16 Year olds 1992 Future Domination Build
 

Hey everyone so i ll answer the first few questions that come to your mind.. Yes i am 16...no this isn't my first car... yes it is my first RX7... No im not some dumb kid whos going to rice out a beautiful car. So yeah my project is a 1992 RX7 FD3S Right hand drive and i believe it is a touring im not sure the model so if anyone can tell me it has leather Bose Acoustic Wave sound system, power everything but seats, a steel sunroof, a single oil cooler and a spoiler. Oh yeah please dont flame i am going to make lots of mistakes as i am doing much of the work myself (not the motor rebuild or tuning). Pictures will be slow to come up as i don't have a very good internet connection. She does need work but i will replace many things that will need to be fixed with better parts. So heres a list of needs:
- Motor rebuild (blue smokes sometihng to do with oil rings or seal) Don't worrry as long as shes in my care there will be a rotary in there!
- Body work the hatch, the sideskirts and around the windshield are just butchered with bondo and flat black paint
- New windshield and seal (how much you guys think that should be?)
- Seats (both are pretty beat up replacing with racing buckets)
- Brakes (swapping out stock rusted rotors for Drilled/ Slotted and EBC pads)

There were some extras that came with the car when i bought it though
- Racing beat catback nad mid pipe (will come up for sale)
- 4 boxes and a hatch full of parts ( extra stock twins, coils plugs, alternator air pump etc)
- R1 lip
- New rims Mazdaspeed knockoffs i was told with yokohama tires 255s in the rear 225s up front

So my plans i will update as I go i think i got it planned out well but im sure with more research i will be tweaking some things. My goal is a street terror running on 91 octane with a single turbo and a nice body.
Attached are some pics:
- First pic is most recent
- second pic is from when i got it home
- third is rims nad brakes how they look after moving the car a bit
- 4th pic is random haha
I will get some up of the motor as it is right now i am stripping it down to the block and pulling it. Note this is my first project car i did an intake on my Z28 but thats the most i have done to a car

Pm me details on racing beat exhaust

Pm details on the racing beat exhaust

Also good luck in your build I bought my FD when I was 17 its a love hate relationship but well worth it I love my FD

here are some of the engine i am slowly making progress but since it is my first rotary i am very slowly making progress so i dont break anything and a pic of my racing beat exhaust. This car is rare in one respect it was completely stock when it came over!

Good luck to you on your build. And to answer your question, sounds like you have a touring model.

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you should just get the basic rebuild kit and upgrade to the super seals. I used one in my FC I plan on using one to freshen up my FD engine this winter too
I could build and port your engine for cheap if you didnt want to do it
I've got pineapple small and medium streetport templates ep2a and ep3a exhaust

Thanks Tuesday i thought it was just wasnt 100 %. FC3S drift i would have taken up your offer but im getting the block sent to RE motorsports in michigan for the rebuild and street port thanks though!

Good luck on your biggest love/hate relationship, gutsy to take on "that part of life" so early :D

about the RA seals mentioned, they can be quite hard on the housings if the clearencing is not done properly and you are doing the job yourself. Done right, and use with premix, they are very good and stand up to alot of beating(pings) before giving in, and treat the houses good.

Haha yeah im sure this will have lots of twists as i get deeper into the car it hasnt run in 2 years and has sat for the majority of the time its been in canada

Good luck with the build.

Congrats on your first FD! I bought my FD when I was 15, it had been sitting for over 3 years until I got it running, but runs strong to this day another 3 years later. It's definitely been a love/hate relationship, but take your time and do research! Don't be afraid to post and ask questions, people on the board are *usually* friendly :)

Congrats; and good luck!

no worries.
they just built a new road course at grand bend you should bring it out there this year if you got it all going

Thanks everyone i am trying my best to take my time but i really want it done this summer so i can take it to the track but we ll see how things turn out!

