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Highest spec ones make like 150/160hp. Having a look at the codes on the cams will give you a good idea of what spec level yours is... FE3N == good

hey mate,

just saw your post on mx6.com...

Lucky bastard with being able to leave the dizzy in the stock position!!!!!! I'm having to relocate mine to the exhaust cam gear

I'll chuck some pics up in my old thread sometime soon for ya...! And have a good read of this thread.

Nice find Darrel!! Wondered where you were going to go after getting as far as you could with the 3.

I would be to scared to take that anywhere near a public road!!

Been followed before, by a cop. Pulls me over after a couple of blocks (driving around with no exhaust past the first resonator).

Cop: "that a 929 ahe... back when i just joined the force the sergeant(or something) owned on. I drove it around all night without headlights once cos I couldn't find the freaking switch! Where is it???"

Have a good yarn to the guy. Lets me off with no fines for lack of reg/warrant/exhaust/springs.

Legend.

12at's are awsome but nothing comes close to some EARLY 80'S TURBO GT CRUISER COUPE LOVING

just having a read, wow you bought rx3 box for $400 thought rotor boxs would be worth alot more, cars looking good

The strongest, later model boxes go for only $500

Looks awesome man... it shares its garage with some more mazda awesomness too I noticed

be my guest your flickr collection is tops btw, always had a soft spot for the UFO-style HBSN2 (it was gonna be my fallback if I couldn't find a SA22C)

Got no engine bay pics currently, it was difficult enough to persuade my agent to take those photos of the exterior and interior. Dealing with Japanese can be hard at times, they like to do everything their own way and to a set procedure...

Thanks mate, supremely jealous of your car collection tho! My ultimate garage would include your FJ skyline coupe, a s12 silvia notchback, starion and my 12at cossie coupe

I wouldn't even think HBSN2 coupes would still be available from japan? I only ever seem to see 4dr's and they are all the facelift models. Even then, I seem to come across them only once in a blue moon...

Welcome to the world of 12a turbos and an odd rotary offset/stud pattern... haha

Looks awesome mate, but where are the engine bay pics

Love the pic in your sig, hope ya dont mind if I steal it

FE for the win!!

8-valve?

Swap it for a wikidness 16-valve FE3 - almost a bolt in mod - den boost it up later!

Love it mate!!! Love how easy it is to make older cars go fast with newer spec running gear!!!

Not sure on the modgies tho (but just my opinion).

Keep us updated!

Logo = most important part of your portfolio

May have something sorted, thanks all for your guys help!!! First rounds on me if I ever meet any of ya!!!

what ya upto on friday?

probably babysitting the joys of fatherhood lol

Will be at the nationals tho!! Can put some faces to names there

May have something sorted, thanks all for your guys help!!! First rounds on me if I ever meet any of ya!!!

where abouts are ya? I happen to work for a hire company and might be able to do ya a deal

Hey mate, I am in Masterton and the car is in central Wellington to be picked up and brought back to Masterton. Any help would be great, thanks for all the replies

Hey,

I know this is a long shot - but anyone wanna rent their car trailer out for a morning??? Rental places want big $$$! Only need it for 4 or 5 hours!!

Responsible driver!

You can get me on 027 469 5867

Thanks!!!

mmmm r30 goodness. To be honest I prefer the pre-facelift coupes ahe, love the huge grills!

Fucking love that subbie hahaha awesome!

80's pride FTW!!

This will definitely be at meets when I get it running!!

Oh, and some more updates

Engine trouble:

Currently the car has a 12a turbo block in it. This was all good, except I found out when trying to install it is actually out of a series-3 RX-7, which means it has the incorrect mounts! So... engine is now coming out and being replaced with a rebuilt and street ported 12at Cosmo item.

