haha thanks. Once I get it all back together and back on the road I want to drive up to your area in search of some fun roads. A buddy of mine told me there are some fun roads up near Reading... ill let you know when I go and we can meet up for some pics :nod::icon_tup:

Nice pictures as always. I'd love to have a sheet metal duct like that for my M2 med IC - are guys who make those pretty easy to find?

Also, is the RESpeed filler neck readily available?

WOW you shure are doing alot of work to your car John! Car loooks like it is coming along very nicely, cant wait to see it at deals gap:icon_tup:. What clutch did you go with?

I really need to post up a build thread of my own:(.


John

That sounds like a plan! There are some fun roads very close and 2 covered bridges that are 5-10miles from my house too. I'm always down for some nice pics too. I got some new wheels this winter and I'm dying for some new pics :nod:

Looking good John, can't wait to see ya on track with Scrub and I in 2011...... Let us know how you like the motor mounts too :)

Love what you are doing with the ducting! Looking forward to seeing the car in the flesh at Deals Gap - As always, your pictures are top notch!

I did the ducting myself, so I would not know where to go to have someone do it... however for an M2 medium your best bet would probably be a fiberglass duct as you need to make some tight angles and bends and working with fiberglass is easier IMO unless you have lots of metal fabrication tools and experience.

As far as the RE-Speed filler neck im not really sure. I went to their website but could not seem to find it (although there were pictures). I got mine used from GoodfellaFD3S.


Your car deserves a build thread!

I have had an ACT street/strip for a while now, but it is still basically new. It has maybe 5k miles on it tops. When I pulled it off the pressure plate still had the grooves from the manufacturing process, I was going to replace the clutch disk while it was out but the wear was very minimal.

Nice! My wheels are the only thing I am waiting on... They should be arriving into the country any day now :egrin:

TRAK DAYZZZ!! I can already tell the mounts are going to be a huge difference... with my old stock mounts i could push on the motor and rock it back and forth. With these it is solid as a rock!

Thanks dude :)

sweet looks good john. :D

Excellent Post John - those are some awesome track shots.

Curious though, how much horsepower are you pushing with your current setup? I'm looking have my car on the track this summer, but sticking with 300-325 HP since it's also my daily driver.

sweet, car looks really good!

Hey John, where do you source the alluminum sheets for your ducting?

i'm really liking all the mods up front. good thread too

I have never had my car on a dyno with this setup so I really cant tell you for sure, but if I had to guess I would say somewhere around 350.

Stock twins running 10 psi (creeps to 13 psi in 4th/5th) with a ported motor and all supporting bolt-ons.

I have been quite happy with the power level for a while and Im not planning on any major power upgrades just yet.

Thanks! its come a long way since "the old days"

Thanks Gordon. I put alot of effort into the design and fabrication of the whole ducting setup and I am really happy how it turned out. Funny part is I never had any temperature problems to begin with... I just wanted to do it for the challenge, and also of course to have a properly setup car for the track :nod::icon_tup:

Aircraft Spruce.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/me/aluminum.html

I have made multiple orders through them during my build and their service has been great. Highly recommended. :)


Thanks!

So when is the next FL -> NY road trip? :egrin:

Cool, I see in some of the pics you used 6061, but what guage did you use?

For any large flat section I would definately recommend 0.050 as it is strong enough to minimize flexing yet still manageable to work with. I had planned on doing everything with 0.050 however for some of the more intricate bends I found it too difficult to work with using the tools I had avialable. The side plates for my rad duct had many tight angles and multiple bends that I could not make with the 0.050 so I stepped it down to 0.040. The small size of the piece and the intricate angles allowed the part to be nice and rigid. However the 0.040 in a large flat section without any bends flexes quite a bit.

Your ducting looks really good. I like how you left room around the front mount for air to pass straight to the radiator.

Yup, IMO radiator takes priority over intercooler. However I do have plans for the intercooler... Currently the intercooler is sealed on top, but I have a template worked out already for a sort of splitter that will follow the perimeter of the remaining three sides. That way it still will not be blocking all the air to the radiator, yet it will force more air through the intercooler without letting the air go around it.

Hey John, which strength aluminum did you use for the ducting? I see there is T0, T4, and T6 on that website. This is my last question on ducting specs I swear haha.

T6 :nod::icon_tup:

haha shit man well you got your car up here already.

i might want to bring my car up here next month...? maybe drive it up to DGRR and then continue north with it...

apparently i have a place i can keep it in CT this year, so no more streets of NY shenanigans. HA

Hey john
great build thread...
i actually bought an fd not to long ago and need new bushings my self....
Let me know what you think about the poly bushings! it would be a great help....

How was njmp btw. i go there alot maybe ill see you there

:us4allswi

W00t! My wheels have finally arrived!

A good friend hooked me up with one of the first sets of Wedssports SA-60M in the US :egrin: They were only offered in two finished (both black) which I did not want for my car so they are going next week for powdercoating :nod::icon_tup:

18x10 +36 F

18x10 +20 R

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Love the Weds! A shame your powder coating them I quite partial to the matte black :gwink: and I think they would look awesome with your paint color. What color are you going with?

