This certain Mazda is one of the few new Mazda’s that have a modifiable base. Coming out with a 2.3L 4 Cylinder Turbo motor and with the modern interior its also a very luxurious car.
And with small adjustments to the suspension and wheel setup, it definitely turns this car into a nicely styled hatch.
This hatch looks good everywhere it goes, and its good to see that manufactures like Mazda and the likes are still producing these types of cars to this day.
This S14 may seem familiar to the right eyes. This particular car has a good history here between friends and its still kept in an immaculate condition just like how the first owner had built it. It now sports more of a street friendly outfit.
The line up of Vertex, GP Sports, BN has changed to a more subtle OEM aero bumpers and side. Keeping with the simple additives of GP Sports roof and boot spoilers and BN Sports Bonnet and still sitting on Blitz 03′s, It looks at home on the street.
With the suspension setup being full of Tein, Cusco, Part Shop Max parts, everything is well balanced.
The body is very good with very few k’s, and with the rigidness helped by a bolt-in 5pt. cage, Bride and Nardi everything is accounted for in a well built car.
Seeing as I havn’t been taking photos so much recently, I took the opportunity to experiment with some night shots.
Have a back log of photos that I havnt posted up so will slowly go through them every now and again.
Full Gallery Here:
A cool shot of Mark from Team Blink in his SR Powered E70 and Dan in his R33 from Taupo last sunday
Photo Credit to Glen Perry
So, it’s been a while since the last update but here’s something to finally show for it!
Thanks Mittle for lending me his camera for this shot!
Wheels are on and guards were beaten.
I swapped the tyres over from the 7J Hayashis onto the 8.5J Superstars which was abit heated.
Need to buy 195/45 for the rear as it rubs on 185/60.
Still need to bolt my passenger seat in and do something about the inner skins on the rear guards and then go for a cert. Will see how it turns out over summer but for now Im pretty stoked.
My Zenki Front lip is also being fixed up to be put on which will pretty much finish the exterior look. Would love a goodline bumper down the track though.
Anyway, hope to get onto the manual rack conversion soon to install my AJPS super lock spacer and get my lower arms lengthened. Then hopefully test it all out early next year.
Big thanks goes out to Ressa in Beaurepaires Albany for the use of his shop during the weekend and Dillon for helping me out in time of need, one of my 185/60′s decided to make friends with the inner guard and the punctured the sidewall so lent me a hammer and his 9J Mk II’s.
Hopefully I have time to do some photo taking over the summer. Been lacking lately.
Keisuke
Not many updates recently as Ive been busy working on the car to get it road worthy for December.
But here something that is worth posting!
With a big list of things to do, I can finally tick one thing off! In the process of getting new cap screws and will need to drill holes for them to go through so then I can finally bolt it all together and get a tyre on there. Thanks to Dillon who machined the old lips off for me at his work, the new lips slide on perfectly!
Running 185/55/14 RE-01 Potenzas for the front on the 14×8.5J -22 Superstars.
For the rear I am trying to find some 195/45/14 but will come in time! Have some old grid II 185/60′s to go on for now.
Hopefully it fits well with abit of guard work, also in process of converting to manual rack with an added lock spacer and making some mount for the Brix on the passengers side.
Keisuke
Thanks to Max from Zeroclass for coming down for the trackday!
I only just noticed on this photo how much lock I was actually getting…
Even with a Power Steering Rack, with the Billspeer Knuckles installed and a good alignment, the amount of lock I was getting was awesome!
Now time for Manual Rack Conversion to get a Little bit more out of the 86!
Need to also find a 4.556 Final gear which will make it abit more fun and a little easier on the clutch haha.
Check Beeoneoneoh for more awesome photos from the day!
Happy 86 day to all.
I have always wanted to organize a 86 only track day in NZ and seeing as my 86 was finally here from Japan I thought I would give it a go this year and what a day it turned out to be!
Thanks to Chris “Picket” Howard from Zero Class, we were able to book out Taupo Track 3 which is a very nice small technical track for NZ standards so was perfectly suited for underpowered cars, but what helped us on the day was the rain… Well it helped me anyway! haha
There were a lot of media there so please stay tuned for Pictures and Videos from the day popping up
Olly Jepson @ Taupaki Drift Club
Max Fouhy @ Zero Class
I was busy driving so I think I took 2 photos on the way home haha but having pictures like this makes it all worth it:
Thanks to Chris Cain for the Photo
I would also like to thank Adam, Mark, Matt, Harry, Chris, Ressa, Adam, Daniel and Nick for helping me get this car ready for this day! Hope everyone had as much fun as I did!
I can’t wait for this weekend! I hope everyone has an awesome 86 Weekend as we are going to in NZ!
