Hello all,

First, sorry for my English, it is not so perfect, I'm French and everybody knows the French guys sucks in English

After few months of research, 3 cars inspected, I found this beauty in August 2017

So, it's a JDM, from August 1995, Vintage Red, (I would like a black but it's ok), She has already some upgrades. The car has already been welded on the right side skirt, and the paint is not so old, 2015 I think, on the picture it's pink but believe me it's really red !
I wanted a FD in good condition for the body because I really don't like to do this

So for the upgrade :
Power FC
Turbo timer blitz
Gauges : Turbo pressure - Oil temp - Water temp - AFR
RRS Steering wheel
Rear boxs (The last owner said it was oem but it's a JDM?)
ARC Box Filter
Silicon hoses on the ratnest
Tein street advance coilover
Exedy Stage 1 clutch
Removed cata and catback noname
A/C deleted
The last owner said there is a Boost controller but i'm still searching it...

I have the compressions test, 7.7bar everywhere except one face at 7.5bar on the rear rotor. The turbo is set on 1 bar, and the last owner said she do 327hp, but i'm carefull with this kind of informations

For the bad things :
The harness is a complete mess, I've already repair the wipers and rearlights, but i still have the dashboard to do, the speedo and tachometers are not working, I have the information for tacho on the PFC but the speed gauges doesn't work on both, and and I will check all the rest of the harness
The fuse 120A was just a copper wire...
The leather for handbrake and gear lever is dead, but it's not the prio
The carpet is cut and tinkered
Rear Left wheelbearing dead
Rod and silentbloc make noises on the rear
Left headlights is not really good installed
The car runs a little too rich and has fuelcut when you floor the pedal
The car is really too loud, I'm looking for a Racingbeat Dual tip muffler.. this one will be for sold
Clutch transmitter is leaking a little bit

For the aesthetic, I removed the black paint on the front blinkers, and i try to remove the SPEEDHUNTERS on the tyres but it's complicated
I don't like the wheels, but we don't care, there is more important to do before
I also don't like the rearwing, but same topic, it's not important for the moment, but if someone has more informations on it
The gas door doesn't work really well

Here is some pics when I bought the car :


With the blinkers cleaned



And that's all for the moment, i will update the topic later, this informations are from 2017, now there is some news
For sure i will have a tons of questions, because it's my first car with injection, normally I prefer carburator

And so for the project :
I want a Big fueling, to be safe , I 've already the FFE rails, 750cc primary, 2000cc secondary, FPR, etc to install
Deleted the sequential twins turbo, to simplify the ratnest as possible as I can
V mount
Battery relocated in the Rearbox
And replace the PFC by something which can handle flexfuel, and with security on EGT, AFR, Fuel pressure, Oil pressure etc etc, to be safe

I don't care about the HP, I just want a nice, reliable, and safe setup

Sorry for your eyes if I've made some big spelling mistakes

Have a nice day !
Thomas

 

Welcome Thomas, your English is quite good considering you are from France.

Nice FD you have there, glad to hear you are not chasing HP but rather building a reliable and safe car.

Good luck with the build!

 

Hey Buddy ,
Finally !!!
I'm so glad you've started this topic. You're at the right place and I'm sure you'll get all the help you'll ever need.
Can't wait to see what's next

Keep us posted !!

 

Thanks guys, so here is some others news

A little picture at the HPN meeting in Belgium :


Then, to continue the story, no, there is no Boost controller...
The last owner was an *******, he tell me he make the paint himself etc... But I found all the previous owners in France and discussed with them so now I know the historic of the car since 2010
Nevertheless, the paint is well done, and the car is really looking great, except 2 rust spots, but i will cut and weld new pieces later


For the fuelcuts, I've seen with someone to reduce the boost pressure on the PFC at 0.7-0.8bar, and the car was running good after, no fuel cut, problem solved !
I drived 1300-1600 km like this (I don't know exactly because my dashboard is not working.. and I get some little troubles, nothing important :
-The right front lip decided to suicide at 200km/h.. I reinstalled it but now she's scratched
-Oem intercooler hoses completely cracked, I replaced it by a new silicone one, I was happy to found it come from the hoses because I didn't want to touch at the ratnest


-A pretty big water leak inside of the car, I still didn't find where it come from, if you have any suggestions !


Next I found a complete AEM Water injection to sell (I plan tu use only water), with Greddy Elbow , pump bracket, ready to install in the FD, for 350€, so i bought it directly
I have no picture from the installation but it was really easy, Instructions sheets are really clear, the only bad thing it's I can't install the rear shelf because the AEM water tank is too big, anyway, i will find a solution later, actually with the huge catback noname i can't hear the difference !
Verdict, the intake don't go over 40°C, where i could reach 70-80°C before!


Later, I had to go to Belgium for a job interview, I thought it could be a shame to go there only for this, so i check the rx7 parts to sell and I found 4 wheels oem in 16" for 200€, with dead tyres, so after the interview (successfull), i decided to go to take the rims
And for the story, I wait the guy 30min in front of his house, i call him, no answer, ring, everywhere, nothing, and When I look in his garden to check if he was here... There was the wheels on the grass !
After 1h I start to be desesperate to see him, so I decided to let the 200€ in the mailbox, take the wheels and finally go home... but when i was going to my car to take the money... he finally came...
I tell him I'm waiting since 1h, so he bring me the wheels, I check the 4 and found 1 wheels was damaged, (not a perfect circle, i don't know the word sorry ), so I negociate 50€ and finally take the 4 wheels for 150€ , the guy had better not come

The damaged one, reworked in Toninox Belgium for 60€ :


I couldn't wait to test the wheels on the car :


I really love these wheels, and what a pleasure to see my FD without the ugly speedhunters on the tyres ! I think it was the only mod make by the last owner ...

And so it's the end of the story for 2017... the car was sitting in the garage during all the winter because I was in Belgium for the work



To be continued in the next post !