Why I drive american.....

[jlangholzj]

well me and andrew set out to resurect his '87 Mazda B2000 pickup (college vehicle)

The big thing was putting in a carb kit.....that was a joke.

here's what one looks like : http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986...022QQitemZ350064272189QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

this is purely the reason why I drive american. That thing was such a cluster ***** of a mess that I never want to look at another one. Although it was kinda fun along the way......I couldn't believe how redundant and overcomplicated it was!!!


out of curiosity, has anyone else ever had another import experience??

 

[StangDreamin']

My daughter (Jessie) has owned a '95 Suzuki Sidekick for about 6 weeks now. Two-owner "snowbird tow-behind" before she got it. I haven't found any troubles with it yet; but then again, I haven't driven it in 5-3/4 weeks; so.......

Interesting your comments on the Maz-dodo. I don't know when it all came together, but another Andrew (BDT1967, who "Met the girl of his dreams" and has been chronicling it here) had a 199? Mazda B2200 that was just a different grille on the same-year Ford Ranger; because Ford holds a majority shareholder interest in Mazda..
'87 was still "a rough time" for little Ford trucks (and, presumably, their Mazda counterparts); so you might consider cutting the little truck some slack.

Of course, I wouldn't cut it any slack; because a truck is a truck..... fuel economy and an economical form factor take seventh and eighth place in my priorities for a truck. The first seven being:

1. Torque
2. HP
3. Load Rating
4. More Torque
5. Comfort
6. Towing Capacity
7. Even More Torque.

I don't really want to put a 6.0 PSD in Larry, and a Cat 3509 just won't fit so......

 

[jlangholzj]

we were laughing so gosh darn hard putting that together!! its got about 8 vacume hoses that attach to different places on that carb. I said "well, its a bit more complicated than my holley " but things just fell into place, andwe got it running. funny thing, I couldn't find an idle mixture screw.....


when we were searching for a picture of the nikki carb, we came accross one that had someone stuffing a 350 in it. A 350!!!!!