"Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5)
09/15/2014 at 00:14 • Filed to: PROJECT FREE MAZDA
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"Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5)
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As promised I went out and snapped a few pics of the beast.
Kat Callahan
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 00:16 |
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OMG YES!!!
This is the car I learned on, same color, same interior, same trim level. Only my mom's was 1992.
I would totally still rock one.
ly2v8-Brian
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 00:17 |
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Activates the hidden missile launchers.
Sweet Trav
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 00:17 |
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so lemons car?
anothermiatafanboy
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 00:19 |
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The speedometer is rather ambitious, no?
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Sweet Trav
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 00:20 |
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I love how Spartan the looks of 80's Japanese cars are. Especially early mazdas. It's like they designed it to be the most basic shape of a car as is possible.
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Kat Callahan
> anothermiatafanboy
09/15/2014 at 00:21 |
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It'll do it, actually. The thing was surprisingly spry. My mother traded it in for a 2002 (?) Corolla. I think she seriously regrets it.
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Kat Callahan
> Sweet Trav
09/15/2014 at 00:26 |
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Do you need more?
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Sweet Trav
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 00:31 |
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323GTX? I think. Those made brilliant little rally cars.
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Kat Callahan
> Sweet Trav
09/15/2014 at 00:33 |
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Yup. BG8.
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anothermiatafanboy
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 00:49 |
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it'll do 140...? What motor does it have?
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Kat Callahan
> anothermiatafanboy
09/15/2014 at 00:53 |
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1.8 L (1,839 cc) B8 , FI, 16-valve SOHC, 103 hp (77 kW), I think. It depends on where it was sold. 125 hp and 140 hp variations were also available somewhere in some years.
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anothermiatafanboy
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 00:57 |
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140 doesn't seem possible with 100 hp. I'm sure it was peppy. But 140 is no joke for a 4 cylinder car.
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Kat Callahan
> anothermiatafanboy
09/15/2014 at 00:59 |
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Well, I guess I didn't mean it would top out at 140, just that it was, as you say quite peppy. And given that the car came in 140 hp turbo versions with the same speedometer, I think what you're seeing isn't ambition, so much as a cost cutting part sharing.
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anothermiatafanboy
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 01:02 |
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that is a good point I didn't think of.
Socraticsilence
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 01:02 |
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I'm going to speak for everyone just ask the question— what's the switch do? Though I'm sure inevitability the answer is going to be less awesome than our imaginations make it.
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Socraticsilence
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 01:04 |
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This is so the room 101 of switches.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> anothermiatafanboy
09/15/2014 at 01:12 |
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I've only got it up to about 70mph. it will do more maybe 100mph-110mph but yeah 140? not a chance(not with the 4spd auto that's for sure)
this is a 1.6L sohc with 103hp B6 and not the below mentioned B8 1.8L
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 01:14 |
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My buddy had the exact same car in high school except his was a 5spd stick so this car brings back lots of memories from my youth.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Socraticsilence
09/15/2014 at 01:22 |
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The switch? That's for Nitrous!
Actually that would be a lie. I'm having slight issues with the cooling fan not coming on when it should so I now have the fan wired direct on a switch as a temporary fix.
Cornbreadthethird
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 07:44 |
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There was a free 323 changing hands in Albuquerque back when I lived there. Someone on the local forum ended up with it and decided to hand it down to other members. I had the pleasure of taking it down the ol' 1320' one day. I think I ran a 22 something.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Cornbreadthethird
09/15/2014 at 09:36 |
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22 seconds? sounds about right!
Antti Kautonen
> Kat Callahan
09/15/2014 at 10:55 |
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I had one just like this, except manual and JDM/Euro bumpers.
AdmiralAkbar
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/15/2014 at 10:56 |
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I don't know if you plan to drive that through the winter, but I had one of these for snow racing and that short wheel base pivots on a dime when you hit the hand brake. Great little car.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> AdmiralAkbar
09/15/2014 at 12:06 |
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For sure I plan on driving this in the winter. you can really tell that this car is rally car inspired. I love this little shit box.
