Stuff I did on my FD today - What about yours?
 

OK really quick - the idea behind this thread is to have a daily-updatable thread where you can write about all the little stuff you do with your car (or even big stuff). Posting pictures and chatting within the thread is encouraged.

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I'll start things off with the stuff I've done tonight. 7/06/12

When I bought my car the tachometer didn’t work due to whoever changed the faces out on the gauge pushed the needle too far in and it was stuck at 1200 rpm. I also plastic Epoxied all the broken clips back till I can get a new gauge lid.

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Also over the lase weekend i pulled the front end off car to fix a bumper issue. I found that i have a crushed oil cooler plus i pulled the intercooler off to hunt down a bad cupler and check turbos for shaft play.

Bumper off the car
Found part of the issue. I guess the paint shop use a house hold black silicone to hold upper bumper bracket on.

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Crushed oil cooler.. time for a upgrade :)

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Also noticed that the radiator had no upper mounts so i made my own.

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Had almost no shaft play but i think the turbos aren’t as new as i was told they were.
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Got a flexpipe welded into to my downpipe. Couldn't meet SCCA noise regs, so I put the Magnaflow resonator back on.

Since the last time it was on the wastegate was plumbed through the exhaust, and I couldn't close about 1/8" gap on one side of the exhaust flange. Now that all looks fine, just trying to get the downpipe lined up again with the V-Band clamp.

V-Bands are fine, once you get the pipes lined up. Always takes several tries to get rid of exhaust leaks.

Got some 99 Spec tails with scratched up lens for cheap, so I swapped the lens over from my stockers, cheap 99 Spec for me :)

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Fun stuff man, I'm about to go install my OEM Nardi wheel :)

Post up some picture when you have it install :)

Got my suspension all sorted and got everything prepped for its trip to Speed 1 on monday

^^
it's nice to see how the little things are done, especially when you haven't done them yet.

I watched it bake underneath the car cover in this 100 degree weather.

I need to move out of this shit hole of a state.

Cool thread :icon_tup:

For the last 2 weeks or so every day after work I was tearing wonderful parts off of Carols old show car to provide to all my wonderful loyal customers :nod:

Fixed the unlock rod on one of the DD cars (was bent and wouldn't unlock the car with the key)

Took out the m2 med and intake on one of the DD cars. Installed an efini y pipe and then tried to put the PFS smic in but the koyo N flow is too fat so that's coming out today and a fluidyne will have to replace it. Car has AC so don't tell me it will fit. Sure I can take off the front bumper and rework all kinds of stuff but moving the condenser and rad further down and effing up the air flow even more is not for me.

Put a short shifter in one of the DD cars and swapped out the stock tails in favor of some 99s

Tried to diagnose a radio issue with one of the cars I just bought but I'll probably have to swap it out.

So I'll be drenched in sweat later today what do you fellas have planned :D

PS this week the big project will be dropping the rear end out of Carol's car to put in my track car....... FUN STUFF :nod: I may take some pics of that one and post hear :icon_tup:

Replaced a fuel filter and cleaned my hks rs intake cones....fun stuff I know.

It never ends w/ the FD.

This has longest thread potential LOL

I started to check for boost leaks today. Found three leaks in a couple of seconds. Two of them were from my couplers, and the other big one is coming from my home made tester lol.

I ran out of time so I will seal the tester another day and try again.

Pulled into my driveway and reached for the drivers window switch to roll up my window. A light snap was heard and the window didn't move. Yay...the switch is glued and curing right now. I'll put it back together tomorrow

Nice guys . Like how this thread is going so far..

Pics people pics..


Today i got under the rear of my FD and hunted down the clunk i have. Looks like its time for a full bushing replacement. would have pics but dint have my phone..

I finally may have an engine to rebuild & may have a car going soon. So I got stuck in cleaning all the interior off the car. Ripped out old stereo & started polishing all my alloy parts.
Will be great to have car running after 4 years of it sitting on the lawn :(

Well today I got my new act clutch in and got almost every thing els in exc the mid pipe 2mro I am going to pull the primary rail and do a fpd removal it was leaking like no other promptly will to the injector o rings to

Took a nice trip to Speed 1 to hand the car off to Doctor Dave (as his door is marked)

took her out for ride after finishing the V-Mount setup, and relocating the Battery to rear bins, now all i have to do is weld new brackets to the condenser and make new a/c lines.

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I unpacked my Shine front bumper, bumper guards, and side skirts. I cleaned up my drool.
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I bled my brakes after installing my Tein Flex's last week.
I changed my oil because it has tons of gas in it from me forgetting to put something together two years ago
I stared at my new rims more that I installed last week. :-D

I dont like the headlights :-( I was hoping they would be more sleek. They dont match with the 99 spec turn signals at all lol.

