DREAM PROJECT CAR - SUPER RARE FEED Afflux v5 Wide Kit!!
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Redbul (09-25-17)
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Macer (06-28-19)
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Antigravity Batteries - Update
Hey All,
If you follow my build thread you will be aware that I had a major issue with my battery that lead to some expensive trouble shooting.
The Lithium battery in question was an ANTIGRAVITY rs-20.
The issue occurred in Late July 2017 and the company customer service was excellent with fast replies and they spoke on the phone directly with the guys at ForceFed to try to troubleshoot the issue. I never found out what went wrong, but the end result was that they offered take the battery back for a full refund late July 2017.
Unfortunately due to various innocent reasons (i.e. life!) the battery was not shipped. It was eventually picked up by a courier and AntiGravity received it late September. Despite the two month delay, AntiGravity still honored the full refund. This included not only the purchase price and shipping, but they also paid for the return from Canada to the USA. This is especially decent as I initially I collected it from the states via a shipping outlet at the border to save money. I thought this was really nice considering they could have refused as they did not ship it to Canada in the first place!
It is unfortunate that at the time it did not work out as I really wanted it for the weight savings (it only weighs 10lb!). However I hope to work with them in the future to see if we can find the issue and enable me to use this battery.
In short, I wanted to share my positive experience anyone who has read my build thread. Hopefully this also helps build a relationship between AntiGravity and the RX7 community to allow more of us to find a lightweight battery solution
Tom
If you follow my build thread you will be aware that I had a major issue with my battery that lead to some expensive trouble shooting.
The Lithium battery in question was an ANTIGRAVITY rs-20.
The issue occurred in Late July 2017 and the company customer service was excellent with fast replies and they spoke on the phone directly with the guys at ForceFed to try to troubleshoot the issue. I never found out what went wrong, but the end result was that they offered take the battery back for a full refund late July 2017.
Unfortunately due to various innocent reasons (i.e. life!) the battery was not shipped. It was eventually picked up by a courier and AntiGravity received it late September. Despite the two month delay, AntiGravity still honored the full refund. This included not only the purchase price and shipping, but they also paid for the return from Canada to the USA. This is especially decent as I initially I collected it from the states via a shipping outlet at the border to save money. I thought this was really nice considering they could have refused as they did not ship it to Canada in the first place!
It is unfortunate that at the time it did not work out as I really wanted it for the weight savings (it only weighs 10lb!). However I hope to work with them in the future to see if we can find the issue and enable me to use this battery.
In short, I wanted to share my positive experience anyone who has read my build thread. Hopefully this also helps build a relationship between AntiGravity and the RX7 community to allow more of us to find a lightweight battery solution
Tom
#108
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Damn man, well done.
It's weird I just now stumbled onto this, but its awesome. The intense unique-ness of the FD and all the aftermarket options never ceases to amaze me. I like this car and build for so many reasons.... as a person who got lost in purely 'go-fast' parts and skipped the detail of what you've done, so I can really appreciate it and how the awesome it as a rare clean functional twin turbo FD.
Anyone else see the resemblance in the lights and rear from the ferrari 458 Italia? Wonder who got that look from who?
Skeese
It's weird I just now stumbled onto this, but its awesome. The intense unique-ness of the FD and all the aftermarket options never ceases to amaze me. I like this car and build for so many reasons.... as a person who got lost in purely 'go-fast' parts and skipped the detail of what you've done, so I can really appreciate it and how the awesome it as a rare clean functional twin turbo FD.
Anyone else see the resemblance in the lights and rear from the ferrari 458 Italia? Wonder who got that look from who?
Skeese
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FEED AFFLUX v5 (11-09-17)
#109
It was causing the alternator to work far too hard then overload and burn out.
Spent a lot of time looking though all the wiring as the whole car was re wired. Tried adding grounds etc due to all the powder coating but that had no effect. Two OEM alternators died in the troubleshooting
Never worked out why, but swapping to the Optima Red top fixed it instantly.
Spent a lot of time looking though all the wiring as the whole car was re wired. Tried adding grounds etc due to all the powder coating but that had no effect. Two OEM alternators died in the troubleshooting
Never worked out why, but swapping to the Optima Red top fixed it instantly.
Last edited by FEED AFFLUX v5; 11-09-17 at 03:16 PM.
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Narfle (11-09-17)
#110
Damn man, well done.
It's weird I just now stumbled onto this, but its awesome. The intense unique-ness of the FD and all the aftermarket options never ceases to amaze me. I like this car and build for so many reasons.... as a person who got lost in purely 'go-fast' parts and skipped the detail of what you've done, so I can really appreciate it and how the awesome it as a rare clean functional twin turbo FD.
Anyone else see the resemblance in the lights and rear from the ferrari 458 Italia? Wonder who got that look from who?
Skeese
It's weird I just now stumbled onto this, but its awesome. The intense unique-ness of the FD and all the aftermarket options never ceases to amaze me. I like this car and build for so many reasons.... as a person who got lost in purely 'go-fast' parts and skipped the detail of what you've done, so I can really appreciate it and how the awesome it as a rare clean functional twin turbo FD.
Anyone else see the resemblance in the lights and rear from the ferrari 458 Italia? Wonder who got that look from who?
Skeese
Lots of people compare the rear to the 458, but it was unveiled in 2009, this kit was released by FEED earlier in 2007. However the front is very similar to the TVR Sagaris (unveiled in 2003) so likely some copying there!
