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I did a quick ebay search and it seems like nothing is really available except for the cold air intakes and vct deletes.
What upgrades are y'all doing now days ?
What upgrades are y'all doing now days ?
Are there still people upgrading ?
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I wouldn't consider a VCT delete an upgrade unless you're putting in some serious cams.
You are correct that a lot of parts are drying up, I had been collecting as many as I can before they disappeared.
Rear disc brake swaps have never been easier thanks to the adapters that bolt onto the drum brake spindles by KAInjection.
People are still turbocharging these engines.
You can still get parts for the engines out of the UK as they are still pretty popular there.
Most everything else is coming across used or NOS parts, though I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting. Of course there's always full custom parts too.
I believe body kits are still available from wings west if you're into that.
You are correct that a lot of parts are drying up, I had been collecting as many as I can before they disappeared.
Rear disc brake swaps have never been easier thanks to the adapters that bolt onto the drum brake spindles by KAInjection.
People are still turbocharging these engines.
You can still get parts for the engines out of the UK as they are still pretty popular there.
Most everything else is coming across used or NOS parts, though I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting. Of course there's always full custom parts too.
I believe body kits are still available from wings west if you're into that.
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I ave tons of parts and some spares. I was just looking at the market and seen no headers anymore or anything. I missed the rear disc swap era. In my day everyone was grabbing E-gt and S/r rear subframes.
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What rotors and calipers are needed with the rear disc brackets ? Got any info on this ?
I have my parts list compiled over on evilzx2s, but I will copy it here as well.
This could definitely be done cheaper, but I did this using 100% new parts using Ford/Mazda parts when possible. Rockauto also would not ship to me at the time.
This could definitely be done cheaper, but I did this using 100% new parts using Ford/Mazda parts when possible. Rockauto also would not ship to me at the time.
Using 100% new parts, I successfully completed a rear disc brake swap on my ZX2 about a year ago.
Rear Discs/Pads
EBC-GD639 Slotted and Dimpled rotors $77.91
PWR-Z23-636 $45.99
Rear Calipers
Motorcraft 45553 / 45554 Reman (found out the hard way these were so cheap because they don't come with the mounting brackets) $100.99
Rear Caliper Mounting Brackets
Cardone 14-1087 Reman x 2 $57.98
Rear Caliper mounting bolts and bracket
KAInjection disc conversion brackets $90.00 (With $10 off coupon)
Rear Disc Parking Brake lines
AGB-BC95726 $23.99
AGB-BC95730 $23.99
Stainless Braided Lines w/ Rear Discs
Techna-Fit FOR-1910 $117.41
Hyundai Sonata Rear Disc Proportioning Valves (Have not tested these yet, shout out to ford74 for discovering these would work)
58775-36900 x2 $55.60
Caliper Slide Pins
Wearever Disc Brake Caliper Guide Pin Kit Part # 14100 x2 $27.98
Mazda 323 Parking Brake Cable Brackets (These did not seem to fully work as explained below)
BW0H26861 $15.36
BW0H26851 $15.36
2 of these bolts from Mazda
BW0H26680 $6.30
Have not swapped the prop valves in yet, might do this while I am dropping my transmission and installing coilovers.
Lastly I did notice that my brake clips did not really seem to work with the parking brake mounting bracket, but so far I have not had any issues, and I frequently used my hand brake to get the car to rotate during the winter on snowy days as all the car wanted to do was understeer.
I did forget to get splash shields for the backs of the rotors, I also should have painted the calipers before installation. I had incorrectly assumed they were coated, ended up getting rusty pretty quick.
Note that in my photos I had the right rotor on the left side, I did get these switched to their correct placement before I finished.
I also have a matching set of EBC rotors and powerstop Z23 pads in the front. I may end up going with another pad, but these have worked just fine for me, and can definitely lock up the tires.
Rear Discs/Pads
EBC-GD639 Slotted and Dimpled rotors $77.91
PWR-Z23-636 $45.99
Rear Calipers
Motorcraft 45553 / 45554 Reman (found out the hard way these were so cheap because they don't come with the mounting brackets) $100.99
Rear Caliper Mounting Brackets
Cardone 14-1087 Reman x 2 $57.98
Rear Caliper mounting bolts and bracket
KAInjection disc conversion brackets $90.00 (With $10 off coupon)
Rear Disc Parking Brake lines
AGB-BC95726 $23.99
AGB-BC95730 $23.99
Stainless Braided Lines w/ Rear Discs
Techna-Fit FOR-1910 $117.41
Hyundai Sonata Rear Disc Proportioning Valves (Have not tested these yet, shout out to ford74 for discovering these would work)
58775-36900 x2 $55.60
Caliper Slide Pins
Wearever Disc Brake Caliper Guide Pin Kit Part # 14100 x2 $27.98
Mazda 323 Parking Brake Cable Brackets (These did not seem to fully work as explained below)
BW0H26861 $15.36
BW0H26851 $15.36
2 of these bolts from Mazda
BW0H26680 $6.30
Have not swapped the prop valves in yet, might do this while I am dropping my transmission and installing coilovers.
Lastly I did notice that my brake clips did not really seem to work with the parking brake mounting bracket, but so far I have not had any issues, and I frequently used my hand brake to get the car to rotate during the winter on snowy days as all the car wanted to do was understeer.
I did forget to get splash shields for the backs of the rotors, I also should have painted the calipers before installation. I had incorrectly assumed they were coated, ended up getting rusty pretty quick.
Note that in my photos I had the right rotor on the left side, I did get these switched to their correct placement before I finished.
I also have a matching set of EBC rotors and powerstop Z23 pads in the front. I may end up going with another pad, but these have worked just fine for me, and can definitely lock up the tires.
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I think I remember vaguely your trouble with Rockauto's lack of shipping. Why did they not ship to you back then, and is it resolved now?
Hmm, I thought I replied to this already. Had to do with local counties having their own sales tax on out of state sales, so it wasn't just one simple tax rate to ship to Colorado. They would ship to certain zip codes to counties that did not have a "home rule" tax, but I wasn't in any of those. I think Colorado has since passed a simplified tax/fee for sellers like Rockauto which is why they will ship to me now.
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Thanks, that sounds familiar now.
It seems ridiculous that individual counties have different sales taxes, but I remember encountering that in Washington state some years ago.
It seems ridiculous that individual counties have different sales taxes, but I remember encountering that in Washington state some years ago.
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Yeah, these cars are in calm waters at this point. Nothing good out there anymore. You gotta either try something that hasn’t been done or sit and wait till something nice comes up for sale.
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in wa, we tax the taxes that are taxed. then spend recklessly and then impose more taxes.
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Nothing like compound taxation to warm the heart of a politician with lots of wonderful ideas to fund!
The same ones you would use with any rear disc conversion on these cars.
It's on my previous reply that you liked under the "spoiler" tag, click that and it will reveal my list. As I mentioned the only thing I didn't get was the dust shield that goes behind the rotor if that's important to you. Good luck with the build! Keep us posted
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