Your right those headlights need to go :s

Pulled the uim fpd was leaking going to just remove it also started to do the vac lines while I have the uim off also pulled the fenders and bumper going to open up the bumper for the fmic
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I put gas in mine and washed it. :)

^ same here, add gas

Wish I was that lucky couldn't really work on the car that much this winter b/c I work 3 jobs in the winter but have most of spring and summer off should be running soon

This was on Monday but I FINALLY installed an R2 front lip spoiler on my '94, after 9 years of ownership and 9 years of wanting to do it... did it despite the recent boost problem I'm having.

Will order check valves from Dale and next week, stuff I did on my FD today will involve replacing most of the check valves hoping that fixes my problem. :)

I got my MBC's working a few days ago. Ended up just removing the boost solenoids. Gets a 10-8-9 boost pattern now, instead of 11-15-11, and runs great. I also vacuumed the inside.

took rack out, de-powered rack, going to weld it up in the morning, re assemble, then tear engine apart and get item stuck in chamber...


J.

A great day !
 

Today I installed some RZ seats into my car. After sitting in them I think Mazda missed the mark by not putting them in a lot more cars. They are very comfortable and make much better use of the space in the cabin. As a 6'1" guy, I can stretch right out in the passenger side now. :nod:

These seats came out of car I recently bought to get some nice parts from. It was advertised as a Black RX-7. When I went to see it the fellow indicated it was some touring model with a larger gas tank. Somehow I keep from smiling to much and paid the man and loaded up the car. Kinda like the story of an ad in paper advertising an old chevrolet for sale and finding out it is a split window corvette. Turns out this is a Mines Motorsports tuned RZ that needs water seals.

I will admit, it does feel a bit sacrilegious pulling the RZ parts of it. Kinda like killing it somehow. But, someone will get a nice R1 equipped car out of it.

p.s.- car for sale in Canadian classifieds

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Would have kept the actual RZ and just put all the goodies into it.

I installed a set of BNR stage 3 twins...and modified the modified efini y-pipe to work with my M2 large SMIC.

modify first set of ac lines for my V-Mount setup.

Got any picture of your setup?

Changed my oil.

Ordered some HKS oil filters and the HKS drive belts for the fd. Hope to get those before my Vegas trip. Will take pics once i get them in.

Cleaned the interior a bit since i sold my JDM rear seat. Gonna prep the rear for the rollbar.

Should i install dynamat so i dont have to see the bare metal??

I drove mine to work. Thats more than some people can do on these forums.

Worked on getting the stock diff out for the 8.8 swap.

Installed dual oil coolers with Aeroquip AN-10 SS hose. The Summit Racing socketless hose and fittings are garbage.

pics anyone ..

Are you referring to their house brand of hose and fittings?

Quite a number of FD's run that may not be suitable for driving to work. :nod:

Yes, the Summit brand socketless although I will never use a socketless hose of any brand again.

My FD has had Aeroquip socketless hose and fittings for 5 years with absolutely no issues.

This.

While that might be something i would say just to be a dick lol, you have a valid point.

My FD runs, runs great actually. Besides the shitty suspension and little nick nacks that i need to address, the car will go anywhere. Do i trust it? Prob not. I probably have a 50 mile limit per trip in case i get stuck somewhere, at least i wont be too far from home.

But apart for that, i can take my FD to work, but i wouldnt want to. The roads are terrible, the cops are dicks and in the parking lot, people park SUPER close to each other. So why would i?? Makes no sense.

Luckily for me work is only a 10 min drive, and I work on a Navy base, so I don't really have to worry as much about the parking issue. I just park as far away as possible from others.

Pretty sure I found my oil leak & fixed it. Primary turbo oil return gasket was not in the correct place. Then replaced brake pads on rears, installed stainless brake lines & speed bleeders. Found the drivers side caliper was frozen so now I need to replace it. Bled the passenger side. Noticed my drivers side rear tire is worn almost to the cord...I'm thinking too much camber.

10 min drive?

That's not really worth bragging then. I find it funny people say they can dd their car. DD by ANY standards doesn't mean one short trip ONCE a day.

I always laugh at the dd threads. They're like yeah I dd my fd. I drive it to the store everyday. Its 2 miles away. Lol

Some of you have no idea what daily driving is til you lived in places like Jersey, Cali etc.

I bought and used my Dewalt Rotary Buffer (DWP849X) yesterday for the first time. I polished the car and got rid of a few swirl marks. Got some pretty nice results out of it.

A few weeks ago, but still tweaking and breaking in the clutch. Tuning session on the 10th.... Hope to see 500whp.. Then its time to PAINT :D

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Drained my tranny fluid. STUFF STINKS!!!

Going to refill it tomorrow with RP synchromax. Cant wait to drive it afterwards to feel the difference.

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