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Mannykiller's Fd3s Drift build project: #Thisisthewolf
Whats up guys, well first off my name isn't manny. Its Aaron P..... mannykiller is just a name I came up for forums because I had a guy try to sell my motor out of the shop he owned. His name was manny...and was a little philipean guy that I would deck in the jaw if I ever saw him again. Either way I got my stuff back thanks to some guys ratting out his location and the location of my stuff. Onto the good stuff though. I bought a Fd almost 3 years ago and blew an oil control ring about a year into that. I've been building the car for almost 2 years now and it's getting close to being finished. I figured i'd share my build with you guys. I love drifting, and I love dricing on the steet. Yes I live in CA about 20 min from Willow Springs international raceway..so just drift and all the good stuff is very close to me. I also enjoy track days and time attack... I've geared this build towards being able to let me participate in all the fun stuff. So onto the good stuff. The pics...
Epic build opener http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/SDC12487.jpg me ane my buddy Evan pulling the motor http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/SDC12492.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...SDC12493-1.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/SDC12494.jpg before http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...SDC12496-1.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/SDC12507.jpg |
Well I guess I should list the things i've done to the car thus far..
Engine: 13B-Rew Built and Large Street ported by Howard Coleman Dynamic balanced Rotating assembly by Atkins Rotary W/ low mileage rotors NRS 1pc 3mm Ceramic Apex Seals Power FC Rywire Mil-Spec Engine Harness W/Cannon Plug at Fire wall Oil Metering Pump Delete Exedy Twin disc cerametallic clutch One off Virtual Works Upper Intake Manifold Excessive Manufacturing Lower intake manifold Full Function Engineering Primary/Secondary Fuel Rails -6AN Push Lock hose and fittings Edelbrock 74MM Throttle Body I.D. 850 Primary, I.D. 2200 cc injectors 2X Bosch 044 Fuel Pumps CJ-Motorsports Dual pump Hanger Aeromotive Fuel Filter W/shut off valve Dual 25 Row Mocal Oil Coolers w/braided Line Custom Power steering Relocation Custom Coolant filler neck Custom Divided Turbo Manifold with Dual gate ports 2X Synapse 50mm Waste-gates 2X CX racing Intercoolers...one used as I/C the other was converted into a dual Pass Radiator. Tial BOV GTX3582R turbo Custom charge tubing Custom 4" DP & Exhaust Powered by Max Dual EGT kit with 2x EGT displays Suspension/drive-line Stance XR coilovers custom valved W/swift Springs 8/10 Full Super-Pro Bushing kit installed New rear Wheel bearings All new Pillow Ball Bushings ARP extended Wheel Studs Turbo 2 Clutch Type LSD unit OEM FD trans PBM Angle Kit W/rack spacers Sake Bomb Garage S/S braided brake lines Rebuild OEM calipers ABS Delete Kit Memory Fab s68 Carbon Seat OMP Corsica 330 and more but honestly i'm kinda sick of trying to remember what's been done or bought.. May or may not be forgetting something...anyways onto the pics! Sand Blasted all my suspension http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...131_170222.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/SDC12506.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...208_213114.jpg painted suspension arms & sub frame http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...9-15190541.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...23193624-1.jpg |
Painted suspension
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...9-15203950.jpg Bearings out http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...207_165513.jpg New bearings in http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...207_165249.jpg Pushing super pro bushings in..getting them out was a pain in the ass http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...210_161348.jpg ARP wheel studs http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...207_161835.jpg steering rack paint and heat barrier http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...213_213008.jpg sold my old wheels http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...9-12132330.jpg Stance Coilovers came in http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...409_165146.jpg insalled suspension components http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...412_180018.jpg |
dam i like! i love FD builds deff in for updates! keep it coming!:0
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Painted and set up my AEM water methanol injection
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...731_205623.jpg my buddy li Kuhn drew a little inspiration on my white board haha http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...731_145801.jpg Diff install http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...712_205954.jpg Fuel filter relocation http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...712_184510.jpg not bad..huh! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...712_225658.jpg life and times haha http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...712_225450.jpg |
wish i had an FD, ill be watching this one! looking good so far.
