Project Jay-Spec MX-326GS

[Nd4SpdSe]

I have decided to make lemonade out of lemons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt6iTwVIiMM

[Mooneggs]

I have decided to make lemonade out of lemons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt6iTwVIiMM

LOL

but seriously when i saw you wrote this i was like no.... he didn't pick up all the broken pieces and... no there's no way... he couldn't glue them together, could he?

It's cool to see this car so close to completion (finally)! I'm always yearning for more updates out of this worklog!

[mx3matt]

i've been following this build for so long now. cant wait to see it up and running.

congrats on the lil bambina! i'm surprised you get anything accomplished on the car lol, its funny now my son has begun helping me with mine... i remember helping my dad keep bolts organized.

[fowljesse]

Congratulations! On many fronts

[IMACHU2]

Thanks for your support and the funny lemon video

I ordered some inexpensive seats today. Not unlike those bolted to a arcade game driving simulator LOL. I wanted something cheap, safe and new. The Jaz seats fit the bill. I can toss my nearly rusted through stock seat brackets and torn-up Mazda seat collection out now too. I have decided to just put two seats in it, as I will likely be the only one ever in it. (I have a stock 323, and a stock Civic sedan if I need to cart people around). I am poor, so I just ordered the seats and the brackets. I will order the seat covers later. (The covers snap onto the seats and have foam in them). I have to buy a sunroof after all

Seat


Bracket


Cover


I bought a Rivet nut tool today too. I am going to rivet threads into the frame so I can bolt down all the wires and the nitrous line. I bought button head allen bolts to go in the nut-certs to hold all the cable and line clamps down.

[wytbishop]

I bought a Rivet nut tool today too. I am going to rivet threads into the frame so I can bolt down all the wires and the nitrous line. I bought button head allen bolts to go in the nut-certs to hold all the cable and line clamps down.

Pictures of that please. Love the cheap seats. Cheap is awesome sometimes.

[IMACHU2]

I bought a Rivet nut tool today too. I am going to rivet threads into the frame so I can bolt down all the wires and the nitrous line. I bought button head allen bolts to go in the nut-certs to hold all the cable and line clamps down.

Pictures of that please. Love the cheap seats. Cheap is awesome sometimes.

My new favorite tool

[IMACHU2]

Boring update. Spent untold hours neatening all the interior wires. After about 20 miles of convoluted tubing and 3000 plastic ties things are looking good. Ran the nitrous line using rivnuts and a pile of cable ties.





Built a trunk organizer?! The hatch area had a swimming pool size spare tire hole.











The safety blow down tube needed an extension, sadly I had an extra blow down tube in my private stock of crap.





Could use a slight trim.

Got the stereo in. I actually had the "Mazda" stereo instal kit in my rubbermaid bin wrecking yard. Same one I went on and on about wishing I had.



Put the new shifter in. The car actually shifts now.


Next round: arcade game racing seats

[wytbishop]

I bought a Rivet nut tool today too. I am going to rivet threads into the frame so I can bolt down all the wires and the nitrous line. I bought button head allen bolts to go in the nut-certs to hold all the cable and line clamps down.

Pictures of that please. Love the cheap seats. Cheap is awesome sometimes.

My new favorite tool

OMFG WE NEED THIS!!! WE NEEEEEEDSSSSS IT PRECIOUS!!!

[Calg_93GS]

definitely thinking about picking up one of those rivet tools, suggestion tho on the trunk, flip your sub around so its facing the rear of the car, some may argue this but i can attest that having the sub pointed to the rear will give you more boom for your buck so to speak

[IMACHU2]

Hard to see but the sub box is held down with fastners like on a Snowmobile or lawn tractor hood, so turning it around would be super easy.



Tinted and bolted up the reflector.

Did some interior decorating. (Interior roof).

[Evo_Spec]

MISUTA SPAKURU!

[MrMazda92]

I want a badass headliner now, this just made me think of a super thin fiberglass headliner, and putting some stickers on it I would actually do that.

[IMACHU2]

Been working on the 326 here and there. I have enough pics for an update!

I took care of my sunroof....um issue. LOL









I put the carpet back in and cleaned it.






I put the seats in. I added ARP stainless steel studs (ment for V8 carburetor mounting) to bolt them directly to the floor. I slightly enlarged the factory access holes in the front floor support bar, so I could swing a gear wrench in there. I used the universal seat mounts to anchor the rear of the seats to the floor.





The covers for the seats arrived just in time to install the seats. (I though they would take a month or so, but they took just a few days to come in)


The seats bolted in. I used huge button head allen bolts and massive washers to anchor the rear seat bracket. If they pull through a huge hunk of floor is coming with them. LOL





The seats are actually quite comfy.

I installed most of the interior panels. I need to find the bracket that hold the trim panels that cover the ECM still.


I changed the oil and transmission fluid to Royal purple.


I filled the car with fresh 94 octane gas and I have been driving it around. The power and the handling are impressive. It is very Go cart-ish. I have polished off the install of the nitrous kit, but have not had the Cojones to try it....yet. I am taking it for a Wheel alignment tomorrow. surprisingly it actually drives pretty straight. (no effort was made on my part to adjust anything when I stuffed all the new suspension parts on it). The clutch is not working properly. I ordered a new clutch master for it. The slave cylinder was shot and replacing it gave me some clutch action, but it is still not clutchin' like it should. Other then that the only newly finished project bugs are the big washers on the top of the rear struts clanging over every bump. They either need to be shimmed or tightened. The tires rub over large bumps, that will hopefully go away with the alignment. I am too old to figure out the stereo, time to read the manual or let my 14 year old figure it out LOL. It works great, but I can't figure out any adjustments beyond the volume control. (not very intuitive). I have been invited to a spring cruise on Sunday and I am praying I will have at least the clutch sorted out before hand.

[IMACHU2]

Got the clutch working, the old clutch master must not of been working 100%


Discoverd that when I have a passenger the rear tires rub really bad on the fender lips. (The combo of lower offset wheels and MX-3 width track).



I came up with a great idea (if I do say so myself). I colored the whole tire with chalk and then filled the gas tank to full and got a......um....hefty friend to ride shot gun. LOL. The chalk on the tires made perfect "cut on the dotted line" impressions on the fender lip. I carefully sanded the lips with a 80 grit sanding disc on the angle grinder. I had a bucket of water and a rag to keep the "paint" cool. Now you can go mach 1 around a corner and zero contact. I can't believe how much the rear squats under full throttle. You can't even make the tire go full travel with a jack under the rear control arm and a number of....um...hefty people sitting on the bumper, yet under full throttle you can practically bottom out the struts. Got the car all washed up (first time) for a cruise tomorrow.