mmmmmm.... those pictures made my day!

rich this is a bit excessive i must say. i think your family needs to do an intervention.

WOW... looking at these pictures makes me embarrassed.... I have been slapping and hacking together my car to get it running for the carlisis BBQ. When i get there I will not open up my hood and i might just park it behind a tree or something. lol

Oh come on guys, my car isn't anything special.....Uncle Hungry has created a clone of mine, and there are some things about it I like better.....I might switch my efini emblems to the newer Mazda ones :D

Thanks to Theorie/Tom for taking such vibrant pics with his gazillion $ camera :)

Excuse me!!! :dunno: You cheating ass-whore......

-J

Clone may be a bit much, aside from them both being vr r1's with 99 front's the simularities end, but thanks for the compliment. I'm flattered to be mistaken for you by the neighbors none the less. :)

ill be watching this. took some ideas from your new build though!

There's room enough for everyone, as long as you come rotary powered this year :D

Nice pics Theorie - I think you've just convinced me to spray my rex silver!

Good luck with the build Rich :)

Ceylon

Also, I just got my Tweak-it/Chadwick single turbo airpump delete idler pulley in the mail :)

All my ceramic coated parts (exhaust mani, dp, brackets etc) are in the mail and arriving thursday. This should prove to be a productive weekend :icon_tup:

:rolleyes:

Awesome. You ever try capping off and protecting sensitive items and then pressure washing the bay? I sprayed mine down with oil eater and went to town on it with a washer when I had mine out. Worked really well and didn't take long.

Nice paint, is that the PPG VR?

Rich, are you planning a complete re-paint as well?

Spoken like a true, veteran FD owner :)

Easy for you to say mang.... I have 9 FDs, 1 FB, 1 s2000 race car, 1 crx race car, 1 13B rew powered tube fram yugo race car (gangstah) and 3 open wheel race cars currently at my shop :icon_no2: You might say I'm busy mr. Richard! :lol:

Not driving my own car is getting quite old I can assure you :rolleyes:


-J

hope you didnt max out your credit cards lol

Nope, my paint is still in pretty good shape from the last paint job in 2003 :)

I considered it but didn't want to chance water getting into the electrical connections. Also my car is in the back corner of the shop away from the water.

Well, as long as you make it there bud :icon_tup:

Negative, charging car parts on my credit cards is a thing of the past thankfully :lol:

Update:

Modified my engine harness for the single turbo setup by deleting all unneeded connectors. I also installed the connector for the fast-acting intake temp sensor I recently picked up. I heat sleeved the entire harness with a combination of electrical tape, wire loom, DEI fire tape, and DEI fire shroud.

I installed some of the new oem parts I ordered for the engine bay, like the water pipe and brake booster line that run across the back of the engine bay.

Also took care of a bunch of odds and ends, like deleting the PCV valve and screwing on my FEED brake reservoir cap :)

Pics to come this weekend, hopefully of a built-up engine :D

I wish someone would be willing to modify new wiring harnesses (single turbo) for re-sale

^ Somebody is, search it.

I love this picture, the kind of muted background colors really make the bright colors of the cars pop.


Great build by the way. I wasn't aware it was so common to buy an all new engine. I'm so used to being an FC owner who looks under couch cushions trying to scrape together enough to buy used parts :lol:.

Link, please. I've been following this topic but never heard of anyone who was actually doing it

sweet build!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe you need to retitle to "hip-deep"

just as long as it's not "balls deep" :lol:

Too late.

And it's a good thing he's balls deep into his build.... because his FD is the only loving he's going to get when the female counterpart discovers she can't get the new bedroom set with an empty checking account. ;)


Or is that just me?

If and when Rich does get married, it will take a very understanding and patient lady. :)

Or a very wealthy one! HAHAHA:lol:

Lookin good, Rich!!

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys :)

I'm at the shop today to build up the motor and have my camera, so expect a boatload of pics later on today :D

As promised......the first few pics are of the Gotham oil pan brace and stud kit, which was provided by my friendly pals from Sakebomb Garage :)

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...8&d=1248061349
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...9&d=1248061349
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...0&d=1248061349

The fourth picture is of my GZ LIM, which I port-matched to the gasket as well as the intake ports. I'm trying out those 'phenolic' thick white LIM/UIM gaskets.....they're supposed to serve as a thermal barrier to keep heat transfer down.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1248061349

Lastly is my engine wiring harness, which i modified for the single setup, removing all the connectors I didn't need. There is a ground that daisy chains through the harness so once you cut all the sequential connectors you need to solder the ground back to the ISC connector in order for it to work properly. I also went nuts with heat tape, heat sleeving, etc.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...3&d=1248061582

I'll give commentary on this next batch tomorrow :)

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...4&d=1248061938
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https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...6&d=1248061938
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1248061938
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...8&d=1248061938

This UIM is for sale, PM me if interested :icon_tup:

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...5&d=1248062421
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...6&d=1248062421
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1248062421
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...8&d=1248062421

Gear Man Winning View rear view mirror in black chrome..... these suckers are discontinued. Once the car is running I plan to install it.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...9&d=1248062722
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great work!

this thread is dangerous for me, getting too many ideas.

man oh man
 

I was slack jawed at first. Staring at the picture of the Gotham oil pan brace and stud kit. I could see the studs, but man did it take me a second to realize that the brace was black, and how nice and shiny your oil pan is, lol. Nice work Rich, you definately give me loads to consider.

Oh, I do have a question, I did my harness as well, I noticed the grounds daisy chained, but I swear I don't remember having to resolder it anywhere. All my connections were as they were supposed to be. I depinned instead of cutting, and left every ground that was in the harness intact. Which wire was it you had to solder if you can remember? Thanks.

The exhaust manifold looks dope. Is that GZ LIM the same one I sold you? If so what fuel rail are you using with it?

the exhaust manifold (and entire turbo kit) is from A-Spec. I had my guy ceramic coat everything with his rotary-specific exhaust coating.

The LIM I bought brand new direct from GZ. I'm using a KG parts standard fuel rail with the two additional injector bungs sealed off.

First pic is of a pair of chromed alternators.....can you tell which one is stock and which one is 200 amp :D?

The rest are shots from varying angles of my engine. It's about ready to drop in.

Some of the parts pictured:

Tweak-it Racing/Chadwick airpump delete idler pulley kit
Super now alt/wp pulleys
RE Speed Oil Filler Neck
Exedy cerametallic twin plate clutch
Gotham Racing oil pan reinforcement brace
Sakebomb Garage oil pan stud kit
IRP Motor Mounts
(quite an amalgamation of companies no :D?)

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...2&d=1248141003
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...3&d=1248141003
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...4&d=1248141003
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...5&d=1248141003
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...6&d=1248141003

Lookin' good rich. Did you send the comp. housing off for a bit of engraving?

rich maybe you can hook me up with one of those alternators...

i'm still using this butt-ugly re-man that someone painted the internals GREEN...wtf??? lol

big Tommy gun, I just posted it for sale on the forum......I can give you a 'Webmasta' hook up :lol:

dude that would be effing awesome.

seriously...look at this crap.

hold onto that for me!!! ill try to get out this weekend or next time youre at the shop.

oh and that new rear-view is pretty sweet too. the engrish description on the box is mad jdm yo!

Your motor is looking great Rich! I have a question for you, why is your water pump pulley ribbed?

I have the same Oil fill neck as yours with the GZ lim and had to slot the holes and rotate it as it hit my throttle linkage. Does yours clear ok?

Thanks,
Dan

Dan, those are the Super Now pulleys from Japan, that is how they are constructed.

Regarding the RE-speed oil fill neck, if I have any more problems with it I'm throwing it in the trash. Poor fitment on the block which required modifying with porting tools, my R-Magic oil cap won't screw onto the threaded portion, and to top if off there were metal shavings in the neck that I had to spend time cleaning so that they don't get into my oil pan. Not happy, to say the least.

Rich, I see you had you stock oil filler cap in the neck. If that fits maybe it's the R Magic cap that's the problem?

Oh crap!

I hadn't even done a test fit onto my engine with it. If I would have found these issues before hand, I wouldn't have sold it to you. My apologies, I sincerely hope there are no hard feelings.

dude your engine looks like it belongs in a race car...you better take that beast to more track days :) Lookin good home slice

That's because his car is ready for the 200 mph nasty. (LOL it's probably BEEN ready for a while).

rich how much would u say you have into this car?
i am not knocking you at all. you gotta do what makes you happy in life. i am just curious.

^^^^LOL by my own experience I'd estimate between $40-$50k in parts alone ;)

Regards,
Crispy