Hi everyone, my name is Marin but friends know me as Santa and if you wonder why this year presents weren't so generous it's because Santa bought himself an F
For long time I was a regular guest on this forum and it was six month ago when i decided that silver 1997 V6 is going to be mine.
Due to the lack of maintenance from the previous owner i had to do the complete regular servicing (liquids, filters, spark plugs) and change few more things like brake pads, all discs (rear rusted because it was not driven for a long time) and tires.
When it was done it was a great feeling to own a car that meets 99% of my expectations, I was thinking of lowering it to reduce the body roll, but except for that I find it perfect, twelve year old car so refined that drives like new.
The future was in front of us, me and my F...

For the ones who like happy endings this is THE END.

For me it was two months ago right before I gave my beloved F to my brother on a rainy night. Idiot in a black SUV turned into his lane and to avoid him my brother hit the sidewalk. Idiot run away after he checked that my brother is alive (so kind of him), and here I am, looking for parts, as this is very rare car in Croatia and new parts are damn expensive.

After two months of phone calls I'm still in lack of three things:
1) right axle shaft with both cv joints
2) right knuckle (think it's called like that, the part that connects to the strut, control arm, steering rod, and the rim) both parts from ABS equipped car
3) original 16" 323f V6 rim, just one

Sorry for the heart braking story, and for introducing myself asking for help but this seems like a last chance. I've tried the breakers yard (please wake up anzagi) so if anyone has some of this or knows someone who might have, or just wants to say hi just replay or pm me.

Sincerely yours,

Santa

Welcome aboard Santa. For Christmas this year, can you put a KLZE with stanalone ECU and turbo in my car please

Sorry I can't help you with your parts, but good luck all the same


Mark

Welcome in

Thank you guys,
and Mark, I've asked my dwarfs but they say that KLZE has little bit too high compression to mate it with a turbo, it needs some kind of head lifting end few more stuff that I don't understand. They suggest KLZE with KLDE ECU, probinator chip, and someone from this forum has wiring diagrams, if I got it all right, dwarfs read allot. They also said that you would need LSD, and that was the end of the conversation, I've sent them all to rehab so they can't craft it, it's up to you.
Just be good.

Welcome in

I might be able to help you out with one V6 rim? Will have to have a check one night. Are you in a hurry for it?

You say you are after a knuckle? Do you mean the hub (the CV joint goes through the middle?)

The turbo ZE can be done with no mods on a low (5psi ish) set up. Change the pistons to lower compression and push more boost and do it properly.

Thank you Jody,
regarding the hurry, the sooner the better, but few days don't mean anything.
Yes cv joint goes trough the middle. I thought the hub is just that rotational part with 5 studs, I need complete part with bearing and all linking extensions.
Good to know about turbo KLZE, maybe one day...

Pass my thanks on to your dwarfs. I can see what they mean. Maybe you could let them out for a while before Christmas ... I'll be really good




Mark

If you both behave... but it would be a tough one, if they craft it, Santa would probably keep it. Try Easter bunny, he drives a Honda

Love it

Didnt notice you were in croatia. I could probably get a wheel TNT'd over but I cant see it being cheap. Will look into it this afternoon and let you know.

OK, thnx

A wheel to Croatia is about £80 ish on City Link.

?!?!! I'll try to think of something, maybe rayanair + big bag