Just got my first car and I bought a 03 oz rally automatic and would like help/advice
Jul 7, 2022, 08:26 PM
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Just got my first car and I bought a 03 oz rally automatic and would like help/advice
Shes not perfect but shes mine and she runs great
After i painted the grill black/wrapped the mirrors.
It is automatic unfortunately but I love it none the less the only thing that isn't stock are the tail lights and it has after market headers although I don't kno what kind.. I've always wanted a Japanese tuner to teach myself how to work on an engine and create somthing original and somthing that I just can't wait to get in and drive I don't want anything crazy just somthing fun to take to the mountains and to the track every now and then but also daily drive the motor is in good shape as far as I kno it's been well taken care of but it does have 200k miles on it my plans are to start creating content involving the car and travel and my family. Any advice/critism is very welcome 🙏 what can I do to start getting ti know my machine and figure out what I'm dealing with and where to go from there..
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codgi (Jul 11, 2022)
Jul 7, 2022, 09:00 PM
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I'm looking forward to seeing how this project goes.
My advice would be to get yourself a copy of the factory service manual. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be too hard for you to find on the interwebs. Then familiarize yourself with the maintenance schedule. Compare that against what you have proof of being done. Then go to work getting it all caught up where it should be. While you are at it you can be looking for leaks, cracked dust boots, leaking struts/shocks, tire wear (alignment) etc. Once you are confident you have the cars mechanical condition stabilized you can start to really think about where you want to go with it.
If you want to skip ahead to more advanced stuff, ecuflash and tactrix openport 2.0 is what you want to start looking into for ecu tuning.
My advice would be to get yourself a copy of the factory service manual. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be too hard for you to find on the interwebs. Then familiarize yourself with the maintenance schedule. Compare that against what you have proof of being done. Then go to work getting it all caught up where it should be. While you are at it you can be looking for leaks, cracked dust boots, leaking struts/shocks, tire wear (alignment) etc. Once you are confident you have the cars mechanical condition stabilized you can start to really think about where you want to go with it.
If you want to skip ahead to more advanced stuff, ecuflash and tactrix openport 2.0 is what you want to start looking into for ecu tuning.
Jul 10, 2022, 05:06 PM
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Shes not perfect but shes mine and she runs great
After i painted the grill black/wrapped the mirrors.
It is automatic unfortunately but I love it none the less the only thing that isn't stock are the tail lights and it has after market headers although I don't kno what kind.. I've always wanted a Japanese tuner to teach myself how to work on an engine and create somthing original and somthing that I just can't wait to get in and drive I don't want anything crazy just somthing fun to take to the mountains and to the track every now and then but also daily drive the motor is in good shape as far as I kno it's been well taken care of but it does have 200k miles on it my plans are to start creating content involving the car and travel and my family. Any advice/critism is very welcome 🙏 what can I do to start getting ti know my machine and figure out what I'm dealing with and where to go from there..
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