Turbo Rotary Mazda Minitruck Build
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boo for gay ass winter
yep. took the truck to the scrap yard yesterday...
u dont have to do a whole of searching when u have every page bookmarked..
un win...
winter is killing me. wait til taxes show up...
Its not supposed to get above freezing here this week.I wuv winter.
hehe
hehe
So no updates?
its been so damn cold and i work outside, so i dont hardly wanna go outside when im home lol..
soon...
u would... scumbag haha
only updates i have is that i still dont have a f**king turbo mani. its been a year now that i have been waiting...So no updates?
i have done some work to my new truck though. got the engine built for it and in and it fired right up. just hae a small leak on it to fix then it will be getting bagged for my new daily driver and then hopefully i can get started on the other mazda. i need to have my welder looked at, since it isnt working right and i cant figure out whats wrong with it.
hopefully i get some time this weekend, but it looks like we r gonna have jobs calling in all weekend, so ya.
someday this will pick back up! i havent forgotten about it lol..
ya i could prolly get a few pics of it up.
still isnt running, but i guess thats how it goes...
waiting on taxes....
still isnt running, but i guess thats how it goes...
waiting on taxes....
Sorry I missed your bday... work had the best of me 
ur tellin me....
its cool bro. i understand how the work thing goes...Sorry I missed your bday... work had the best of me
so my "buddy" that is building my turbo mani wont return my calls or texts so i could even get my parts back from the manifold so i can weld them up myself.
my welder broke, so i had ot buy a new one, and it is taking forever to get here, so ya..
i did get a chance to static drop the new mazda and i got new wheels for it but havent got them installed yet.
gonna go and pull off the tint today since the previous owner did a horrible job and it looks like s**t.
other than that, its still not running. i think the block on this engine i just built is faulty also, so i will be ordering a new block or possibly new engine just to get this b***h running..
ahh i wanna see it running sooo bad!
trying to get ahold of the guy that has all my parts for my turbo mani, but he will not return my calls or texts.
as soon as i get it back i will tack it up and take it to a shop to be welded up like i should have done a year ago...
gonna head out to the garage today and do some welding. got my new welder last wee, and havent got to try it out yet..
u know what? ur totally right. i will take a few pics and post em up. got some updates for the other truck that i am getting ready to swap a new engine into.
ill get some pics up this afternoon hopefully lol (ive been saying that forever)
sorry to disappoint!
well, its still winter, but there have been a few nice days, and i have got a lot of work done on both trucks, and i have pics.
the turbo mani deal is still pissing me off since he wont even return my texts or calls so i can get my flanges and bends back from him, so i still wait on that.
but i have made progress, and everything is starting to come together interior wise for the bagged mazda.
anywho, u guys wanted to see the new mazda i got for a daily driver, so here it is.
paid $400 for it with two engines( that i later found out are both s***) and a whole lot of other parts. interior is perfect!
so i got bored and didnt have a welder to work on the other truck, so i decided to static drop this mazda.
3 inch blocks in the rear monoleafed. reindexed torsions in the front and cranked them down...
then i picked up some used tires and wheels, had them sandblasted, then my buddy painted them hot rod red for me. the whitewalls are custom diy and took about thirty minutes a wheel..
also started getting parts to bag this truck also.
slam specialties re7s and an avs 7 switch switchbox.
the direction this truck is headed is that its going to just be bagged. no bodydrop, no shaved anything. but i cant drive around a stock vehicle, so it had to be modded lol...
so every year taxes make me feel like im rich for a month or so, so i get to buy some goodies..
my other welder was broken, so i knew what i was buying first off...
power mig lincoln 140c fully adjustable welder(top of the line 110 welder from lincoln)
so it was time to start working on the custom sheetmetal floor for the mazda in the garage...
ive been searching on how to do this since i have never doen anything even close to this before, and so i decided to stop being a f***ing vagina and just jump in head first and get it done..
also finished my tranny crossmember, but i think i will change it again. im not happy with it even though it will never be seen...
for those of u who care i am using 16 ga for the floor and havent had too many problems with it warping, but it is very difficult to weld to the 1x1 frame that i have made. it seems to penetrate fine, but then snaps right off on my tacks. very weird lol. but i have got it figured out, and damn near fully welded now!