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Alternator case sand blast, and paint
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...829_155012.jpg end links too.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...914_213907.jpg 3M dinoc carbon overlay...no its not real carbon before http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0026.jpg after http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0037.jpg wastegates 50mm synapse gates http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0013.jpg motor assembly http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...0Build/004.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...0Build/001.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...0Build/006.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...0Build/015.jpg a little stitch welding http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0144.jpg origin 50mm over fenders http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0138.jpg got my motor back from Howard coleman too!! brap dreams.....=-) http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0167.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0166.jpg |
Motor install
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0400.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0405.jpg prelim mock up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0447.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0442.jpg Time to head to the fab shop.......as much as I wish I could do everything... sometimes you just cant haha. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0470.jpg more ry-wire goodness and Power Fc http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0502.jpg TUrbo mock up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0476.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0478.jpg cleaning up the V-band flange... http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0479.jpg fuel stuff http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0500.jpg cut wheel wells for over fenders http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0538.jpg fuel pressure reg mount bjdoing is thing too.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0495.jpg touge factory pullies http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0598.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0498.jpg |
Fuel hanger complete!
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0621.jpg had to re-locate the power steering pump because it was hitting the throttle body..came out pretty nice though http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0641.jpg ported my LIM http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0779.jpg Before http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0764.jpg after http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0780.jpg cut some sheet metal because Ihad to cut out the inside of the fenders. didn't want to have to worry aboutnot being able to lower my car at all..or clearance issues http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0715.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0714.jpg ran fuel lines and set up lim with injectors for mocking purposes http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0782.jpg bad ass parts picture http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0797.jpg |
First set of rears came in
Rota GTR-D 18x12 in flat black.. most likely will be painted or pc'd...not sure what color though http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0865.jpg Mick frial at THunder on the Lot 2012....I thank this guy for most of my inspiration, hope to participate next year! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0833.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...IMAG0842-1.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...IMAG0840-1.jpg for the heck of it...245 45 on a 12.....and no I won't be running these tires http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0880.jpg Manifold tube came in http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0932.jpg Parts shop max dual egt kit http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0930.jpg Custim seat brackets...nice and low and as far back as possible for my monkey arms and legs http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...IMAG1008-1.jpg test fit http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG0884.jpg Turbo mani mock up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1009.jpg radiator design http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1023.jpg Front wheels came in P45r2 18x10 http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1043.jpg Final seat position http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1003.jpg Radiator being finished http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1028.jpg |
Radiator mount
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1030.jpg got some more rears Advan TCIII's =-) 18x11 +15 http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1047.jpg baught a new daily.. 2012 prius...yea yea yea...hate all you want.. but i truly feel like it's the best investment i've ever made haha. all I need is some 15x7 RPF1's now...lemme know if anyone comes across some and wants to sell em..!! averaging 517-520 miles per tank..(9.7ish) gallons. Beat that! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1058.jpg Made a custom Coolant filler neck http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1139.jpg Shineauto Feed fenders..+20mm http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1207.jpg OMP corsica came in.... 330mm =-) love this wheel! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1193.jpg Radiator Mount http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps8ce9b6a7.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps60cd6e23.jpg -16AN fittings for coolant http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1140.jpg |
Radiator mount
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1030.jpg got some more rears Advan TCIII's =-) 18x11 +15 http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1047.jpg baught a new daily.. 2012 prius...yea yea yea...hate all you want.. but i truly feel like it's the best investment i've ever made haha. all I need is some 15x7 RPF1's now...lemme know if anyone comes across some and wants to sell em..!! averaging 517-520 miles per tank..(9.7ish) gallons. Beat that! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1058.jpg Made a custom Coolant filler neck http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1139.jpg Shineauto Feed fenders..+20mm http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1207.jpg OMP corsica came in.... 330mm =-) love this wheel! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1193.jpg Radiator Mount http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps8ce9b6a7.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps60cd6e23.jpg -16AN fittings for coolant http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1140.jpg |
My heat exchanger design
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1204.jpg Cradle for Radiator. This will support the whole radiator with 1/8" rubber on the bottom and more rubber mounts on top. Don't want it to be too solid.. cracks and stress isn't ever good. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1214.jpg Manifold runner all welded up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1216.jpg Garrette GTX3582R with 3"to4" V-band... damn adapter was expensive.. 70 bucks!! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1217.jpg 4" downpipe http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1220.jpg Intercooler end tanks http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1247.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1253.jpg Intercooler almost done http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1248.jpg IC mounts http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1264.jpg Johnny boy doing his thing http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1268.jpg BOV charge tube http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1272.jpg Very nice.. raditator cradle came out good http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1267.jpg |
Mock..YEAAA.....ING.......YEAAA....BIRD... jk..but seriously name that movie..
