DavoAust's Rebuild

DavoAust · 06-04-2009, 11:35 PM

thought i may as well post up my plans for the astina over the near future.

Right Now:
as it stands the car has changed a lot since back when i bought it, and i'm much happier with the looks, but its still not right (needs respray

).
Cv's have just shat themselves and the engine eats oil so those are on the immediate list to rectify, along with (finally) respraying the front and rear bumpers where they were damaged in the crash all those months ago. whilst i'm doing this i'll finish up the mini skirts and on they'll go.

plans are to rebuild a lower km engine and swap it with the current one so i don't need to keep it off the road for more than a day or two. nothing really interesting about this, just refresh the new engine, maybe a port and polish and light weight pulley's.

Current bits that are on the car (or in the garage!):
Exterior: 17x7" Osaka wheels, JDM front bar, Smoked indicators, mini skirts (garage

)
Suspension: RS*R springs, Cusco Strut brace and A-frame brace
Engine: 2.25" cat-back to 4" dump tip, Custom CAI & K&N panel filter
Audio: Sony 15" sub, MTX thunder 6.5" component splits (or not, blew one, waiting on replacement

), Full audio wiring (as well as 4ch amp), 7" motorised dash screen
Interior: SAAS pedals, under dash neons

Possible Future:
This is the wish list:
Exterior: 18x8" Lenso DC-5 (Charcoal), Mazda lip, side skirts, Respray the entire car (championship white), custom tail lights (or maybe just night shade them, unsure), GT wing
Engine: Full 2" mandrel bent SS exhaust to twin tips, High comp pistons, reground cams, ecu (aim for 110kw atw N/A)
Suspension: Subframe bracing, thicker rear sway bar, koni adjustibles
Audio: 2 MTX 15" subs integrated into boot (with amp), 2-din Alpine HU
Interior: mazdaspeed seats (white x 2), retrim rest of interior in similar white/black leather, EL dials, Momo steering wheel (also trimmed to match)

yeah, not a small wish list, but some of those should probably be on the 'to-do' list instead. i'll be a happy person if i manage to do half the things i want to with the car.

i'll try to get some current pictures up in the next day or two, the readers rides ones are a little outdated (by a year?

)

DavoAust · 16-04-2009, 11:48 PM

still no pics but hopefully on sat i will acquire an undamaged rear bumper, whiteline swaybar and new JDM bumper with lip. both bumpers in maroon

. why never white?

if i have time i might test fit the front bumper and mini-skirts and see how it looks. think its time to buy a new spraygun

EDIT: got all the bits in the garage. swaybar is already installed, test fit of lip looks good

dimayatsenko · 04-05-2009, 01:06 AM

nice looking car man!
come with fog lights or did u install them yourself?

DavoAust · 26-11-2009, 02:17 AM

finally remembered about this.

The car now has the front lip fitted, looks good. A lot of work will be done on it over the next 2-3 months though:
- Replacement bumpers prepped and sprayed
- Left front quarter panel resprayed
- Dent removal on doors
- Front lip & mini skirts resprayed in correct shade of white
- Engine rebuild (looking at cam swap in addition to rebuild & port and polish)
- New HD clutch
- Brake upgrade
- Exhaust tip changed, high flow cat & extractors following rebuilt engine
- Microtech ECU
- Amp upgrade & relocation to boot, HU upgrade

Picking up some goodies from a fellow member next week too

Maybe after all this i'll be happy with it for a while

Mad Mat · 16-08-2012, 02:15 PM

this is a blast from the past...

where are the HIcomp pistons at dave???

