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Yes... I know its been a while since ive been on and thanks for all the comments and responses guys!!. We finally got the car out to Homestead on September 7th for the FARA event. It was a rough beginning on saturday morning with leaking issues and a couple other small problems but we got it figured out and my partner Al and I where able to qualify the car on pole for the qualifying race on sunday. I drove the qualifying race on sunday and while in 1st place in the 4th lap we cracked a header. Causing us to qualify in last place for the race. you will see in the video that even starting in last place that car jumped 5 spots before turn one. and by lap 5 we where already in 1st place and ahead of about 3 MP2 cars. my partner spun out cause of an issue with the brakes and in the second half of the race i was able to make up 1 lap and we ended up in 3rd place. not bad for a first time shake down weekend. we will be making some changes to the car and will be out there for the next even on December 23rd. Again i want to thank my Partner in crime AL, for helping me make this project come to life. if it werent for him and his shop, this would not have been possible. I also want to thank CLR (Carlos Lopez) for building this kick ass engine for my car. awsome job!!!!! see for yourself in the video.
dam rob all i can say is wow congrats finally!!! im gonna pass by and check it out one of these days lol
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1988 GTU/T2 s5 keg fully rebuilt with 3mm apex seals solid corners the works... UIM and LIM matched ported..Garrett GT45 Dual Ball Bearing Turbo,HKS 50mm wastegate,HKS manifold,koyo rad,Greddy FMIC,Type S bov,custom fuel rails with AN fittings.. way to much to list..
Just for those who asked, Its a regular 3rd Gen PS Pump. We used the OEM Bracket and cut it up a bit and modefied it to make it fit around the sump cover. As for needed or not. it maybe adds another 10 pounds to the car but the steering feels great, especially when we are doing 2.5 hour enduros.
Thanks for the comments guys, We went racing on Dec 23rd and finished 5th overall. our fueling system killed us. we were in first and we lost 8 mins in the pitts both times trying to fill 22 gallons through 1/2 inch line
Dry break system is already in the workbooks for the march race, i will let you guys know how it goes.
we should all plan a caravan to the March race to support rob!!!
Sounds like a good idea....
Let us know the exact date so we can set up a nice long ride from Broward. Should give everyone enough time to get their RX7 up and running...
It has become apparent after 2 completed race events that the car needs a good competition Gearbox. I have opted to go with a JERICO 4 speed (Unless a 5 speed shows up) as the gearbox of choice. I will stay with the RX3 Bellhousing as this already has the Mazdaspeed Flyweel and clutch all set up. I have purchased the following adapter that we will begin to work off from. Next i need a Tranny.
Here is the Cradle made by Justin from the Group Buy
This was a speacial one i had made. this was made out of Chromoly Tubing so it will be significantly lighter for the Race car
We tore down the gearbox this saturday and i will be deciding on what ratios to run with this week. it was a pretty simple task but i wont know exactly how simple until its all back together.
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Its been a while since i have been on here but we have been at work on the race cars weather it be my race car or Big Als. Since the last race in December we pulled the motor and gave it to CLR to freshen it up and we have added an additional cooler for the Diff and also changed the way the front oil coolers are mounted. I also added a Racing Brake rear BBK to go along with all the fixins. here are some pics
Power sterring question
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