Do you guys ever wish you could click your heels, wiggle your nose, snap, or whatever you want to do and it'd be up and ready to run? I bought my FD in September knowing that I'd need to pull and build the engine. I absolutely love working and learning so much about this car by doing it myself, but I have such the urge to want to enjoy it again! What do you guys do to get over your craving?

 

wish i could clap my hands... and skip the shipping delays

 

**** i can t do anything to stop the urge its like being on crack and my build is going for over a year now and over 8k put into it in that time. i just look on the net and play forza with the FD lol but yea cant wait to drive it again

 

Enjoy the build. It's a lot more fun than the inevitable debugging.

 

+1 on the Forza w/FD (the most enjoyable stock car in the game)
But its a really good time to clean parts. Like the buttloads of aluminum suspension parts the FD came stock with.

 

I've been enjoying the learning process.

 

Yeah sometimes it gets frustrating and it is easy to walk away wishing all the work was done, but I always have my other cars to fall back on if I want to go for a drive. I just bought a roller '93, so hopefully it will keep me from messing around with my other '93 too much. My dad also has a '93 that I maintain for him, so there is plenty of work to be done usually. Once you know the car it gets easier to work on.

 

Looks like I gotta pickup Forza haha

What are your plans for the roller?

 

I'm doing a little bit of body repair, replacing tan interior with black, doing a deep clean and then putting an engine back in. I haven't decided exactly what direction I want to take with the engine though. I'll be sure to make a build thread with lots of pics.

 

agreed, i had many delays on getting my parts in. ive had to wait longer and my anxiety just grows by the day. at least i got it running again tho, soon it'll be road ready!

 

I like the build more than driving the car. I did a 2 year build. One summer of driving it i'm ripping everything out, adding a turbo, viper rear. It's the build for me I like.

 

^^ I agree with this to a point. Planning, perfecting, & building the car is an awesome feeling. When it's done, I sometimes feel lost, and then start looking for something else to modify.

As far as motivation goes. Endless research, spreadsheets, & pictures keep my motivation rolling. I utilize my down time to learn more about the car & perfect my direction of the car. In building a few project cars, this is my first FD btw, I have found that an absolute direction goes a long way. Going backwards and changing course is expensive & frustrating......

 

Boy is that feeling familiar...

Yeah, I would have to agree with the majority here. It is the researching, designing, and building that is the most fun for me. I guess that is why I did not get too upset a month ago when I realized I lost a coolant seal and the motor is coming out. Rebuilding the motor is one of the only things I have yet to take on. I am really looking forward to it.

I do wish I could click my heels and magically have all the damn money this car requires though.... That and the shipping comment as well, I am not very patient when I want parts to arrive....

 

you can have all the free time and money necessary and still have the build takes many months because you are always waiting on a part

 

if i was able to do this all the V8 guys around here would hate me lol. not to mention my neighbors a fully built aggressive street ported 20B tucked into an all rebuilt FD chassis.... sorry im drooling thinking about it.

 

I enjoy the planning and building part, but I can't wait until my FD is just how I want it. Shipping does **** me off sometimes tho, like waiting nearly a month for a single rim to replace a damaged one. However I do too much planning, and never have enough money. That is my downfall. Oh wow I hope I win the lottery some day.

 

I love the planning and research, have even compiled written build plans, with hyperlinks to all the parts as well as pictures and write ups on the function of the parts. I've compiled these for almost every system in the car at this point that I'm modifying, ie engine, suspension, etc.

From there I amass a master list of parts I'm sourcing and as I purchase them add them to my list of acquired parts to help me track the progress, and complete out each build plan.

The problem I'm having is that, the car has been at the body shop for almost a year at this point. And the longer it is out of my possession the more things I have time to plan to do to it.
Instead of going outside to the garage and working on the car, I scour the internet for rare/better/innovative parts I can work into the build.

Ultimately I know the end result will be very deliberate and exactly what I want. But the dead time has me filling my RX7 quotient with purchase after purchase.

I think subconsciously I'm trying to do everything I can think of too avoid a further disruption in driving and enjoying the seven, but considering the future plans I have I know this to be false.

The worst part is not being able to see the car. When it isn't running/winter, but with you there is an endless list of things you can do. When it isn't around it is pure torture.

 

Hey man, first off, ,you are my hero.. Second, do you have pics and a write up of the viper rear install?

 

plan a bigger build for next time or on another car my relief = FC 20bPP, gutted, stitch welded, caged.