rotorbrain

well, after another long while of being down and doing pointless modifications, my car is finally about 2 days away from being completed.

i have a few pictures here of what i did. . . more on the way. . . in about a week or two.

TT_Rex_7

Lookin good, what kind of coating is that?

-Alex

rotorbrain

SWAT81

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Looks powder coated to me, great looking pieces there
Did you do them yourself? or did you send it out?

rotorbrain

thats all for now. . . just gimme a few days to get some pics of the turbo and everything else. . .

have fun

paul

94RHDFD

iTrader: (3)

Looking good Paul

rotorbrain

i did most all of the work myself. david garfinkle gave me a few pointers as well as a few kick in the pants. . . and he reassembled my throttle body.

paul

oh, and he also countersunk my throttle-blade bar. . . thingy. . . now, there are no bulky screws for the air to move across.

TT_Rex_7

Off topic here, but I noticed your in TN, what part?

-Alex

rotorbrain

smyrna/murfreesboro area. not TOO far from you.

paul

TT_Rex_7

Nope, not to far at all, about an hour from my shop in Hendersonville. You know where a dyno is in this god for saken area? lol

-Alex

rotorbrain

yeah man!!! call 3rd shift performance (615) 251-8511

what kind of shop do you have?

paul

GOTBANNED?

wow that looks great man...sexy looking

rotorbrain

yes. . . just the way i like it. hahahaha

paul

TT_Rex_7

My father and I own a machine shop. We're acctually machining an rx8 rotor to 9.0:1 compression ratio or 8.5:1 if enough material is there starting next week to stick in the 7 for a lightweight rotor.

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/lightweight-rotors%3Dless-torque-379771/

Where are they located, and do they have a website?

-Alex

AgentSpeed

Looks good Paul! I guess I should of looked here before PM'ing a pic request...
Can't wait to see that new turbo!

rotorbrain

haha, i just sent you the link too!!! hahahaha

man, when i sat the turbo in there for "clocking", i was amazed. it looks soooooo much bigger than that other one. . . should my old one even be categorized as a turbo??? hahahahaha

paul

the_glass_man

iTrader: (2)

Man that's awesome work on the LIM, how long did it take you to do that? Any pointers? Looks like you dropped 5 lbs. from it!

rotorbrain

it took days of staring and figuring. . . then some welding. . . then some smoothing. pretty much, it was a major pain in the bobo!!!!! i really dont know if id care to do it again. . . though, i have another manifold laying around just begging to be sold!!!!!

paul

RX-187

Great work! Another LIM around? Maybe you can do that one again.

rotorbrain

maybe ill do it again. . . and polish it. . . hmmmm. . . real quick. . . heres a comparo.

heres david garfinkles polished LIM. . .


and heres mine. . .

rotorbrain

guys, i just realized something. . . the artificial light really doesnt do this stuff justice. . . direct sunlight makes this stuff really stand out. . . wish i could share that experience. hahahaha

paul

vellj001

Now that relly looks a great job is coming through. I particularly like the color so good looking. I am starting to think is is better than the stainless steel look.

My complimnets.

rotoboy661

looks sick man

what else is getiing done in that color??

did u do it??

rotorbrain

thanks, i did some other pieces in the engine bay the same color, and there are some other pieces in silver. . . very high metallic content. this stuff sparkles in sunlight!!!!

paul

yes, i did it. . . though david garfinkle put my throttle body back together and countersunk my throttle blade mounting screw holes for better flow across the blades.

LizardFC

iTrader: (1)

That looks really goooooood. Looks like you guys did a great job on that throttle body too. I hope you bring that over to Deals Gap in April