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This is my ride, i picked her up for $2,200 in Feb 2004. Coming soon: Fe-DOHC...Yeah BABY!

Sprayed front and rear calipers

Sports Clutch - Mazda MX5/2nd Gen MX6 Gearbox (was in car when i purchased so not too sure)

HKS Super Fire Spark Plugs - Top Gun 8.0mm Leads

2.5" Straight Through with 3" Chrome Dump Tip

Tinted Tail Lights, Slim Plates, MTEC Titanium Windscreen Wipers

Rebuilt - Shaved for lowered compression - Ported & Polished

K&N Hi-Flow Pod Filter

Aftermarket Wheel - Aftermarket Shifter - Monza Racing Pedals

15" TX5 Turbo Alloys

Kenwood KDC-2023 Headunit - Kenwood 4" 3-way components (w/tweeters)in-dash - Clarion 6x9" 220watt 3-way's in parcel shelf, 1200 watt 5 channel Boss Audio BA5000 Amp, 15" Phoenix Gold sub

Low Kingsprings - Standard Shockers

They'll come some day...i hope :)

ur car must have at least 140kw at the wheels, those hub caps alone would be 50-60kw hahaha, nah, nice car
if ur planning to convert to turbs, i wouldnt bother with ur car, ,you'd be best off selling yours and buying a factory turbo.........

Looks good, wanna swap stereo's?? Yeah I agree with EVLTX5, those hub caps have gotta go.

Even spraying the standard steelie silver would look better.

To do the conversion, you'r best bet is to buy a half cut. You can speak to Blinky Blitz, cause he's done the conversion to his Ghia.

By the way, tell me what you think of mine

hey man,i had a non turbo and got mine converted.for real man dont do it too much cash.i ended up buying a half cut for $2500 and then it cost me 3000 to get it put in. everything is different g'box,c.v's even the wiring i bought a micro tech ecu coz it was cheaper than gettin a sparky to re-wire the bitch. any ways man check mine out. later bro.

i agree with you guys, there really isnt much point in converting to turbo when you can score yourself a turbo version for maybe an extra k or so if you sell yours. The F2T really isnt any sort of beast you will struggle to get low 13's with it so to do a full conversion it probably just isnt worth it.

nice car tho

hehe yeah i totally agree wit u guyz on the hubcaps, they were on it when i purchased it and i really dont have the cash to fork out for a set of 17's (or rims of any type or size for that matter). ne ideas what to replace them with? yeah i wasnt seriously considering the turbo conv. i just wanted a rough idea of how much it'd cost me. i think im just gonna try and get as much as i can outta the n/a F2 for now, get it runnin as quick as i can n/a. i was thinkin a k'n'n pod filter, bigger injectors, ecu, extractors, cams. u guyz got ne other ideas?

k&n, full 2.5inch exhaust with extractors, cams and a chip to remap fuel and ignition timing on pulp... that will give you a considerable gain i would think low 14's would be possible but it depends on how wild you want to go really as far as the cams are concerned.

thanks for the advice man. low 14's ey? *licks lips* could you give me some rough prices for what each of those will cost...ballpark figures will do...jus wanna rough idea of what i'd be up for. i know it depends on like what cam grind i get, and what sorta extractors and ecu n stuff...

oh and btw, approx how many kw do u think the car'd be atm, with the current mod's, and then with the suggested mod's too? thanks man

yeah, filter , exhaust and extractors and i reakon you'd be flyin,
filter 100 bucks or so
exhaust, 250-300, more if u wanna change the cat
extractors i wouldnt really know, im guessing around the 400 mark......

if u get rims, i suggest getting thinner spokes if u want em to look bigger, i was gonna get flatter rims for mine, but noticed thiner spokes make it look bigger, thats wat i think anyway.....
go to a rims joint, you might find a good pair of second hand rims for cheap if ur lucky, just make sure there not fucked....i picked mine up for only 1000 with new tyres, so its possible
good luck with ur car

thanks for the advice man. yeah those rims on you tx look wikd, got one of the pics of ur ride as my wallpaper

what sorta exhaust mod do you mean? its currently got a 2.5" straight through. im definately gonna get extractors, its an 8% performance increase or something like that i was told.

