My FD is going to be featured on TUNED
 

After emailing back and forth with Matt Farah of Smoking Tire and TUNED, it has been decided that my FD will be featured on the webseries under the YouTube channel DRIVE.

I am pretty excited to have the first rotary on the show. Its much needed in my opinion, to show the true light of our cars. I dont know how production is going to work, but I am going to do my best to really show the true side of owning a properly built FD. I just hope Matt fits in my FD lol

My car is great condition so far. Engine is strong and healthy. Only issues I have are that my engine startup tune is off, so it idles low and rough for a few seconds then clears at 1k rpm. Needs some throttle basically. Also, the rear end is a bit clunky but that is a combination of the new LSD and solid diff mounts. Pillowballs were changed last year. Otherwise everything is in order.

My car build facts submitted to TUNED

Engine
-13B-REW engine with a large streetport and ALS apex seals.
-Turblown TD61 1.0 A/R (gt35 p-trim) single turbo w/ HKS cast manifold.
-Full custom 3 inch exhaust ending with DO Engineering titanium catback.
- 1600cc secondary fuel injectors, walbro fuel pump and pressure regulator.
Custom AN lines
-HKS twinpower w/ NGK race plug wires
-Apexi Power FC stand alone ECU- recently street tuned by me @ 15psi ~400whp and 320wtq pump gas
-Custom monster v-mount intercooler/radiator setup

Braking
-AP Racing 4 piston BBK
-Mazda 929 master cylinder l
-Stainless steal lines, HAWK street/track pads

Suspension/Handling
-Pettit Racing Track Pro stage 3 coilovers. 12k/10K spring rates. Corner balanced
-Carbonetic Carbon 1.5way LSD with 4.3 gears
- Kirk Racing 4-point roll bar
-Enkei RPF1 18x9.5 front 18x10 rear 275/35/18 Hankook Rs3 tires

Good luck! I'll be looking forward to watching it when it comes out.

thats AWESOME please keep us updated !

Cool! Let us know when its out!

Cool. That should be interesting.

Adjust the boost down to the lowest setting! Probably good insurance to deliver it with a full tank of gas just to be sure they use super.

Can you post some pictures of your car?

yes dude.

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fuckin dope

Thats awesome news! like stated above, some pics would be appreciated.

I sure will have the tank topped off. I will also fill a few gallons of 101 octane as a safeguard and leave it at 15psi.

As for pictures.. I am currently in DC and dont really have any decent photos of the car in its current state. For now ill just post what I have laying around. Changes include new painted FEED type II wing. Fixed fenders, and the new DO engineering titanium exhaust.

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Congrats!! I love that webseries. Any idea when it will be uploaded?

Congrats! That show was always lacking something - now it's complete ! Hopefully it'll be longer than 4 mins like most of their videos ..

Dates have not been discussed yet. It will be for next season so I would hope they film it within 2-4 months. I dont even know when the next season begins to be honest.

Your car sounds like a great example to use. A nice middle of the road car with good power and drivability, not a huge laggy single but substantially more power than the average twins car.

Congrats Armen! Good luck brother. I love that program. The guy is kinda big though, not sure if he will fit lol. Looks like you don't have a sunroof so that will help :)

:icon_tup::icon_tup::nod: keep us updated.

What is tuned?

It's a semi professional auto blog show on youtube

Like the show, love to see your car on it!

awesome! its good to see a rotary powered FD getting some publicity. go out there and show them that 13B tuning has evolved and isnt stuck in the dark ages like people still think to this day. speakin of which, lately on the car mags i see on the rack have FDs on them...but they're swapped. yuck

NICE! Looking forward to this :nod:

i like the show a lot, good luck

Thanks everyone. Im sure its all gonna work out, luckily I got my car in decent shape before I left for DC. Since the suspension does lean a bit more than my liking, I am going to try to buy the rear Tanabe sway bar to match the front I have laying around at home. This, and my start up issue are my main concern at the moment.

I do wish Chris Harris also would drive my car and give a review. He is my favorite automotive journalist by far.

I will keep people up to date with dates as soon as I find out. Some more random pics from my phone.

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I also think Chris Harris is one of my favorite automotive journalists, but having your car featured on TUNED is pretty awesome!