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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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Picked up my first FB

Picked up my first FB this past weekend, needs some body work and some interior, diff has a small leak and the OCR are going bad, but all in all for $900 I don't think it was a bad deal, it has good compression and pulls pretty hard. . .just smokes lol.
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Looks nice man! What wheels are on it? How many miles are on the clock?
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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They're BBS and it has 187,XXX. I'm getting a rebuild here soon, here's the thread https://www.rx7club.com/west-rx-7-forum-193/project-846221/
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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moar pics!
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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Congo-rats; welcome to the fraternal order of mechanical masochists.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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moar pics!
I'll post up some more pics as soon as I get it detailed lol.

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Congo-rats; welcome to the fraternal order of mechanical masochists.
haha thanks, funny thing is I started working on them when I was 17, and I just now have gotten around to own them lol.
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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nice looking car! whats the mileage on it? was the car originally H1 black? any interior pics?
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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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just over 187k, and yes h1, and as for more pics I'll get it detailed some time this week and take some pics with my camera instead of my celly lol.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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we'll look forward to the pics!! i really like H1 (sparkling black metallic). it looks great when the paint is in nice shape!
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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nice ride.. cant wait to see more pics. fbs ftw!!!
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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weather looks good so imma get her detailed and snap some shots today. Also I have an Apexi'i N1 catback for a N/A FC laying in my house, I'm thinking about using it on my FB, right now my set up is RB header (2 to 1) to a glass pack to straight pipe to dynomax muffler, sounds good but way to quiet. what ya guys think?
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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$900 for a mostly complete running FB is a great deal.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by R-cien
weather looks good so imma get her detailed and snap some shots today. Also I have an Apexi'i N1 catback for a N/A FC laying in my house, I'm thinking about using it on my FB, right now my set up is RB header (2 to 1) to a glass pack to straight pipe to dynomax muffler, sounds good but way to quiet. what ya guys think?
i think you should forget trying to mix and match FC parts on the FB. i think you should get a RB presilencer and a RB muffler and use those with your RB header. should sound really good then! will look forward to seeing the new pics!
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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yeah I just want to do something different, that's all.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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Congrats R-cien! Score on the price. Looking forward to seeing more pics. How'd you find it? Hope you can bring it down to Irvine for the big SevenStock event in the Fall.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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yeah I just want to do something different, that's all.
your avatar doesnt match your RX-7
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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your avatar doesnt match your RX-7
I know that, but it matches my screen name, R-Cien is spanish for R100.

Also, I should be dropping in a J-Spec engine here soon, so hopefully she'll be ready for sevenstock.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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Good screen name - R-Cien
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Congrats R-cien! Score on the price. Looking forward to seeing more pics. How'd you find it? Hope you can bring it down to Irvine for the big SevenStock event in the Fall.
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Good screen name - R-Cien
Thanks.

Just bought a RB power pulse pre silencer to add to my RB headers, next step is to hack up my N1 and slap it on just in time to pick up my J-Spec engine, God willing it's a good engine, then I'll start working on suspension.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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Nice find man! What are your plans for the suspension? It will be interesting to see how she sounds with the exhaust you have planned, should be a bit louder than the typical RB setup, which would be a plus...



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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Kentetsu
Nice find man! What are your plans for the suspension? It will be interesting to see how she sounds with the exhaust you have planned, should be a bit louder than the typical RB setup, which would be a plus....
Not sure, I need to do some research, I'm new to the first gen community. and as for the exhaust, I can't wait to have it all setup, loud FTW!
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