Restoration plan, tell me what I missed!
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Restoration plan, tell me what I missed!
I currently have my eyes on an 80k N/A. It runs great, but I think some gunk was left in the rotary from the previous owner.
Restoration:
When I purchased the car, I would run the ATF trick twice, clean throttle body, flush engine with STP engine flush, fill oil with high quality non synthetic oil, put in a bottle of compression restorer (worked wonders on my other cars by softening the seals), add K&N oil filter. Upgrade puny air filter with aftermarket unit. THis way, I think the compression will go back up. New plugs and wires will be in placed to smooth things out.
After the engine is in its top shape, I will use silicon oil to smooth out the 5th and 6th port. Check cable tension, TSP adjustments, and reset computer!
Some bonuses the engine will see are new coolant, hose technique vacuum lines, new fuel filter, 3 bottles of injectgor cleaners and 91 octane fuel. Fuel system treatment to clean fuel pump, rail, and valves.
After the engine is being "restored", I will change all fluids in the clutch/brake pumps and tranny.
After that, I will change the shifter bushing. By then, my car's drive train will be basically like new!
I will start modding once I am confirmed the compression is close to stock spec; which is around 7 in Mazda's test.
WISH ME LUCK GUYS!
Restoration:
When I purchased the car, I would run the ATF trick twice, clean throttle body, flush engine with STP engine flush, fill oil with high quality non synthetic oil, put in a bottle of compression restorer (worked wonders on my other cars by softening the seals), add K&N oil filter. Upgrade puny air filter with aftermarket unit. THis way, I think the compression will go back up. New plugs and wires will be in placed to smooth things out.
After the engine is in its top shape, I will use silicon oil to smooth out the 5th and 6th port. Check cable tension, TSP adjustments, and reset computer!
Some bonuses the engine will see are new coolant, hose technique vacuum lines, new fuel filter, 3 bottles of injectgor cleaners and 91 octane fuel. Fuel system treatment to clean fuel pump, rail, and valves.
After the engine is being "restored", I will change all fluids in the clutch/brake pumps and tranny.
After that, I will change the shifter bushing. By then, my car's drive train will be basically like new!
I will start modding once I am confirmed the compression is close to stock spec; which is around 7 in Mazda's test.
WISH ME LUCK GUYS!
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Yeah your summary from the previous thread sums it up pretty well.
On the convertible I bought a few months back, I had the following done:
- full 60K mile service/tuneup
- ran 4 bottles of techron (1 per fillup)
- TPS replaced
- downpipe added (replaced 1st catalytic converter)
- performance main catalytic converter added (replaced clogged OEM catalytic converter)
- HKS catback exhaust added
She's running perfect right now
Feels like the 5th/6th ports are working fine and the secondary injectors come on as they should. My dyno graph looks like it should as well (the ultimate tell tell of how your car is doing).
Note I had the local mazda dealership run the compression test BEFORE I bought the car just to confirm the engine/Apex seals are in good shape.
Yeah your summary from the previous thread sums it up pretty well.
On the convertible I bought a few months back, I had the following done:
- full 60K mile service/tuneup
- ran 4 bottles of techron (1 per fillup)
- TPS replaced
- downpipe added (replaced 1st catalytic converter)
- performance main catalytic converter added (replaced clogged OEM catalytic converter)
- HKS catback exhaust added
She's running perfect right now
Feels like the 5th/6th ports are working fine and the secondary injectors come on as they should. My dyno graph looks like it should as well (the ultimate tell tell of how your car is doing).Note I had the local mazda dealership run the compression test BEFORE I bought the car just to confirm the engine/Apex seals are in good shape.
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