Finally no more assignments.
I preffer hatches specialy in our roads. Gr8 for sneaking in. Nice car N@visport. Supprice to c so many Hatch fans in AL.
323 Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_323
About B Engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_B_engine
In Sri Lanka we have B3, B5, B5 DOHC(rare since made only JDM)
About Z Engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Z_engine
No offence
Even I preffer Astina over Familia for its looks. Main draw back of Astina is the lag in intake that is not in the later Familia model.
Regarding the cone air filter mod, I have done it in the past just for testing bcus there was a big hype that cone filter will turn your car in 2 a F1. Didn't feel much of a diff and gets dirty very easily due to ammount of dust in our roads. Now I use the stock box where I change the Filter every 4 months and its only rs.800.
RAMing As u said could get water inside not only while servicing but in heavy rain. U can decrease it by installing the piping lower than the filter. Better to avoide that unless u can select stock when raining/dusty condition and RAM on a clear weather just by a flick of a switch. (Which I'm currently workin on)
About the 323 GT-R
Yes 323 with rotary swap
As Bugs sugested lets meetup or have a track day or sumthin till we sort out the MFOC Fun Rally.