Waz Yellow '94 in South Africa
 

Hi Guys,

Im new to the forum but spoke to a few of you in the "Introduce yourself" section. Anyways...

Picked up this beauty the other night. Spec list:

Streetported Engine
Mazdaspeed Bodykit
SSR GT-03 Wheels
Greddy Intercooler
Greddy Compression tube
ACT Clutch
99 spec front and rear lights
Splitfire Gauges
Koni Adjustable shocks
Mazdaspeed Racing fuel pump
Rotora Big brake kit
GT35r turbo kit
Synapse 60mm wastegate
Turbosmart SQ BOV
Koyo Racing radiator
Apexi Power fc
Fibre Glass custom vented bonnet
Turbo timer
Greddy boost controller

First pic taken of the car when picking it up:

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On the way home the night we got the car

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After a wash and getting some rubber off the side of the car and cleaning it up a bit

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Engine still needs a wash and some attention but all in due time

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Meaty brakes and SSR wheels look lovely

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After the wash we started stripping the exhaust side of the engine to take the manifold off as there was a slight exhaust leak and the seals have perished in the turbo so it was smoking quite badly.:(

Car should be back on the road in a week or two. Needs a good polish and a general once over and then I will be happy with it:icon_tup:

Thanks for looking guys will update soon

Nice looking car :)
Good luck!

Looks pretty clean; congrats!!!

Thanks alot guys.!!

Turbo has been diagnosed and seems gonna cost over 600$ to fix here in South Africa. So I purchased the same turbo same size wheels and housings just not the ball bearing type for $650 new:nod:

Gonna be installing it in a few hours. Will take pics of old and new turbo:icon_tup:

Please do! What's is the estimated power output with the current map? :)

Other than the engine bay is looks super clean. And i like the matching bike

That's an interesting filler cap.

Waiting for the old owner to send the dyno print out to me but he said 220kw at the wheels at 0.4bar boost.

New turbo is being collected just now and the fitment will commense today.:icon_tup:

Car was standing a while so engine is filthy! Gonna wipe the bay down today and give it a good clean:nod: The bike is my mates bike but yeah they match quite well :icon_tup:

Looking good!

New Turbo, and odds and ends
 

Hi guys a bit of an update for now..

Turbo was replaced as the turbo that came with the car's seals were buggered. My father and I tackled it ourselves one week and got it done!

New and old

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Took the cooling panel plate that came with the car off as it looked all bent and cut skew. So we marked off some areas that needed to get cleaned up and cut more and got a new one made :mrgreen:

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Shot of the interior

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Took the car the other day to get the street tyres put on as it was on a set of Bridgestone semis

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Random shots of the car :mrgreen: :thumbup:

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Whats up dude, good to see you on this forum.
Hope all is well with the car, mine has been a disaster so new engine arriving in a week then onto putting it in and redoing everything I did to the previous motor.

Sup buddi!! All is well minus getting it insured but might have found a place that can sort me out!!

Yeah shit bro stories with these engines and heard dodgy things about the guy who biult your engine! Atleast you getting it sorted leka now and will be boosting soon! I want full bridgeport as well :(

Hi guys been a while,

Eventually got the car insured and been using it :ylsuper:

Car has been going very well. Been to a few shows with it and to a Dyno day.:icon_tup:

The only problem i have come accross is the turbo oil drain hose is leaking so I am going to sort that out today

Car also went in to get screamer pipe done as the dumptube went back in to the downpipe when I bought the car.

People checking out the engine bay once I opened the bonnet

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My car with an older generation Rx7 at a show this passed weekend

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At a VW show I went to LOL

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My new key with my car in the background

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HKS airfilter I bought

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Sadly we will need to modify a few things before it can fit.

Going to a photoshoot this weekend so hopefully they snap some nice pictures of the car. Also going to raise the boost a bit in the next week.

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Cheers for now

What did you make on the Dyno Bud?

Didnt put it on the dyno! Will go do a power run somewhere next week. Want to turn up the boost but not sure if I must without it being tuned at that boost

Going to a dyno evening later on will put the car on the rollers and see what power its making:icon_tup:

Dyno Graphs and Pics
 

Hi guys

Oil feed line from turbo to sump has been sorted!
Also raised the boost slightly from .4 bar to .6 bar!

Later that evening decided to go to a dyno evening to see what figures the car is making

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283hp - 208kw

Polished the car for the first time the other day

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Some pics from a photoshoot I went to with the local VW club

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On saturday I went with some guys from the local rotary club to a tuner for a few dyno runs!

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213.9kw on the wheels

One of the other cars on the dyno

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Nice car... I highly suggest you replace or eliminate that stock AST and make shift coolant neck cap, Its a disaster waiting to happen.

What do you suggest I do?

find one that is made out of metal. Tons of aftermarket options. Search AST in the classifieds

Hi guys been a while

The car has been running so leka im very happy with it! Gonna turn the boost up soon though[emoji1]

I also got stuck in to the boot the other day! I had to throw the biscuit spare wheel away as it woouldnt fit over the BBK! Got a spare 18" wheel but now the boot carpet wouldn't fit over the wheel so made our own boot carpet.

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Did the ducting for the oil coolers in black the other day as the aluminium colour looked kak

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While I was at it I sprayed the mesh in the sideskirts and the fender in black as the guys who sprayed the car didnt remove the mesh when spraying the car! Looks waay better now!