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1273.jpg Looking good..and coming along http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1258.jpg Making sure we have clearance for the turbo mani.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1276.jpg Looks good so were go for tacking http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1289.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1292.jpg 90% finished manifold http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1293.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1295.jpg mmmmhmmm http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1299.jpg Downpipe mock up..it's a squeeze.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1285.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1282.jpg Tack tack tack... fender wells for over fenders http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1290.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1287.jpg Silocone sealer to keep the shiiii out http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1296.jpg Turbo Charge side of IC welded http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1314.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1318.jpg Made some Screamer pipes for my wastegates, still need to cut them and pretty them up but they're going to the atmoshpere http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1325.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1313.jpg Cut a plate for my cannon plug for the Engine wiring harness. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1304.jpg just need to tack it onto the firewall http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1306.jpg brought my old exhaust and oil coolers to make sure they fit... but decided that i'm trashing the whole exhaust.. and going with a new system. 4" all the way to try to get everything we can out of the gtx35r. If any of you guys are familiar with HP turbo ratings..For rotary.. you take whatever the turbo is rated for and you divide it by 1.3 "13b-rew" displacement. So almost maxing out this turbo is my goal. I'd like to get the broadest power-band possible. WHP under the curve! My power goal is 450-480WHP. I'm also trying to make the most power at as low a PSI as possible. Efficiency wise..it'll just be better if we can make 450WHP at say 20PSI compared to 25PSI. Less stress=better reliability. anyways..back to pics.. Oil coolers. 25Row Mocal's http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1317.jpg Line routing.. surprisingly everything is going to fit without modification.. THANK GOD! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1331.jpg And finally mounted http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1329.jpg SO this is where I currently am in regards to progress with the build. Hopefully I'll have some more updates soon. Just ordered my Radiator -16AN fittings today so they should be in from summit this week. Other than that.. just tidying up some loose ends. |
Nice, been watching your build since you started it on RX-7 club. Great attention to detail. Keep up the good work.
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keep up the good work.
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Hey thanks man! I've learned a ton from 7club...but they seem to be a little close minded.
I got a few more pics of this past weekend and Allstar bash. Just for kicks..becuase everyone loves pics.. Me and my best buddies http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1057.jpg facebook profile pic..haha http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1218.jpg some All Star Bash footage http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y..._VIDEO0078.jpg Mick http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1338.jpg randomness http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1335.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1336.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1337.jpg |
this build is awesome it makes me want a fd even more now
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btw the guy that sold/stole your motor, did his last name happen to be pacquiao? anyways nice build.
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nahh....haha. He almost sold the motor to someone else. I caught his ass and busted him. It was with an entirely different chassis anyways...some 8-9 years ago. I'd still deck his ass in the jaw though... that guys a low life.
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this build is the illest i've seen in a while
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this build is phenomenal
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love the fab work, esp the intake manifold. keep it up!
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Love FD's, with the exception of the wheels (To much dish for my style) this build is dope :cool:
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Love this build,, Can't wait to see the finish car..
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Been watching your build on 7club. Very nice work, keep it up!
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I miss my 93' R1 Black FD so much. I commend your decision to keep the rotary. Can you tell me more about the motor? Which seals did you go with? Street Port? Bridge Port?
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god man this is sweet!
