my car, yes another one of those threads (with pics)
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my car, yes another one of those threads (with pics)
Back in March (2002) I started with a stock everything ( 12a) 1985 Series 3 RX-7 that looked like this..........
Since then ive fitted (with heaps of help from my good friend Stuie)
RX4 style 13b Large Extend port. (R5 outer plates a S3 12a centreplate)
Autostyle Automotives long priamary exhaust & and race headers with handmade mufflers (3).
StuBer carby (build #1) on a heavily modded RX-4 13b inlet manifold.
1 ton dikain billet steel pressure plate and brass button clutch.
New clutch master and slave cylinders.
ASK billet steel lightend flywheel.
2 x 10" Davies Craig thermo fans and thermo switch
S1 3 core radiator and Oil cooler Conversion
Cold Air Induction & K&N filter
Replaced fuseable links to fuse box
Club car style rear wing.
Solex locks, Alarm System
Saas Steering wheel
Stezza
__ 6" infinty spilts, Boston Neo tweeters Soundstream SPL12 subwoofer.
__ 3 RF series Rockford Fosgate amps, sony head unit (colour coded), Alpine Sub level controller, Jaycar/Dick Smith Cabeling,
__ Oddesy battery, custom fiberglass sub box, Flash-Tac deadend doors.
Suspension
__ Pedders VRD shocks all round.
__ Pedders Sports ryder coils all round.
__ Super pro poly bushes through out (except rear upper arms).
__ Don Selby 25mm front sway bar.
__ Modifided front lower control arms.
__ Removed rear sway bar.
And my lastest mod... Lenso 17 x7" rims (i got them today!!)
upcoming mods:
__ gearbox rebuild, :cry:
__ some sort of brake work,
__ 4.4:1 Guru Torque Biasing Diff center (finaly) :o
__ maybe a colour change / respray
__ Roll cage & interior mods (carpet, maybe some seats)
after all that ive ended up with this
not bad considering ive had a few "Set backs" this year
and another rim shot..
Since then ive fitted (with heaps of help from my good friend Stuie)
RX4 style 13b Large Extend port. (R5 outer plates a S3 12a centreplate)
Autostyle Automotives long priamary exhaust & and race headers with handmade mufflers (3).
StuBer carby (build #1) on a heavily modded RX-4 13b inlet manifold.
1 ton dikain billet steel pressure plate and brass button clutch.
New clutch master and slave cylinders.
ASK billet steel lightend flywheel.
2 x 10" Davies Craig thermo fans and thermo switch
S1 3 core radiator and Oil cooler Conversion
Cold Air Induction & K&N filter
Replaced fuseable links to fuse box
Club car style rear wing.
Solex locks, Alarm System
Saas Steering wheel
Stezza
__ 6" infinty spilts, Boston Neo tweeters Soundstream SPL12 subwoofer.
__ 3 RF series Rockford Fosgate amps, sony head unit (colour coded), Alpine Sub level controller, Jaycar/Dick Smith Cabeling,
__ Oddesy battery, custom fiberglass sub box, Flash-Tac deadend doors.
Suspension
__ Pedders VRD shocks all round.
__ Pedders Sports ryder coils all round.
__ Super pro poly bushes through out (except rear upper arms).
__ Don Selby 25mm front sway bar.
__ Modifided front lower control arms.
__ Removed rear sway bar.
And my lastest mod... Lenso 17 x7" rims (i got them today!!)
upcoming mods:
__ gearbox rebuild, :cry:
__ some sort of brake work,
__ 4.4:1 Guru Torque Biasing Diff center (finaly) :o
__ maybe a colour change / respray
__ Roll cage & interior mods (carpet, maybe some seats)
after all that ive ended up with this
not bad considering ive had a few "Set backs" this year
and another rim shot..
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ACBron Motorsport
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ive only got the wing for downforce when i do my track days..
I mosly likey will take it off when i respray the car, as i dont like it that much myself. But for some reason i hate colour coded wings on red or white 1st gen's!!!
every other colour i prefer them color coded, weird huh???
i also wish the strips on the bumpers were black too to break up the colour a bit more... one day i will fix it.
heres some more pics....
front strut and swaybar
subox and amp rack
Yes thats a back seat
my (true) race headers
i will get more (better) pics soon
I mosly likey will take it off when i respray the car, as i dont like it that much myself. But for some reason i hate colour coded wings on red or white 1st gen's!!!
every other colour i prefer them color coded, weird huh???
i also wish the strips on the bumpers were black too to break up the colour a bit more... one day i will fix it.
heres some more pics....
front strut and swaybar
subox and amp rack
Yes thats a back seat
my (true) race headers
i will get more (better) pics soon
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Originally posted by Vega
Nice looking car. Thats the spoiler I wanted for mine. Where'd you get it from and how much. Nice wheels also.
Nice looking car. Thats the spoiler I wanted for mine. Where'd you get it from and how much. Nice wheels also.
many playes over here have them but i do belive mazdatrix has one the same if not close to that one on there website
the rims were a lucky find,,,, i was looking for tyres for my stock rims when i came across an advert for them yesterday
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Originally posted by inittab
Wow.... that looks great!
