preludesh2000

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well after talking to chuck at rotary extreme about feed side skirts ...i talked to him about a v mount ic ...he ended up making one for me ....i know you guys have all seen them ...but here are some pics anyway...
still waiting for my battery box (my buddies making it at work for me)
and ill poilish everything this winter...
pics of my feed skirts also...

IamRobbyah

Sweet. I thought he went out of business?... Change your AST!!!

RX7 RAGE

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nice, maybe i can convince him to make me one too. did you put back the undertray or no?

gainer_reniag

how much was it?

preludesh2000

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i took a shot and ask him for the skirts , and he had them...
then i talked him into making me a vmount
he isnt in business
but if you e-mail him for something and he has it in stock he'll ship it...
i just talked to him and he said if i posted pics to tell anyone that might be thinking about a vmount , to e-mail him and talk to him first ...
he doesnt want to get a $#!t load of orders ...
i guess i caught him at the right time...

preludesh2000

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$2350....
im thinking about removing the ast ...
and yes i put back the undertray...i can take pics tomorow if you want them...
also i have some pics of the install as i was doing it ....

GoodfellaFD3S

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Looks really nice, your FD is in very good shape, congrats

Were you able to mount the oem undertray with the v mount? what did you do about rad hoses, did chuck supply them?

RE-Amemiya

Wow nice!

preludesh2000

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thanks alot
bought the car off original owner....if it ever stops raining here ill post some new pics in the picture thread....

yea the undertray is back on...ill post some pics tomorrow

i used my stock rad hoses, for now...ill end up getting new ones, all you have to do is cut shorter...and i got new ast lines at my local parts store...


all i need now is to fix the goose sound, order my 99 y-pipe, block off kit for the air pump (its coming out of there) got to luv ohio, they dont care what i do to my car....

GoodfellaFD3S

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I noticed that you have the same center speaker triple gauge pod that I do in my FD. Car looks sharp, I've been toying around with the idea of sideskirts for awhile, either OEM or the ones you have, hmmmmm....

silverTRD

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beautiful! congrats on that awesome peice. good luck on that whole timing thing

preludesh2000

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i still need a third gauge (i only have boost and coolant temp) stildont know what to get...
and the side skirts, i looked through every pic in the picture thread ...and luv the feed skirts ...
i keep the stock mud flaps(or whatever you call them) and cut around them to fit the skirts (to save the paint)...same for the back(the black thing in front of the rear wheel)

RX7LINK

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get Exhaust temp. it helps you to read if ur running lean or rich. or u can get a/f ration guage, but they usually work better w/ a wide band O2 sensor. i find either one of those to be a great 3rd most important guage.

car looks nice. how'd u clean the engine bay btw... its so cleeeaannn *envy*

preludesh2000

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im going to be getting a power fc, in the spring(maybe winter) along with exhaust ...and maybe a back-up motor ...so i really dont know what gauge i need...
anyway i used gunk engine cleaner, sit for 2-3 mins...hose it off and spray the engine down with tire foam...close the hood and start/run the car until engines warm...

i bought the ic unpolished (chucks polishing guy is out of business)
i wiped the pipes down with metal polish for now...
and i painted the plastic y- pipe for now....

RX7LINK

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ahhhh.... tire foam. never thought of that one or read from the searches. very cool

for ur IC piping, you can try "Mother's" metal/aluminum polish. it works insanely well. can make ur IC piping look very close to intercooler. u'd be amazed if u haven't tried it yet.

RX7 RAGE

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Was it hard to reroute the ac lines for the ac condensor?

preludesh2000

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it wasnt that hard, one needs bent to a v shape ...and the other was suppose to be cut and then rewelded to correct the angle....i bent that one also....

i think im going to elimate the ac anyway...i really havnt made my mind up on this matter yet....

GoodfellaFD3S

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a/c is for pussies. I deleted my a/c in the middle of the texas summer, and my R1 has an all black interior. All my ladies just *loved* riding around with me in 100 degree heat, I even removed the shift boot heat shield to make them sweat a little more

Cgotto6

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If you dont mind me asking, how much were your side skirts? Those look very very good. Everytime I see an FD with them I almost spring and buy them. Great looking engine bay also!!

preludesh2000

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the side skirts were $385 shipped ...flat black...i got them because when i ordered the r1 lip ...it needed a little something on the sides ...

and here are the pics of the undertray...not that great but i dont have a lift...(dont we all wish we had one)

it rounds down a little on the drivers side, besides that, its fine...had to cut the left and right front sides...for the brackets and ps lines
front view



drivers side



pass. side

RX7 RAGE

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what are your water and air temps now via the pfc commander?

preludesh2000

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dont have a pfc....but my temp use to go up to 230 sitting still running ...now it hits 200-210 sitting still....when i drive i have no need to turn the ac button on for the fans...

rynberg

Some of us prefer making them sweat the old-fashioned way....


preludesh2000: Did you have any issues with the p/s? I'm surprised you got the a/c lines to work without cutting/welding.

cosmicbang

Looks good, so does the entire car. How much clearance is there under the pipe?

preludesh2000

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the one line on the ac is easy to bend ....the other was a bitch....and i didnt fill the ac yet, so who knows if its going to work or not...

and i have about 4 and a half inchs to the ground ..im at stock height...
(for now.. )