picked her up over the weekend. pretty decent shape, has her dings and scratches nothing too bad, worst blemishes are on her hood.

interior is very clean.

engine bay pretty clean too.

problems:

she starts up fine, but won't hold idle, smells pretty rich, some times backfires before she dies. if i hold her at 2k she seems to run fine though. she has good compression with 14k on an atkins rebuild. i need to spend more time with her, but can't for 3 weeks, i have to finish up school.

sunroof needs fixed. one of the tracks is pretty fouled up. most everything else seems to work inside though.

drivers outside handel linkage is broke has to be opened from the inside.

key does not open hatch.

other little things, but my first priority is getting her running right again, hehe.

here she is at her new home.

http://www.wibarmx.com/pictures/TurboIIHome/

 

Sounds like a big vac leak - start looking

 

Wow, nice looking TII. Mind saying what you paid for it? It looks like its in pretty good shape. Nice find!!

 

thanks, your's looks great too, saw it in another thread. and i paid 2k for her.

 

Thanks for the compliment on my TII. You got that for $2k running? You STOLE that thing!! Have fun with your new TII!!!

 

excuse my ignorance but if its a TII wheres the bonnet scoup... mine doesnt have a scoup coz its NA but ive nevr seen a turbo 7 without a bonnet scoup

 

it's not the car in my sig, that's my other one, i think tha'ts what you were refering to. sorry for the confusion

 

Hope you have better luck with her than I or Bill had with her Nate. I hope that you can pin-point the problem soon and get her back on the road. Like I said, everything except electrical problems have been diagnosed and taken care of, so thats where I would begin.

 

thanks chris, i hope so too... we'll start finding out next week when i get home to her....

 

very nice fc 2k that is a steal! hope its not a big problem like a vacuum leak though

 

UUMMMM big?

 

Car does not have a vacuum leak, I checked. Here are the mechanical details of the car for those of you who may be interested.

DETAILS:
- removed -
acv
egr
aws
bac
airpump
split air pipe
main cat
precat
cold start assist
thermowax
rats nest
Car HAS A/C and PS still, AC belt is off, I do not know if it works.

- mods -
2.5" midpipe
2.5" cat back
ebay muffler
tb mod
bonez 2.5" DP and high flow cat.
ported tb
fcd
corksport ss oil cooler lines
cone filter
silicone hoses
Panasonic CD/MP3/WMA player in dash with remote its 50wx4 with 2 pre-amp (?) outlets.
walbro fuel pump
Greddy EGT gauge
Autometer boost gauge
SFX AFPR
PD banjo bolt mod.

- new parts -
new/used stock turbo
new injectors
new injector o-rings/seals
new shifter bushings
new SFX FPR
new LIM gaskets
new UIM gaskets
new oil pan gasket
new turbo line gaskets
new turbo to mani. gasket
new mani. to motor gasket
new alt. belt
dual atl. pulley
new NGK plugs
new fuel hoses
new fuel filter in tank (extra 1)
new fuel filter firewall
new brake pads
new FALKEN ZIEX tires
new altenator
new ACT 6 puck clutch
new TID
new turbo manifold
new stock intercooler
new radiator
new thermostat
new water pump
passed PA inspection
$4000 IN OTHER NEW MAZDA PARTS

 

wow you got a steal of a deal

 

wtf happened to this car? I just wondered if anyone knew its present location, or what happened to it...

 

update?

 

I've tried to email and IM Nathan regarding the car. In all honesty, I believe that he found it needed a rebuild, and put it in the barn to sit while he went to grad school...

That is jut my guess, I do not really know. I just kind of wondred what happened to my old car.