Alright so tonight my buddy came over and helped me out got alot more done with him helping me then by myself so now the rats nest turbo assembly and fuel injectors are all un bolted un plugged etc just gotta pull em out still struggling with the power steering pulley cant get the nut off cause you need that special tool to hold it in place (i know im not smart enough to make my own) once that pulley is off then off comes the last of the powersteering and A/C as well as the water pump can be pulled off so basically almost ready to pull the motor and send er away for a rebuild and streetport. Then T66 single turbo kit with 1600 750 injectors, Apexi PFC, GReddy FMIC, Fluidyne or Koyo aluminum rad, coilovers and im done for performance for the year. Gotta get it tuned etc and body and interior but thats next.

you should just use the stock twins at first , and get used to the car and how it handles and get everything else working properly. you can make over 300whp with them.
T66 FD might be a bit crazy for a 16 year old to start off with
my FC only has a hybrid turbo runs 11.42@122mph with worn drag radials, it still give me butterfly's in my stomach after a hard pull.on the street. its sideways till over 100km/h and will break loose occasionally in 3rd on cool days

Yeah when i first bought the car i thought about just a stock rebuild and street port with the stock turbos but since everything is off and single turbo is alot simpler to maintain i thought i might as well just get that done so everything is done so its ore reliable and easy to work on i wont be running the full whp till im used to the car at lower boost with a small wastegate spring. my parents would never let me drive a high hp car till they trusted me with it.

listen to the man!

I know about the power to weight ratio with a big turbo is not safe for a kid my age so im working with my parents on somehow safely restricting me till i can handle its full pontential. The motors almost ready to be pulled very little left on! then it is going to RE Motorsports for a rebuild and other goodies!

dont go crazy with the hp yet
your young and need to learn how to drive the car first

Congrats with your FD! I just turned 16 when I bought my FD too, but here in Norway I doesn't get my license until I'm 18, four months left for me.
Totally agree with FC3Sdrift, the stock twins will give you enough power in the first round and they are even more effective at low rpm's which makes the car fun to drive! My car runs 12 psi with Power FC, 3" exhaust, HKS Twinpower and som other mods and make 313whp. I doesn't think how much HP you got have have anything with how dangerous the car will be to drive, it's all about the driver!!

i understand everyones points about not going for all the horsepower so quick being 16 and all but since the motor is apart i want to only want to have it out once and do everything all once and make this car reliable and easier to work on than it is with the stock tiwns and ports . im not going single and street port just for power im more focused on making this car a real relaible rotary that can be well mannered on the street and have the balls to back itself up if nesscecary. im not the typical young kid who just focuses on power and i dont mean to sound cocky by saying that it is just im focused on improving the car in all aspects not just one.

congrats on the purchase and good luck on the build

cool, nice to see that someone else young has a rx7, i was 14 when i bought my SA

I couldn't afford an FD when I was 16, so congrats on that.

If reliability is your goal, I would definitely research water injection (browse the Aux Injection forum) and subscribe to every Howard Coleman thread.

When i was 13 i look a 86 RX7 for 600 bucks that cars lucky i didnt buy it i didnt know anything back then i ve been able to afford one for awhile just waited till i had enough reasearch to buy one and smartly work on it. thanks!

[QYOTE=Dysfnctnl85; 10939320] I couldn't afford an FD when I was 16, so congrats on that.

If reliability is your goal, I would definitely research water injection (browse the Aux Injection forum) and subscribe to every Howard Coleman thread. [/QUOTE]

Yeah i tihnk im going to look into it i have heard alot of good things about it thanks!

Alright so i havent touched the car in the longest time due to school and exams being a b**** and taking up all my time but this weekend i think i got a day off and might be getting the engine out finally!

ok quick update i have begun sanding down the car for paint its about 1/3 of the way done..i am just waiting on an engine hoist to pull the motor its ready to come out and go for the rebuild and port :) ALSO i found out my wheels are Vesta wheels made by Rays Engineering made back in 1996 so they are muthaeffing JDM :D

don't know the model though any ideas have other pictures

Motors coming out tommorow then going to get street ported and rebuilt.. finally got photobucket working too
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How does a 16 year old afford a professional engine rebuild, let alone the car itself? Between college, volunteering and my job I am still very far away from being able to snag even a roller haha.

Anyway cool build man, it looks like you have a lot of previous experience dealing with cars. What are your goals suspension wise by the end of this project?

send the parts out to be ported. no offense but more than half of the time first time port jobs get botched.

a botched port job will cost you basically a complete motor, worth the cost of porting and shipping? probably. or just leave the ports stock, there really isn't as much gain as some people claim.

it's almost to the point that i cringe these days when cracking open a rebuilt motor, not knowing what i will find.