06-04-2009, 11:35 PM	#1
DavoAust Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane Car: Red '93 3000GT / Black '08 Ninja 250R Posts: 2,930 View Photos By: DavoAust	DavoAust's Rebuild thought i may as well post up my plans for the astina over the near future. Right Now: as it stands the car has changed a lot since back when i bought it, and i'm much happier with the looks, but its still not right (needs respray ). Cv's have just shat themselves and the engine eats oil so those are on the immediate list to rectify, along with (finally) respraying the front and rear bumpers where they were damaged in the crash all those months ago. whilst i'm doing this i'll finish up the mini skirts and on they'll go. plans are to rebuild a lower km engine and swap it with the current one so i don't need to keep it off the road for more than a day or two. nothing really interesting about this, just refresh the new engine, maybe a port and polish and light weight pulley's. Current bits that are on the car (or in the garage!): Exterior: 17x7" Osaka wheels, JDM front bar, Smoked indicators, mini skirts (garage ) Suspension: RSR springs, Cusco Strut brace and A-frame brace Engine: 2.25" cat-back to 4" dump tip, Custom CAI & K&N panel filter Audio: Sony 15" sub, MTX thunder 6.5" component splits (or not, blew one, waiting on replacement ), Full audio wiring (as well as 4ch amp), 7" motorised dash screen Interior: SAAS pedals, under dash neons Possible Future:* This is the wish list: Exterior: 18x8" Lenso DC-5 (Charcoal), Mazda lip, side skirts, Respray the entire car (championship white), custom tail lights (or maybe just night shade them, unsure), GT wing Engine: Full 2" mandrel bent SS exhaust to twin tips, High comp pistons, reground cams, ecu (aim for 110kw atw N/A) Suspension: Subframe bracing, thicker rear sway bar, koni adjustibles Audio: 2 MTX 15" subs integrated into boot (with amp), 2-din Alpine HU Interior: mazdaspeed seats (white x 2), retrim rest of interior in similar white/black leather, EL dials, Momo steering wheel (also trimmed to match) yeah, not a small wish list, but some of those should probably be on the 'to-do' list instead. i'll be a happy person if i manage to do half the things i want to with the car. i'll try to get some current pictures up in the next day or two, the readers rides ones are a little outdated (by a year? ) __________________ Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. '97 1.8L Hardtop '93 3.0L TT 3000GT

16-04-2009, 11:48 PM	#2
DavoAust Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane Car: Red '93 3000GT / Black '08 Ninja 250R Posts: 2,930 View Photos By: DavoAust	still no pics but hopefully on sat i will acquire an undamaged rear bumper, whiteline swaybar and new JDM bumper with lip. both bumpers in maroon . why never white? if i have time i might test fit the front bumper and mini-skirts and see how it looks. think its time to buy a new spraygun EDIT: got all the bits in the garage. swaybar is already installed, test fit of lip looks good __________________ Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. '97 1.8L Hardtop '93 3.0L TT 3000GT Last edited by DavoAust; 24-04-2009 at 11:29 AM.

26-11-2009, 02:17 AM	#4
DavoAust Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane Car: Red '93 3000GT / Black '08 Ninja 250R Posts: 2,930 View Photos By: DavoAust	finally remembered about this. The car now has the front lip fitted, looks good. A lot of work will be done on it over the next 2-3 months though: - Replacement bumpers prepped and sprayed - Left front quarter panel resprayed - Dent removal on doors - Front lip & mini skirts resprayed in correct shade of white - Engine rebuild (looking at cam swap in addition to rebuild & port and polish) - New HD clutch - Brake upgrade - Exhaust tip changed, high flow cat & extractors following rebuilt engine - Microtech ECU - Amp upgrade & relocation to boot, HU upgrade Picking up some goodies from a fellow member next week too Maybe after all this i'll be happy with it for a while __________________ Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. '97 1.8L Hardtop '93 3.0L TT 3000GT

16-08-2012, 02:15 PM	#5
Mad Mat HONEYWELL REPRESENT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salisbury - Inner City Car: 1997 BA Hardtop - Had a 2003 BJii J48 Sport20, and 2x bg SOHC astina hatches Posts: 5,011 View Photos By: Mad Mat	this is a blast from the past... where are the HIcomp pistons at dave??? __________________ PROJECT "Catalina" 1994 323 BG Hatch 2005-2007 Crashed into truck 1991 323 BG Hatch 2007-2008/9 SOLD 2003 BJ SP20 J48 Hatch 2008-2011 Regretfully SOLD 1997 BA I4 Sedan 2012-CURRENT 1985 BF 323 Hatch 2014-2015SOLD 1989 MX5 2015-2015

04-05-2009, 01:06 AM	#3
dimayatsenko Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Car: 2005 Mazda 3 SP23 Posts: 51	nice looking car man! come with fog lights or did u install them yourself?