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Old May 13, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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I joy some WORK EQUIPS that would look good on ur car
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Old May 14, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Uh... did you take the seats out of your evo to put in the 7?

Looks great, cant wait to see some more pics of the car all cleaned up on some equips.
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Old May 28, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mike_merryguy
where you wrenchin at, I am putting a paxton on my FC in my garage.. hopefully its done soon so i can tear up the roads here at pendleton... you gonna start going to the san diego meets again?
Out of Lucky7racings garage as of now but soon I will be at the hobby shop in mainside, where i moved to sucks i cant even change a light bulb

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Alex, did I see your car at Lucky 7?
shooooooowwww yes sir she needs some work but ,she will be looking sexy in no time. Fix up the patches fresh paint some work equips slammed on a stealth motor ...ahhhhh gotta love it

Originally Posted by g14novak
Uh... did you take the seats out of your evo to put in the 7?

Looks great, cant wait to see some more pics of the car all cleaned up on some equips.
lol nahhh these are a extra set of fronts and backs i got they look sick inside the rx7 though
Originally Posted by OneLove
I joy some WORK EQUIPS that would look good on ur car
yeah the set i sold you crack head sell them back

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Old May 28, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Update: I been gone out of the state training so I havent had much internet. While I was gone Fris @ LUCK7 RACING took it upon himself to takle my new build. Since I have a lot of bad news when i purchased my car and BLOWN at that look at my sig read the scammed thread. I need all the help I can get. Who else than LUCKY7 RACING they stepped up and took charge of my build while I was gone.

Since I am going for the "CALIFORNIA STEALTH" look high flashy colors and bling bling is not needed for this build. Anything that is Black is painted black andything that is silver or aluminum is left silver. Everything was cleaned and some parts were in a ultra sonic cleaner for hours like Rotors and such.



1-Motor is built !!!!!!
2-OS Giken twin plate clutch -Lucky 7 Racing hook-up


some of the parts that are already aquired and present-
-Samco intercooler hoses -black
-Evo 8 bov -good up to 21psi and are loud and best of all they look OEM!!!
-Racing Beat wires
-Kand N drop in filter
-MARREN 720cc secondaries


I WILL UPDATE THE THREAD WITH PICS OF THE CAR AND THE BUILD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM THERE WILL BE OVER 50 PICS STAY TUNED
here is a pic of the BOV


Heres the OS giken twin plate clutch

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Old May 28, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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The weekend before me leaving for training I removed the motor and cleaned up the car. I will post up the rust issues I am having wich will be fix shortly too.

The TEAR DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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Old May 28, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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110 PSI FRONT AND 90 REAR HAHAHA man I got scammed blown motor FTW!!



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Old May 28, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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holy crap... that sucks man... is anything salvageable?
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Old May 29, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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Wow, just wow!

Hurry up and finish so we can hit the tracks, you already missed mazfest!

Here's something to get motivate ya!

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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Got some work done yesterday since I am back even though I got to the shop late . My goal is to have the car running this week. I am a attention to detail kind of person so I like everything to be up to my highest standards so Its taking me a bit long.

First thing I had to do was clean up and prep all my parts for ceramic paint. Then, while the parts where drying a new waterpump and altenator went on. Also purchased ,a new slave cylinder, NKG plugs ,and new wire loom /shrink wrap, because I am redoing the wire harness today.

started taking the TB apart for ,TB mod and clean it up a bit.





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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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Cleaned primaries





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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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looks awesome.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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Harness is out and I am getting ready to strip it ,heat shrink the points and tape it tight .

Now a couple of the car wich arent great since, it is not cleaned up and it looks hurt NOW, just wait till a fresh coat of Brilliant black goes on there .



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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 87 t-66
looks awesome.
Thanks brother, just trying to get back on the game It wont be as fast as my old FC but sure will be reliable and great all around car.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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Look closesly to the details guys, I wire wheeled every single bolt and cleaned every sensor to a original out of the box look
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Old May 31, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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good job Alex, me like it
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Old May 31, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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Looks awesome man. I love the 'extreme attention to every detail' look. I'm trying to be the same way with my new FC. Keep up the great work
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Old May 31, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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looking sweet and sexy dude! i love details

what rotor housings are those? as you dont have a knock sensor?
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Old May 31, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Damn!! bro its comming along nice. Can not wait to see it up and running.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Furb
looking sweet and sexy dude! i love details

what rotor housings are those? as you dont have a knock sensor?
Thanks guys

they are s4 T2 housings the irons are s5 t2 and the rotors are s5 t2
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Old May 31, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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Well today I had some free time while my daughter watched ANNIE for the 300th time I got the harness 99% done. I purchased a couple things in order for me to the harness. First thing we have to think about is how old these connectors and wires are. Second how many previous people have tampered with it. We all know the RX7 is infamous for electrical gremlins so with that been said i attacked the harness hard.

I started to take the old tape that is plastic now..lol and started looking for bad jujuus . And to my surprise 10 bad wires/connections in the harness it self hell one of the injectors was still running by 2 thin strips of copper. I re taped it all up really tight soldered the connections that need to be fixed and used BLACK wire loom. A lot of people dont like them because of the super cool engine bays on civics when they used to rock all the colors of the rainbow. But using black loom and making the wires as tight as possible will make it look 100 times better than just plain old tape.

Why take my time in doing something as whacked out as the harness. Well 90% of the troubles in a good build is electrical and its harder to pin point.





NOW FINISHED


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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Damn Brother, that looks killer.. Can't wait to get moving on mine.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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totally awesome. definitely impressed of the progress you've made.

almost done.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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Comin along, Alex! Can't wait to see it done!
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