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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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And......... i........... am............... subscribed !!! Awesome build sir!!!
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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This is insane haha.
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 12:26 AM
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Any chance at a larger picture of the downpipe?

are u going for a sort of velocity flow?
details?

Car looks amazing, very jealous!!!
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by R.O.D
Any chance at a larger picture of the downpipe?

are u going for a sort of velocity flow?
details?

Car looks amazing, very jealous!!!
Thanks for the nice comments everyone

regarding the exhaust im going for the "get it out as quick as possible" method
i work for a stainless steel company so its made out of a 4x3" reducer and then 4" all the way back by the time its finished. its slightly heavier material but it should be fine as long as i brace it well enough.

there is no movement in the stainless engine mounts so i should be able to hard mount the lot. im sure i will face a few problems down the line but its all trial and error
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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I cant wait no more that your finished my dreamcar!!!
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Looks great! but that two tone body paint isnt my cup of tea :x. Never liked 2 tone on any cars.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:38 PM
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Just dying to see what an A-spec front looks like in white, with headlights : )

(Or light covers ; )
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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forgot to add this the other day. making good progress with the fuel system. Should hopefully have a complete engine bay within the next 2 moths

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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 09:51 AM
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Blackout in the engine compartment looks sick!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Which front bumper is that?
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 09:50 AM
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I could be wrong as I am fresh to RX7's, I believe it is a Mazdaspeed bumper. Just missing the fog lights.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 09:52 AM
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And to the OP, this is truly an amazing build. Two thumbs up.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 01:28 PM
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front end done, finally happy



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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 01:36 PM
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^just out of curiosity... will you have ducting to the Radiator? Seems like if it went un-ducted...you may run into some pretty stern over-heating problems... just in my opinion. Hows your fuel set up?
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 01:37 PM
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Awesome to see you keep making progress! Please keep posting. It gives those of us with never ending projects hope.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 02:43 PM
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^just out of curiosity... will you have ducting to the Radiator? Seems like if it went un-ducted...you may run into some pretty stern over-heating problems... just in my opinion. Hows your fuel set up?
yes Manny it will all be enclosed with the rad pulling air from the bumper and the intercooler from the vent in the bonnet, to be honest thats one of the last jobs to do because it wont be moving until june hopefully

Fuel setup is standard pump to the swirl pot, bosch o44 external, dm-motorsport secondary rail with two 1600's and 850's in the primary with an aeromotive fpr.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by thomas_mk6
yes Manny it will all be enclosed with the rad pulling air from the bumper and the intercooler from the vent in the bonnet, to be honest thats one of the last jobs to do because it wont be moving until june hopefully

Fuel setup is standard pump to the swirl pot, bosch o44 external, dm-motorsport secondary rail with two 1600's and 850's in the primary with an aeromotive fpr.
Very nice!!!

Bosch 044 for the win
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 07:08 PM
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Looks awesome! Do you have any specs on that giant single oil cooler you used? I am wanting to do something very similar to you with having a large single oil cooler and then running my turbo cold air intake to the other side (like you did).

Thanks!
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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just curious, why'd you mount your IC and RAD with such a huge gap between them? (or atleast it looks like that in the pictures)
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by thomas_mk6
front end done, finally happy
For how long? LOL

Looks good Thomas! This build boggles my mind haha. I can't imagine taking on a project like this. It's awesome.
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Old Feb 10, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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no real update as everything is kinda half done, but i am so close!

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just incase

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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Is that a true mazdaspeed bumper? Looks good with the modifications done to it.
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