setzep

My car runs!!!

I fired it up for the first time tonight after working on this project for 2.5 years. Started on the first turn of the key. Now it's time to get a timing light so I can see if what the haltech says it's at is what it's really at.
Not going to sleep good tonight!

Can't wait to play with it tomorrow

diabolical1

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congratulations!

rx7passion

about ****** time man...

timmya2

damn nice dude

jimmyrose99

well done, 2.5 years... ouch

setzep

Just went out to the garage and took a couple quick pics. I still have some work to do like make heat shield for turbo, relocate air filter (so it isn't sucking hot rad air), get some good hose clamps for the IC tubing and a couple small things I wanta change. But tell me what you think, positive or negative.

setzep

Here is the remote mount oil filter. The filter holds a quart of oil. Also have a gauge right on the filter head so you can see what pressure you're at while dinking around under the hood. The oil cooler is under the drivers side headlight (no I didn't shove the stock rectange one in there ). It's about 10x10 inches and has a 8" fan mounted to it with a shroud.

setzep

And here is the business end of things You can see why I need a heat shield between the turbo and lower intake manifold.

diabolical1

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holeee ssshhhh ...

which snail are you running? (if you don't mind my asking ... if it's a secret, i understand)

all in all ... i give you two thumbs up for the presentation and install!

i especially like the oil filter assembly with the gauge ... REALLY nice touch, dude! yeah, i agree about finding insulation from the turbo's heat. building a shroud is a must, but also, wrapping the turbine should also increase efficiency, right (at least in theory)? and, yes, the air filter needs to be moved away, but i guess finding an ideal spot may pose a small challenge, with a nose full of intercooler and all ...

great job! after 2.5 years, you deserve it ... enjoy!

setzep

Thanks, it's a Mitsu TD07 turbo with a 25G compressor and a 17cm turbine housing. I guess it's like the T-78 but with a different compressor (T-78's is better).
Well off to get a timing light so I can zero the timing and try to get it to idle a little better.
Thanks again for the kind words!
-Cam

inittab

OMG! That is awesome! Very very nice work!

Mschafe

Hmm.... having an '83 myself that I WILL turbo someday, care to give me a spin when its all up an running? Ya know, just to see what I can expect. hehe.

Matt

ioTus

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Looks OK, i donno, i think you should have cleaned the engine bay up a bit, looks kind of messy.

(Just kidding of course). That is a truly beautiful thing, man.

And you know, from all the posts i'ver seen about you'r car, i've ONLY seen engine shots. Post some pics of the whole thing!!!

gonzz

where did you get the engine? Also how much hp will it make?

1984special

That's a very beautiful and clean install. Congrats on the excellent work. Hope you get to tie up all the lose ends... (turbo wrap, heatshield etc)

=) happy rotoring

setzep

inittab- Thanks for the kind words!

Mschafe- We'll see

iotus-I'm more about the go than the show. But you're right, I still have a few loose ends to tie up.
haha, you're right, I can't remember posting any pic's of the whole car in a LONG time. Maybe I should do that. It looks 100% stock becides it sits a little lower and has a 3" flat black muffler out back (no bling for me). But it sure doesn't sound stock

gonzz- Got it from fc3s.org If you are looking for a j-spec get it from there! Dave there is a great guy to deal with and will make SURE you get a good engine. Looking to make 350rwhp at 15psi.

1984 special- Thanks, going to hit the steel yards monday to try to source out some thin stainless.

I just did some no load tuning and I got it to idle MUCH smoother, had to take out a lot of fuel. When it ran it last night it was smoking like a **** even at idle,when I took out some fuel the smoke went away the rpms went up and it stoped stumbling. Now I need to get my hands on a wideband o2 meter so I can start the process of load tuning.

On a side note to anyone that wants to do this to their FB/SA. I say do it if you have #1 the money to spend and #2 if you have the patience. There were some times where I asked myself WTF I was thinking but now that I'm close to the end it's all worth it!

79+80+84_rx-7

Congrats on gettin' her runnin'!!!!


MORE PICS OF THE WHOLE CAR and where you mounted stuff inside, hehe

J Oliver

I am all most freakin out over here, being that I have nearly the same setup...but not runnin. Can you come over and finish mine? I will give you and install a complete J.O Rack Kit on your car while you finish mine.
Whatcha think, deal? LOL.

fatboy7

Nice job!!! Good luck on the tunning...

I'm back from vacation now, so back to work on my own turbo beast....

LTProject

setzep, congrats on the completion. Im drinkin a beer for ya right now. Theres no need to be sleepin either, you can do that later. Get that thing tuned and go blow somebodys doors off.

J Oliver

SetzUp, Did you remove the D shaped exhaust sleeves or did you just leave it stock?

setzep

79+80+84- hope tomorrow is nice so I can put the hood back on and wash it, then I'll take pic's of the exterior. The inside is half -se interior and half 83. Seats, carpet, door skins are gray -se and teh dash and headliner is 83 black.

J Oliver- hmm... free rack and pinion for getting your car running, sounds tempting! Oh wait you are way up in BFE, nevermind
Still have the D sleeves in. We'll see what they can get me for power. I didn't want to take the engine apart just to replace the sleeves so they stayed in. I'm glad I did to because this engine seems to be pretty good, at idle it pulls 20in of mercury.

fatboy7- thanks, I'm going to need all the luck I can get while tuning this sucker. Next on the purchace list is a WBo2 meter. I think thats the last of the big $ items (thank god!)

LTProject- haha, went to bed at 3 last night because of this car. Hope to get a WBo2 soon so I can do some real tuning then it's time to take out some hot heads

FB II

holy forkin hell; that is amazing. one day........

82streetracer

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looks good man,

How much was you manifold, is your turbo internally or externally gated?

im planning on going with the HKS manifold, I was told that it is very close to the idler arm so im going to wrap it and make a metal heat sheild for the idler arm.

setzep

thanks guys, I made the manifold from scratch. I didn't want a cast one so I had to make one If you take a look at the 3rd pic you can see the external WG hanging out under the DP.