Well, to make a looooooong story short:
I bought my FD w/ 130k miles on it, orig. motor, stock everything except for intake / exhaust... I blew my engine back in December '06. I bought a jdm engine from Zerolift Autolab in Fairfield, OH which turned out to be garbage, sued Zerolift, got money back, and started buying a new engine piece by piece.... (and waaaayyyy too much other stuff)

Here's some pics:








Here's the list of parts: (I'm sure I'm forgetting more than a few things)

Engine
Atkins Rotary Master Rebuild Kit
Rotary Aviation 2mm Super Seals
Rotary Aviation "Race" Seal Springs
Mazda Competition Rotor Bearings
Window Stationary Gear Bearings
2 Brand New Rotor Housings
2 Brand New Rotors
Brand New E-Shaft
New water pump
Greddy Air Pump Pulley Delete Kit
Mazdaspeed motor mounts

Turbos
Dynatech Corp. Rebuilt Twin Turbos
Hallman Manual Boost Controller
HKS SSQV

Cooling
Koyo Radiator
Samco Silicone Radiator Hoses
Greddy Vspec FMIC
Greddy Elbow
MoCal 25 row Dual Oil Coolers With Braided Lines
Pettit AST
ARC Intake w/ K&N Filter (not sure if this will fit with the intercooler piping)

Fuel System
Fuel injectors cleaned/serviced by RC Engineering
Denso Fuel Pump
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator
Gauge for FPR

Suspension
Engine Torque Damper
Tokico 5 Way Adjustable Shocks


Transmission
Tranny getting rebuilt
Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel
Counterweight
ACT Street/Strip Clutch / Heavy Duty Pressure Plate

Exhaust
Blitz nur spec catback
3" downpipe / midpipe / no cat

Electronics
Apex'i Power FC (w/commander)
Autometer Sport Comp Oil Temp Gauge
Autometer Sport Comp Oil Pressure Gauge
Autometer Sport Comp Water Temp Gauge
Autometer Sport Comp Air Fuel Ratio Gauge
Autometer Sport Comp Boost Gauge
HKS Twin Power w/FD Harness

Interior
Autometer A Pillar Dual Gauge Pod
Rx7 Store steering column Gauge Pod
Center Channel Speaker Dual Gauge Pod
Power FC Commander Holder

Battery:
relocating to passenger side bin
***not sure which battery to buy***

So here I am almost $12,000 later, wondering: what next? I just want to see it run again, it's been wayyyy too long.

The engine's back in the car now, just have install everything else. Everything was sand-blasted; it's all pretty - I hope it runs....

Wish me luck...

~Brent

 

looks good dude. keep us posted

 

Looks awesome!

Is it just me or do you have your Y-pipe on backwards as shown in the last pic?

 

You're right. it is on backwards

 

lol i was looking at the pics thinking, wait is the motor backwards? wtf is wrong with the Y pipe...oh, its backwards

 

lol, yeah it was on backwards in that pic. fret not, it's been corrected....

Now I'm just trying to figure out what other little things I've either forgotten or should do...

Hose Techniques viton hoses are on the way, what else?


Financial Disaster

 

Nice looking motor there. With the sort of horsepower you're going to produce I'd look at upgrading the suspension to prevent wheel hop. Trailing arms, toe links, and upgraded rear diff bushings should do the trick. I can't tell from the pictures but I'd replace all the smaller coolant lines such as the ones going to turbos, the AST, and the throttle body if they're more than a few years old while you're at it.

 

Nice pictures, I would change the plastic oil injector lines with braided SS lines. These plastic lines tend to get brittle and crack with time.

I would also replace the stock oil injectors if you still have them with the upgraded ones. The stock ones has the tendency of "starvation" during high boosting conditions when the Apex seals need lube the most.

Unless you tend to use premix cycle oil in your gas, then disregard changing the injectors.

Yeah, when I got my reman engine installed, I also replaced the coolant lines, especially the turbos, they're a bitch to do with the engine in car.

Good luck on your project and hope to see another FD being on the road again!

 

very nice glad you got the money back from the jdm engine.

 

only took 8 drawn-out months and a small claims law suit! lol

how much power do you think it'll make? i wasn't expecting a whole lot. yeah the motor is street-ported and there's some nice parts but still stock twins (still sequential too) and they'll be running 10-12 psi....

maybe someone with a similar build could give me a horsepower estimate?

 

I'm guessing you'll have somewhere around 330-350HP to the wheels. I'm getting around 320HP to the wheels with a stock motor, stock twins, downpipe, high flow cat, airinx intake, 12PSI, Greddy FMIC, denso fuel pump, RB catback, and PFC tuned by Steve Kan.

 

keep up the good work

 

haha...u got fucked my mike bailey at Zerolift too lol. I bought a motor from him once and it turned out to be the wrong one. Got my money back though.

 

And i knew him before he had his shop in fairfield. Back when he was dealing out of his dad's garage. Nice guy, terrible business man.

 

lol true true....

he tried ******* me royally gave me false tracking numbers, kept saying the motor was shipped, avoiding phone calls, etc....

when i finally got one there was no compression in one of the rotors. it took a lawsuit to refund the money.

**** you mr. mike bailey.





....no hard feelings though

 

Still not finished yet. Nickel & Dime **** keeps getting in the way. Here's some new pics...








Whatcha think?

 

^great work, man. I really like those oil coolers, too.

 

thanks

 

sweet work, love the dual oil cooler, where did you get .

 

i bought them from a forum member

 

They look like gotham racing coolers, those bitches need ducting big time...they are sitting WAY back.

 

they're Mocal and yes i know they'll need ducting. I don't plan on keeping the stock bumper. When it's changed I'll do the appropriate ducting...

 

should be fun

 

OP, Is that your gas mask on the floor under the stool in the third pic? tisk,tisk!

 

That has been my story for the last week so i feel your pain.

Looks good man, keep it up.