The plans for the motor are to have enough power to scare the shit out of me. So enough for trackdays, losing traction in the higher gears and burnout comps (of course!). It has an extremely tight LSD in it, and that combined with coilovers has proven to be a very effective combination in my daily 2.0l Cosmo. Its 85hp of pure muscle is extremely capable and I have video footage to prove it!!! (To be uploaded soon )

A full electronic line-locker setup I have already purchased should help achieve this also

Rather than going the typical route of adapting a late model 13bt intake manifold, front mount intercooler, ball bearing turbo, yada yada. I am going to try keep the engine bay as similar to standard as possible. This means keeping the current setup of no intercooler to keep the standard Cosmo's selling point of zero lag. This is very possible and I will have more details of this setup closer to it being installed I am looking at a realistic 300hp@9,000rpm at the flywheel from this "small block" motor!!

Here are some pics of the motor in the car and the other parts I have for it.

Engine in, but wrong mounts! Just dummy fitting stuff and making sure I have everything...

Intake and exhaust ports. Note the ghetto mount and the distinct lack of space for a turbo due to the rack&pinion steering. You will see in the picture at the bottom of this post how close the turbo must sit to the block to fit. The intake manifold runners actually go around the compressor housing!

Standard rad and oil cooler

New motor before being pulled down. Note the extremely short distance pressurised air has to travel from turbo to block. Goes straight up from turbo (a 200mm journey at the most), does a u-turn back down, through a throttle body and straight into the intake ports. Extra injectors will be added to remedy design flaws in the standard system, and the intake passages will all be ported and flowed. Turbo will be rebuilt with a combination of standard, RX-7, and T04 parts.

Photo shoot!!! This is the ride height I am going for, was easy with the coilovers to get it to this height, however I am worried about the front tyres rubbing on the guards.

Also, going wider at the rear - I know 235's will fit, but gonna try some 255s

Note the Mazda6 "MAZDA" badge on the bootlid. Am going to add an RX-5 "Cosmo" badge on the passenger side of the bootlid as the standard HB Cosmo badge looks horrible (and is also located on the quarter).

Also note the NOS front grill "MAZDA" badge, NOS front grill, NOS rear tail lights and NOS rear chrome.

The only alterations from this to the exterior that are planned:

- Respray in a more "icy" white rather than the creme it is now

- Repaint the rubber and plastic trims in a charcoal black

- Re-tint (most likely in a navy blue tint rather than black)

- Mag center caps back on

- Twin exhausts (one on either side)

- GUARD MIRRORS

- Add some later model chrome and better condition plastics

- Replace rear # plate with a message plate minus the messages (to be closer to the original Japanese plate size)

- Chrome door handles from the sedan model

- Paint the white metal behind the front grill black

Did you chassis ever come out with an EFI motor? Surely there are some bolt on to make this a hell of a lot easier e.g. fuel pump

My opinion: if you are gonna rip it out anyway later, do whatever bolts in easiest/simplist utilising OEM parts.

Even if it isn't the quickest of the motors, engine conversions are a great learning experience

Thanks dudes!!

More up to date pics coming and the latest mods!

Thanks for the warm welcome

Next the car went into storage, and I spent some money...

The following was purchased/acquired:

- Second hand FC3S HA Tein adjustables (camber adj at front, height and damper adjustable all around)

- 17" TWS Kylamis

- Bridgestone Potenzas 235/35/R17s

- 5mm spacers

The Tein's bolt straight in, but are the wrong offset and height for the Cosmo. The fronts being far too low (barely driveable even at max height adjustment), and the fronts also fouled on the wider front wheels. The spacers remidied this, however the front struts were damaged and I am looking for a lower km set.

The rears went in my daily 929 and were amazing. Even on the softest setting they were very stiff, and made a huge difference on the open road. However the downside to them is that if you hit any small lump/hole in the road the rear of the car skipped around and was midly dangerous if you were giving it death.

Also purchased were NOS trims - chrome trim, tail lights, interior, suspension rubbers, grills, too many to list. You will also be pleased to know the monster tacho was removed...

UPDATE:

After moving around a bit and having no garage to store the car in - it stayed in storage in my hometown, so not much happened to the car for a couple of years. My parts collection however continued to grow!