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T2urtle

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i see this as a gateway drug to bigger and better things. turbos and v6 or v8 swap at the age of 21
 

Arkaign

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Originally posted by: CRXican
props to you

I would have pushed it off a cliff

Well, it's a pretty good little runabout. ~2400lbs for the ZX2, combined with a 130hp motor add up to a better straight-line performer than Mazda3 2.0 and 2.3 models (no shit, really!). Amazing what 600lbs of difference in weight does.

It's also a Mazda B-Platform product, and is a bit better platform than the preceding Escorts as well as the Cadavalier. It's not up to Honda/Toyota standards, nor even on par with current Cobalt/Focus, but for what it is, it's a pretty decent deal.

Serious props to the OP for completing such a project. The G5M is *much* better tranny than the crap F-4EAT.
 

BlackTigers

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Originally posted by: T2urtle
i see this as a gateway drug to bigger and better things. turbos and v6 or v8 swap at the age of 21

That's exactly what my dad said. Maybe....I'll see. =]


I've got a header and the cat delete sitting here, and I've got a chip on order.