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Got some llumar tint on the windows as well! Was getting 3rd degree burns driving without window tint

Some pics from the passed few months

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Backbox fitted as well as straight pipe
 

So eventually got the exhaust on after so long


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Went to install the backbox. Also cut out the centre silencer box and replaced with straight pipe. Thanks to Nico for hooking me up some 90mm piping

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Here is a shot of the backbox. That is a 1Litre coke inside there

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A pic just after the rear box was mounted cant see too leka

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And a shot I took in the evening

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Went to a Dyno Day the other day and ran the car at around 9:30pm

Will get a pic of the graph asap..

Made 241KW and around 323NM on the wheels at 0.8bar boost

A random pic I found of the car from the previous owner tracking it at our local circuit Kyalami race track

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Another random rolling shot

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After a year of ownership I started getting random overheating issues after using the car all day it is fine then next thing it overheats.

Turns out one of the waterseals have gone causing the overheating and spilling of water out the overflow tank when switching the car off.

Motor is partially stripped down so far. Will have the engine out in the next few weeks ready to be sent in by January for full rebuild which will include large dowels, oil mod, full bridgeport, 1600cc secondary injectors etc.

While engine is out pipes will be polished and hoses replaced as well as spraying the engine bay flat black.

Plans besides the engine for the next few months:

- Bee*R power builder (Purchased)
- Polished Intake manifold and other odds and ends
- New pulley kit
- Pineapple racing idler pulley
- Carbon spoiler blade
- Carbon fender ducts
- FEED knock off FRP sideskirts (Purchased)
- Prosport quadpod
- New Boost, Fuel press, Water temp, and Wideband gauges
- Hot water labs reverse lights
- Hot Water labs Bumper guard
- NRG quick release
- Nardi/Personal grinta steering wheel
- Modify Koni strutts to go abit lower
- Rear RE-A replica rear diffuser
- Neochrome lug nuts
- Takata harnesses
- Sleepy eye controller

Thats it for now guys

Engine is out eventually :troll:

Cant wait to send it off for fresh rebuild :driving:

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Will tear it down tonight and inspect it. Seals look fine through the exhaust ports but I am 99% sure the coolant seals are shot!

Who is rebuilding for you Warren?

Some really sweet rolling shots you got there! Is the tuner scene alive an well on that side?

James howzit bud,

I dont know yet brother we leaning towards a guy names Gianno from the Afrikaans rotary group on whatsapp or Dorne. Ive got hold of Arthur at AJ racing as well waiting for a quote from him too!

Will whatsapp you now

Sweet bro yeah the rolling shoots look sick:icon_tup:

The tuner scene is alive this side but more the new cars getting modded like the Audi RS3, Golf GTI etc

There are a few rotary tuners around here and quite a few rx7's

Here is a vid of the most well known rotary tuner

sweet build man :) :egrin:

Thanks bud only problem is I have to import most things as their is nothing FD specific for sale in South Africa

I had the same problem here in Canada. I had to order all my parts from the states. Its really shitty especially because we have really high duty frees here. My advice when you order something, make sure to tell the seller to put lower value than actual cost on the customs form. This way you pay less duties on your parts.

Oh ok thanks bro. Yes it costs a bit to ship but luckily Canada is so close to USA so it doesnt cost you as much!

You forgot the HKS twin power ignition in your mods ;)

Another South African! Man, you guys need a sub-section. That 8-second car is pretty wild too. Do you guys have meets much? If I come out in June/ July I'd like to see some of these rides in person.

not really necessary at that boost level. 0.8 bar = 11.60 psi

ya know you are kinda wasting your turbo (and mods) by staying at that level. The GT35R is really beginning to wake up at .8 bar... 2141Kw~ 323RWHP.

He has got already a twin power he just forgot to list it ;)

Which area in South Africa are you going to ? There are a lot of FD's in Gauteng ( Pretoria / Johannesburg )

Boost is at .8 bar as I bought the car with it boosting .4bar

I turned the boost up by changing the vacuum line on to a different nipple on the synapse wastegate.

After engine rebuild we will be connecting the Greddy boost controller and cranking up the boost.

Its just been kept at .8 bar for safety reasons as most tuners dont like to tune the Apexi power FC over here.

Hell yes we need a sub section:icon_tup::nod:

We have a run once a month but ive never gone as ive had work but quite a few rotaries around Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Let us know before you come and we will make a plan bro!!

Yes I absolutely will! Will be spending some time in the Free State on the farm then Joburg for sure. Going to have to get the afrikaans up to snuff.

Your Afrikaans must be up to scratch in Free State lol and dont forget to buy a khaki shirt :lol::lol:

Dont worry in JHB english will do my afrikaans is terrible I just know how to swear at someone in Afrikaans:lol:

:crackup: I'll let you get back on track now. What's next on the list for the car?

Motor is going to be stripped this weekend and sent in for rebuild on Monday.

Taking my Garrett GT35 in to get modified for bigger wheels tomorrow as well.

Found a nice brand new Carbon bonnet locally I am thinking of picking up!

Update time !!

Engine was stripped and came accross a few things that werent looking like they are supposed to be

Worn housing

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Cheap mazda coolant seals seen better days

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Bearing is toast

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Corner seal broken

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Spent the morning yesterday building this bad boy :lol:

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That wheelgap though

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So engine has gone in for engineering and dowelling. Engine should be built in 2-3 weeks:icon_tup:

Also purchased this HKS twin plate clutch

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Guys my Apexi Power FC is for sale

8bit Non OLED

$600 NEGOTIABLE shipped

I need this gone as I am going Microtech

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You should post the power fc in the for sale thread

Larney clutch hey. Shame about the housing. Guess it's always a bit of a mystery box when opening up engines.