I'd like to learn more about your "handmade mufflers ".
Wow.... that looks great!
I'd like to learn more about your "handmade mufflers ".
the rear muffler is basically the same but a 2 1/2" ID perf tube and a much bigger outer piece (mild steels this time) it is packed in a special way though, to which I'm sworn to secrecy. its free flowing and not too loud ( almost legal lol)
I can get some pics soon for you.
they were made by Rohan Ambrose from Autostyle Automotives who is also the brains behing (www.gurumotorsports.com)
The headers on my car are and old set from his race car and were on it when he broke several lap records around Australia
Last edited by Adsy01; 12-14-02 at 07:36 AM.
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Originally posted by JEC-31
hey Adsy, what's a StuBer carb?
hey Adsy, what's a StuBer carb?
sort of like the Paul Yaw ones you guys get in the States
It's got huge chokes, re-jetteted to suit and a whole new linkage setup that opens all 4 butterflies exactly together (NOT mechanical 2nd's!!) lots of other little mods too..
It does the job great!!
I can cruise in 5th gear at 1000RPM without jecking ect... no flat spots whatsoever any where in the rev range, great throttle response (as good as a weber!!) and revs easly to 9000RPM (and beyond) without runing lean or running out of air!
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Originally posted by JEC-31
Very cool. Got any links to let us investigate, or do I have to hop on a plane and come down there to check it out?
Very cool. Got any links to let us investigate, or do I have to hop on a plane and come down there to check it out?
Stuart is currently making 3-4 StuBer's a week and only does them after hours...
They would be pretty cheap for you USA guys as the Aussie dollor is worthless , but im not sure if Stuart is prepared to send them oversea's
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Hey Adsy01
whats the going price AUD on that wing?
The ones we get here are not that big,I got one but have no mounted it yet,cause the one you got is the one I want,Ill buy it from you
BTW your car looks sharp..and yes us guys in the US didnt get back seats.and they are hard to find.
Thats one thing I wouldnt mind geting ,Rotor rims,and FB back seats,Just cause they are hard to get and rare.
whats the going price AUD on that wing?
The ones we get here are not that big,I got one but have no mounted it yet,cause the one you got is the one I want,Ill buy it from you
BTW your car looks sharp..and yes us guys in the US didnt get back seats.and they are hard to find.
Thats one thing I wouldnt mind geting ,Rotor rims,and FB back seats,Just cause they are hard to get and rare.
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Nice, mate, very nice. More than nice - way nice. I'm not a fan of the "new" wheel styles - but I really like yours. Beautiful. Never understood the back seats, couldn't fit a Koala in there if you wanted to!
Edit: Oh yeah, I f'got... I like the spoiler (wing). Adds style, looks great. Makes the difference between "plain Jane" and "hot"... immho!
Edit: Oh yeah, I f'got... I like the spoiler (wing). Adds style, looks great. Makes the difference between "plain Jane" and "hot"... immho!
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You don't happen to have a shot of that spoiler from the rear, do you? For whatever reason I kind of like that one and I don't think I've ever seen a spoiler on a 1st gen that I've actually liked.
Nice ride, man.
Nice ride, man.
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thanks guys for the kind words...
um total cost well i'm lucky i picked up alot of stuff cheap and at trade price, but if i had paid retail and still got the other bargins i did (engine, rims, wing) it would add up to about AUS $11,000 including the 5k the car cost
umm i think there about 250 bux??? i got this one for 50bux from a mate who had a S1 for a parts car.
i'll will remeber to take some rear shots for you.
So do i!!! lol im sooooooooo broke now!
well it might be coming out when i re do the interior!
its good for putting stuff on without it rolling about lol
I've aloso got a new front bar that is a bit like this one...
again i picked it up cheap with a we cracks in it...
im really unsure wheather or not to use it now!
Originally posted by Vubonic
BE-YO-TI-FUL How much was the total cost? Nice paintjob and rims, I hope to make my 83 GSL look good like that one day!
BE-YO-TI-FUL How much was the total cost? Nice paintjob and rims, I hope to make my 83 GSL look good like that one day!
whats the going price AUD on that wing?
You don't happen to have a shot of that spoiler from the rear, do you? For whatever reason I kind of like that one and I don't think I've ever seen a spoiler on a 1st gen that I've actually liked.
Wish I had the $$$ to do that.
You have a BACK SEAT
its good for putting stuff on without it rolling about lol
I've aloso got a new front bar that is a bit like this one...
again i picked it up cheap with a we cracks in it...
im really unsure wheather or not to use it now!
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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
I WANT IT!! Thats the one I want, and I need a new front bumper anyway .
~T.J.
I WANT IT!! Thats the one I want, and I need a new front bumper anyway .
~T.J.
the centre opening on mine was smaller so ive cut it open to improve the air flow quite a bit.. it still needs a fair bit of workbefore its ready to paint