Sick

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I know this might be a personal question, but.........................

How many banks did you knock off????? Or are you hijacking truck's FnF style???

Seems like its raining parts over there. AWESOME

*Drool* Looks great. What color are you going to power coat them?




John

haha....this recession isn't hurting everyone (at least, not yet)

nice wheels!

My advice: Keep the black wheels.

I have had some people pushing to put black wheels on my car, and while I agree that it would probably look great... Black wheels are just not for me.

This is what I had originally wanted... This was the first picture of these wheels that I saw and I had decided I wanted that color. Unfortunately for whatever reason Weds did not end up offering it on the production wheel.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/...7b05c6d4_o.jpg


I have decided on a matte gunmetal grey color called "Anthracite". Here it is on another wheel:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5353/img2808j.jpg


Dennis.... LMAO. I have been pulling off truck heists at night, but with a gang of old Datsuns :lol:

We, also, understand that the color you are going for is totally sick but why don't you just try matte blacks for the first set of tires or something??? Black wheels on your ride will look soooooooooooooooooooooooooo sick................

Wow those wheels are sexy as hell. i agree with your choice of powdercoating i would not put black wheels on your car.

Those wheels are sexy as hell, in for pics

Lookin good buddy

Hey John please let us know when you're in the NE visiting a local track. I would love to join you on track for a couple of laps (of course in my own car). I have a buddy who has a race dedicated Porsche who is always up for some seat time and would be happy to show us the proper racing line.

drool drool drool

I don't know how I missed this thread before. You've got a great looking car and a great choice in wheels. I love the blue that you have on it.

Very nice John! Those wheels are gonna look good on it.

Rotary Addicts represent :lol:

Can't deny he reps well! :) Car feels great, got to drive it on the back roads lastnight...Needs a few tweaks but overall MUCH better then before :icon_tup:

Nice choice on the SA-60Ms. I was *this* close to pulling the trigger on a set myself, but I didnt quite care for the machined grooves on the outside of the spoke.

As Scrub mentioned, I got the car started up and drove it this weekend for the first time since November. I headed down to DE to hang out with Scrub and give the car a good shake down. I had initially purchased a set of Pettit TrackPro Stage III coilovers however I ended up returning them due to fitment issues. While I would love a set of Zeal Function X or Ohlins DFV's I had to go with something more affordable for now and I had heard good things about Stance. I ended up getting a set of Stance GR+ coilovers from Rishie at AutoRND.

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Some installed pics:

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The Stance coilovers felt great. Rishie was able to get me 12 kg front and 10 kg rear spring rates. For the initial drive I set all four corners to 4 clicks from soft. The ride was very comfortable and with the new bushings everything felt very tight. Scrub has driven my car many times before so I let him take it into the backroads (which he knows like the back of his hand) so we can see how well the car was setup. HUGE improvement over the previous setup. I ended up bumping the dampers up to 8 clicks front and 6 clicks rear. That helped response without sacrificing much ride comport.

I also spent a while today working on my tune a bit. I previously had been running with a blocked off idle speed control and I reinstalled it so I had to tweak my idle some. I now have a rock solid 850 RPM idle and I was able to eliminate some annoying stumbles thanks to Arghx's many informative posts.

The last thing left to do is replace the front rotors with some blanks and order a set of Endless competition pads for track days as well as a couple bottles of Endless RF 650 brake fluid.

Thanks Gordon. The quality of the Stance coilovers is top notch and everything fit great. IMO they were a great bang for the buck. I cant wait to get them on the track to give them a full workout.


:lol::lol::lol:

I was exactly the opposite. I was set on the TM-02's until I found the Weds. I guess we have similar taste in wheels :nod:

I am also not a huge fan of the grooves, but I will be powdercoating the wheel one solid color so I think it will look much better.

love what your doing with the car !!!!

Thanks. The SuperPro's felt great and I did not notice any excessive noise. In fact, my car was so quiet able to use my iphone speaker as my only source of music since I tore out my amps and sub and had no music... :lol:

NJMP was great... When I went last I drove Thunderbolt. This year I would love to try out Lightening, that banked turn looks like alot of fun.

Johnno, Mazda sold you defective fender liners..... they're missing big chunks :lol:

JOhn
Good Choice with the rims. The Anthracite is the way to go.
Like the fender liners too. Hope to see it in person at DGRR

yeah it sure has, i remember you putting in all those hours to make the front bumper look just right. i have to hand it to you, you built me a great engine. i have been boosting 20 psi for at least a year and have recently turned up the boost to 24. engine is holding up with no problems!

also this thread does have a downside as it made me order some new parts for the car. ordered a set of bushngs for my car, should be here this week and hope to have them installed prior to DGRR.

What bushings did you end up getting? OEM Mazda pillowballs or a poly kit such as SuperPro? ...or both?

Either way you will be amazed at the improvement. It made such a HUGE difference in the ride quality of my car.


24 psi!? wow, thats impressive... You have the T51R now right? How much power were you making back at 20 psi?

I agree with Andrew, John... those fender liners are simply amazing :icon_tup: