A sneak peak of what's in store......

 

Dawg, you got an extra hole!

 

3rd spark plug hole? Looks like you are missing the threads.

 

No seen that before, its a intake port if im right .. forget thinks its called P-port (peripheral)

 

That's a weird place for a spark plug, it's on the wrong side!

 

Sorry, it was an inside joke and the sarcasm will not be clear to everyone. Yes it is a Semi P-Port, different from a larger Pport as Rich will still be utilizing the side ports in the irons.

 

That's awesome!

 

rich you gotta thread those and some some 1" diameter intake spark plugs.

 

That not an intake port or a spark plug hole. That's a nitrous injector mounting point

 

I realized that after I replied , didnt look who I was talking to...

 

Those housings got 4 exhaust ports.

 

I thought it was a sight glass, so you can periodically check in on your apex seals.

 

Who did the S-Pp? Are them brand new housings or resurfaced?

 

I have some rubber plugs from my boat that you can borrow, would seal that right up. Haha...... But seriously what I want to know is what transmission your going to put behind this monster.

 

Those are for the hydraulic lifters.

 

I think the Ryan's black car is better suited for that p port

 

Thanks for the shot Mike (ZoomZoom), much appreciated

Hanging at NJMP-Thunderbolt with Scrub, Renna, and Mr. Mauro

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mik3ymomo/10791933723/

 

How much did you pay for your reman? and who did your Semi PP?

 

Hey Rich! Nice work there! I always love to read about your cars.

Sorry the red R1 was totaled, that car was perfection.

But you found yourself a nice one!!

Max

 

Where did you get the slip covers for the seats?

 

Those are reupholstered iirc

 

Who did the seat skins for you Rich? Those are nice!

 

I did the seat covers for Rich… Actually working on some seat covers for Rich's 2nd gen convertible right now. Im searching the forum trying to figure out how to remove this stupid oversized headrest, lol.

Happy New Year!!!!!!
-Austin

 

After a long winter slumber, I have some updates to report......

Surprise surprise, I mounted another set of Fikse wheels

Technipolish Profil5, which are my true love that I knew I'd always come back to. Sizing in the front is the norm at 18x9.5 +38 while I did a little something different with the rears--- 18x10.5 +38 rear, then asked Fikse to shave a small amount of the backpad to yield an effective +44.

The idea was to allow a 295/30 rear tire out back with simply rolled fenders. Of course my power goals are a bit more sedate now, so I opted to pick up some RE-11 rubber in 255/35 front and 275/35 rear.

Future plan are leaning towards mounting a genuine '99 spec rear wing and possibly an RE street diffuser as well. I just can't get used to the wingless look, especially now that I mounted the five spoke Fikses. I know there will be a lot of people annoyed. Sorry

Also finally built the brand new engine I had picked up from Malloy some time ago. It was streetported (IRP Stage 3 of course) and ready to go for awhile now.

For internals, I went back and forth on a few things, but in the end settled on RXParts apex seals, Pineapple Racing heavy duty coolant seals and a Turblown tension stud kit. All else new OEM stock, including standard corner seals.

For this build I'm going back to a standard OEM mazda oil pan with pan brace and stud kit.

Also have an A-Spec single turbo kit arriving little by little...... it's funny, but in the end it's basically the same kit that I had on my VR FD at the end there. Go figure.

Precision PT6466 ball bearing unit, dual dumped Tial MV-S gates (this is a change, no more precision WGs), 3.5 inch downpipe, manifold and turbine housing covered in Inconel heatshielding. One other change is the provision for dual EGTs in the manifold runners.

Pics to come soon

 

Mmmm. Those rims make me happy in the pants.