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.

 

Lookin good, what kind of coating is that?

-Alex

 

 

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

 

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

have fun

paul

 

Looking good Paul

 

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.

 

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

-Alex

 

smyrna/murfreesboro area. not TOO far from you.

paul

 

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

 

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

what kind of shop do you have?

paul

 

wow that looks great man...sexy looking

 

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

paul

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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!

 

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

 

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

 

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

heres david garfinkles polished LIM. . .


and heres mine. . .

 

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

 

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.

 

looks sick man

what else is getiing done in that color??

did u do it??

 

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.

 

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