Congrats! Thats one of my favorite webshows.

 

Best of luck with the prep and show.

 

Congrats, very clean FD.

 

That's very cool.

 

Kudos to you. Great web series.

 

Congrats man, the car looks great I love the suede/ alcantara interior!

 

Congrats man! I watch drive all the time. Love their channel. Who made your sideskirts?

 

Thanks man

The sideskirts are actually OEM mazda. They are my favorite skirts by far. OEM ones (non-replica) are polyurethane which is good cause they can flex and take abuse. Mine are oem but when I had them painted, the shop foolishly used bondo to fill imperfections which later started to crack up after installation.

 

Is your interior wrapped in suede? some more pics of that man!

 

Only wrapped the a/c panel, shifter panel and the steering wheel shroud. The AC panel didnt come out the way I wanted and the ash tray doesnt fit perfectly anymore lol other than that it came out pretty nice.

 

any update on when this will be released? i also have an FD with 18x9.5 RPF1s

 

I am still waiting to hear back from TUNED with dates. I really have no idea when they want to film. Ive actually been thinking about selling my RPF1's this summer if I come across a nice set of 17inch regamasters

 

Maybe would have been better to hold off on your announcement until after they filmed it. Just saying. Make sure to post a link if they ever do film it.
Where are you staying at here in DC anyway?

 

Giving some inside info before the release isnt such a bad thing is it? Even if it gets everyones expectations and hopes up lol. The show will happen, just dont know when.

I live in NW DC. K st and 12th.

 

Any updates?

 

TUNED had paused production for almost a year while the DRIVE network was making changes.

With that being said, tuned is back now and they will begin filming my car Feb 28th.

Ive managed, (just barely) to finish installing Turblowns 8376 ewg kit and tune the car up to 16psi. I still need to add a resonator to the 3.5in mp but the car is ready otherwise. Should be a nice setup for Matt to experience. He told me that he "hates rotaries but wants to see what a turbo one is all about." Im hoping to change his mind

how she sits at the moment

 

So how do you like your new efr kit?

 

Congrats for the news , your car is beautiful
What kind of sideskirts is that , Apexi or 99 ?

 

Just put some "Hennessey" badges on the back and he'll automatically go APE SHEET over the car. Why can't they have someone like Fritz or Pete host this show. People who actually know how to drive a car to it's limits.

But I digress..... congrats! Certainly well deserved. I hope that things go well and that Matt has positive things to say about your ride!

 

I had recently been watching some of The Smoking Tire's YouTube channel and loved all the one takes. It's disappointing hearing him say this about the rotary. Makes me wonder which rotary's he was referring too? That channel gets a **** load of views so hopefully your car represents the rotary well. Good luck!

 

I was under the impression he was talking about na rotaries... Far cry from this setup.

 

Thanks man. The sideskirts are OEM 99spec.


He seems to have had some sort of "bad" experience with an N/A rotary which tainted his view on all rotaries in general. Like most people, even car enthusiasts, he probably doesnt have a clue about rotaries. Im sure the mid/low range torque and response is going to catch him by surprise. He does seems like a cool guy though and genuinely interested in learning more about these cars.

To be honest, I have yet to drive the car with the tuned EFR setup. A month ago when I was home for winter break, I was only able to slap on the EFR kit in a couple days but wasnt able to tune due to an over-boost issue. Turned out Turbosmart sent wastegates with 21psi springs vs 14psi. I already had to fly back to DC at that point so I left the car in Abel Ibarra's hands to tune and sort out the wastegates.

 

Awesome, can't wait to watch it! Your car sounds like a great example to represent rotaries well

 

Cool, subscribing for updates.

 

What a great car and setup to represent the community. Keep us updated!