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Tem120 04-10-13 06:52 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 06:55 PM

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and adding the meth injection kit

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Tem120 04-10-13 06:57 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 07:00 PM

First start up MOV02114.mp4 Video by Tem120 | Photobucket

Tem120 04-10-13 07:01 PM

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progress kind of



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Tem120 04-10-13 07:06 PM

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ok so a few things are missing I forget ot take pictures , Hah ..

If you noticed on some of the earlier videos / pictures

I had 1 JDM fender , and 1 USDM fender

So we measured and well cut the USDM fender to fit the JDM side marker lights .

Look at hte picture above . and Now

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Also ... OH WINDSHIELD when did you get there..

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Tem120 04-10-13 07:13 PM

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after breaking my radiator .. thankfully a friend of a friend of a friend had a used koyo , which he sold me

Tem120 04-10-13 07:15 PM

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subtle things... 1 doing a foamectomy on my seat and washing the seat covers .

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Tem120 04-10-13 07:22 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 07:27 PM

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from the start I had a friend who works at a muffler shop . and he had wanted to do my exhaust since I started the car . I figured hey . what the hell if I dont like it I can always change it later.

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But honestly It came out great.. sounds great I have no regrets doing a custom exhaust .

ok well maybe they didnt have a big selection of 3 inch mufflers ...

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Thanks alot to nick @ American mufflers in Hollywood Florida

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Tem120 04-10-13 07:40 PM

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The big day.. So this is the day I'd been waiting for .. the day The car goes in to get its inspection for hte road.

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As the car was pretty crispy it was totaled , and now it was its day to be legal again .

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I actually failed the inspection ...... BECAUSE..... I needed more chicken wire .....

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and I passed ..

P.S. different bumpers I know Haha

I had to replace the old fiberglass one after it cracked.. alot .

Tem120 04-10-13 07:47 PM

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Yeah it was getting tiring having mis matched wheels .. and I was Dailying it by then so . i got some cheapo rotas , with Hankook R-S3 's in 17x9 , 17x9.5

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on the way to get an alignment the next day.. I couldnt resist.

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there's frank getting aligned last alignment was poop ..

Apex Alignment in Homestead . Best alignments in south FL .

Tem120 04-10-13 08:00 PM

after This I had some fuel issues .. My walbro 255 wasnt doing enough ..

I redid my fuel pump wiring .. it worked fine for one day , But the next it was doing hte same thing ...

I replaced the injectors with 1300's ...

replaced my fuel pump with a sard 290

Nothing added an aftermarket fuel pressure regulator .. Nothing .. still going lean


One day out of random curiosity I decide to check the wiring again maybe something's loose . and I found a melted fuse... it was a 20 amp fuse . the fuse holder had melted as well but it hadn't blown .. so Idecided to redo the whole wiring . this time I put hte fuse in a more accesible location.. 20 amp fuse I took the car for a quick drive .. and stranded...

replaced it with a 25 amp .. as thats all I had at the time.. drove it back home. and I start to think .. MAYBE Just maybe the fuse... Was what was restricting the power. . so I went to radio shack bought a 40 amp fuse and holder put it in .. and

IT WORKED . after months of not being able to go into boost because the car would go lean .. the car finally had fuel.. and lots .... of it ... Retuned the car all over.

And frank was alive again ...

Tem120 04-10-13 08:02 PM

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frank's enginebay sure it wasnt exactly pretty but it worked...

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:08 PM

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Frank Finally Gets a SHINY

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:10 PM

Abusing of frank http://www.gulfcoastautocrossers.com...GCAC%20007.JPG

Tem120 04-10-13 08:18 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:36 PM

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so after a few auto-x events I realized my intake temps get pretty high after a couple runs . and being stopped in grid .

and a friend of mine gave me an intercooler as a present .. so.. I decided to go for it ...

the reason I got hte vented hood was for extra cooling for the FMIC

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:38 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:39 PM

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Tem120 04-10-13 08:43 PM

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A couple of pictures of the last auto-x event putting hte new interfooler to good use

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CreativeFD 04-11-13 03:30 PM

love your build. looking like it all came together in the end. I'm on Miami Beach, let me know if you're ever in the area.

Tem120 04-15-13 08:01 AM

So , I missed alot of stuff it wasnt as easy as I made it seem haha

but I wanted to make a thankyou post to everyonewho helped out

My Dad for helping me build the thing , and lending me his tools & driveway for the 6months
it took to get it on the road

Chibi for encouraging me to make the plunge onto something better and convincing me it would be worth the wait.

Kiba for all the advice and encouragement and making me jealous of your car ofcourse ...

Deliverence on the forums for all the help i've gotten from you in the past , present , and probably the future to hah . Thanks man

Fritz Flynn Half my car came from your parts garage man , great customer service and one of the most knowledgable people on these forums plus one hell of a driver that well lets face it . every time I see your videos man It makes me want to get the car on track.

ARGHX if it wasnt for this guy car would not be running i'd of probably blown it up by now no doubt Thanks for all the tunning advice .

And ofcourse everyone else who lent a hand , specially in no small part to this forum When I jumped into this project I had no knowledge of the rotary well no real knowledge of it.
nor the FD thanks alot to this forum The car is running

Ofcourse ... This isn't the end I still got a lot to do to it.

But just decided I needed to say some thanks

Tem120 04-15-13 08:13 AM

So this weekend , getting hte car ready for the rotary Rally did some minor bodywork . ground down some bondo that was on a fender and re sprayed it..

Primer is awesome..


hah , and fixed my wipers and adding my wiper fluid system onto the car so I have some defence agaisnt the bugs on the 800 mile trip .

Dliverance 04-20-13 11:32 AM

Every time I look at your intercooler setup it makes me want to go FMIC. I think I'll give you a few more months of road time before I ask your opinion on it again.


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