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Behold my 17-year-old self, customizing and rolling around in my sweet Sunfire!
I purchased the car in 2003 from the Mazda of Knoxville dealer. The 1st modification I did were the wheels, the 2nd was lowering springs. Next, I spray painted the interior dash, and it took off from there. I started with a homemade hood because I couldn't afford the real carbon fiber one just yet. This was a budget build project car, with small modifications made each year. Now more than 15 years in, the time and work added up to a highly modified car.
1st owner bought it in Knoxville TN and sold it back to the dealership in 2003.
Clean accident report - I never had notice any structural damage. I only have a few dings and scrapes
Super Street is the biggest influencer for this car. Early 2001 editions especially. Then the forums pages as Probe Addiction, mx6.com forums, Facebook pages and more. The Fast and The Furious just backed it up.
The local performance shops that supported the build. Racing Innovations was a great place to go get sport compact/import tuner advice and parts up till 2010 before they closed their doors. Chris and Harry where they guys to talk to. Knoxville also has Performance Products which is still around.
Race Shop was it a shopping center in West Knoxville.
eBay has been my number 1 go to for rare parts. Search it daily. Been shopping on it since 2006. Some hit or miss on good parts, make sure you read the description! Don't rely on photos only.
Amazon, Advance Auto, and O'reilly Auto Parts have been good for new purchases on parts and maintenance. Facebook marketplace is ok, had some good and bad purchases.
No Dyno results? Around the early 2000, Dyno's didn't seem popular at the time for the car culture scene I grew up in. There were only a few shops around that had Dynos and they were pricey. It was more about making it look like not a bad way to spend 10,000 under the hood without doing it. I have enjoyed testing performance parts out, seeing if there is a gain or lost in feeling. I don't need a computer to tell me that.
Project time line of recently old projects
December 2022 Air Filter Heat Shield by Password:JDM
November 2022 Aluminum Coolant Swirlpot
October 2022 Weapon R coolant tank
September 2022 GTS Headlight Covers on J-Specs TURBOSMART SUPERSONIC type 3
August 2022 Turn/Parking and high beams JDM lights
June 2022 New Nitrous Purge setup
May 2022 Wiper Motor Cover CF
April 2022 NueSpeed Billet dress up cap
March & April 2022 SARD R2D2 type 2
February and March - New modifying King6Fab seat brackets
October to current Tuner Barn Find Motor
February 2022 Leather interion upgrade
January 2022 Fail Nitrous bottle placement
December 2021 Billet Oil Cap
November 2021 exile autoworkx powder coating
September .2021 Tuner Barn Find Motor
August 2021 HKS 1st Gen Sequential BOV
July 2021 clutch slave cylinder mods!
June2021 Exile AutoWorkx oil catch can
May 2021 HID Projector fog lights and SCF CF Fog light Bezels
CF Door Handle Bezel and CF Mirror Mount Covers
Aril 2021 KL Wire covers by Exile Autoworx
February 2021 Carbon Fiber Steering Column Skin By Fazda Fiberz
Front Strut Bar Polish Aluminum finish.
January 2021 Fazda Fiber CF Air Intake Covers installed.
Christmas 2020 - Braum racing seats installed!
December 2020 Fazda-Fiberz Cup holder skin. Finished the install
11/25 Subs and amp project
History video notes:
Video of the Tuna's website showing all of the Mods done the car.
Have a seprete video for trophies.
Videos of me driving around in it . talking about it.
4th of july video at oreillye - oreilly fanken stine
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