yeah im definately going to get a set of rims...was my 19th yesterday so hopefully i get lotsa cash to put towards a set of 17's.

i was lookin in Autopro at poddie's. the one i looked at was a K'n'N Hi-Flow one, bout $140 or something like that. i was thinking about one of the K'n'N Typhoon Intake systems, but i figured if i buy a pod filter and some piping i can build a custom one which does pretty much the same thing, for half the price.

on that note, where exactly do i put the pod filter on. cos there's the air box, then there is this silver thing, then there is the passage where the air travels through into the motor. i dont know what the silver thing is, you guys prob do, but i'll get the digi out n take a photo and post it so ya can tell me what i need to do. (if ya dont mind) Thanks

yeah no worriez qiktx5, post away...

i would think that low 14's would be possible but that would probably be with some very aggressive cams resulting in shit all low end and hence reduced drivability, also you fuel consumption will go up substantially and you will need a larger fuel pump, maybe even injectors if they arent the same size as on my engine (turbo version)...

if i were you i would be looking at mid 14's and tune the car for good drivability as well as speed, definately talk about this to whoever you consider getting the cams done...

for now i definately think a pod is a good idea, you will need some sort of a heat shield to try and reduce the amount of hot air being sucked in. All you need to do is undo the black air filter box, unscrew the relevant screws and take off the bottom end too which will just leave you with a AFM opening a four screws. You will need to buy an adaptor (probably around 30 - 50bucks) and then its just a simple matter of throwing it on...

another thing worth considering is getting 3inch hosing (Pirtek have some good stuff, called ultraflex and goes for about 15/meter which is all you need) widen that 2 inch hole in the current airbox and squeeze the piping thru, apply some decent glue and then route the pipe down to the front spoiler like on my car.. then just sort yourself a k&n panel drop in filter.. no way of getting any hot air then... probably the better way to do it on an NA version imho.

btw when you get wheels think light, a smaller diameter will also give you better acceleration, larger higher top end (both will take your speedo out obviously). The lightness will result in a more efficient drivetrain, like maching your flywheel, less torque is used to spin lighter items so you will get i higher percentage of power to the ground albeit small.

cheers

mx68u

its really easy to take the box off, but i would suggest rather than get a air pod ,just simply make a cold air pipe running from your box to the front of the car, and buy a k&n flat filter that slips into the factory box, it will suck just as much air, maybe even more, and stop any chance of hot air going into the engine........... i did it and worked a treat !
cheers

hey guys, thanks for the advice, i will do what i can as i get the money. my mates are all pitching in for my b'day for a new head unit or a monster tacho, so should be good

my mate gave me a link to a forum post on http://www.antrx.com (a nissan enthusiast's site), and a guy on there with a TRX said that the best way would be to put piping from where the stock piping goes from to the box, but get rid of the box and run the piping down to the front bumper, and stick a pod down inside the front bumper...firstly, i cant fit a pod down there, secondly, it could cause potential problems in wet weather (im guessin)

Quite a nice ride, looks like my TX5 but yours will be alot faster than mine. All mine has is 2 inch exhaust and pod filter. Get a pod filter sounds fully sick! mine sounds like a Subaru Impreza.

Hey man, me again with the springs.

How did u get them put in? Did u do it urself cos it would have costed more then $260 to buy them and then get them installed.

thanks!

DanTX5

howz it goin guys, just bought an '88 telstar tx5 ghia, mannual for $1900
interior is sweet with everythin workin fine, runs smooth as aswell. Just wonderin what would be a good start to gettin it goin good. cheers

hey dan,

they guy i bought the car off was a good mate of mine. the car was lowered when i got it, but my mate lowered it by cutting the stock springs. so in order to get a roadworthy, i had to get new springs. my mate's been working with cars for a while, and he knew what he was doing, so he helped me put the new springs in.

im not sure how much it would cost to get them put in by a pro. It took us about 2.5 hrs to do, and we took our time, so im pretty sure you'd just have to pay a mechanic or suspension pro about 2hrs labour to get them put in

hey ehblah,

when modding a car, the thing most people usually start with is the exhaust system. After that, maybe lower it and put a set of rims on it. Then the car will be looking and sounding good.

