So here it is. The Good the Bad and the Ugly.



Good:

I got a rare tii with a great new paint job and its black. it supposedly has a rebuilt engine with only 6,000 on it. Just about everything works and works reliably. Didn't overheat driving 160 miles to my house. Relatively cheap price.



Bad:

It has 125,000 miles on the odometer. I have to give it some throttle when starting cold. Idle sucks, it jumps around and it doesn't sound consistent. (i think it has a vacum leak somewhere) It has a leak below the oil cooler. doors cant be locked cause no key. 5the gear syncros are going sour.



Ugly:

The outside was hit and paint is chipped on the front left fender. The driver seat is slouching. The windshieldwiper only has one speed, slow but not to slow. the dashboard is tweaked. Many things need glueing.The tint on the hatch windshield is bubbly. Things rattle when moving. One tire is showing on the outside where it should be on the inside. No Carpets.



But all that does not matter. Why? 'Cause its is ******* FAST!!!





Anyways I was wondering if you rotary gods can help me in deciphering what I can do with the Bad and some of the Ugly.



Any input is greatly appreciated.



p.s.: more pics of the car can be seen at Car/sale spot on this forum where I found it. I bought it from sirrelix .









Thanks. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683473.gif

Interesting. I hope you have a lot of aspirin.

dramon shut up,

congrats on the new purchase, and welcome! it seems that you have some common minor problems to be attended to on your car. check out the faq sections in the specific forums and do searches if you have a focused problem that you may need advice on. otherwise good luck and post freely.

Sorry, i'm just really pissed off at my car right now. Good luck man.

Looks like a nice car. I always wondered why mazda didn't put the bonnet scoop in the middle of the bonnet. It's to the right as you look at it from the front. Anyone.

Rub it in *******!

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png

The holes for the top mount intercooler and thats how it sits but then again they probably could have moved it center if they wanted.

congrats https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

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i feel your pain man- you've got it a lot easier than i do though. my car has bout all of those problems and then some. you can look at all the things i need in my sig but that really doesnt tell you half the stuff that needs to be done. i'll get some pictures today hopefully when i finally get it to my house.

Ride on.



Just glad to know there are others out there with the same interest in such a magnificent machine.



Im going to be around they forums reading/posting and learning about my car.



Thanks for posting and see ya around.



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Welcome and Good Luck. Now go have some fun.

good luck on the car and contrats

I was looking into buying that car! Is it worth the money? Hope you like it. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/cool.png

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Nice!

Well for me it was ALL worth it.



Can't get over the boooost! its so addicting!



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I skipped the rest of the post but in answer to the "why is the scoop to the side?" question.... Its cause they wanted it (and the intercooler) away from being over the turbo. If you look at alot of TII's with original or even just old paint you will notice the funky oxydation looking marks to the left of the scoop. Its caused by heat.



Just a guess btw. Makes sence to me though https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif

I think its awsome right where it is. It gives the car character and also says to everyone else, "Dont f*** with me https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/angry.png ".

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Nice TII. Good luck with all your problems.