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The motor was built by Howard Coleman (Coleman precision rotaries). Its a large street port that is supposed to make 500whp at 20-22lbs. I'll be keeping it a little lower than thatfor reliability. But the seals are NRS ceramic apex seals, 1 piece, 3mm..they were really expensive :-\ but they should take care of business. |
Yuk at those Rotas...High five for the Advan's :)
I'm down with this FD build! Looking great so far! |
advans are awesome, hope those rota's hold up
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LOL! But in all seriousnes...badass build! :bow: |
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Sweet! I know the reputation of Coleman rotary motors. That will be a nice setup for sure. Are you going to run a premix of any kind? When we built my friends R1 he chose Pineapple Racing to build his motor. He too went with 3mm NRS seals. With a GT35R kit , Power FC, Turbosmart WG, Apexi FMIC/Exhaust he made 368rwhp at 10 psi on RX7.com's dyno. We were quite shocked. Please be sure to get a video of startup. I love to hear a Wankel lope like it has a cam. |
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ohh yeaaaaaa hahaha. Didn't think anyone caught on!! now to really test your movie prowess.... "Penut butter and gum-balls,.....My Favorite." |
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this build is awesome!! This makes me want to buy a FD now haha |
subscribing to this!
just got my FD about a month ago and I'm loving it, keeping it all stock engine wise for now though lol |
I got a hks downpipe never used if your interested.
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^Sorry, hks is cool but they always and forever will be over priced IMO. We were actually mocking up the downpipe today. Thanks though.
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badass build man!
and as for the peanut butter and gumballs quote, Mr. Deeds |
Update:
Started planning for the 4" exhaust routing... Gonna be toite like a tiger...but it'll fit. It's hard to see but i have about a quarter inch of clearance on the LIM side. After wrapping the Down Pipe...it'll most likely be a 16th if that away from the LIM.. so we may kick it over a little more depending.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1349.jpg Then realized that my tire would be running into my thermostat blockfor my oil coolers if I left it in it's previous location.. so I decided to re-do one of the lines..the one coming from the front cover and lay the block sideways instead of flat against the frame. The bracket is a simple piece of flat steel bent using the air bender. going to slot the mounting holes for a little adjustability and clean up the metal to make it a little prettier but it's strong, clears the tires even when I get my PBM modded angle knuckles. Beforehttp://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1351.jpg After http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1418.jpg Then realized my Oil filler neck needed to be modded slightly for the -6AN fitting for the oil catch can...so I cut the old weiner looking slip on and grinded it down a little. Drilled a new nice hole where it needed to be... And bj welded the steel -6AN fitting on there and filled the other hole in. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1401.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1402.jpg I'll post more pics of how I'm going to route the line later when I make it =-) I really wanted the Clear line that all the sweet Japs use.. but believe it or not it's a little difficult to find... anyone know a place i could order it from? http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1403.jpg After that me and Johnny decided to make the -16AN Coolant lines... I forgot what brand I used.. i'll have to look at it again..but it was expensive...but well worth it.. was a breeze to make.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1405.jpg lower radiator out to motor line http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1409.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1409.jpg upper into radiator line. Decided just to loop it all the way around to make way for the fans and the ducting work. Dont want to have to cut a huge hole in the ducting to make way for such a small line. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1411.jpg more routing http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1406.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1413.jpg Going to use some nice mounts to secure them a little bit and some zip ties to tie them together so they won't move around but this is pretty much where they'll end up! More updates soon....stay tuned! tidying up little tid-bits and working on bash bar today! |
and lastly.....where she sits now
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looking great man!! keep it up!
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loving the build. i would love to build a fd like that.
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This is awesome, FD's are the shit, I am subbed.
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^get that ish out of here...
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dam spam going crazy lately!
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So Everyday I try to get at least one thing done to ensure the forward motion of the project. Eventually it'll be completed....but with these projects....they're really never completely complete hah.
So!!..Small update: cut the down-pipe and realized i'll need another 90 degree piece to bend down and go into the straight under the car. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1435.jpg added some straight just to get as far as we could before we need to "90" and cut it. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1436.jpg and had johnny tack my cannon plug bulkhead for my rywire quick disconnect onto the fire-wall. Going to cut some more gold and nicely cover the edges so it looks a little cleaner, but you get the idea. Going to need some fire-sleeve over the harness to keep her from getting insinerated haha http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1433.jpg and all set up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1434.jpg I'm thinking I'll run my boost control solenoid through one of the ac line holes. |
You go to northridge? Lol
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I used to^.... graduated back in 08
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seems like post-graduate life has been pretty chill building an FD and a having a mohawk lol
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^ your correct.. Believe it or not i'm actually a High-school teacher.. well substitute that got asked to stay the whole semester while the teacher is out on recovery. I teach freshman biology and junior/senior Forensics. I Like it quite a bit. But it's funny..I heard a quote from Ken Robinson about how our education system is failing that said something along the lines of "Students who just spent the last 4/5 years getting their bachelors degree are now returning home after graduation to mush their brains with video games." And I totally believe it... Teaching is the only job i've ever gotten because I had a degree...Everyother one was because I knew someone... kinda bs haha.