With modding under the hood, i dont know a lot, but i'd probably start with getting more cold air into the engine, so probably get a cold air intake/induction kit, or make a custom one, or put an aftermarket flat panel pod filter in your standard air box. As to where to go from there, i have no idea. I had a port and polish performed on the head, which upped the performance significantly.

good luck man, EJ

hey man i got the covers from autobarn for 50 bucks each front and 100 for the back.heaps of colours.your car would look sweet with white rims and paint ur wipers white too.l8r bro

hey man thanks, yeah i'm gonna go into autobarn l8er 2day n have a look. i was thinkin about gettin a set of white 17" matrix rims...but then again, i've got no cash...but i've almost got myself a full time job, so i'll have a fair bit of money comin in, so i was thinkin about rims and a new paint job and tinted windows...i may just get it resprayed white, and if i do i'll get a set of white rims

Hey Qik, you still want my old rims??

You can have them for less if you want them

sorry man, i'm having job problems, and i can barely afford petrol at the moment. otherwise i would man, sorry. thanks neways

i read ya profile as i got an 88 tx5 turbo i wanna get moving quickly if anyone has any low cost big power suggestions(if there are such things)please let me know

I keep asking people for advice and then i keep changing my mind about what im going to do, so sorry about that people. i've made my final decision tho.

after some thorough research i've decided to keep my current tx5 and do the J-Spec FE3 Conversion. i've got a pretty rough idea of what it's gonna cost me, and for the price it will be hell worth it for the performance gains i will get. at the same time im going to replace the factory ecu with an aftermarket one, so that the FE3 runs how it's supposed to run, and at tht same time i will replace my injectors with bigger ones (fd rx7 ones most likely) to increase performance even more

FE3 is a much better conversion than the F2, unfortunately you still will have massive issues with your diff if you have decent grip on your tyres... you will still need to upgrade it to a least an F2 version.. which at any rate is still considered rather weak... they wont handle 300hp for very long if you driving hard.

cooked my clutch dude getting it replaced this weekend then no mods for a few months you still going to the all ford day cos i might come depending on financial status

yep i was told that i'd need to replace the diff. i was also told that i'd need a stand alone engine management system as a minimum...is this true? why do i need this? what is it? howcome you said 300hp? 300hp = 21kw i'd need to turbo it to get that kind of figure

210kw*

Nice looking car. looks almost identical to my other TX5. Do the Fe3 but keep the exterior stock. then leave a stupid 16 y/o kid in his crappy VN commodore in the dust.

when i get done with modding the exterior and interior im going to do the FE-DOHC Turbo swap, put a lot of money into it and hopefully get it to run 12's

p.s. my ride beats stock vn's as it is

Mate, a definant improvement over stock. Best $120 bucks your spnet on her yet, hey???

sure was man...now i jus gotta get some decent pics up

p.s. i love these tyres...you know why!

dude you need new pads, you have uneven surface contact by the look of the fotos

nahuh, pads are only 2/3 months old, had a look up close and they're fine

p.s. i just had a look at the fotos and i can see how you might think there is uneven surface contact, but it's just camera angle

Does the 5 stud disc of the 88 to 92 TX5 fit on the 85 to 87 Tx5 or do you have to change alot?

soz not sure dude

hey br u really should colour code ya bumpers. that look sweet all white.

yeah man that's why i did that really dodgy pic in paint for...jus tryin some things out. i was gonna colour code the bumpers when i get a respray, but thats a long way away, so i was thinking about taking off the bumpers and side strips and getting them resprayed, then putting them back on. going to debadge my boot and get that re-sprayed aswell

yeah i think it will look sweet with colour coded bumpers

other than that it looks neat