Now that my 94 R2 is "done", I figured I would buy another FD that I would actually drive and not treat as a garage queen. Hopefully I will do a good job of updating this thread as the build progresses and I will try to share a lot of the information I have learned over the years. Most if not all of the info is already here on the forum but this way I will document as much as I can in one thread. While the car will end up singled I want to play around with the stock twins a little to demonstrate just how capable the car really is with minimal modifications.

End Goal: A FD that can trap 130MPH in the 1/4 mile, idle smoothly at 900 rpms with AC blowing cold, and is spot on reliable that can be daily driven if I were to choose.

This beauty popped up local so I couldn't pass it up. Its a 93 Montego/black base model with 71k original miles. Car has sat for nearly a decade so I'm prepared to find some surprises as I dig in.

Engine plans: Lightened, Clearanced, balanced rotating assembly. Small intake porting and nearly stock exhaust ports. EFR 9180 kit from Addicted Performance. 20lbs on pump and water/meth.

Body: GTC Front bumper, Feed Front fenders and Pettit Rear flares.

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel here. Just wanting to pass on some of the knowledge I have picked up over the years while saving an old mistreated FD.

 

"Mistreated" might be too nice of a word.

 

Don't be too harsh on her, she has had a rough life.

 

Saw it on Craigslist, glad you picked it up.

 

I am happy to see the car in the hands of someone that has the intention and budget to bring it back from the brink. Hopefully the interior is intact, that will save a bunch of work.

 

ok i'm out of the loop.

WTF confused

 

If you would answer your phone you would know the deal.


EFR 9180, Koyo N-Flow, GTC front bumper, Pettit Flares and IC all ordered. Rotors will arrive tomorrow at Addicted Performance for Lightening and Side Clearancing.

Apparently the Feed front fenders are back ordered over 20 weeks from Shine so looks like they may not make the cut.

 

Nice, what ic you go with?

And what manifold are u planning on using?

 

What's up David? What's your ecu plans?

 

The manifold and downpipe will be built in house by Addicted Performance. The IC will be a large M2/Pettit Style stock mount because I am old school. The AC is important to me in my old age.

ECU is up in the air, either PFC or Adaptronic. Leaning towards the PFC just for the fact that I hate aftermarket gauges visible in the car and the PFC is about 10 gauges in one easy to hide controller.

 

Sounds like an impressive build! Can stock ports support the 9180?

 

david why not a haltech and tablet? it's pretty clean, and it's very functional. powerFC sucks, and adaptronic has no gauges display other than the AIM-ish dash.

also, no missed calls from jerome!

 

Sweet man! I'm interested to see how this turns out.

We need some more "before" pics of the car.

What's the rationale for clearancing the rotors? I know the principle of it, just wondering why you're looking to do it.

IMHO I'd go PowerFC. It's not the world's most powerful ECU, but you plug it in and start driving. It's not something you're constantly having to fiddle with.

Dale

 

Looking forward to see how your build progresses! I'm in search of some knowledge from those who have tinkered with FD's before.

 

Good luck, looks like a fun project

 

Its not out of the question but not a fan of the tablets in the interior either.

 

Ill get some more pics of the car in the next week. Have to finish up a couple things on the R2 and the boat before really digging into this.

Side Clearancing helps prevent corner seals from sticking if there is some flex of the e-shaft causing the top corner of the rotors to touch the irons. Really isn't needed for my boost or power goals but was included in the lightening service so why not.

Ill likely stick with the PFC as its familiar and capable of what I need it to do.

 

i remain interested in seeing the progress of this build. you going to keep it Montego Blue?

 

Yes, one of the first FDs I ever fell in love with was the Pettit Banzai 20b montego FD with Pettit fender flares. Going to replicate the exterior for the most part minus the racing stripes.

 

glad to hear it. Montego Blue is my favorite FD color and i don't see them enough. just glad to see you bring this one back to life. i remember that Pettit car, too.

 

Will the EFR be the IWG version?

 

I was hoping that would be the case but the 9180 is only offered in a t3 with IWG so I opted for the T4 EWG. Turbo will be in by the end of the week. Ill try to get some updates or at least some more pics soon.

 

I think a .92 IWG version is being released. I think turblown has some. There is also this version on ebay to purchase.

 

Not much of an update but the engine is out of the car and broken down. The one nice surprise so far is the engine was a low mileage reman that was not blown. Housings and irons are in excellent condition.

Addicted Performance has my turbo kit being wrapped up shortly and my rotors have been clearanced, lightened and balanced and on the way back to me now. I also picked up a Sake Bomb oil cooler kit and HKS twin power from Addicted performance.

I need to strip down all the accessories and get them sent over to RotaryResurrection.com to be powder coated wrinkle black. Next on the agenda is the remove ABS(purchased Alex Rodriguez kit) and really clean up the engine bay.

 

Though not a lot of progress on the FD I did get my boat wrapped and installed new gauges. Need to address the interior next. Pic of gauges is before the entire conversion was done but shows the older speedo gauge. Additional grainy bonus pic of me doing a little redneck surfing behind the boat.