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Awesome build man, I'm loving your fab work too. Can't wait to see this thing done. I used to own an FC3S TII and loved hearing the rotary rev!
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^hahaha..yea My lady has all my attention for sure... she's pretty rad..and damn attractive anyways! Plus not into the whole stay young cradle robbing thing.
Anyways!!Little update: as promised here is a picture of the almost complete manifold. And my almost complete I mean we need to do a little blending on the turbo flange side. Note the length of the runners! Thermal expansion =win! very excited what this combined with my long runner UIM will do as far as hp/tq ratio! If everything works out i'll have one hell of a useable powerband =-) http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1449.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1450.jpg Bought some Skateboard "shorty's Doh-Doh's truck bushings and shaved them down a little bit for my radiator mounts.. Came out good! I may look for some sweet colored ones down the line but these do the job well. I used the softest bushings I could find as they were pretty stiff but after cutting them I think they'll provide just the right amount of support. Used a little washer just to disperse the load and whaaalaah! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1437.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1440.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1438.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1439.jpg Then I decided to clean up the front end in prep for my Bash bar. Cut some loose ends smoothed it out with the grinder. Then cut some plates and welded them together. Utilizing scrap metal and puting it to use because I'm cheap and metal is expensive haha and today i'll be doing the mounts for them. Before http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1442.jpg After.....did the same to each side http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1443.jpg 4x4 plates cut and welded http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1441.jpg whey they will be mounted http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1445.jpg Thats all for now.. more updates....hopefully a lot more this weekend! |
oh yea I also am selling this! project I just don't have time for...if anyones interested
pm me! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/IMAG1390.jpg |
No fucking way, an rx7 that someone actually took the time to rebuild and USE the rotary it came with. Keep up the rad fab work.
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Hey thanks a lot!!
Little Update: I cant remember but here is a picture of the manifold 99% done. If i could do it again I'd chagne a couple things. I'd make the transition flow a little more through the 90 degree bends straight out of the motor. And I'm still uncertain if i'm going to run the synapse gates. I may sell them and go with a couple Tial MVR's... we'll see. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1449.jpg Drilled out the bolts holes for the Bolt on Bash Bar. THis way if it gets jacked up I can just make a new one and bolt it on http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1456.jpg Drilled out the holes for the wastegate. Was going to use the porting tool to smooth out the inside but Bj said he wants to do it haha... http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1458.jpg EGT bung holes drilled. Forgot to take a pic of the finished products..but you guys know bj and how he welds so i'll leave it up to the imagination http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1454.jpg Found some spare alum pipe laying around... so decided to use it to make a catch can. Bj put it on the lathe to clean it up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1459.jpg and johnny cut some alum for the top and bottom http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1460.jpg and 2x -6 AN bungs for the inlets. Going to route one to the oil filler neck and the other one to the back Iron on the passenger side. Still need a little breather and a "view." i'll find something for those later on. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1461.jpg More updates this week! stay tuned!! |
Awesome FD! Looking good!
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Little update:
Some small parts came in NRG 2.8 Neo Quick release and NRG short hub http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1476.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1479.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1480.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1478.jpg |
Looking good! Keep up the good work!
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Woohoo someone using a rotary, bout time!
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Incredible build man! so much fab work.
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Now that I think of it...I specifically asked for the shiny silver and neo chrome qr from Touge factory and ordered it over the phone to ensure that. They sent the non shiny silver and neo one instead. Not the hugest deal but a waste of time and effort to get something I like for only half of the like...and none the less effort, hah.
