I see.. But what stops the coolant from just emptying out the system into your reservoir? My understanding was the spring holds the fluids down, then when the pressure gets too high it THEN exits to the reservoir? I probably dont understand this correctly

But my goal is to eliminate the coolant reservoir.

yeah, my idea is to eliminate the coolant reservoir to clean the bay up and one less thing to worry about

 

The reservoir essentially performs the same function as the AST and a normal overflow tank, in one piece. It's a pressurized expansion tank.

It's basically voodoo, but it works really well. LOL

Higgi runs the same setup in his 20B FC and I'll run the same in my FD when I'm through.

 

o0o0o0 new wheels since everyone has been hating on my Ninja rims..


Theyre nothing special, but I'm going to TRY and keep the new look a secret. And by secret, i mean the car will never get finished so it will remain a secret =P

 

Can you at least say what manufacturer are they

Don't talk down on your progress!! You can do it man!
Honestly your build is one of the ones I have on my list that I realy want to see the end result

 

5 bucks they are either rota grids or American racing hahaha. Just joking Benny

 

Lol they are seriously nothing special, but this is where I'm gonna have to work some magic to make them slightly cool =P

Thanks and youre the reason i want a 3 rotor ahahah. if Im lucky ill get to start working on my car soon... i've been getting the itch!

WELL, you owe me $5, now i can upgrade my XXR's to Vorrestoens!

 

Merry Christmas to meee


Yes, my tree is still up. Dont judge me.

 

Did you buy those off that dude in Pa?

 

YUP. Because im a hoarder. Seems like I buy all the crap he doesnt want

Honestly, i think these bumpers are pretty ugly. but there IS something i like about them.. maybe its the old school nostalgia...

Any who. I saw this picture a few days ago and though "I HAVE TO DO THAT" so these will probably just end up on the wall of my "shop" that I never can seem to find

 

Sounds like a plan. I have fd **** all over my shop at the moment. It's getting in the way of my furniture **** which is what the shop is actually for..

 

haha any pictures? I actually started "bubble tech" to just learn what its like to start a business... I figured it would be easier to get into the market and learn at a lower risk... My real dream was to design and build furniture.... but im kinda just riding bubble tech out and see where it goes from there.. worse case scenario, I'll move to one off parts for my car and do furniture =)

Any pics of the stuff you make? whats your preferred medium/style?

 

I don't build custom furniture although I am a trained cabinet maker. I'm a professional restorer of antiques in Washington DC. I also handle all sorts of commercial refinishing, repairs, fabrications, furniture refinishing, claims handling etc... I'm second generation, dad got me started down this road. Next year will be my 20th year. This is me.... www.clairsrestoration.com

 

wtf happened to this thread

 

Cool FD3BOOST. Im also a cabinet maker! sorry got excited lol

 

dayummmmmm. Thats some impressive stuff. I know it takes a fine fine skill and attention to detail to do that kind of work.. props to you man


I had to grow up lol.
Priorities. I've been investing all I have into the business so the car has been put on hold.

Plus I have out grown my home garage so I have no space to even bring the car in to work on. After failing miserably on my first widebody kit, im determined to redo it and come back with an even better design and execution. But that will be later down the road when if I can find a shop

Currently I'm focused on developing parts for the FD to get a more steady income before I make more financial mistakes with this car ahahaha

 

AME TM02s?

 

That's it? I read 49 pages and i don't get to see the completed car or any more updates?
Awesome work on everything so far by the way.

 

He's too busy working on customer's cars ha

Classic "Shoe maker's kids go barefoot"

 

Could have at least showed us the wheels!!!!!!!!!

 

Yup. Thats it lol. it's been sitting for the past 20 months. The body kit looks horrendous, but what do you expect... I did it outside, on a sloped driveway, half the wheels inflated, and not knowing what i was doing, oh and in the winter....

I ran out of room in my garage so theres no way i can do the body kit properly. So until I move into a shop, the car will sit in its grave.

As it sits...

lol nope, customers cars are sitting too -_- i hate working on cars lol, I'm not a mechanic, I love making partssss!

They're just lame RPF1's lol Played out to the max, but i still love em

 

poo poo

 

So this has pretty much been dead for 2 years. I've finally got the desire back to want to get the car running again. So this winter will be time for a come back. The main reason I haven't gotten to this is because lack of space in the garage. Its been over a year since I've been looking for a shop/house and after being in contract for 4 different places, it seems like I finally found a spot. All that is left is to do the title search and I should be moving in to my awesome fixer upper =) I'll give more details on that when I acquire the space. But lets just say its big enough for me to grow and and hoard all the junk I want =)

Some parts I've been collecting..
Haltech and Racepak from Lucky 7! SUPPORT YOUR ROTARY SHOPS!


ARC Switch panel


Attain headlights I got from a friend! I wont be running these but I seem to have a fetish for collecting headlight kits now..


And of course some of my own parts I'll be adding =)

Transmission spacer for larger oil capacity


Heel plate Since I gutted the interior... (ill probably regret this as i wanna drive it on the street still...)





Also I bought all the supplies to being making my cage just havent had the time to get to it...

 

Whats the arc switches going to be used for?

 

So as I'm getting old, my taste/style is changing. I've really began to fall in love with the porche cup cars interior and will be using that for inspiration.




With that said, I will be keeping the stock dash look with a few modifications as follows:
-1 piece composite construction
-Blanked out panels
-Removed glove box for more passenger leg room
-Extend the sides to meet our door panels

In addition I'll be pairing it with a 1 piece blank transmission tunnel cover as well. Thus it can be modified for those using different transmission/shifter locations




Accessories and what not. I haven't decided what each will be use for yet.

 

keep at it man.