GregoryRyan
Supporting Member
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- Jul 22, 2013
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Millstadt,
Illinois
April 24th 2020
Over the past couple years I have had some 2gs come and go, between bad luck with engine builds, rusted out floor pans or rotted out rockers and strut towers each of them has either needed to be parted out or the chassis just wasn't where I wanted it to be to build on. Either way I came across a deal an hour and a half from my house I just couldn't pass up, and after a day or two of back and forth and what felt like an eternity the car showed up in front of my house. So lets break it down...
Pros:
-Runs and drives
-Rust free shell
-Allegedly had a JDM 4G63 installed a couple years back along with a bunch of maintenance like brakes, timing components etc. Receipts were all provided and work was done by a Mazda dealership. Honestly not sure if this is a pro or con yet.
-Cheap
Cons:
-Leaking coolant
-Body needs lots of love
-Dirty as hell
-Still probably needs a decent amount of maintenance love
-Automatic
-Ugly
So here she is and here's to the start of a what I hope to be long term build. All please welcome what my coworker dubbed as the "Yellow Banana"!
Over the past couple years I have had some 2gs come and go, between bad luck with engine builds, rusted out floor pans or rotted out rockers and strut towers each of them has either needed to be parted out or the chassis just wasn't where I wanted it to be to build on. Either way I came across a deal an hour and a half from my house I just couldn't pass up, and after a day or two of back and forth and what felt like an eternity the car showed up in front of my house. So lets break it down...
Pros:
-Runs and drives
-Rust free shell
-Allegedly had a JDM 4G63 installed a couple years back along with a bunch of maintenance like brakes, timing components etc. Receipts were all provided and work was done by a Mazda dealership. Honestly not sure if this is a pro or con yet.
-Cheap
Cons:
-Leaking coolant
-Body needs lots of love
-Dirty as hell
-Still probably needs a decent amount of maintenance love
-Automatic
-Ugly
So here she is and here's to the start of a what I hope to be long term build. All please welcome what my coworker dubbed as the "Yellow Banana"!
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