Fatti03msp's Mini Mazda Rebuild

[fatti03msp]

So a few weeks ago i popped my motor doing some spirited driving with a few of my friends. Just heard a boom and the sound of metal hitting my car and the road and lost all power. When i came to stop there was a nice trail of oil from behind my car. So i knew it was bad. So had to call a tow truck company and they had to come pick up my poor lil baby haha. Well when the tow truck driver gets there he is not driving a flat bed like they told me he would be driving. So he gets the car up in the air and reassures me that it will be fine. So in the pissed off mood i was in said ok, mainly cause i just wanted to get the bar and get a few beers in me lol.

So its Sunday the day after i popped the motor and i go to the shop that has my car. I walk to it and walk to the back to make sure everything ok, and its not. The axle back is completely shifted to the left and there is a huge dent in my tip. Freaking great. So i call the tow truck company and there is nothing that can be done atm. I would have to call on monday.

Motor specs:

Brand New Block

Oil Squirters

Forged Rods:Pauter Rod Set

Rod Bearings:Set of 4 Clevite Bearings

Piston Kits:CP Pistons: 8.5:1 CR/STD Bore

Head Gasket:Cometic: 84.5mm/STD Bore

Engine Gasket Kit:Yes w/o OEM Head Gasket

Main Bearings:Clevite Set

Thrust Washers:Clevite 2 Sets

Head Studs:ARP Stud Kit

Oil Pump:Yes Please

Water Pump:Yes Please

Cylinder Head:No Thanks

BC racing Coils

Front Upper Pillow Ball Mount - Included
Rear Upper Pillow Ball Mount - Included
Front Adjustable Camber - Yes
Rear Adjustable Camber - no
Front Spring Rates - 440
Rear Spring Rates - 220

30 Levels of Adjustable Damping Force
Fully Height Adjustable
Mono-Tube Design For Maximum Performance
One Year Limited Warranty

The extensions i mentioned im getting let you adjust the rear damping with out having to take off the read deck lid for those of you wondering.

im going to be ordering the rear camber plates once they get more in stock, they are 195 a set.

Im also picking up a PnP 626 mani

So i talked to the tow truck company and they are saying that there is no way they did the damage and they wont be covering it, so that means i have to take them to court to get them to pay for a new exhaust, cause after what i just bought im broke as hell and there is no way im paying for something that i did break.

So that stuff all happen within the last 2 weeks.

Today my coils w/extensions and extension are getting shipped. My block, gasket kit, oil and water pump, timing belt and a few other things are getting shipped from mazda in NC, so that stuff should be in shortly too. The clevite bearings and apr stud kit should get shipped out next tuesday along with a couple of other thing.

I also talked to my mechanic today and he informed me that i pretty much wrapped my rod around my crank lol. So that means that i have to get a new crank now but my head should be ok.

So once all my stuff comes in me, my buddy Levi(theJeans) and Todd(MSP2009) will be building the short block at todd’s work. He is a tech at a caddy dealer right next his work area is a mazda parts store to that will be nice in case we need something. But with me not having a garage and it being winter im not all about doing a motor swap on the side of the rode lol. So my mechanic is going to but finish up the work and put my motor in along with a new AWR rear MM, J-Spec Cam, Intake mani and my LSD. If i can wait, which wont happen im going to put the coils on in the spring and maybe drop to 16" rims and tuck the SOB’s. The rims i have now are not tuck friendly.

But this is it so far i will have loads of info and pics once i get more of my stuff in.
Old parts that i had but finally got some pics up of it.

Some DG CF interior pieces and NSN intake mani spacer

Stock intake mani PnP and the VCTS removed, going to get painted black before installed.

J-spec intake cam

12/7/08

Got some of my parts in woot woot, waiting on the block, oil and water pump, gasket kit, crank, and gaskets. Then the building will begin. Cant wait!!!

These are the extension for the rear and the new front endlinks.

12/17/08

Pics of what the lovely tow truck driver says he didnt do to my exhaust.

Shots from the shop thats working on my car.

Look at that nice lil hole haha.

If you look close enough you might be able to see all the lil pieces in there from the block and rod

Here is a piece of my rod, not sure how they got it out of the motor though lol, didnt get a chance to ask lol.

Pic of what the rod did to my starter.

i will have more pics of parts and progress as the build goes on. Money is tight and busted alot more then normal in my motor.

and please lets keep this on topic. and im not building this car for drag at all.

[gtlaw]

strange how that cam get narrower in the base circle than at the lobes

good luck with the build. when do you expect it to be done?

[fatti03msp]

@gtlaw

strange how that cam get narrower in the base circle than at the lobes

good luck with the build. when do you expect it to be done?

late january if im lucky but i doubt it lol.

[gtlaw]

it looks like you got a lot of work on your hands. you can’t really rush that type of thing. when building my sentra I waited a month just for main bearings

[fatti03msp]

@gtlaw

it looks like you got a lot of work on your hands. you can’t really rush that type of thing. when building my sentra I waited a month just for main bearings

ya im not rushing a thing.

[steelcitysix]

good luck to ya, looks like a fun build

[fatti03msp]

@steelcitysix

good luck to ya, looks like a fun build

thanks ill need it haha

[fatti03msp]

Block finally came in along with a gasket kit, oil and water pump, and timing belt. In the middle of trying to get a new OEM crank for a 100 bucks and then get my windage tray for 300 saving 165 on that woot woot. after i get those 2 parts i will everything i need.

But got some new pics of the old hole in the block and the new one that is on the other side pretty much in the same spot as the other hole. You can see straight threw my block from the holes.

[fatti03msp]

PS work done by chowhoundMSP

Hopefully my new summers wheels

Going to talk to AMF tom. about getting it done and getting a few other things done as well.

[DM33MS3]

those will look nasty on ur car…

[fatti03msp]

Lets hope so haha.

But i picked up my VC this week from AMF. I highly recommend these guys too, they are great and have tons and tons of color. It took a guy over a month to try to color match my car, after he failed he sent out the fender to a company to match it. AMF had a color that is pretty dam close.

The polished letters are a lil dirty btw

What im rocking ATM

[steelcitysix]

god i hope that isnt a kl powered 626

[fatti03msp]

it is a 626 mani, its so i can run their coil packs on my car. The stock mani wont let the wires sit right so you wont get a good connection.

But y are you saying you hope it isnt a kl?

[Fiji_Mazda3]

I like the painted cover. The new car, well…it runs I guess.

[fatti03msp]

ya it does run, it also makes a nice target for snowballs haha.

[Fiji_Mazda3]

@fatti03msp

ya it does run, it also makes a nice target for snowballs haha.

Especially when the sunroof is left open…

[fatti03msp]

Driving to richmond va on saturday to pick up my new exhaust and a set of FD wheels, after that all the parts will be in and i should be running next month.

Also picked up a Turbo XS bov, no more mouse fart from the HKS.

But i got the intake mani back from AMF a lil bit ago, turned out great!!!

[1badx]

Pretty! You better get busy!

[fatti03msp]

got some new pics, no motor pics though

Set of bridgestone potenza for AutoX, only using 2 of them for the rear

ApexR1 Exhaust

FD wheels and the 245/45/16 tires im rocking for AutoX

Then the rest of my tires and rims i have in my living room haha

[Fiji_Mazda3]

Thank you for taking those tires off my hands.