Have a chance to pick one of these up for a friendly price.
Anything to watch out for?
TIA
Rog
Have a chance to pick one of these up for a friendly price.
Anything to watch out for?
TIA
Rog
In reply to emodspitfire:
A guy at work has one of these... Coils are stupid expensive....
All I know is that Mazda considered launching a Lexus/Infinity/Acura division with that car, but didn't.
The supercharger WILL E36 M3 the bed, and they're not rebuildable by DIYers.
They have a somewhat complicated and expensive to maintain suspension.
As Noddaz said, coils are pretty expensive. $90-$100 per, and there's six of them. Luckily, it's rare that all 6 will fail at the same time.
A loaded 2.5 V6 non-supercharged Milly is probably a "better" car, but not quite as cool.
They are NOT lean mixture friendly. The Miller cycle supercharger etc will turn a momentary lean condition into a holed piston almost immediately. Otherwise, the big thing we saw was the EGR control solenoids going bad.
please please please put non-miller cycle camshafts in it and see what happens. please.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: The supercharger WILL E36 M3 the bed, and they're not rebuildable by DIYers. They have a somewhat complicated and expensive to maintain suspension. As Noddaz said, coils are pretty expensive. $90-$100 per, and there's six of them. Luckily, it's rare that all 6 will fail at the same time. A loaded 2.5 V6 non-supercharged Milly is probably a "better" car, but not quite as cool.
My guy here was quoted something like $185 each... 
noddaz wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: The supercharger WILL E36 M3 the bed, and they're not rebuildable by DIYers. They have a somewhat complicated and expensive to maintain suspension. As Noddaz said, coils are pretty expensive. $90-$100 per, and there's six of them. Luckily, it's rare that all 6 will fail at the same time. A loaded 2.5 V6 non-supercharged Milly is probably a "better" car, but not quite as cool.My guy here was quoted something like $185 each...
Your guy needs to start getting his own quotes using the internet. 
They are VERY sensitive to vacuum leaks, and have a bajillion vacuum lines. I was also a little disappointed by the power. I expected a supercharged V6 to be faster.
a 2.3 liter one, that only opens it's intake valves for like 15 degrees? how fast did you expect.
16vCorey wrote: They are VERY sensitive to vacuum leaks, and have a bajillion vacuum lines. I was also a little disappointed by the power. I expected a supercharged V6 to be faster.
i thought it wasn't supercharged for power, but for efficiency as part of the miller cycle?
as such, the 2.5 n/a would not be a miller cycle, but regular old otto cycle, as the supercharger is part of the "system"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_cycle
edit: i've heard they aren't all that efficient either...
Keep in mind even though it's supercharged it's a whopping 2.3 liters hauling around a pretty sizeable car. I always liked Millenias, nice car. A bit more pimpalicious than I want, but still a nice ride.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:noddaz wrote:Your guy needs to start getting his own quotes using the internet.92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: The supercharger WILL E36 M3 the bed, and they're not rebuildable by DIYers. They have a somewhat complicated and expensive to maintain suspension. As Noddaz said, coils are pretty expensive. $90-$100 per, and there's six of them. Luckily, it's rare that all 6 will fail at the same time. A loaded 2.5 V6 non-supercharged Milly is probably a "better" car, but not quite as cool.My guy here was quoted something like $185 each...
Starting at $90 and change on Rockauto - not that bad
They may be the least Grassroots-friendly car ever!
1) Big, heavy, FWD sedan, with a few model-specific dimensions that prevent easy interchanges for chassis improvements.
2) A physically big, small-displacement engine whose supercharger is near the air limit already.
3) All of them are automatics, and the only manual swap available can barely take stock power, let alone improved output.
4) Lots of 15-year-old model-specific parts from a manufacturer who'd rather forget that they made this car.
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