I leave you guys alone for a night and you go install shit upside down... Chartard would look down upon this!

Weeeeeee it fits now.

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Start putting in the new piece tomorrow.

shiny
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mmmmmmm
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Finally got around to running the lines to the fpr
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digicamo looks cool very different look nice bulid

Finished the oilcooler lines.
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Added some bling bling
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Going to get real serious this weekend.
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100ft spools of mostly 18, going to be most of the full new lightened body harness.

You might need more colors than that haha. I'm still kicking myself for reusing the same color for different functions in the harness. I've got it all labeled so it's not that bad, but different color wires really make it easy.

front relay box has 8 relays, got enough for that harness. cabin relay box has 12, but will come out in two harnesses

nice swap mate. what kinda power and tq figures you running? im starting to really consider doing a v8 swap now.:)

We pushed 456 whp through a single 3in cat leaving around 8* of timing on the table because of the restrictive exhaust. We should be around 510+ with a free-er flowing exhaust. Eventually going to put a whipple on it and be near 800.


Started a spaghetti monster.
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more marginal progress!


Reusing a fabbed oil breather
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Replaced the heavy fuel pump access with light cheap AL!
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must........have..........updates!

Building the cabin relay box/switch panel right now.... hopefully borrowing a friend's welder tonight so we can mig the firewall instead of tig. We want to have first drive in a week... aim high! Also threw away the spaghetti monster above design was good on paper but too many relays in application.

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Like a boss! ill see if i can make the make the 7th for the release of this thing. You still on schedule?

We got 1/2 the new firewall in last night and i just finished all the rear indicators. So far yes. I just hope we will have time for an alignment. Lol

Hoping to see this thing again at IFO!

Mark will never go to IFO again. There may be too many stock RX8's with aftermarket wheels that will place higher than him.

Actually kevin, we are pushing hard to try to make it sunday... its given us a completion date to try for

Soon!
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Cobbled on but nearing completion... going to grind welds flush so no cares
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Shout out to our best friend, Rockstar! If only we could be sponsored.
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you got more pics of your tail light setup? :)

Ill have alot more pics once we have time to take em,, focusing on getting her done for sunday lol

Firewall is done,

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someone wanted these photos:
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A friend of mine who has no fear of using a heat gun in florida heat for hours on end decided to strip the oem deadening.

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Fuel + electrical, then vroom vroom.

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^Should have used dry ice for removing the sound deadening, more effective and cooler.

Heat gun = free.

i'm interested in seeing how much that box of sound deadening weighs.

also, what is the thing with the filter on the pass side of the fire wall?

coming along nicely. i'm really impressed at how fast you've put this car together. i'm sure the gumball run will be amazing.

Oil Breather.

Oil breather for sure,,, late night getting that wiring done... hoping for first start tonight

I see........ Cant beat that:icon_tup:

stupid question, are the tail lights LEDS or just painted?

Led array

awesome build, "When" my rotary fails i'll do my v8 swap. hope to make my car half as amazing as yours.

Heh thanks,,, Shes alive.


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So many people keep asking the same questions, why don't you read the thread and stop asking stupid questions:icon_tup:

This is such an epic build...I wanna do my 7 in Canadian Cad-pat..

Got her Aligned @ 10:30 made it barely to the show by 12. Won best mazda.

always a crowd

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Someone's cheery after the all nighter

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Winning.

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Is that the only shirt you own?

congrats on the win...

Of course kevin,, thanks

She photographs good.

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lol, it was fun getting it done. Just a few more things to button up and she shall take full strides once again

man this thing was built so quick man. i can't believe it really. your dedication is amazing. if you didn't get building outta your system you can come help with mine.

Oh dont worry shes only about 80% the way there.. we going to take a break for a few days then hit it again and polish her off by end of the month. Test everything throughly... After this we are building a budget fb 5.3L t78

Mark you coming down for the Churazco meet?? i'm dying to see the car!!

Whens the next one? miami is a helluva drive in a bucket seat...

convoy maybe? ill meet you in palm beach lol

I wish i lived in FL seems like there is a huge FD community, i love that you guys all have meets, my FD is the only one ive seen on the road in the last 4yrs here. Again, awesome build.

Got the racepak online.

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Set the hood on again,, going to mount it soon.

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so you guys don't have an endless budget or you just doing it on a budget for the hell of it?

i'm always curious what people do for a living when i see such fast progress and a garage full of toys.

Is that a nardi woodgrain? :D

funny, $200 FB shell $300 5.3l junkyard motor used t78/wg rest is just fab

GMMTC, yeah we ran a nardi woodie for a lil while, it was EXTRA rican.

We should start a build thread for the FB soon, we just need a good name. I'm diggin El Stupido. Just saying... :-D

On a side note, this car is slow as all hell. It took an hour to drive across town... ;-)