Im doing a single turbo conv. on my FD and cleaning up the engine and painting some stuff and wanted to post pics of the outcome. I'll post pics of when its finished later.

Mods
-i.t.s turbo
-greddy manifold
-tial wastegate
-custum downpipe
-v-mount intercooler
-fuel system (im not on this part of the build yet)

Heres some pics i took today

 

wow very clean. is it all powder coated silver?

 

Thanks, i painted most of the parts except for the alternater and block

 

did you use the high temp resist dupli-color spray paint cans?

 

Not sure what your budget is but I have a very nice fuel system for sale in the 3rd gen section that you might be interested in, it will go well with your car...Complete with Inj, GZ LIM and CJ Rail....

 

I used the dupli-color engine enamel with ceramic

 

I saw your thread before i wanted to get full fuel system but its out of my budget so im just going to get some bigger injecters.

 

great job!

 

Looking good. I am doing the same, except with an hx35 (18.5cm) and dual 40mm synapse gates on a large street port dynamically balanced fresh rebuild.



Keep it up.

=Ben

 

Thats clean, i just took my old motor out and starting to clean out the engine bay.

 

Ben, did you not sell your car after all?

OP, niiice. Once I get my hands on a streetported motor I'm going GT35. Good luck on the build!!

 

engine bay looks so good with the painted goods , really like the clean look !

 

Looking good. Suggestion, if you're not using those 4 nipples that run thru the lower intake then just pull them out over capping them. The passages run straight thru and not into the intake. Will look even better. In other words, not reason to cap them. Get a pair of pliers and twist while pulling.


LAter

 

Heres a update:

I got the motor in and everything looks good but there is some smoke from the turbo area and from the exhaust after 5 to 10 min of start up and also a oil leak but can't find the location of the leak yet.

Also i know some one is going to comment on the intercooler setup bc its not a true v-mount but its temporary until i get enough cash to buy a real setup. The car is mainly going to be in the garage and moved on and off trailers so i won't have any issues with cooling.

I also repainted the engine bay after i put the motor in, it would of been a better idea if i painted it with out the motor so i could get all the spots that i couldn't get to with the motor installed.

Here are some other mods i plan on doing for the next couple of months.
-Synapse BOV
-OMP block off
-water injection
-ABS delete
-engine damper
-Custom hood
-hood damper
-aerocatch hood pins
-Intercooler fan

All this will happen after i get my engine checked up by lucky seven racing.

But here are some pics of before and after.

Before





After

 

where'd you get the dupli-color spray at? That's a nice color.

 

how much did everything cost you to go single?

 

Going top - to - bottom, picture #4 looks amazing.

 

I got my SPAL fan today for my intercooler and installed it also had a switch inside the car to turn it on and off but i can't get pics yet bc the car is getting sent to lucky seven racing to get some stuff done.

You could get it from autozone

The turbo was given to me from my dad and the manifold cost me $900, i don't kow the exact cost bc i had to buy alot of little stuff like all the fittings and lines, wastegate was like $450 i think (tial 48), I already had a PFC and boost controller so that helped, the intercooler was like $300 but i had to do my own pipping, but i still have to get injectors, i think i got it all down but i think i spent arround $2500 with out the price of the turbo which is around $1500 to $2000

If your talking about the pics with the carbon cover that was one of my favorite setup but when i went single it all had to go out.

 

I was. I was hoping you had messed up your before and after order...

noooooooooooooooooooooo.



Anyway, what's the benefit of going to single turbo? Don't they come twin turbo? Or do the older ones come naturally aspirated?

I'm completely new to the RX-7 scene, forgive me!

 

i ask because i want to go single now, and i was just thihnking of buying a kit, or something.. just trying to get estimates of how much it will all cost.

 

The FD comes twin turbo and the FC comes naturaly asperated and single turbo.
I went single turbo bc its less complicated than the twin setup, alot of the emission stuff and vacuum lines get deleted so alot less headache if something happens and also it makes the engine bay less cramp so not alot of heat gets stuck under the hood.

But you'll find more info if you searched.

 

Buying a kit is way cheaper than peicing it together like i did.
Try a kit from rx7store.net or A-spec

 

I forgot to mention you need other stuff like all the fuel upgrades (injecters and fuel pump) and a ecu (powerFC). Also most kits don't come with a intercooler

 

as you see in my sig it shows my mods, i pretty much have everything you said fuel pump, ic, pfc, 1300cc secondarys, would have to upgrade that and the rail later. and would also need a FPR.. Does the kit come with everything you need or do you have to order a bunch of other crap? i was looking at the kits online, they seem to be pretty good for the money.

 

From reading about it it sounds like it comes with everything but i've never bought a kit before so i really don't know. You might need more vacuum lines too.