This is my daily driver. After I had destroyed a section of I-40 with my Toyota Tacoma, I bought this Forenza for $5500 with the insurance check. It has 33,000 miles as of 3-9-09. I really like the simplicity of this car, and I've been doing some modifications to make it more fun and fuel efficient.
Newly reworked headlights- black to match the car
Look close for the blue bulbs.
Fully debadged rear end
This cold air intake was made for a Honda Civic. With some modification it fits nicely. It makes the engine sound good, and hopefully will make better gas milage. In this picture you can see where I've insulated the incoming A/C line to get colder air.
I had to cut the sensor wires out of the harness so it would reach over to the pre-existing hole on the intake. Then I had to find a longer 5/8" hose to reconnect the pcv. You can't really see it here, but I've disconnected the throttle boby coolant lines and bypassed them. I don't really see why I would need coolant to warm up the throttle body since it doesn't get too cold here.
I now have a catch can for the intake.
Throttle boby port and polish
Stiffened motor mounts-- yeah, they're a little messy, but they work well.
Here's the stock exhaust. The guy at Midas said this was 40lbs off the car.
The new exhaust is 2.25" from the cat to the tailpipe. The muffler is a Magnaflow straight thru design. I had them install a glass pack to dampen the sound. It sounds really good; it's not too loud, and it doesn't sound like a Honda fart can.
Factory Gauges
This is my most recent gauge setup. I made the white faces.
The gauges at night
Stock interior except for the gauges and the shifter knob
Richbrook shifter knob
Here is the Kinky Motorsports race header. I sold it to another Forenza owner.
Future Plans:
True CAI
Front and rear sway bars a
Strut braces
Window Tint a
Apex lowering springs
Haulin' wood-- You can see the headlights before I painted them.
Update:
New 16" MB wheels, BMS anti-sway bars, and window tint have been installed.
It just needs to be lowered.
Rear sway bar
The stock sway bars were crap. The end links were made of plastic!
The front sway bar. The support member has to be dropped to switch this out.
recent hood prop install
I finally got her shined up a little.
