irony is killing me... so a water pump is about 60 bucks from autozone... which is no problem.. but then all of my belts need to be changed.. the shop i took it to said it would be a good idea to do the timmin...
by nicacus
November 6th, 2005, 9:54 am
Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Topic: Negative side affects that come with lowering a car....
Replies: 16
Views: 1022

thats what I fugured... I told the guy I had seen them for alot cheaper... and he said that he doubted the would be much cheaper than 7 or 8 hundred... he was a dueche...

anyways I will look into the camber kits.. I have a bad water pump to worry about for now..
by nicacus
November 2nd, 2005, 5:57 pm
Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Topic: steering noises
Replies: 2
Views: 173

I just changed my struts and springs... and got an alignment and it seems to be gone for the most part... I havent noticed it since... ??????????????? I have no clue... something was probably loose... glad it wasnt the rack though...
by nicacus
November 2nd, 2005, 1:18 pm
Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Topic: Negative side affects that come with lowering a car....
Replies: 16
Views: 1022

so I just lowered my car.. and the alignment shop tells me it is going to cost me about 800 dollars to put a camber kit on?? I have never been to this place before.. the usual place I go told me I was farked and they couldnt do the alignment because I lowered my car.. and so they told me to go to th...
by nicacus
September 20th, 2005, 4:19 pm
Forum: Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Topic: steering noises
Replies: 2
Views: 173

steering noises

ok when I turn the wheel i am getting a noise that is kind of hard to explain.. its not the CV joints.. I have checked them and replaced them.. it almost sounds like a slight knocking sound... either direction you turn it.. and it feels like it is harder to turn than it should be, but not by much.. ...
by nicacus
September 20th, 2005, 2:52 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Air Intake what to do.
Replies: 26
Views: 1563

you could be retarded like me and buy a weopon R intake for 200 dollars.. then you get it and it doesnt fit... so you go to home depot and buy some PVC pipe and rubber gromets.. and make it fit.. works beautifully... big waste of money though... other than the filter... the filter is nice.. I dunno ...
by nicacus
September 16th, 2005, 3:04 pm
Forum: Electrical & Lighting
Topic: gauges installed.. now tach is farked
Replies: 4
Views: 422

what do you mean by that?
by nicacus
September 16th, 2005, 9:24 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: alot of cool info on the K series engines
Replies: 12
Views: 1039

just checked the pics on photobucket arent much bigger... if you want the full size one.. I will send the document to you
by nicacus
September 16th, 2005, 9:19 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: alot of cool info on the K series engines
Replies: 12
Views: 1039

all the pictures can be seen here... I linked them off photo bucket.... (there are a bunch of other stupid pics as well)

I have the original document also if you want a copy email me and I will send it to you



http://photobucket.com/albums/v201/bikernicz/MX-3/
by nicacus
September 15th, 2005, 4:37 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: alot of cool info on the K series engines
Replies: 12
Views: 1039

alot of cool info on the K series engines

I dont know if anyone has seen this.. I'm not sure how I found it.. if anyone knows let me know because it was an awesome sight.. maybe this would be better in the FAQ........... Mazda New Lightweight and Compact V6 Engines Takashi Sakono, Shinobu Takizawa, Setsuo Harada, Tatsuji Ikeda, and Hiroshi ...
by nicacus
September 15th, 2005, 1:45 pm
Forum: Electrical & Lighting
Topic: gauges installed.. now tach is farked
Replies: 4
Views: 422

gauges installed.. now tach is farked

so recentley I installed some of those EL gauges.. after doing so I notice my tach likes to stick at or around the 1 when the ignition is off... other than that it works fine.. I have tried to take it apart and push the needle back down... which it does with no problem. then the second you plug the ...
by nicacus
September 13th, 2005, 3:22 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: so what is you car's name?
Replies: 72
Views: 4374

I named mine veronica... after my girl friends naming of her own body parts (betty and veronica)
just cause I love them both so much...

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