junkyard dissapointment

[1967cutlass]

so i walk up to this riced out 1989 323... pop the hood so see a TURBO manifold and dual cam motor... missing the transmissin and turbo setup. man i was pissed. next i find a white 1g protege with a single cam motor and a 4wd sticker where se/lx goes. wtf i think to myself, and i go to the back and there looked to be a transaxle. weird? also, i couldnt find an lx that had the swaybars i wanted either. oh well.

havent posted here in a while... just thought i'd share that i was a day or so away from getting a turbo motor for 125$.

[Vash00es]

Yeah man, junkyards are hit or miss type deals

someone probobly already jacked the turbo

[MazKid]

So you found a rare 323 GT-X at the junkyard? What would you want with it, it's a BF chassis, you have a BG chassis, so you can't use anything from it anyway. There's a whole 323 community that would die to get parts off of it, I was one of them lol.

[Gro Harlem]

if you want to be hardcore, you have to go to the same junkyards every week if not more frequent. You'll be able to pull the parts before anyone else & know what their inventory is.

My yard doesn't take inventory, its just a pull-it-yourself dealie. You pay a dollar to get in and they have set prices for all kinds of parts. All fenders, whether it is off a yugo or mercedes are $30 for example. All engines, whether its a pos 1.0L 3cylinder Metro motor or a 5.0 V8 mustang motor are $150....etc.

I've seen at least 5 turbo capri's at this yard, but never a 323 GT or GT-X. Older 323's are actually rare now, the BG ones are way more common. This yard actually gets quite a bit of newer cars which is surprising. Lots of millenias as of late & 95-98 maximas, even 2001 Acura CL's (usually decimated in an accident but still have usable partS)

[MazKid]

I use to go yarding every weekend. See, the ones in St. Louis are big on 1st and 2nd gen Proteges, 3rd and early 4th gen 626/MX-6s, and very little of anything else. There's a fair amount of BF 323s, but I've never seen a 323 LX hatch(well, I did see one last weekend, only problem was it was in the parking lot, not in the yard, heh), let alone any GT or GT-X. Miatas are also super rare, as are 3rd gen Proteges, Millenias, etc.

Some rare finds at local yards, there was a M-edition MX-6 at one, my brother got tons off of it. Years back there was a 1st gen 626 Coupe at one, and my brother found a '75 B-1600 once. Newest Mazda I've seen was a Tribute, unfortunately it was burned completely, everything was burned to the metal, the wheels were melted, it was basically a hunk of rusted metal with nothing useable.

[Gro Harlem]

yup miatas are uber-rare...only seen 2 so far

[lscrx]

You guys suck... there are only two yards around here that will let me past the desk, and since i've lived in Kentucky i've seen:
1 '91 Escort LX-E
3 MX-3's ('92 and two '95's)
1 '88 929
2 3rd gen Protege DX's

Catch my drift? And the one that won't let me go look around told me they had a bunch of 1st gen's but whenever I ask if one of them has a part I need they say that none of them do... but they refuse to let me go look at them!

[skullet]

u guys should feel lucky. i loved goin yardin in my old town, but here there are four yards, and NONE of them let u go look at the cars or pull ur own parts. i could spend all day every day out there just f*ckin around, but i cant in this town.

[Vash00es]

thats so retarded, junkyards that dont let you go look for yourself... like theyve got a big list of parts for every single car out there to see if they have it or not, its so retarded

[skullet]

i love callin the dumb f*cks and tellin them 'yeah, i drive a 93 mazda protege lx, and im lookin for parts off of either one of these or an escort gt...' theyre like 'why an escort?' dont worry bout it, dumbass... u wouldnt understand if i told u 10 times, ya toothless sister-screwin inbred... lol...

[Vash00es]

lol, nice

[ProtoRice]

Like when I went to the j/y here in my town... LOL... I told him I needed an engine from:
90-94 Protege LX
91-95 Escort GT
Mazda Miata with 1.8L

The guy got out his cross reference book, and said "Well, the engines from a 90-94 Protege LX, 91-95 Escort GT and whatever the hell that is (pointed at Sephia) are a direct bolt in." I replied, "I know, I just told you that. The Miata motor will work too, but it has different internals." He then proceeded to show me a bunch of 1.9L Escort motors. I got frustrated and left.

[92_2_fast]

Here there are two u-pull it yards. They both suck balls. Well they both have a large selection of pro's and escorts but nothing Ive been looking for.

[lscrx]

Like when I went to the j/y here in my town... LOL... I told him I needed an engine from:
90-94 Protege LX
91-95 Escort GT
Mazda Miata with 1.8L

The guy got out his cross reference book, and said "Well, the engines from a 90-94 Protege LX, 91-95 Escort GT and whatever the hell that is (pointed at Sephia) are a direct bolt in." I replied, "I know, I just told you that. The Miata motor will work too, but it has different internals." He then proceeded to show me a bunch of 1.9L Escort motors. I got frustrated and left.

Don't forget the Escort LX-E, there's one at one of my local j/y's.

And the Miata BP has a different oil pan, intake & exhaust manifold, etc doesn't it?

[D323]

Don't forget the Escort LX-E, there's one at one of my local j/y's.

And the Miata BP has a different oil pan, intake & exhaust manifold, etc doesn't it?

correct.

weekly is probably the best to get parts as Wil said....

I havent been in a month or so, and I have been itching to go.

Oh and I love it when they tell me that the 90-94 protege LX dual cam motor is a 2.0L and all this other crazy ass crap.