Street Machine

GRAND MAZDA FLASH

- JOHN SAAD

1972 MAZDA RX-3 Colour: HOK Galaxy Grey

MAKIN’ IT MOVE

Engine: 13B Cosmo rotary Intake: Fabricated Ports: Mild ported Turbo: Garrett GT42R ECU: MOTEC M800 Throttlebo­dy: Plazmaman 90mm Injectors: 1900cc Ignition: MOTEC CDI Intercoole­r: Plazmaman Exhaust: 3in Cooling: Plazmaman radiator, twin thermos Preferred fuel: E85 Power: Over 400rwhp

UNDERNEATH

Gearbox: C4 with billet internals Converter: 4800 stall Diff: Mark Williams modular Tailshaft: Mark Williams chrome-moly

STOP & GO

Suspension: QA1 dual adjustable billet coil-overs (f&r); custom double A-arm (f), four-link with Z-bar (r) Steering: Polished Cortina rack Brakes: Wilwood 400mm rotors and six-piston calipers (f&r)

COMFORT ZONE

Trim: Italian Nappa leather Seats: Hand-formed steel sheet Door trims: Leather-trimmed aluminium panels Steering wheel: Billet Specialtie­s Fast Lane Seatbelts: Retractabl­e, seat-integrated Shifter: CS Engineerin­g Gauges: Dakota Digital VFD Tunes: Sony

ROLLING STOCK

Rims: Simmons; 20x7 (f), 22x12 (r) Rubber: Toyo; 215/30/20 (f), 335/25/22 (r)

THANKS

CS Engineerin­g; Custom Bodyworks; Sewtime Interiors; Ontrak Auto Electrical; Oxytech; Al’s Race Glides; Craft Differenti­als; Mr Mifsud Auto Detailing; Pac Performanc­e; JT Performanc­e; Plazmaman; my mates Rob and TJ; special thanks to the family, brothers George, Mick and Nick

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LEFT: The custom seats are all steel. A frame was fabricated from round tubing (incorporat­ing integrated lap-sash belts), then sheeted over. The leathertri­mmed squab is firmly anchored into this shell via hidden fixtures

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