What products do you guys want to see for the FD? Might just happen
What about some upgraded twins - either "simple" like Pettits, or all out like BNR's... It may be hard to compete with BNR, but it seems that someone could rebuild the twins to Pettit's specs for MUCH less than they are charging.
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Originally Posted by speeddemon7
how about some aluminum pressure and vacuum chambers? Id love to have something leak proof and crack proof.Plus it would look nice polished up as well.
Originally Posted by P'cola FD
Something I've been thinking about for a while now, is a waterpump setup a friend has on his 67 Camaro. Sort of a poor man's electric water pump. He has an electric motor driving a belt, attatched only to the water pump. I'd like to see if something similar could be done for the FD, as it would be very helpful for cooling. No high RPM cavitation, and you could have it run for a minute or two after shut down, to further cool the engine/turbo(s).
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Originally Posted by Black97VR4
Some interior stuff would be neat. Don't see much of that in the aftermarket.
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Originally Posted by turbojeff
How is your turbo LT1 running? I've noticed you've had time to take the Civic to the strip, has the FD made any runs?
I'm currently waiting on my wide body kit. When it's all done and painted, I'll start to stroke the motor and make my T76 turbo. I'm shooting for 800rwhp. My brother's LS1 turbo FD as well as my FD will be racing next summer. Guys, about the 20B subframe.... That's something that's probably not gonna happen unless my brother or I decide to go the 20B route which isn't likely to happen.
So far the V-Mount and 4" exhaust sounds like something I'd want to do. The vacuum chamber is another thing too but sounds like someone has already came out with something
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Originally Posted by LT1-7
A 4" exhaust would be something I would love to produce but only if there were at least 5 guys willing to buy up front. Pricing for a 4" stainless w/ magnaflow muffler would be right around $500, for a catback. $700 for a full dp back.
Damm, I paid Corksport $900+ to do my 4" exhaust...and I supplied the 4" stainless elbows and straights!
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Originally Posted by saburo
i wanna see some cheap aftermarket light covers for the mazdaspeed a spec bumper. I aint payin no $400 for some plexiglass!
Originally Posted by travisorus rex
You need to keep in mind that only Mazdaspeed makes those and because of that, they can charge whatever they want. Also, because it is Mazdaspeed, the fit and finish of those plexiglass covers is going to be outstanding. It probably would not be worth it to have an acrylic/plexiglass mold made and just have several lenses made for the very few people that have this bumper (or cheap aftermarket copies).
Do you watch "MotoArt" on the Discovery channel? You can make your own covers relatively easily. Use Plexiglass (which is polycarbonate), cut a pattern to fit, heat it up and bend it. Pretty simple, I'm sure it'll take a little experimenting but Plexiglass is cheap and so is propane for the heater
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V-mount is next on my list so stay tuned. I'll have some pictures tomorrow or the next day. I think the 4" catback thing can happen but I'm going to set up a group buy so I know at least 5 people will buy.
The twin GT28R turbos will most likely be made but it's not going to happen till next month
The twin GT28R turbos will most likely be made but it's not going to happen till next month
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I can build a UIM no problems except for the customers. Some customers need a stock look, some need stock sensors for emissions and some just want all out racing. I would be happy to make a full out race design, just don't know how many people will buy. Intake manifolds take time to make and design. If I were to only sell 5, I would lose pretty badly
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If the LIM you're talkig about is from Ground Zero Motorsports, I'm not going to even compete with them.. GZ showed them to me and they are high quality pieces. Alot of thought and time went into making them and I doubt I can top what they have
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Originally Posted by LT1-7
I can build a UIM no problems except for the customers. Some customers need a stock look, some need stock sensors for emissions and some just want all out racing. I would be happy to make a full out race design, just don't know how many people will buy. Intake manifolds take time to make and design. If I were to only sell 5, I would lose pretty badly
Well obviously There would be no aws solenoid or pipe on it, and probably not an isc since it's all race. But would there be a spot for an intake temp sensor? If we could get more then 10 people to do this, would you? Howmuch? What material and so on?