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Old 08-30-11, 02:12 PM
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ITB's? awesome! can't wait to see/heard it. how do u like the 90mm TB? i was going to install one but wasnt sure if it was going to make a difference in my setup. don't u think u should re-route the intake piping to a place where u get cold air and not hot air from the radiator fans
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Originally Posted by tafkamb2
I was just wondering how much time it took to strip the engine bay and get it ready for paint?
Well that depends on how you do it. but everything we took out was separated in different areas and well organized so it took some time... My friend, who is doing the most of the actual job has a full time job so he works on it when ever he can and I go help when ever I can. Plus some times, we just stare at the car and do nothing but drink beer... so it can take some time.... Is a project and I am in no hurry to finish it.


Originally Posted by olddragger
too long.
it would be a good time to do a wire tuck job if you wanted too though.
By the way that color is beautiful man--it popped my bifocals off!
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Yeah, we will do a little cleaning... and thanks on the color. it is supposed to match my trike which I included as an attachment...


Originally Posted by Rawbz08
im in the middle of doing a complete strip of the bay area .... yeah it definaltly time consumming.... i so want to go fwd with wire tuck and fuse relocation i dont want to pull the dash tho....
If you are taking all of that out.. migth as well take the dash out... I did it. There is nothing inside my car... nothing. Im also changing the carpet from tan to black. I am also padding the whole interior with dynamat to keep everything quiet inside...
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Old 08-30-11, 03:56 PM
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Gordon that is a-w-e-s-o-m-e! wish i could afford a similar conversion
Old 09-24-11, 09:17 AM
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more bays !
Old 09-24-11, 12:23 PM
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Holy moly, that's one sexy engine bay! Great job!
Old 09-24-11, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by gmonsen
Carlos... No one has ever played with the intake side of a turbo 3 rotor. I realized after making my bigger plenum that it would help a turbo 3 rotor. If you ever wanted to try it, let me know and I'll send it down to you. Just a big throttle body and the plenum should at about 50-75 rwhp to your setup.

I am thinking about going with 6 small ITB's instead of 3 larger ones. It seems like a simpler solution to me, but I've only seen one done that way and can't find anything on it. As far as the ducting and all. I was going to tilt the rad back and create a duct for it, but don;t need that with the ITB's, so I'm not going to bother with an interim solution. Runs fine the way it is...

ShiftRx7... Thanks. I love the NA setup. I think I have figured out how to do an NA 3 rotor conversion for about $15-17,000 plus the 13b in trade. So, its not that bad. I spent more than a few times that figuring things out... so far.

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That's a very interesting idea. Are you going to use a plenum over the ITB's or just run them straight? Either way I bet the sound it makes alone will be worth it.

I wonder if the reason that the ITB's aren't popular is because of the way that air travels differently through the intake of an NA rotary engine as opposed to an NA piston engine? I'm referring to the pulses of air that reverse direction and travel back up the intake runner as the rotor passes the intake port on the compression stroke.
Old 09-24-11, 04:45 PM
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Since i cant find the words to define that bay lol
Old 09-24-11, 05:04 PM
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Filter and intake pipe now swapped with a hard pipe and foam filter, water hoses will be black soon
Old 09-24-11, 05:36 PM
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Old 09-24-11, 06:46 PM
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I love it, no need for power brakes but there is a firewall stopper. Is it a car or exercise equipment?
Old 09-24-11, 07:06 PM
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work in progress, lots of work left. thinking of getting a v mount setup.

Old 09-24-11, 11:03 PM
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Love the color combo Gordon (black UIM with silver intake piping). I'm going a similar route with a wrinkle black powdercoat finish to the UIM, TB, and TB elbow with the rest of the piping being polished aluminum. I was curious how it look so I'm glad you posted that picture.
Old 09-24-11, 11:33 PM
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Old 09-25-11, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
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did you make those carbon overlay pieces for the wheels wells ? and who makes that turbo manifold ? i like how the turbo sits high like that...
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Old 09-25-11, 03:32 PM
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Damn! i know the pic has been molested way too much, but me likes
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Old 09-25-11, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by FC3S1991
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That is very nice and clean...... Great job..!!

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Old 09-25-11, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by gmonsen
Rotarymaz... thanks. I am still playing with it and major redo in October for itb's and exhaust and moving alternator over compressor since no intake.

Godsquadmandrake... I think there are just so few NA 3 rotors around and we are all still experimenting with what works. Logan has run itb's on his for 2-3 years now making 348-428 whp. Sound will be incredible and worth the effort.

Jose... thanks a lot.

Matt... Looks clean. Like alternator redlo. Putting mine over air compressor.

Silverturbod6port... Looking good. Maybe swap green filter or red?

FC3S1991... Complex build. More pix.

turbo8... Happy it was useful.

dvo... Nice. Clean. Simple. Not too many colors.

Gordon
sorry my colors dont fit together to your liking.
Old 09-25-11, 06:45 PM
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Guys, if you're going to quote a post with multiple pictures please show some consideration towards the rest of us and delete all but one pic so that we don't have to continuously scroll through the same pics over and over again.

Thanks
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Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
sorry my colors dont fit together to your liking.
Are those CF inners i see?
Old 09-25-11, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jose A.
Are those CF inners i see?
something me and my buddy designed a couple years ago.
http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/p...Movie_0001.mp4

and a pic for club rules
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^ Those pieces look good.

Also, I like the green filter. Are you planning to duct that v mount?



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FC3S1991 - awesome engine bay. I've got a full set of 13b-re intakes but im too lazy to use them, due to yet another custom fuel rail and figuring how to mount up a different throttle body, the stock re one won't cut it. what tb did you end up using?

and to be honest, everyone's engine bay is awesome in their own way!
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Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
something me and my buddy designed a couple years ago.
Awesome!


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