so then i cut out my spacer peices to clear the frame and tacked them in and made sure everything was level as possible. once again, this really wont matter as it will be covered in dynamat and carpet, but i am a perfectionist, and it will bug the hell out of me if it isnt just right...
added the front section...
little more..
so then i pulled it out to weld from the bottom. the ol lady came out to see what i was doing at this point. she asked me if this was the passenger side to which i replied yes it is. she says," u might wanna put a little more bracing down there for my fatass."
i thought that was funny, lol.
anywho, started welding it up making sure i got good penetration to hold a solid weld so i didnt have to worry about my wife falling through the floor on heavy drag sessions lol...
closeup of the weld. i think that'll do eh?
so thats all i have pics of, but i am planning on using a good majority of the stock tranny tunnel, then i will have to pull the cab to full weld everything up and also to finish the bottom side of the frame, but it is coming together nicely.
hope u guys enjoy the updates!
hopefully keep this thing more updated now that there will be progress made!
edit* when did this website start censoring curse words? thats gay as hell...
the turbo mani deal is still pissing me off since he wont even return my texts or calls so i can get my flanges and bends back from him, so i still wait on that.
but i have made progress, and everything is starting to come together interior wise for the bagged mazda.
anywho, u guys wanted to see the new mazda i got for a daily driver, so here it is.
paid $400 for it with two engines( that i later found out are both s***) and a whole lot of other parts. interior is perfect!
so i got bored and didnt have a welder to work on the other truck, so i decided to static drop this mazda.
3 inch blocks in the rear monoleafed. reindexed torsions in the front and cranked them down...
then i picked up some used tires and wheels, had them sandblasted, then my buddy painted them hot rod red for me. the whitewalls are custom diy and took about thirty minutes a wheel..
also started getting parts to bag this truck also.
slam specialties re7s and an avs 7 switch switchbox.
the direction this truck is headed is that its going to just be bagged. no bodydrop, no shaved anything. but i cant drive around a stock vehicle, so it had to be modded lol...
so every year taxes make me feel like im rich for a month or so, so i get to buy some goodies..
my other welder was broken, so i knew what i was buying first off...
power mig lincoln 140c fully adjustable welder(top of the line 110 welder from lincoln)
so it was time to start working on the custom sheetmetal floor for the mazda in the garage...
ive been searching on how to do this since i have never doen anything even close to this before, and so i decided to stop being a f***ing vagina and just jump in head first and get it done..
also finished my tranny crossmember, but i think i will change it again. im not happy with it even though it will never be seen...
for those of u who care i am using 16 ga for the floor and havent had too many problems with it warping, but it is very difficult to weld to the 1x1 frame that i have made. it seems to penetrate fine, but then snaps right off on my tacks. very weird lol. but i have got it figured out, and damn near fully welded now!
so then i cut out my spacer peices to clear the frame and tacked them in and made sure everything was level as possible. once again, this really wont matter as it will be covered in dynamat and carpet, but i am a perfectionist, and it will bug the hell out of me if it isnt just right...
added the front section...
little more..
so then i pulled it out to weld from the bottom. the ol lady came out to see what i was doing at this point. she asked me if this was the passenger side to which i replied yes it is. she says," u might wanna put a little more bracing down there for my fatass."
i thought that was funny, lol.
anywho, started welding it up making sure i got good penetration to hold a solid weld so i didnt have to worry about my wife falling through the floor on heavy drag sessions lol...
closeup of the weld. i think that'll do eh?
so thats all i have pics of, but i am planning on using a good majority of the stock tranny tunnel, then i will have to pull the cab to full weld everything up and also to finish the bottom side of the frame, but it is coming together nicely.
hope u guys enjoy the updates!
hopefully keep this thing more updated now that there will be progress made!
edit* when did this website start censoring curse words? thats gay as hell...
dont truck/cars use corrugated metal in the cab for re-enforced strength? does that make a difference in the overall ability to support your weight and all the interior parts? (i have no experience in this so i could be and most likely talking out of my ass) new truck looks fun 
looking good man! glad to see some new updates on this project.