Project "Dirt Squirrel"

[DuRWooD]

This will be a work log of my 1992 Familia GTX hatch I purchased in July of 2011.

When I bought it, it had ~75000 km,
Purchased mods:
16" Rota Slipstreams - sold
Corksport replica front bumper - currently being replaced with a legitimate bumper
Corksport turbo back exhaust with Skuce manifold
Tial 38mm wastegate
Turbosmart vee port BOV
FMIC with custom stainless and aluminum plumbing
GC coilovers on Tokico SRs
HKS turbo timer

Since purchase, I haven't done too much.
JP Motorsports FSTB
Blue valve cover
15" Enkei RPF1s
GTR hood vents

Purchased, yet to be installed:
GTR front bumper
JDM optional side skirts
ST205 transmission with BP adapter
AEM CDI for COP
Fidanza aluminum flywheel

On the list:
Proper coilovers
Standalone - probably Haltech
Clutch
Internals
Big turbo
Other things I'm forgetting.

I've got a few other things going on for it I don't want to reveal yet.


Here it is shortly after I bought it.




Started driving it daily to work for a while. That allowed me to take this picture:


Here it is hanging out with my friends:



Here it is today, with just over 100,000 km

[Mazda_Powered]

nice! glad you made a log for this beaut! new wheels really suit the car

[MazdaNoob]

[me109]

Will definitely be following your E153 conversion. Love the RPF1s.

[bogaut]

your hood looks identical to mine now

[CODY004WD]

Looks good! Subbin'.

[Turpro]

I remember when the old owner got it. Sub'n

[DuRWooD]

nice! glad you made a log for this beaut! new wheels really suit the car

Yeah, I've been putting it off too long, and finally plan to do some stuff with it. And yeah, so glad I got 15" wheels, they're definitely the correct size for this car.

Will definitely be following your E153 conversion. Love the RPF1s.

I wasn't even going to mention that I was doing the swap, as it won't be starting till the fall. Originally, I wasn't going to say anything at all to avoid daily PMs from newbs, but I'm hoping that won't happen.

your hood looks identical to mine now

No, it doesn't.

I remember when the old owner got it. Sub'n

This has had two owners here before me. They just couldn't handle the awesome!

[bogaut]

1s grey 323 hood with black vents. I guess mine has the cutouts for the grill though

[Iantboyd]

Subbn'. Didn't realize which car would be gt4 converted? I was thinking bf for some reason. Excited to follow this!

[DuRWooD]

If you missed it in the PMs, I'm using this car, as I'll miss most of the races I was going to use the BF for due to my job. I like this car more anyway.

[Iantboyd]

Be cool like me and do both...Then you could also be broke like me.

[DuRWooD]

I may end up doing both. The BF won't have the special parts though.

[Mazda_Powered]

dat a GTR bro? pm'd about e153 conversion

[DuRWooD]

Dammit Jack!
I still get monthly emails and PMs about 3rd gen KLZE swaps, it used to be a few a week. Drove me nuts.