Regardless, I love the kit. Photos really don't do it justice, video isn't bad but in real life it looks quite special. The proportions look better in reality, I notice it can look odd in some shots. For example the rear end doesn't seem as "long" as the photos may indicate in real life. However it definitely seems wider in reality, those arches and hence the rear end are really fat! The rims have 12" barrels!
Last edited by FEED AFFLUX v5; 11-09-17 at 01:23 PM.
#112
A little more information in the battery issue:
The only other symptom was that the car would fire up, idle for about 5-10 seconds then die. We really have no idea what the issue was. I speculate that it was an internal fault with the battery itself - the AntiGravity unit was pretty complicated and had a "re-start" function that held back capacity in reserve for emergencies.
I am wondering if the initial power draw to crank the motor with the upgraded coils drew down the battery into this reserve and it shut off to protect itself. At that point i guess the alternator worked too hard to compensate and run the motor alone. Even now with the Optima Red Top you can tell that there is a lot of draw when you turn the headlights on. I think i need to upgrade to a 130A alternator. Then perhaps the AntiGravity Lithium unit will work.
Those are my thoughts anyway.....
The only other symptom was that the car would fire up, idle for about 5-10 seconds then die. We really have no idea what the issue was. I speculate that it was an internal fault with the battery itself - the AntiGravity unit was pretty complicated and had a "re-start" function that held back capacity in reserve for emergencies.
I am wondering if the initial power draw to crank the motor with the upgraded coils drew down the battery into this reserve and it shut off to protect itself. At that point i guess the alternator worked too hard to compensate and run the motor alone. Even now with the Optima Red Top you can tell that there is a lot of draw when you turn the headlights on. I think i need to upgrade to a 130A alternator. Then perhaps the AntiGravity Lithium unit will work.
Those are my thoughts anyway.....
#116
Detailed Parts List
So a while back I mentioned that I would upload a full list of all the parts used so far in my build. To the best of my memory the following posts should cover everything and also include pictures of the parts where possible.
Any questions please ask away……..you will notice that I have not covered brakes or suspension setup……that is my winter job and I hope to update you all in the spring on that!
Exterior:
Any questions please ask away……..you will notice that I have not covered brakes or suspension setup……that is my winter job and I hope to update you all in the spring on that!
Exterior:
- FEED Afflux V5 Wide Body Kit, #11
- Front Bumper
- Front carbon splitters
- Front headlights
- Front wide arch fenders
- Wide side skirts
- Side carbon splitters
- Rear wide arch fenders
- Rear bumper
- Rear lights
- Vented hood
- FEED GT 2 Carbon Wing
- FEED Carbon Look Door Handles
- FEED Carbon Look Emblems
- Ganador Side Mirrors
- Advan Racing GT 20” Rims (11” front and 12” rear)
- Custom Rear Differential (RX8 4.44)
- Rear diff brace
#118
Interior
- FEED Carbon Brake Boot and Shifter Boot
- FEED Heavy Combo Shift ****
- FEED Floor Mat Set
- FEED Carbon Scuff Plates
- Bride GIAS II Low Max Carbon Seats
- Bride Seat Rails, type LR
- Nardi Classic Leather Deep Cone Wheel with Red Stitching
- Works Bell Rapfix II steering wheel quick release
- Defi BF 60mm white gauges x 5 (water temp, oil temp, oil pressure, fuel pressure, boost pressure)
- Apexi Power FC Hand Commander
- Blitz SBC i-Color Spec-R Sequential Boost Controller Black with AF Box III
- HKS Turbo Timer Type 0
- FEED rear strut Brace
- Relocation of Battery to trunk to clean up engine bay
- Hot Rod Resto’s Lightweight battery box
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Engine & Exhaust:
- Fresh engine rebuild by ForceFed Racing (Aggressive Street Port, Scalloped Rotors, Primary Injectors swapped to 850cc)
- Powder coated Irons and Housings etc
- Brand new OEM Turbos with Parallel Conversion
- Full re-wire of all electrics and tuck.to de-clutter engine bay
- FEED Compression Elbow
- HKS Racing Suction intake kit
- HKS Super SQV IV Blow off valve
- Re Amemiya Level Man V Mount Intercooler and radiator
- Custom large diameter pipework and vibrant clamps
- RE Amemiya air separator tank
- RE Amemiya power steering tank
- Cusco catch can
- AEM Methanol kit & custom tank
- Apexi Power FC ECU
- Sakebomb Garage IGN-1A High Performance Ignition System
- Sakebomb Garage Dual Oil Cooler System (25 Row Kraken Core, aftermarket hardware & nylon braided lines)
- SakeBomb Garage Billet CNC Oil Filter Pedestal
- FEED Oil Filter
- Banzai Racing Lightweight Pulley Kit
- Pineapple Racing Idler Kit
- Rize Japan Titanium hood prop
- FEED brake fluid tank cap
- FEED radiator cap
- Feed lightweight flywheel
- Exedy clutch
- FEED big clutch slave with braided line
- FEED Sonic 80mm Front Pipe, DEI titanium heat wrapped with Wideband O2 Sensor
- FEED Titanium exhaust, rare 4" version including mid pipe resonator.
- New engine and transmission mounts
Last edited by FEED AFFLUX v5; 12-05-17 at 11:24 AM.
#124
But now the major parts are almost finished, just brakes left now as the final visual touch. Then I will move onto suspension and bushings to improve the ride. Then onto my personal favorite part - the OCD calming stuff like swapping out all the nuts and bolts for shiny new ones in all the places no one sees