1990 Mazda 323 GTi

[Bioshock]

Hi
Thought I'd whack up some pics of 'Alf' my 323 GTI
These are one of the forgotton 'Hot Hatch' brigade.
It's the 1.8 16V twin cam with forged crank and oil sprayed pistons, but is a very rare pre cat JDM BP spec, with a more aggressive BP22 inlet cam and high comp pistons with H beam rods. 74,000 miles on the clock with a full service history from new.
It has a few scrapes ( the previous owner gave up driving at 85 and he had had it for 22 years!)But its just cosmetic.
I'm torn between uprating everything or keeping it standard. It's believed this could be the only pre cat GT in the UK, but is never going to be as sought after, as say an RS Turbo so we'll see.
Cheers
Daz.

Edited by Bioshock on Wednesday 24th April 00:20

[waynedear]

What a cracking car, keep your RS Turbo, i will have an 'Alf' please..

[Leins]

That's fantastic OP. I would definitely look at keeping it standard though, it just seems too rare to mess with

[Liquid Tuna]

Yes, keep it standard!!!!

[Matt777]

Excellent - I agree with keeping it original. With a bit of work, you could have a show car on your hands

[tinkertaylor]

You need to keep that stock. I also agree that it could be a potential show car. Very cool.

[DubZeus]

Very cool, restore to standard.

[myles1972]

Slammed on 19s, you should be able to fibreglass some forest arches on that too! Top off with a flamer kit.

Seriously though, it deserves keeping standard, then it'll pay you back some day.

[Alexlfc]

My mates swift sport next to you in the first pic

Looks tidy, nice one

[F1GTRUeno]

Seriously agree with those saying keep it standard. Far too many Japanese hot hatches, sportscars, rally specials, etc have been modified beyond belief.

Such a rare thing in such good nick deserves to be kept exactly that way.

Love things like this.

[deltashad]

Sorry shes a minger.
The older model with 4wd and a turbo was uber cool. Shoot me down but i think its horrible.

[Shenanigans]

Alexlfc said:

My mates swift sport next to you in the first pic

Looks tidy, nice one

Thomas Jackson by any chance? :P


Really nice OP! First one iv seen

[mazdaman323]

HI Bioshock, i have one of these in black! lol. it needs alot of work which i am currently undertaking. please could you send me a pic of your thermostat housing sensors?

Cheers

[sjabrown]

Keep that standard please. It'll never be a mainstream classic but will always attract attention. Any 323s of that era are rare now.

[GregK2]

Not currently Taxed or MOT'd OP has long disappeared