DISLEXICDIME Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 well after daily driving the 1200 for the last 6 months I decided I needed a better winter daily driver . The 1200 is fun and handles great in the rain but being pushed around on a windy day when its pouring at 530 in the morning gets a little old. So I started looking for a 4x4 720 and I found one I wanted in my price range. I was all set to buy it when city hunter calls me up and says! hay you want that 323 the I bought that other day I have too many cars and want to buy a evo. I said hell yes! So rewind to about a month a go. I was searching Craig's list and I came a cross a mazda 323 gtx for 1000 and i wanted it so bad but had no cash at that . I had just dropped some money to get the sr in my dime and was broke after that. Shaun saw the car and i went with him to look at it. we get there and the guys tells us the issues with the car and how it was his buddys car for years and he had bought it to use to drive back and forth to the mountain(mt.hood) then he tells us the issues it has. The front right wheel bearing is making noise and it has no 2nd 4th or revers but you can click it in to gear in the trans but not with the shifter. So we take it for a drive get a block a way from the house and hit the dif lock button (its pouring rain out side at this point) we pull up to the stops sign with the diff's locked and he punch's it we both sink back in to our seats look at each other and go holy shit! neither of us was expecting it to pull like that. we turn around i tell him if you dont buy it loan me the cash and i will buy it. so he purchased the car and it sat in the drive way for a month. Now i own a 323gtx there where only 5000 of these maid in 88 and 89 only 1243 where released in the us. mazda had to build 5000 of these to be able to race the gtx in group A rally. the car has 1.6 dual cam turbo charged 4 cylinder weigh's 2500 pounds and is 4 wheel drive then i was poking around on the net trying to find who used to own this car and i found a guy who owned it a while back and pm'd jim and he sent mr this message . I haven't owned that car in a while. Before I sold it it got new factory pistons, rings, ported head. It also had a modified ECU so I could run 14 psi, with a hybrid turbo. T bird intercooler, manual boost controller. I Think I put a walbro in that car, I've owned a couple GTX's and can't remember everything about all of them. I think that one got tokikos from a golf in the front and mr2 turbo inserts in the rear, ground controll coil overs. Short shifter. And ???? call me if you want so my dad came over yesterday and he helped me figure out that one of the shift cables is shredded that's why i cant get in to the down gears in the gtx . so once i get the bearings and shifter cabkes fixed and register it i will be daily driving it . it almost pulls as hard as my 510. :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P 1 Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Damn me likey! Interior looks good. Quote Link to comment
Stupid_fast Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Damn! Now I want one! awesome! Quote Link to comment
KC Phirus Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Sweet ride. I think that's the same engine that was in the Capri XR2 I was trying to buy. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Mikey, want to sell it?? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 yes, we all want FWD! for the win! Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 This car has the same 1.6 as the miata, just a turbo version. 14psi is just a start with the B6. :cool: Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 yes, we all want FWD! for the win! 4 wheeldrive ftw! Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 yes, we all want FWD! for the win! someone missed the title... Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I like the factory recarose that came in it. They are comfy I need to get the drivers lower insert replaced it has a tear. And the rear quarter has a crinkl I need to get fixed but that's last on my list. The car also came with all the original documents and a bunch of maintenance reciepts . Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 O yah and this was my x mas presant Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Im not very happy with you right now :angry: man Ive wanted one of those forever nice score bud! Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Im not very happy with you right now :angry: man Ive wanted one of those forever nice score bud! I have always wanted one also. I never thought i would own one. Next time your up here let me know we can roll it. I cant decide if i want the used set of shifter cables for 150 (money is tight) or hold out and wait for new ones for 250 Quote Link to comment
Guest kamakazi620 Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 4 wheeldrive ftw! OWNED!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Score!!! :cool: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yes i missed that. FWD modified to AWD is better although still FWD-oriented. Most AWD today is designed that way, and only some are biased towards the rear wheels. Could you stick that powertrain in a Datsun? Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 thats what i was wondering gg zilla i am wondering if a rear wheel drive miata trans will bolt to one of these engines. it would kick ass in a 1200 or 510 Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 thats what i was wondering gg zilla i am wondering if a rear wheel drive miata trans will bolt to one of these engines. it would kick ass in a 1200 or 510 They should, but you'll have to do some changes... Being honest though be cheaper to slap a turbo on a miata 1.6 as you can buy them for little to nothing... If you want the 1.8 BP from the miata you can nab one out of a Ford Escort GT Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nice I did some digging on these the other day to see if it would be good chasis swap under a F-10 body. Alas the rear track width is like 10 in wider than a F-10. Dig it though! Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 nice little rally monster Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 You know, it doesn't look that furry. :lol: Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 ^^ :lol: nice catch. Seriously... great score! I had an 88 SE brand new and loved that car. Should have never sold it but I was young and dumb. Always did like the GTX. Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted December 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yah for some reason my phone thinks its funny to change words when I press enter . Can't wait till next month when I get a new phone Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Was gonna say, not sure I'd want to be anywhere near a 2500 lb Furry. I know my brother sometimes hangs around near Furries, but they're the 110lb, 2 legged variety found at your local comi-con. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Isn't a Furry a chrysler product? Quote Link to comment
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