Well i never really bought anything expensive other then cars...i got a crazy good deal on this i can't say how good. i also have had 2 jobs since i was 14 and my first job when i was 11 as a barn hand soo yeah! HA expierence i have only done an intake on my 94 Z28 my school has no shop class nothing im learning as i go and getting a bunch of help from friends who are older nad more expierenced but am doing most of it myself :) Thanks though hope you can get one soon!

Yeah I am going to a shop i trust fully and have a very good rep so i am hoping for the best!

Nice build im only 15 but doing a engine rebuilt as well in my FD... also doing the turbo swap during the build as well.... lookin at GT 35,40,42 just dont know yet but Good luck!

decide what you want the car to be what kind of port you are running then the turbo that will best match your needs

Literally anyone can afford a Series I JDM FD. They're practically a dime a dozen in Japan because the Series I is considered too old and too unreliable.

You can get them for $3,000-4,000 plus maybe $1,500 to ship it.

A good FC costs more than a Zenki FD does.

Good luck with the build! Have you started looking into insurance for your RHD yet? It's becoming harder and harder to get Insurance for RHDs in Ontario

That is true but i still got a better deal then that thats another reason i have the money to do a full build

Yeah it is very annoying my friend couldn't get insurance on his 180sx but i have a place a friend uses for his FD so we ll see thanks!


UPDATE the motor is out now just stripping it down and sending it away

quick update the OEM turbo assembly is off and so is the intake manifold very little left

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also tried on my buddies mustang wheels and tinted the tail lights and turn signals
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please tell me your not keeping the skether shoes on the beauty.....

Those wheels and those tires on an FD are just... wrong.

Then again the only rims I would pay money to buy new would be Enkei RPF1s.. Mmmmmm...

i built my first rx7 when i was 17 so keep it up

Oh i was just putting them on just to see what the fitment / offset were like cause mustang rims are dirt cheap and have thought about using them for track wheels haha i like my black Vestas

Oh ya by the way so my buyer for this backed out and with my second job i am able to afford this now and have worked things out with my dad so im keeping it and building it hopefully by the end of this summer beginning of next spring she ll be out.

Keep up the good work. I am 18 and going through the exact same process as you with the rebuilding of the car and fixing all of the cheap patch work, restoring the FD to its original beauty. And take those damn mustang wheels off now please :)

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here is a quick shot of both my cars

Removed back seats waste of space and weight for me sold them already got a special plan for the area! Heres a guide

Back seat removal: Probably not the most descriptive or best photos but a general guide
First the two brackets that hold the top of the back seat down 2 bolts each bracket i believe they were 10 mm bolts irnore the bracket on the far left
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next the top brackets that the back seat holds onto when the seats are up
2 bolts 12 mm i believe
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After that removed the bar that goes from strut to strut back seat leans against 16 mm bolts i believe for the top mounted thing
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then just pretty much pulled bottom part of the back seats out no bolts just clips and removed the seat belt buckles
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and seat belts
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Removed the side plastic pieces in order to do so you need to undo the bottom screw holding the front seat belts down
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Thats pretty much it pull the plastic pieces out and your done reverse if you are putting them in

So backseats were sold and shipped and UPS broke two side panels in shipping -_- on another note the build is about to pick up finally, off and on due to my dad causing me problems but soon hopefully parts will find their way onto her. NEXT year i hope to have her out. Recently i have almost finished sanding the body and have take napart some things and put them back together. Just waiting
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nice kid! i wish i had my FD at your age, but i'll tell you something... it doesn't matter what they say... you want the power? take it as soon as you can. you only live once!!! and by the way, i'm running BNR's, i converted them to non-sequential, did the whole nine yards on those's Turbos and i'm still kicking myself in the nuts everyday asking the same question. why i didn't go single, why i didnt go single and its gonna be in my head until next spring, cuz next spring, i'm going single!!!!! follow your hearts.

ps: if your Camaro got power, then you can drive your FD no prob.

Thanks!! Yeah im definately going all out single and everything seems to be the smartest idea and its what i want haha! Yeah the camaro has roughly 300 to 310 hp and 350 to 365 lbsft/tq im driving that all this summer and hopefully doing a couple passes hopefully it gets me ready to drive the FD. UPDATE Just bought a KOYO aluminum rad used but got a pretty good deal i think motors going out soon as welll im just working on the body till then