A Little Mazdaspeed 3 History

[FamiliaGT]

This is my first Turbo car Ive ever owned, also what got me addicted to boost. This is my 1988 Mazda 323 GT Factory Turbo, 1 of only 700 ever imported to the states, and last reading showed less then 200 registered in the DMV database currently. This is one of mazdas first production turbocharged sedans built to interest the younger drivers and those looking for more of a sporty car. Its sister, the 323 GTX was the AWD Hatch version of this car, both being the only models to sport All Wheel disc brakes, a Turbocharged DOHC 1.6L Engine pumping out a whopping 143HP, and a charcoal interior with sporty seats and fabric. The GTX got a little more ontop of the AWD system, which included matching Recaro front seats.

Anyways, heres the car. Originally bought the car pretty well stock with the exception of a TurboXS RFL, a Magnaflo exhaust, and an HKS intake.




At this stage, the car has been lowered on coilovers, sitting on Rota's, with a custom fabricated front mount intercooler kit with an HKS SSQV.



Also swapping out the RFL from time to time. It was about this point that the oil pump decided to blow out on me on my way to Seattle, making a nice sized mess, loosing oil along the way. Limped it home making many oil stops, and parked it until I came up with a game plan.






This point, it was tear down time.


I had bought a second GT in poor shape, not running in 08, and parked it in my back yard as a parts car. I pulled the motor and sent it off to my machine shop to be gone through. It was time to stop fooling around and get serious. Ordered Forged Rods and Forged Pistons as well as a new crank and had a motor built for my future plans (Which I still havnt done yet).
Once I take a spending brake from the MS3, I will be looking into either a GT25 or GT28 to replace the little IHI sittin under the hood.




All internals (Rotating assembly) balanced.




And the final product. A block built to handle up to roughly 700HP. Not that it ever will, just like to over build for protection sake.


And its first little photo shoot after the first couple of miles put on the motor. Genpu is nuprin503. Last 2 photos taken by nuprin503.





I will add photos and changes very soon.