87 Mazda 323 1.6 4WD Turbo

[alex]

Bought this feisty little number yesterday. Looks funny, drives funny, but a whole lot of fun!

Anyone know much about these? Been told it might be an import?

1987 Mazda 323 4WD
1.6 Turbo
13.9 sec 1/4 @ 15PSI

Bilstien coilover suspension,
-Drilled and grooved front and rear discs,
-Mazdaspeed induction,
-3" mazdaspeed exhaust system,
-Quickshift gear mech,
-Adjustable impedeance injectors,
-Boost guage,
-Bleed valve,
-Dump Valve
-Boost intake tempertaure gauge.
-Saab Ronal alloys powdercoated in graphite grey.


Things I need to sort out: suspension bushes (anyone know where to even start looking for these?) and patch up the exhaust. Front tyres aren't great and arches are full of filler!

[Dave Dorson]

hmmm, 1.6 turbo 4wd

[street]

Thats outragoeusly cool! Must be a riot to drive ;D

Regarding the bushes, i reckon some sort of poly bush company (powerflex, superflex etc) is a better bet than the vacant expression you'll get from mazda

They seem to make polybushes for even the most obscure of cars.

Welcome to the site! ;D

[alex]

Cheers

Yeah it is a bit of a beast Hugely fun!

Will try contacting powerflex etc then. don't Demon Tweeks stock/sell them?

[richardjn]

what an interesting motor!! different! i like it!

rich

[PhoenixC]

Nice car. I have looked at a few over the years but never got round to owning one yet.

www.superflex.co.uk/SuperFlex_Mazda_323_Prices.pdf

just anti roll bar bushes listed though.

You should be able to get standard ones from Mazda I would have thought.

323gtx.co.uk/pn/

These would be your best bet for info I would have thought

[alex]

Cheers, think I will need to register on there and get some more info on the car!

[Davenger]

That's effin brilliant

[alex]

Cheers

Various emails sent regarding bushes, fingers crossed!

[HoTWire]

What a great car.. nice work

[alex]

I think I have posted this on the right site...I'm getting appraisal for this odd car rather than the usual "why the heck have you bought another pile of junk!"

[Stu]

Cool, like the look of that, you don't see many of those around! 4wd + turbo, ideal!

[alex]

Cheers

Superpro will do all the bushes mentioned above for just under £100. 2-3 weeks delivery though!

[reanimation]

alex said:

I think I have posted this on the right site...I'm getting appraisal for this odd car rather than the usual "why the heck have you bought another pile of junk!"

Gets my vote too, thats great. you're in the right place. the RR fleet gets better and better

[jizzy gillespie]

thats a really understated looking motor , proper job ;D

[Dave Dorson]

w00t. apparently I'm going for a ride in this on Wednesday

[alex]

Of course Goes without saying!
Got the holes in the exhaust sorted, just got a new bit welded in. Bodgetastic. But then, to buy that new small pipe, its £175. So this will do nicely for now!

[PhoenixC]

Always ha d a lot of respect for those little cars after seeing Hannu Mikkola among others giving it the beans on the RAC rally ;D

[alex]

Yeah ive been trying to get more on the car, nice to hear they have been used rallying

Ordered the bushes.

[goldenwonder]

As far as I can remember, there wre 452(ish) brought into britain as rally homoligation specials. There were two types, the 'rally' which had manual windows, no sunroof & double rear spoiler & the 'lux' which did have elec metal sunroof, later ones also had elec windows.
148bhp as standard.
There's one sat in the shed at home-rally style, in works colours & around 220 bhp @ the wheels-soo much fun for the money, great cars