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The custom aluminum mounts for the FMIC came out decent. They're much sturdier than the crappy hardware that comes with the kit:

I said fook it and ordered a new radiator core from Summit. I added a tube of RTV to the order to get it over the amount for free shipping (minus the bulk order fee) and saved myself about $10, lulz. It came in the other day looking brandy new, but I have to cut a chunk out of the passenger...

Yeah, i've been searching for them online, but a lot of places are out of stock or want more than the price of it for shipping. $80 + $125 shipping is craaaazy. I'm just wondering if it's safe to epoxy the hell out the broken pieces at the bottom for now until I get the money from Walmart (and...

I finally fixed the three bolts I snapped off, bought a m10 x 1.25mm thread chaser to clean up the threads on top of the rear diff mount, and a m8 x 1.25mm thread chaser to finish clearing the bolt between the underbody/rear seat. I also got longer bolts/washers/locking nuts to secure up the...

It sounds metallic, did you lube up the internals/o-rings before reinstalling it?

Holy crap man, glad you're all right!

So I also stripped the two bolts on the passenger side trailing arm bracket. I drilled through the first one and it snapped the welded on nut inside the car when using the bolt extractor. The bolt is still stuck in the hole, so I'm going to pick up a 7/8" metal drill bit and drill a hole under...

So while the rear subframe is out, I decided to use some Rustoleum reform/seal/black spray paint on it to make it pretty, also installed the new front/rear diff mounts and rear swaybar. I also had a hell of a time with the bolt stuck in the top of the rear diff, but finally it decided to come...

I went to install the front/rear diff mounts and rear swaybar yesterday, and the very last bolt on the top of the diff snapped off. fuuuuuuuuudge. So today, I dropped the rear subframe and got the front diff mount/rear swaybar set into place w/ the steeda endlinks, and need to find someone at...

The walmart claims dept sent a form for me to fill out, i sent them the pictures from above with the damage along with links to the parts/prices, mentioned I would fix it (free labor), but they haven't gotten back to me yet. I'm assuming that's a good sign, probably still under review on their...

Thanks for adding some old school build pics! I'm only questionable about the turbo, cuz Chris told me in private it wasn't as big as he told others it was. I might take it out and measure it, but doesn't really matter anyway. I'm going to try to install the front/rear diff mounts this...

So, took the front clip off and found they hit it pretty hard. They hit the bolt on the ramp hard enough to push the fmic back into the radiator core support (broken), and into the bottom of the radiator, which now leaks.. pics included.

Well, I took it up to Walmart to get the tires mounted (since I bought them through walmart.com), and they put a hole in the front mount intercooler trying to get it onto their ramps (since both their lifts are down). ARGH! Oh well, new intercooler coming soon as well :/

Most of these are older parts and were installed on the car around 2015-2016'ish, but the car sat for about 8 years and I'm finally now getting back to it. I still have a few of the parts in the garage I need to install (wot box, diff mounts, rear sway bar, etc), but I have it back up and...

Car: 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 (Liquid Platinum Metallic) Motor: From Downmented: (RUNNING) - Speed Perf6rmanc3 built long block - Bored .20 over - Custom Wiseco 10.6:1 Compression pistons - Manley I-Beam rods - 11mm H11 head studs/ stock head gasket - Keyed Crank/ pinned cams - Stock camshafts with...

I finished up the camber arms and new shock (H&R Street Coilovers) on the passenger side, but had a bit too much camber on them, so need to adjust them tomorrow. I installed the filter on the PRV, so the CS e85 fuel pump kit is now fully installed. I also put in the new rear calipers.. pretty...

I planned to do camber arms and rear shocks today (already had the springs in a month ago). What a pain in the D-hole! I was able to get one side done, but getting to those bolts is ridiculous! I found I could get to two of them with the box end of a wrench, but the other one took a short...

I took out all of the fuel lines, measured, and ordered 25ft of fuel line from Evil Energy: EVIL ENERGY Fuel Injection Hose Fuel Hose Line SAE 30R9 This is rubber hose, but inside has FKM, so I can still use all of the AN fittings and not the specialized ones from PTFE lines (which I hear is a...

I replaced the fuel tank recalled rings, upper + gasket and the lower rings (which are a PITA) today, and drew a pretty little picture of all of the fuel lines I need to replace with e85 ready PTFE lines (3/8" -6AN). I'll pull all of the lines next weekend, measure and order the new ones. I...

Fuel pump internals from CS installed and verified no fuel leaks, quick rev and i saw 1872 on the AP, good to go! I got the flu/covid shot yesterday, so I'm relaxing the rest of the day. :D