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Member ID: mazda626_nz

Location: nz, NZ

Vehicle Info

1990 Mazda 626

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jun 09, 2009

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Tim’s Mazda 626
“Gold GT”

  • Currently 3.3 /5 Stars.
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I picked up the car and put it all back together again. The respray isn't perfect, you can see bog lines, sand paper scratches and where the clear coat on the bonnet had originally peeled off. However, it is under warranty, the job wasn't suppose to be a showroom finish  and you only notice these things if you look for them....so dont :P

i then decided to hunt down some cheap dynamat, no way i was going to waste money on the RRP. The boot had to be the first thing to try dynamat on. The original factory sound dampener was hard and crumbling, considering it is 19 years old, it was expected. So i scraped and picked what i could off and sprayed some anti rust/primer to help stop the little amount of surface rust i had in the wheel bay. i then applied the dynamat, into the wheel bay as well

mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626

It seemed to quiet things down alittle, the exhuast wisn't annouying at 100KM anymore. So what do you think i did next? stripped out the interior, scraped out all the factory deadener i could from the floor pan and slapped on some dynamat to the roof, sun roof cavity and floor (upto the firewall).

mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626 mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626

Yup, theres even dynamat under the rear seat carpet. While the seats were removed, i went and hired a rug doctor with the upholstery attachment and some chemicals. it seems to have worked well. It only cost me about $85 to do the whole interior and i have some chemicals left over. i'm really impressed with the results.

  mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626

I'm still yet to figure out what to do with the roof liner, it has holes in it and just looks like crap. so i moved onto the outside again, spent $100 on paint and a few other bits. i masked up the bumber strips and painted them, removed the wipers and repainted them black too, replaced the rear wiper fingers just because it was easier to do that than respray it.

mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626mazda626_nz's 1990 Mazda 626

The silver pin stripe fell off 10 min after the photo so i had a professional (i shall call him Darren) install it with some non-repco pin stripping. I also had the same guy slap on some GT stickers on the front fenders and make up a sticker advertising the panel and paint shop for the back. Darren made it perfectlty, it matches the rest of the car and looks like it rooled out of the factory with it already stuck on, quite impressed. As for the dot fade under the bumper strip, it is not being made anymore. however Darren managed to find a close replacement, just the dots are a little bigger and its still EOL, but just like the paint, you wont notice unless you look for it.

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mazda626_nz  

Posted by: mazda626_nz

05/12/2009 04:56PM

Deleted my last comment and replaced it with this one. I'm updating my page and adding more with further updates of whats happening with the car. I've edited the original page and listed a few specs. have a flick through the pages and you'll find some pic's of the engine Blusube

Blusube  

Posted by: Blusube

04/15/2009 03:08AM

Nice should get some engine shots what else you got planned for it? Check out my TX5.

mazda626_nz  

Posted by: mazda626_nz

04/02/2009 10:57AM

it's been a while, i honestly forgot i had the car on this site. thank you for the comments. I still have the car. I've had it 9 years now and there are a few small changes but i wont be updating the pics until i get a repray done to it. the clear coat is coming off. Tempted to lower it or throw a body kit on it but i just cant seem to find a kit i like. @Trusestrikk awsome setup, i love the door pods, it did similar but the pods ar alot smaller. @460ci and anyone else wanting to know, the rims are advanti aztecs shadow chrome.

trusestrikk  

Posted by: trusestrikk

02/04/2005 02:21PM

Nice! Check mine out http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/664629

460ci  

Posted by: 460ci

01/05/2005 01:01PM

Nice clean car!!! Awesome Rims, where di ya get them???

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Location: nz, NZ