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^ the filter I picked up from autozone. It's cheap...and it probly sucks..but it'll work till I order a nice little K&N. Going to breath from the oil filler neck and the back passenger side Iron. 2 an-6's should be enough to prevent that god aweful choo choo chain smoke puffs I used to get all the time
Bj put 2 mounting tabs on it and then found a nice little spot for it on the drivers side wheel well. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1504.jpg I think I might make 2 sheet metal covers for the wheel wells just to keep the dirty out of the bay. Also started making ducting for the Intercooler. Used cardboard... worked like a charm. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1501.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1500.jpg decided to cut the bumper support.. it just screwed everything up and was all in the way.. so it had to go. I'll make something else to mount the front bumper... or maybe i'll go quick release. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1503.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1511.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1510.jpg Also got the Turbo Manifold Supports cut and mocked up. This will take all the load off the tubing and prevent cracking from the weight of the turbo. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1512.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1513.jpg top view http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1514.jpg |
So I was finally able to get over to the shop yesterday morning to get some stuff done. But firstly I wanted to clear some things up. Some people have mis-interpreted what i said about Bj's shop in a post earlier. I paid in full for the turbo manifold, IC and RAD set up. I in no way got them for free.
anyways.. onto the Updates!!: Steering set up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1484.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1487.jpg side view http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1489.jpg corsica 330 =-) love this wheel http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1485.jpg Bj did an excellent job on the Catch can.. don't know where i'd be without this guy. Made it from scratch http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1493.jpg nice little drain, it'll have 2 AN-6 lines vented from the oil filler neck and the passenger side rear iron to breath from. Help prevent those crappy choo choo train puffs on decel and in-between shifts. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1498.jpg autozone filter http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1499.jpg final restinc location on drivers side wheel well http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1504.jpg also got the EGT bungs welded on the turbo manifold.. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1488.jpg More updates soon! |
that OMP wheel !!! wow that manifold , this is a bad ass build makes me want an rx7 sooo bad. def subscribed!
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Looking good! Are u gonna keep the tan interior?
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^only keeping the Door panels......tan interior is getting pulled out. don't really have a need for carpet. Sound deadening has got to go as well.
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Great build! Subscribed.
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I'm surprised the fabricator has gotten so far on your car. BJ usually quits halfway through. Great work, just have to wait 1+ years for him to finish. Looks good though.
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^ that's because I pay him for his work haha. Hasn't been anywhere close to a year for me.
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Very nice attention to detail. Amazing build you have going.
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where did you buy those GTR-d's?
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little update .....not much of anything though.. haha
got one oil catch can line made. From the Oil filler neck to the catch can. And my HPP 2 in 1 Diff Brace to help combate detonation of my Diff pumpkin ;-) http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1529.jpghttp://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1530.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1525.jpg |
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holy shit this build is goimg down at BJs!?!? im gonna have to stop in and say whats up to him and check out your build!
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^^ is that in the palmdale area?
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yeah bjs shop is in the palmdale/lancaster area.
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Little Update:
So I started more ducting work. You know I realize that I shouldnt make the ducting work too customized...if that makes any sense. For instance what if I decide to run a different front bumper? I don't want to have to re work my ducting in order to change bumpers etc. With that said.. I decided to make the ducting in 2 sections. The first section part of my IC/rad set up, and the second section part of my bumper/Aero. But anyways...onto Pics: first off..got these bad ass gloves... http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1543.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1544.jpg Duct work on lower radiator http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1558.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1559.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1561.jpg an finally 95% done. Don't have very sturdy bumper mounts yet so everything looks tweaked as the IC wasn't in there straight but Everything will be nice level and symetrical:icon_tup: I also need to pull the lower duct up about 3 inches as it's a little too close to the ground for my liking. But this is what the duct set up will look like for the most part. All that's left is a back side shroud for the IC...possibly Radiator if there is room. The areas to the left and right have been left for brake ducts and a CAI for my Urbo :nod: http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1563.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1562.jpg I also had to order another jet kit from AEM for my Water Methanol Injection kit. I accidently sold my elbow with the jet in it to a member here about a year and a half ago:blush:..score for him(gean) shit for me haha because it was 60 damn dollars for something I could've machined. but it did come with a nice new filter so I guess it's worth it. Anyways... I'm slightly limited to where I could put the bung just because the charge piping is so short. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it took some thinking. Then it popped into my head.. my TB had a nice little vac port on it. So I pulled it off and tapped it for my bung. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1564.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1566.jpg |
And whaalaah. Still need to find another fitting for my Catch can line though because they look horrible running across eachother like this...
