Well, after discovering that the parts kit I ordered had apparently been opened before it was shipped, I noticed that several ANNOYING things were wrong/missing.

It had the oil seal o-rings as I had ordered, but the green viton rings were the same size as the black rubber o-rings. the green ones were supposed to be smaller.

they had the right part number but had the wrong parts in them.

then there was MORE nonsense.
I had ONE oil filter neck o-ring. (instead of two)
and the replacement crush washer for the oil pan was missing.

Thank god I have spares lying around.

Heres the completed engine....













I have to have this car finished by the 17th on this next month, (nearly complete restoration in and out)

I will take orders for more engines after that.

 

Wow, a virgin shop space.
Good luck.
Bill..

 

Virgin shop space?

 

Im guessing he means it is so clean and has never been used.

 

Ah.

 

How much you lookin to charge for rebuilds? I am still gonna need one here in about 6 months for my dead N/A (if it dosen't sell) so I can begin my SCCA project with her....

 

I'm interested... do you have a ballpark price?

Mario

 

Well, i want to charge less than the other shops.
So i know it will be cheaper than that.

Ill have to calculate the costs of parts.

 

Lenny, who you getting your parts from? chaper than Atkins?

 

I have a dealer account.
Same as other shops.

Only I have lower volumes, so shipping is a bit more intense on me.

If I could get 2-3 pre-orders with deposits, I could make longblocks all day long cheaper than the other guys.
I have no employees and no retail shop space to rent.

Besides, im still unemployed (now 6 months) and could use the business.

 

That is a beutiful engine man.
Is it all stock? Well I might be interested in hearing more about your endeavours after we see the restorstion of this car. Hope you have mega business and make some dough man.
Good luck,
Charles

 

Looks like you are really doing some great work.

 

Thanks!
Its more in the same line of work that Im doing like the 1990 GXL i just restored and sold.

It was a nice peice of work.
A forum member bought it.. "sbarky" I think is his name.

the URL for the website i did on the car is:

http://www.users.ms11.net/~burnsl

look here to get a good look at it inside and out.

I'll have one more site about this new red 1991 coupe.
before and after pics.

 

Did the new TPS solve the prob with the car?

 

According to the new owner, its still hesitates a bit above 6k.

Im still trying to iron that out.

 

just curious..

 

great job !

where did you order the kit from ?

thanks

 

Post Falls Mazda.

 

 

I can't see the pics....

Is the link not working?

 

Just PM'ed you. Lemme know


Mario

 

where did you get the 13b engine and for how much?

 

Whoa.... that looks really nice... great job man!