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Wonderful progress. Hopefully your wife is enjoying the car by now. You keep this up she may not get It back, ha ha.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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^ thxs, she is enjoying the car. It's amazing how simple things like AC and bluetooth makes the car that much more enjoyable to drive.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Windows tinted and SBC finished RPF1s installed.

tv4184

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This build shows me what I could have done if I hadn't sold my RPF1s and gone with Volk GT-Ps... What a nice simple build. I hope I get mine to this point one day.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Cruising back from Cars and Coffee.





Ac is working great for the hot muggy TN weather.

Need to install new oil pan and oil pan brace as it leaking a little oil and it's getting annoying.

SpeedCrazie

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what size wheel and tire are you running? Beautiful Car!!

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Thxs.

17x9 +45 wrapped around 255/40

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Had an annoying oil leak so I bought a new oil pan and IRP brace. While the car was up decided to add Banzai-Racing trans brace. With work, school and golf, I didn't have time to install so i asked my buddy Erich to install for me.


Need to install
- AutoExe carbon intake
- New OEM rearview mirror

Waiting on
- Red spirit R key from garage alpha and new floor mats

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Installed
- AutoExe carbon intake
- New OEM rearview mirror
- New floor mats from Garage Alpha
- Rotary 13b aluminum door cups

Need to cut red spirit R key from garage alpha

Got some sweet intake pipes made.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Decide to add Hallman MBC


During the process I noticed the vacuum hose from top of the engine to the turbo actuator were two different sizes. Instead of using a reducer, I decide to use the stock hard vacuum line but modified it. I removed the hard lines that I didn't need.





Next up finish AEM WI install and set boost to 12 psi on each turbo

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Been awhile since I posted. Finished up the WI install and the car is solid.

Used the car to mock up the Turbo Jeff 51 battery tray that I got from Garage Alpha to mount in the rear. Had to make a few modifications and decided to do a short video on the battery tray and the other products Garage Alpha offers.

I will be using the battery tray in the rear of my my CYM with an antigravity battery.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Been driving the car here and there for the past 3 years. Mainly just to cars and coffee and deals gap.

Started making some changes

SpeedCrazie

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I was just watching this!!! Awesome!!

TwinCharged RX7

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In the last video, I saw he was trying to get accessories to fit under the hood and contemplating lowering the rack or a different subframe. My Ronin subframe is at Defined in case you want them to take some measurements for you relative to the custom oil pan. I think your best bet is to get the excessive 20b kit's steering rack modification for your stock frame because that would have little chance of interfering with the custom oil pan you already have.

And to make everything easier, EWP with a low profile filler neck (if keeping the water pump housing) will help you. Becomes even easier if you go EWP and delete the water pump housing. Downside to that is then you lose the mount for the alternator, but I'm actually in the process of making a fix for that. Happy to chat if helpful.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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^ cool, thanks for the info. Will send you my number via PM.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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This video talks about leveraging the stock subframe and accessories.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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2024 Updates

Jan
- Mocked up engine using OEM subframe
- Decided to use Ronin subframe and Full Function Engineering mounts
- Able to use OEM style radiator with aftermarket slim fans

Feb
- Ordered the following

• Injector Block off Center Iron
• Fuel Function Engineering Fuel Rails, Fuel Pressure Regulator, Fuel Pulsation Damper,
• Radium Fittings
• Coolant Fill Port from Champion
• Billet Coolant Plate from Banzai Racing

- Mocked Ronin subframe and made new engine mounting points
- Ordered Nexus R3 ECU and wiring harness

Mar
- Test fitted header
- Made exhaust (3.5 inch with two mufflers)
- Painted engine bay
- Installed Sakebomb Smart Oil Cooler kit

April Plans
- Hopefully install intake
- Wiring
- Oil and fuel plumbing
- Have it running for DGRR on 4/10

Here is a video that talks about the OEM subframe vs the Ronin.

You Tube

TwinCharged RX7

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Looking great. Paint came out awesome too.

Johnny Kommavongsa

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Lower intake and slide throttle modified and mocked up

Murilli

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Wow, this is quite the undertaking Johnny. Glad to see you're doing well still, can't wait to see more of this project!

Johnny Kommavongsa

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^ thanks. Some of the items that we had to work through

Intake

• Slide throttle interfered with the alternator, this was resolved by cutting the intake runners from the LIM, adding some new runners and tilting the runners towards the firewall.
• During the slide throttle modification the flange got a little warped which created gaps between the slide throttle and intake manifold. This was resolved with paper gaskets

Clutch install

• Didn’t realized pilot bearing wasn’t in the engine until we went to align the clutch. Luckily my buddy remember that he had a new spare pilot bearing.

ECU and Wiring

• Using a Nexus R3, some of the wires that you will need from the OEM engine harness includes, transmission wires and inside temp gauge. Also had to wire in some relays for the IGN1 coils.