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^ hey!! thanks so much! just trying to give myself a nice solid platform =-)
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Mindblown at the attention to detail during this. Everything is just super dialed. My favorite things so far are that water neck and turbo manifold. Nice to see you running aux injection as well.
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The water neck was just kind of a spur of the moment thing.. we made it kind of quick but it came out good:hsdance: Aux inj is a "NEED!" for reliability! I'm all about it for rotaries!! |
small pointless update without pics. Got a great black friday deal from THMmotorsports!! 550 Shipped for a Cabonetics Metal 2 way Diff. I'm stoked for sure!
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Little Update:
Got the Down Pipe done....jk jk jk http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1577.jpg I'm not going to run it like this...for now I wont. I'm going to dump it right under the car midway past the drive shaft. It would really just be so damn loud I wouldn't even be able to start it in the garage without it resonating the whole house. Anyone ever heard a 13b un-corked? sooooooo loud. My exhaust won't be much quieter but i'll eventually get the exhaust figured out. Anyways.. I worked on the Throttle body fulcrum some.. and decided to just cut off the plate, drill and press out the insert and use the OEM fulcrum. This saved me a baunch-load of money...and seriously only took about 5 min. I'll clean it up a little but It lines up nice and will work just fine =-) cut the bottom section off and cleaned it up http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1578.jpg and done http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1581.jpg Also got the down pipe tacked up with the mid pipe v-band as well. Mid pipe is straight through..no resonator http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1584.jpg drilled some holes for my O2 Bungholios http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1585.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1586.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1587.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1583.jpg going back into the shop today to get some more work done... hopefully we can get her wrapped up so I can get the car back to my garage and start pulling the carpet, and get some paint and wiring done. Yay fun stuff....NOT haha. Looking forward to my first start! But yesterday we got the down pipe mocked up and tacked, v-bands attatched, TB fulcrum complete, O2 bungs tacked, throttle cable routed...and.. I think thats all I got done. ALSO big one.. I need to know where would be a safe place to tap my front cover for my Oil Catch Can.. I have one from the oil filler neck but i need another one on the passenger side of the motor.. Any suggestions or past experience? |
Nice work! Looking really good!
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Well long story short... decided to bring the car home to get some extra work done on it since all thats really left to fabricate is the bash bar and blending on the turbo flange manifold to turbo side. Other than that.... a bash bar is in the works...but won't take much time at all. So me and johnny got his trailer and picked up the car from the shop and parked her back into my garage.
So I got a little work done on her inthe past couple days...but not as much as i'd like. Anyways.. I got the Radiator Drain bung welded in the radiator http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1608.jpg then put the actual drain in there. I spent the extra 3 bucks to get a name brand one from summit racing.. just don't want any crappy leaks haha. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1609.jpg THen I drilled out the 8 holes I had already had for my Rad/IC mounts and ground down some Nuts so we could weld them into the frame of the car. This didn't take but about 35 min... a good drill and a belt sander worked flawlessly here =-) http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1624.jpg I think I might have forgotten to take pics of them welded in....but once they were I ground them down just a tad so they sat flush with the frame. And to add to my pile of parts... these came in =-) S13 PBM's with built in spacers!! up next their modded angle knuckles! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...8988496877.jpg my car sitting at home after all these months!! http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...IMAG1665-1.jpg Then I started working on blending the turbo manifold. The welds on the inside needed a lot of smoothing out.... so I got to work accordingly. Before http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1667.jpg during http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1669.jpg After http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1678.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1673.jpg porting table madness http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1676.jpg I really took my time on these..and I think it showed. Came out well... or at least i'm happy with it haha.And thats just about where I left off... well I ordered some -10oil line for one of my coolers because the line wasn't long enough in it's newer location to fit. Also, gave up on trying to fit the OEM fans onto my 23x12" Radiator... I must've spent 3 hours carefully trimming them until I realized that it just wasn't going to work. They're just too wide depth wise.. they after trimming they were still just too bulky...they were crushing my radiator lines... so I said screw it i'll order slim fans http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1690.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/y...d/IMAG1685.jpg |
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