And what does one do when they finally have a garage? Immediately start tearing into their car, of course! (Sorry for the fuzzy Messenger pic)

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Things to do:
- Remove inspection items (allegedly)
- Address inconsistent brake issue

After having driven three FDs, each with an inconsistent first, second, and third press of the pedal (each firmer than the last) and after having driven my Z where each press was consistent, I decided on the nuclear option. We're gonna nix the booster entirely, and get rid of the ABS along the way (which never worked in my car anyway).

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My choice was Chase Bays here. Everything looked simple enough. So, I got to it. Lets get rid of some stuff.

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What a mess this was turning into... Seriously...

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Lets do a test fitting and see how it's going.

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Not bad, in my book.
Both masters went in without issue. So much space there now. I love it.

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During the move, I found a few odds and ends to install at some point. One of which is a newer igniter courtesy of a wrecked car I bought in 2019. Was a 1997 Bathurst R, poor thing. Driver understeered right into a utility pole, frame was all twisted up. But I got a decent deal and a spare engine out of it. If only he hadnt been driving on 12 year old dry rotted tires with minimum tread, might never have happened. My cat also likes the spare seats that I have waiting to go in the car soon.

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So I got the igniter in, and the kouki Y pipe bits back on as well as my Greddy air pump delete pulleys now. Time to button up this part of the project.

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There we go. All back together and so much more free space in there. I like this quite a lot.

Into February 2022, I got my hands on a cool new JP3 short shifter to put in. Since I was going to be in there anyway, Just went ahead and changed out the rather rubber shift boot. The shifter install itself was rather straightforward. Much more notchy and purposeful in its engagement. I'm liking it. But I'm feeling a rather pronounced detent moving from 1st to 2nd that pushes the shifter towards 4th that I'm not a fan of. That might need addressing later...

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We also made a nice change to her shoes in March. A set of RPF1s , 17x9+45 with some Dunlop Direzza DZ102 tires in 245/40 square. I did add some spacers to get the fitment where I wanted it. Boy she look good. I can definitely feel the lightness of the wheels going down the road. Steering is much more responsive and I feel a lot more of the little undulations.

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And then, we ran into a problem one day while I was out doing errands... Leaving the parking lot, the clutch started having an inconsistent engagement. Started getting earlier and earlier into the pedal travel. So I pulled into a spot to investigate so I wouldnt be trapped on the side of the road. Lo and behold:
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Well that's a problem. Little did I know, my clutch master was slowly leaking. So, I take a long walk over to the exchange and grab me some more fluid, refill it, and think I'm on my way, when
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Continuous bubbles. Let's just get home and deal with this later. Pulled over twice on the way to double check levels. At operating temperature, that area gets HOT. So taking the cap off was not fun.
I get back home to see how bad it is, and find it leaking all over. That's it. No more of this "remote reservoir" and o-ring sealing mess. I've always had bad luck with them anyway. Went ahead and ordered a replacement Wilwood master cylinder with integrated reservoir to never have to deal with it again.

Your car looks like how I wish my car looked. lol. How are you still in Okinawa?! I thought military people got moved every couple of years...

I'm no longer active duty. I filed a package for an on-island separation ~6mo before my EAS and secured a civilian job during that time. So I transitioned right into a different career with only about a month in between. Life has been good for me here and the people who helped make it that way I will forever be grateful for them.


I'm still sorting through some pictures, as this last puts me into mid-2022. Got some big changes coming up as she's now at version 2.0. I just felt the need to document things more here.

Nice... JDM wife, JDM life? heheh

Don't I wish. This girl right here is my JDM wife, I tell ya. Aint hardly got the money for the human kind. That and I'm quite the introverted individual. So, meeting people is relatively rare. The things we dedicate our time and money to..

Looking awesome, can't go wrong with classic RPF1s. I too have a lazy shop cat that loves to sleep on my seats haha.