madaz62

Long time between posts and a bit late to the party on past/current rides but here's mine;

1981 626 - First car/project car/love: Started off poo brown and ended up grey, 13b Bridgeport etc. Probably should have kept. 

323 wagon #1 - Bought as a rebound after selling my first love ^^^: 12a stage. Great car but wasn't first love.

323 Wagon #2 - Midlife crises purchase (7 years after selling 1st wagon) Bought as rolling body. 13 Bridgeport, IDA, LSD diff etc etc. Good little car with plenty of little things to tidy up.

Hi guys,

Over the weekend I was pulling the rx7 gearbox out of my 323 wagon and had an issue removing the driveshaft from the gearbox tailhousing. Thought it maybe me doing something stupid so removed the driveshaft with the gearbox but I still cant get the driveshaft to come out. I've tried pursauding it with a hammer and wood with no luck. 

Car was running fine with this setup. Any thoughts on next step? 

Photo for reference

for fabricating on a car, id go for mig defnitly gas/gasless

and as for someone saying arc welders are crap all depends on what you are going to use it for, they all have theyre place

and the tig would be no good for panel steel (unless your real good) as they use alot of heat and youl just warp it or blow holes all over

was down at mitre 10 mega couple weeks ago, they had a new range of welders in that looked all good for the price (under $1000) for a gas/gasless mig, but in the end you get what you pay for

this thing looks mint gone all out by the looks of it! top job

looking good, good to see that its got the earlier front and bumpers on. putting that front on isnt as straight forward as you think aye.

na not as straigt forward as i first thought, takes bit of playing round to get it fitting up like it should,

hey whats the colour code for that paint? or even a name looks like about what I want

its titanium grey, colour of the rx8, got afew lil extra bits in it tho

and dont own the mods anymore, those are borrowed wheels as it is

hopefully i get to race , if not ill be happy to just drive down in a rotary for once best drag day of the year for me

heres some pics of the build up...

getting stripped

fabricating engine mounts, gbox mounts, rad mounts etc etc etc

paint shop

and yesterday when i got to take it for a drive

cheers for the comments

takn a while to get there, but i have a feeling itl be an ongoing project... i have some plans for the winter if i keep it

will throw up some build up pics soon

thought id put up some pics of my car had it since 04 i think, and pulled it of the road to start work on it

bought it standard as...first thing i did was lower on some 15's



then on modgies



and after about a year of the road

13b brigeport, s4 gearbox, panel and paint etc etc etc, just got few finishing touches (been lazy) and itl be out

SOME!! not all of us! nah i dont no of any try google i guess.

just weneva i see rotary metioned someone has to jump in and have their say. always loved the coupe's and sedans and love rotary engine's so y not i say.

I no probly not the best place to ask as some users arnt to fond of the rotary engine, i was just wondering if anyone has a website or link or any info on the conversion. would it make a diff on what style e.g couple sedan.

cheers

my old as uncle had one of those in his shed was in mint condition, dunno were it is now tho, my old man is a hard out rover nut owns a couple of 3.5L v8 sd1 rovers

gona chuck some pics up uzn

nice pics as always aaron

you talkin bout the orange wagon?its a genuine rx3 i think

gutted i missed it(work ) but good to see my brothers rx7(white s1) there on its first legal outing

not to sure if that cortina is rotored i think not?

looks like a good turnout

whos is that rx7 it looks mean

good shit guys will try get along on the next one

Escorta

Someones got toooooooo much money if they can afford to be smoking good tyres like that Im jealous

i think you will find he has a little help from a shop

correct me if im wrong

in my 626 ive got custom springs made by 'snells springs' for $400

they make them up to your wanted height and to how hard/soft you want them. that way you get to keep your standard springs aswell

i also had my new shocks shortened to keep the springs captive.

it may not be cheap all up, but getting warrents isnt a hassle, handles awsome theres practicly no body roll, and its all legal so no hassles from mr plod

get it done right the first time

better than the roofed version you think

very different but not my cup of tea thats for sure

as Escorta said a deep red would look awsome

whats the plans for the rest of car? engine etc

pretty sure its going to be rear wheel drive

im sure uzn will give us some more details

good guess

to the negative comments bout the legacy

will defenitly be down at meremere.probly my favourite day of the year

and may take my car across bridge not sure yet

Name : James

Location : South Auckland

Cars you own: 1981 Mazda 626

Mods to them : 15' reflexes, lowered, tints, sounds

How you found out about oldschool: on nz performance site

link: http://img5.exs.cx/img5/6049/meanshot.jpg