Adib's 87 Turbo II Ls/T56 Build

[Adibee]

Hi every its been almost 2 years (Cant believe it but my first post was in 2012) I had my car sitting at a friend's garage waiting for a transplant. I was pretty  excited to put in a LT1 in it when I got it but after that life happened and it was just sitting collecting dust. There were few times I contemplated selling her, but I always made that a last option. This car has a sentimental value as my dad had a mazda growing up and the interior is nostalgic, takes me back to the good old care free days. After all the ups and downs and being broke I finally had the chance to try to think about bringing her back to life.

    This time it was'nt an LT1 but a LS1 with a t56, which I always wanted. After scouring the internet  I got a really good deal and bought the whole setup. Soon after that got the ronin mounts and other stuff. I will post updates here on all the things we are doing to make the magic happen. Hopefully the car will be ready by next spring, in the mean time its going to be parts shopping all the time lol.

Here are some initial pics of the car from 2 years ago:


Bring her down!


Gonna be her place for the next two years..




from few months back awaiting (queue sad music)...

Someone stole the side moldings....


Many times I have thought about rebuilding that

The LS1




Gotta need the AWD to survive here in the winters

[FC3S Murray]

Look forward to seeing this progress. If you need any help don't hesitate to PM me or look in my build thread (lots of good info in largeorangefont's thread as well).

I feel ya in regards to the winters........Montana winter sucks too! Nice Saab!

[Adibee]

Look forward to seeing this progress. If you need any help don't hesitate to PM me or look in my build thread (lots of good info in largeorangefont's thread as well).

I feel ya in regards to the winters........Montana winter sucks too! Nice Saab!

Thank you for the offer! I went through your build and wow you got a beautiful car!Still gathering parts from everywhere . Winters gonna be a real pain here too this year., so the Saabaru will be helpful. Its my first year with an AWD so pretty  excited lol.

[FC3S Murray]

No problem and thank you for the kind compliment!

[Adibee]

The car has is still under surgery and I thought I would post up some more updates on it. Decided to go bigger CAMs, which I feel like really pushed back the time it is taking and also gathering parts was another one.

Pulled out the Old Turbo Keg





 Got a somewhat ok cams nothing too big as I want to be able to daily drive this car too. Still some may say the cams are a tad bigger for street use.





Since I decided to go bigger Cams we decided it was better off to get new gaskets and seals and lifters etc as it will be easier to change it now than later.

 



Heads Cleaned












 Also the previous owner of the T56 mentioned that the third and 4th grind so had to rebuild it too.



Ugly

[FC3S Murray]

Ugly BUT soon to be awesome! 

[Adibee]

Here are some more pics of the build, it's been truly a roller coaster ride:





All Ready to be put in


Getting in



Finally...






Integra Speedo swap


First startup last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaqOYkmFx7Y

[Adibee]

It's been a while I updated this post, car has been completely done. Took it to the track few months back, it was scary first time driving this car in the track. Initially I hated the MGW shifter with a passion but it's growing on me now.

Here are some pics:



Changed the S4 lights to S5










Pics at the track