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Al
09-06-2005, 12:39 PM
I am just wondering what y'all think of the 1988 Mazda 323 turbo AWD. I have seen only a few of this car and seems like something that would be pretty cool to own. Also, of all the awd cars I have seen, this one doesn't have the markup and cult following like the DSMs.

wikked
09-06-2005, 01:31 PM
Probably because there were only 1,000 or so sold in the states. Can't have a cult following when there's nothing really left I guess :goof

theavenger333
09-06-2005, 05:37 PM
Road Racing is all about those things. they have built like 5

turboZ
09-06-2005, 08:54 PM
I used to have one very fun little car, no prob hangin with gt's with a few minor mods. and off they line they scoot :stare I say if your offered one at the right price take it, youll have the most fun you ever had with such a little car :thumbsup find your self some dirt roads and let er rip!

twicks69
09-06-2005, 10:03 PM
The car is a god of cars produced in the 80's -

There was a cult following, then a few hundred of them have left the earth, to roam the junkyards, and now they are too few to be a cult following.

The cult has just gotten smaller over the years, but there are still die hards out there:

Cars for sale: http://www.sturtevant.com/323GTX/forsale.htm
Yahoo groups site: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/323gtx/


If you find a good one, buy it!!

Al
09-09-2005, 09:28 AM
Holly crap, I just found out that they only weight about 24-2500 lbs. I thought that 138 hp was meager, but the weight sure seems to help!

The "cult" thing was thrown in for fun by me. There is a dsm club/cult here in the C'burg. The're good people, but they also think that they are cool too. :goof

jbiscuit
09-09-2005, 02:40 PM
they are VERY capable cars. I had a friend in high school that had a modded one that used to walk all over my buddy's bolt on 1990 Mitsu GSX. Fun cars

Russ Jerome
09-12-2005, 12:37 PM
Up until the last few years there were 2 red ones roaming
the metro area. A fully caged and race seat equiped one
I had worked on a few times at a shop on Hwy 100 and
another bone stocker driven by an older gentleman on
NW area of town. Have not seen one in recent memory
around here, cool cars.

ekstatixx
09-21-2005, 09:27 AM
i used to own an 88 323 gtx (awd 1.6t), and also an 88 323 gt (fwd 1.6t)
awesome high revving cars. they were built with tiny ihi-vj13 turbos in them, and with minimal mods, they can be made to be rockets. i shall be getting another gt, and a gtx if i could find the loot.
some day in the future, i will be mating the awd tranny in a fwd gt. it shouldnt be too much work. just a custom driveshaft, and gtx rearend. + a few little extras

btw, there were 14XX of these made. im not sure the exact # but 1400 and some change gtx's were made.
two thumbs up