[eraezer]

Hello,
I think it's time for me to start a project thread here now

I would like to start with giving a big thank you to everyone that have helped me a lot (I think there will be more ):

• You-Ask
• Dutch
• Gavin
• wezel
• fredio54

IMPORTANT! The order in the above list is not important, I'm as greatful to every bit of help

Index for the complete project so far

The project car is a Mazda 626 hatchback from 1990 with the FE3 engine.
I got this car from my grandparents on my fathers side and it's in very good condition. They have kept it in a
garage and taken good care of it.

This is my second car. My first car (still driving it) is a 626 coupe from 1984 with a FE-carby. engine.
So I'm not completly lost when it comes to cars, but there are a few things that are new to me:
About the car:

• ECU (standalone, MS2 in this case)
• Turbo

To get the car in the shape I want:

• Welding
• Painting with a paint-gun

The engine will remain un-opend this year and I will concentrate on the body, suspension and a little bit of audio
Currently the engine have about 200Hp when I have configured the MS2 good.

Engine:

• Un-opend
• Mitsubishi TD04-15T @ 0.4Bar
• Denso 180lph fuelpump [not installed]
• Denso 440cc injectors

ECU:

• MegaSquirt 2 PCB v3.0 controlling the fuel only for now
• Innovate LC-1

Drivetrain:

• untouched...

Brakes:

• Braided Stainless steel lines [not installed]
• more to come...

Suspension - Rear:

• AWR trailing links [not installed]
• Addco 7/8" swaybar [not installed]
• SuperPro poly bushings [not installed]
• MX6 GT tiebar [not installed]
• MX6 GT RSTB [I have not bought this yet]
• more to come...

Suspension - Front:

• SuperPro poly bushings [not installed]
• Addco 1" swaybar [not installed]
• Dutch FSTB [not installed]
• more to come...

2006-08-11 - Some pictures of the car when I first got it (tinted the windows in my grandparents garage the first day):

2006-08-14 - When I got it home I had to clean the enginge bay

...After:

 

[carcenomy]

Subscribed... this sounds like a wicked project and it's already looking damn good. Keep it up, especially since Elanzer's slowed up on his 626 hatch build

 

[eraezer]

hehe great But I don't think I can compete with Elanzer.
I have much more to show, the fun part has not even been showed

 

[eraezer]

2006-08-15 - Changed the VC gasket and installed an open filter:

2006-08-20 - Completed my Megasquirt

2006-08-26 - Started looking for what had to be done on the body:

Just a hint on what I would like my car to look:

99% of all the rust on this is located on these 2 spots

The reason why it's rusting there:

2006-08-28 - Repaired some of the rust under the front fenders:

And here is a pic. with the Dutch FSTB installed:

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-08-29|:-
bought a brand new(!!!!!) front fender on the junkyard

I'm going to change the front left headlight

My "new" front left headlight

Began removing the paint from the sparkplug cover

Bought a lip at the junkyard

I also bought a fuelrail

...and an engine harness

My favorite car-working shoes had to be thrown away :-/

Removed some rust under the front right fender and painted it

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-09-06|:-
Got an oilpan from the junkyard to be modified for oilreturn

-:|Update - 2006-09-07|:-
Getting ready to drive to YouAsk.

A friends father welded an oilreturn pipe it's going to be cut to the right size, when we know what the right size is

-:|Update - 2006-09-09|:-
In YouAsk's garage

My new turbo =D

Installing MS2 and removing rust

-:|Update - 2006-09-10|:-
Still in YouAsk's garage

Testing the exhaust manifold and turbo

Removing the oil pan

My new oil pan ready to be installed

But there was a diffrence between my old and new pan

The angle grinder took care of that

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-09-17|:-
Back home from YouAsk and it was now time to install the turbo
We didnt have time for that because we only had one weekend.

here is everything removed

-:|Update - 2006-09-18|:-
Turbo install continues

Some IC piping

Oil return

A bad pic of what it looks like with the front on

-:|Update - 2006-09-19|:-
Looks alot better with the lip on.

My exhaust had some rust problems

My downpipe

The part of the exhaust that I will not be using while the turbo is on

Where the oil is coming from. It's a bit wet there because I took a shower in
coolant water :S

There you can see the water line that gave me the shower

Everything in the enginebay is done

 

[YouAsk]

keep on going

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-09-20|:-

Modding the VC vent

Modifying the exhaust

An overview of the engine bay

-:|Update - 2006-09-21|:-
Picked up the last part of the exhaust today and painted it

Installed

My car is back on the ground

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-09-25|:-
Now it's time to look over all the small rust spots and do something about them

There was the rust and now I'm doing something about it

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-09-28|:-
Here I'm doing some more about the rust

While the paint was drying I fixed my leaking oil-return

This is my homemade filter for my blowoff valve

-:|Update - 2006-10-11|:-
Got some new injectors from a supra. Nippon Denso 440cc

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-11-14|:-
Bought an armrest/between-the-chair-console I had the small one before.
Took it apart and cleand it.

Test fitting and noticed that I need another bracket

The parts are ready to hit the shower

Now it's very clean

Another testfit

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-11-15|:-
Went back to the junkyard to pick up the correct bracket

Now it's installed

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2006-11-23|:-
Recived my first package containing fun parts for the car
This time it was an Apexi Turbotimer

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2007-01-18|:-
The first update of the year.
I'm now taking of the turbo setup so that the car can go thru the annual "car-check".
One thing I must do while everything is of the car is repaint the IC piping and much more :-/

And here are som pictures of my new fuelpump Nippon Denso 180lph

 

[eraezer]

-:|Update - 2007-02-13|:-
The latest update
Today came my new braided stainless steel brake and clutch lines from MBX Motorsport

 

[[email protected]]

looking really good mate. cant say i really like the exhaust manifold design, looks quite restrictive to me and will create a lot of turbulence.

but none the less well done for the amount of time u have put into it!!!!!!!

hows she going with the td04? plans on upgrading that soon?

 

[eraezer]

Thank you [email protected]
I bought the turbo setup complete from YouAsk so he get's the credit for putting it together and welding
The exhaust manifold isnt the most efficiant, but it works for 210Hp so it will have to do for know, atleast til I know how to weld

She runs very good with the td04
The plan is to upgrade engine parts next year because then I will have had the time to save up for some money to buy a GT tranny and everything that is needed to swap it.
Once I have that tranny I will plan on taking out the engine and change the pistons and so on.

 

[carcenomy]

Whatever you do, do NOT let Sick see that manifold, or he'll have kittens.

It's looking great man, I'm very impressed by the level of work that's gone into it. Sure you haven't hacked half the car apart like Elanzer, and haven't put on a kit like Elanzer, but your thing oozes sleeper.

Keep it up, looking forward to seeing more.

 

[eraezer]

hehe then I hope that I'll be able to weld a new manifold

Thank you very much

As soon as the snow is gone I will take down the whole suspension and sandblast it and then put a nice coat of paint on it.