to answer a few questions and add to my story.... I bought my first 92 GS with 170,000 from my cousin back in 02. I hadn't but owned the car for a week or two and the transmission went out.
I found out later that the cv axle seal on the drivers side was pretty much gone and my cousin ( having no knowledge of cars at the time) just kept driving it till the transmission was mush. Sports in high school kept me pretty busy but i found time to buy my GS SE in 04. This car was originally from Florida and still till this day is rust free. It was completely stock when i bought the car for a mer 300 dollars off a no sale deal on ebay. I had it shipped from Florida to Illinois a week later for about 400 dollars and thats where it all began. For 700 dollars i had a V6, 5-speed, special edition, and an empty pocket. When I got the car it wasn't quite what i was expecting. On the front seat was a note from the previous owner and the title.
The note read as follows...
I apologize if you haven't already seen but i lost both sets of keys for the car. you'll have to get them made or find replacements.... also when i loaded the car it didn't sound like it was running right. I hope there is nothing major wrong.. thanks again
So i read this and I'm kinda in shock..
i can't even start the car or consider to diagnose the problem. I had keys made at this old time key shop in the local city that same day. Well when it came down to it.... it seemed as though from what i had diagnosed that i had a knocking rod or something else.......... I'm sitting here with 2 broken cars and a broken heart.
I knew i had to keep the Florida car but i needed to swap motors and do some cleaning up... I considered upping to the 2.5 when i did this but limited funding cut me short.
About a year later i had a sprint of ambition and I spent about a day tearing the motor out of the 92 GS and cleaning
grease grease grease... but thats what you get from a high millage mx-3..... Then i tore the motor out of the 93 and ripped the pan of to see if i was right.. well i was right in one aspect.. a rod bearing had magically disappeared and that motor was in the rebuild pile. I cleaned and pressure washed and cleaned more and finally got everything to my liking. for some reason I didn't take pictures of the swap. So now were up to date on the past of the cars. If i remember right the SE has about 200,000 on it now but it still runs like a champ... It's my daily driver for right now.. I commute to the community college a few towns over. I revamped the whole stereo over the past summer and i think it sounds alright. I cut out and installed 6 1/2 infinity kappa's in the doors then redid the wiring back to my 4 channel rockford fosgate. Then i cut in 6x9 infinity kappa 3-ways in the back arm rest... pictures to come soon...... after that i built a box and put in my JL Audio W3 V2's...... For a while i had a 7 inch touchscreen kenwood head-unit. The pixels started to go out on that and it bugged me way to much.. now I've got a stealth-faced sony in there till i can afford a new head unit..... I'll try and get pictures of stuff up tommorow if i can.....
thanks smooth for the rims comment... i too am in love.......
93 Special Edition MX-3, 17-inch enkel rims, Infinity 6x9's custom in back armrests, cold-air, and of course some killer paint chips...
91 Mitsu 3000GT VR-4, Borla exhaust, Kenwood 7inch, Eagle F-1 rubbers.. Sunday Driving only....
85 Jeep CJ7, stroked 258... 3 inch life with 33's... all the goodies to get muddy.... and i get to ride "topless"
