Rebuild Time (Pictures from start to finish)
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Rebuild Time (Pictures from start to finish)
Hey guys, even though I'm new to this forum, I've been familiar with the FD for quite some time now. My FD's coolant seal gave out so I thought this is my chance to pull everything out and rebuild with all new parts because I don't know what the previous owner did. I'm currently collecting my parts and going to start the rebuild of my shortblock next week and thought I'd share with you the progress from start to finish. Currently the car is at my friend's sho getting prepped for a twin turbo set up using Garrett T3/TO4E's which I'll have pictures up once I can get the rebuilt engine down there. Attached are pictures of the parts I currently have, next week I'll start having the rebuild pictures.
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The HKS down pipe was the original plan for just reliable modifications (how many of us have been through that), coolant seal went bad, decided to go all out. Now that I'm going custom, it will have dual 3" down pipes and dual exhaust, haven't decided on what mufflers yet, any suggestions?
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I have a big Tial wastegate and a 4 inch downpipe, no problems here
Spiritrmazda, look into magnaflow mufflers, they sound great and do a decent job of keeping the noise at a reasonable level....
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely look into the mufflers. Anyone with a dual exhaust FD set up yet? I saw some photochops but nothing someone has done yet for real yet. What about Racing Beat? I also plan on having them fabricate a custom twin core v-mount intercooler.
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My downpipe is up for grabs check it out:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=666278
Mazdatim, I uploaded that picture by mistake, since I'm going custom with 2 3" downpipes, I'm selling my HKS downpipe.
As for the dual exhaust, my friend got me 2 HKS carbon TI mufflers, still debating on using them but they might go up for sale later on too.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=666278
Mazdatim, I uploaded that picture by mistake, since I'm going custom with 2 3" downpipes, I'm selling my HKS downpipe.
As for the dual exhaust, my friend got me 2 HKS carbon TI mufflers, still debating on using them but they might go up for sale later on too.
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New rotor housings, just picked them up from Mazdatrix earlier. Heres a few pictures, going to street port them, once I'm done, I'll have pictures of those too. If I can manage to somehow sell my downpipe and 3mm seals, I'll buy new rotors too, saw a great deal from Japan2LA.
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Please update: I've wanted to do twin GT25's with true dual exhaust for a long time but just couldn't justify the time and expense. Since I can't fabricate it myself, the cost would be insanely astronomical. There's no reason to do dual 3" though. You could easily do dual 2" without clearance issues and still have plenty of flow. You could get the housings, rotors and everything else cheaper from Japan but Mazdatrix is local. If you are really going to do this then look in to my idea of using Tial turbo's with a V-Band flanges.
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Please update: I've wanted to do twin GT25's with true dual exhaust for a long time but just couldn't justify the time and expense. Since I can't fabricate it myself, the cost would be insanely astronomical. There's no reason to do dual 3" though. You could easily do dual 2" without clearance issues and still have plenty of flow. You could get the housings, rotors and everything else cheaper from Japan but Mazdatrix is local. If you are really going to do this then look in to my idea of using Tial turbo's with a V-Band flanges.
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Just finished semi-race porting my irons and housings. Now I need to sand down the areas ported and take all of the irons and housings to a place with a parts washer. Starting the rebuild during the week, after the rebuild, I take it to get a manifold fabricated for the twin T3/TO4E's.