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Old 05-05-06, 11:36 PM
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Summer's Here! Plans??

Sup guys,

That's right, it's that time of the year again. Fresh pollen to keep the cars coated and heat to melt the dashboards. Gotta love the summer. Plenty of time for everything, not enough money to do anything.

My plans this summer
Electric fan
LSD
SE wheel and rear disk brakes
Getting the dent pulled out in a month or two (soon as I finish getting all the money together)
Maybe FI



Anyone else have big plans this summer?
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I've started on mine, though the bulk of them are involving my FD

FB plans:
GM-Ignitor DLIDFIS (wiring now)
Carter Fuel Pump (ordered today)
Holley 600 Double Pumper carb (rebuilding now) to replace Vacuum Secondary carb
Paint (Possibly even just rattlecan primer so it's consistent)
Tires (done)
New Rotors/Pads (waiting on rotors)
Electric Fan (Have yet to order)
Exhaust (Have yet to order)
Then I'll begin cleaning up the engine bay, doing a lot of painting.

FD plans: (Have all the parts, just waiting to install)
New RP Competition fuel pump
Relocate Fuel filter, and replace stock filter with 35micron SS Mesh filter
Pettit AST
ASP/M2/PettitCCIII-style Large SMIC
AEM UEGO Wideband O2 Gauge Kit
New OEM Plugs (all 9s) and wires
Datalogit (done already)

So I got a few things going on.
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Hmm, let's see now....

Cut the spare set of springs that are sitting in my garage (short term fix only).
Install the other MR2 fan on my radiator (only running one now, but no issues).
Heavier sway bars front and back.
NEW TIRES SOON!!! (old worn out snow tires I bought her with suck!).
Have to get a LSD rear end.
Rebuild/Port the spare engine.
LOTS MORE AUTOCROSS!
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My plans include:
Rebuild & port (big street port)
Sterling carb
Direct fire ignition
Take out the gutted cat and stock muffler and replace with magnaflow or dynomax
Gtech
Dump redline in tranny and rear end
Im joining the SCCA this month (Land O Lakes region) Solo
and PIIDB
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Originally Posted by Roundabout
My plans include:
Rebuild & port (big street port)
Sterling carb
Direct fire ignition
Take out the gutted cat and stock muffler and replace with magnaflow or dynomax
Gtech
Dump redline in tranny and rear end
Im joining the SCCA this month (Land O Lakes region) Solo
and PIIDB
off topic but where do you plan on getting the rebuild/port job done or are you doing it yourself? Just wondering cause I'm thinkin about the same thing so I'm looking for a good place in the area.

and my summer plans include...
Poly bushings up front
Tokico blues
maybe RB springs
actually tuning my Sterling
and a choice of other things, mostly porting/rebuild or nitrous (or both if the money comes my way)

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fiberglassing/ bondoing my cracked rear fenders, a cheap paint job, maybe getting a local school to spray it, no bigggy i dont need it prfect jsut somehting cheap that will look decent, 2 12" subs to replace my 1 10". redoing the wiring and the interior

nexted year, Engine swap and LSD, (maybe putting a 350 in it)
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nice thread

my plans:
new ball joints
idler arm
tie rod ends
new wheels and tires (this weds)
remove a/c
maybe strut bar
alternatoer relocation

just a lot of small jobs here

(also - looking for gsl-se oil cooler lines if anyone has any for sale )

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Oh yea, that idler arm is probably going to get replaced on my FB as well. The steering is a bit sloppy for my tastes.
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awsome some ov us have similar plans

curently makin my j109 difilds
exhaust within month super lound ear plugs included
new 205/50 tyres for my 15" wheels
new shocks,springs,brakes
weld lsd maybe
swap a 12a from a sa in a week or two
get me a sterling carb

every week somthin gets added lol
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Originally Posted by blwfly
awsome some ov us have similar plans
I actually am using your GM Ignitor howto to do the conversion along with the TulsaTurbo diagram. The only difference, I am gutting bad J109s instead of fabbing something to fit in the dizzy connectors.
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i duno if you read the whole post but i didnt get them running to good was a good qwick fix to run the car tach bounced like crazy but you could use a j109 for trailing and it should work fine
do a resistance test with a multimeter put on the 2kgreen side report what you get
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I read another guy had it working great, so I guess the results may vary? It's too late to test my one 'bad' ignitor, as it's already gutted. I am however trying to source another bad one, so I can sell or trade my good J109s to offset the cost of upgrading to DLIDFIS.
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What I'd LIKE to acheive:


For the GS:
custom door panels
Re-doing sound system (adding 4 speakers and another sub, changing locations of a few components)
Venting hood(possibly, still deciding)/headlight lid
fixing a few odds and ends (fussy hatch closure, hood not releasing completely, etc)
Removing A/C


For the GSL-SE:
stripping out interior (except dash and console)
Roll cage
new seat
new harness
new shift ****
new steering wheel
buying black dash and console/and or dying current burgandy ones
new tires
venting hood
flush mount headlights


Half the stuff doesn't cost much, but **** am I going to be busy.
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Originally Posted by mr_ouija
I've started on mine, though the bulk of them are involving my FD

........FB plans:.......

.......FD plans: .......
So I got a few things going on.
Damn man you're living my dream -FC.

I hope everything goes well. I love FD's,FC's but my favorite will always be the FB. Even though the Spirit R is a close match.

BTW I plan to be the first person to have a street legal Spirit R in NJ/U.S. No matter what it takes
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just a few things this year to do, replace some bodywork, get new paint, and replace the differential.
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Finishing another engine swap... I know I know...

But trying to get the motovation to go to the salvage yard now to get a flange from an FC fuel tank to finish my FI conversion.

I f'ed up my first try as I didn't realize that the tank is NOT sealed by the flange but the lip INSIDE the flange. Ya... a week wasted.
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My Plans:
Install new Walbro fuel pump
Fabricate tubular turbo manifold
New Intercooler/radiator setp
Redo brakes
Install gsl-se lsd
Dyno!
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Cool

Drive the 7! Refurbished it this winter. Retire from the military 31AUG06. Enjoy driving my car with no place to be and all the time I need to get there.
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Well if I get this job, then every paycheck will be a different upgrade.

Paycheck 1 - brakes and exhaust
Paycheck 2 - full RB suspension with Tokico shocks
Paycheck 3 - Rollbar and fixed back seat
Paycheck 4 - Front airdam and hood
Paycheck 5 - booze and bitches
Paycheck 6 - Punch and Pie
Paycheck 7 - profit
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Originally Posted by inuissus_cendi
off topic but where do you plan on getting the rebuild/port job done or are you doing it yourself? Just wondering cause I'm thinkin about the same thing so I'm looking for a good place in the area.

and my summer plans include...
Poly bushings up front
Tokico blues
maybe RB springs
actually tuning my Sterling
and a choice of other things, mostly porting/rebuild or nitrous (or both if the money comes my way)
I do everything myself except for alignments. I don't trust anybody else to work on my stuff, especially a rotary powered vehicle...plus Im a mechanic of all trades.
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some but not all:

get the new engine running(hopefully within 2 weeks)
redo the rear 5 lug set up
all new front bushings, maybe subframe swap or something topsecret from respeed
custom 6 point roll bar from respeed
caster/camber plates
mazdaspeed or sparco seats with harnesses
bilsteins front and rear
coil overs front and rear
panhard and 3-link
CF vented hood from 13 beef
a damn IMSA front bumper if i can find one or a custom job im thinking about
MAYBE a paint job

thats the rundown on most of what i want to accomplish. i dont know if ill get it all or if ill get more. who knows.
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thing already done this year

New tires
FC FMOC
transistor trick in progress
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Finally buy my first 7... found a 79 sitting out next to a local shop, bodys solid, interior pretty good for its age, and in the 2 minutes I had to talk to the guy he said it would turn over but kept flooding so it wouldnt start. He said he just parked it because he didnt know what to do with "them dang rotaries" so hopefully i can get a deal on it... it only has 109k on it maybe ill get even luckier and itll run with a little elbow grease
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SO MUCH TO DO, AND SO LITTLE TIME!!!

































Oh, and did I also mention, so little money...
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Originally Posted by Tranquil
Well if I get this job, then every paycheck will be a different upgrade.

Paycheck 1 - brakes and exhaust
Paycheck 2 - full RB suspension with Tokico shocks
Paycheck 3 - Rollbar and fixed back seat
Paycheck 4 - Front airdam and hood
Paycheck 5 - booze and bitches
Paycheck 6 - Punch and Pie
Paycheck 7 - profit

I like option 5, and damn you must be gettin payed pretty good for a HS student to buy that **** each pay check


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