I've been reading this for a while but never posted, man this is absolutely amazing! keep up the good work, I cant wait till this thing is done!

 

Great build going on. I wish having an FD. I had a black touring, now I just have a wrecked shell of a red touring. I need about $25K to turn it into a track beast.

BTW, I can second that notion on the teflon tape. I was going to say that when I saw it, pages back.

 

Not the biggest update: Just got some parts and have some things in the works.

Exedy Twin disc for the win... this was a big purchase milestone in the build. Means i can get the car rolling shortly!!

Got more 3M Dinoc Done. But honestly... I screwed up. I rodered the dinoc from some guy in Malaysia haha.. I spent 3 hours doing a real careful job and realized when I was done that the finish on the DINOC was satin instead of the "Dry" look.... SOB. So you can't really tell in the dark.. but it really bothers me. I'll most likely keep in for now.. but i'll eventually sell this one and get another one to cover with the 3m dry carbon Dinoc. It came out good though! ....just the finishe is different from my shifter consol haha.

and got sick of seeing such a pretty motor look so bland.. so I just had to change it up a little. Nothing too fancy.. just good ol black high temp engine enamel.

it took me a good hour and a half of masking off the housings etc to get it right but it came out good. and Im happy with it.


Thats all for now. I'll be installing my clutch maybe tonight after work or something. We'll see. nothing too exciting but each step gets me a little bit closer.. so i'll share my pics when I get it completed!!

 

Install pics... I'm pretty good at following directions....but if you guys see anything out of the ordinary then please let me know as it's my first multi-plate clutch install

Made a make shift "stop," to keep the flywheel from turning

The Install tool is very useful...

Can't go wrong with Tq Specs

I was thinking maybe I should put some lock-tight on the bols from flywheel to engine and from plates to flywheel....But I figured i should be just fine torquing them to spec. ...but maybe I should've read the instructions all the way through. What do you guys think?

And the beauty of exedy that is the twin plate clutch


My next and last Large part purchase will be Wheels so I can get my lady rolling and to the fab shop for manifold and V-mount The only other big component I need and by Big I categorize by $500 or more.....will Be seats. I've gotten to see the Cobra Racer Pro seats in a few different cars. ANd although I would love to go the recaro route.. it's just not justifiable in my opinion. Hell a pair of seats cost me the price of a rolling shell...

Anyways.. It'll be a few weeks till I save enough money for wheels. But I'd like to get the engine bay painted in the next 2 weeks. And my body harness completely finished as well. We'll see how everything falls into place

- Ap

 

looking good manny ! i recently picked up an engine built my howard from my friend in orange county. just need to get down there to pick it up and start working on it like yours.

i figured im going to be staring at alot of money on an engine stand in the next few months... esp if i go with a twin plate like you too.. haha.

 

"recently picked up an engine built by howard"

don't hesitate to call me on the engine if you have any questions re build/tune.

Aaron, the motor looks good dressed up.

hc

 

thank you for the offer howard, will definitely be getting in touch with you in the near future.

the motor hasn't even been ran yet, it was my close friend james w. from Tustin, CA motor.

I think I'm going to running a very similar setup to what James had in mind.

 

Howard...thanks for all the help as well. The Exedy was definitely good buy.
Meanwhile I've got a list of little things that I kind of half ***'d for the time being. one of them was a bad "half ***" My tranny drive-shaft seal. The one that sits around the driveshaft spline and keeps tranny fluid lubbing the spline and not lubbing the road. Its cracked...entirely. Although it sits in the groove flush etc.. i have yet to fill my tranny with fluid. Can I get away with not replacing it? or will it ooze fluid all over?

- ap

 

Depending on how bad it's cracked, it will probably at least seep fluid. They're not that expensive and it's pretty easy to change. Do you already have the driveshaft in and everything? Is that why you're not wanting to replace it now? Honestly, as clean as you're doing this build and as thorough as you've been, I think you'll be kicking yourself later for not replacing it now, probably even if it doesn't leak lol. I replaced mine a few months ago because it was so old it had hardened and wasn't really sealing anymore. I'd just replace it now if I were you.

 

Your right.....i'll order it first thing after christmas But yes... drive shaft is already installed. But i'll just have my buddy evan help me out this time. It'll be a lot easier with another set of hands in there.

 

Good deal. Then you won't have to worry about it later and hopefully not have a reason to put it back on jack stands for a very long time.

 

The build really looks good man, I hope I have half the motivation you have when I start mine here soon!

 

 

Did you redo it in the non-glossy Dinoc? Looks good!

 

love the dual pump hanger aaron looking good cant wait to see it man

 

The carbon wrap came out amazing! You inspired me to order some for my Daily Driver IS300 and my wife's GTI.

 

been watching this for a good while now; only one suggestion i have is to paint the alloy otherwise it will get SUPER dirty REALLY quick and you'll hate yourself for it, even if you just paitn it with aluminum coloured paint, its just everytime you touch it with dirty hands itll mark and look ****. other than that, awesoem build mate keep it up.

Brad.

 

Note taken!..... I'll most likely mask off the black after a week or more of heat cycle curing...and do the alum with alum colored high temp

 

Also..... for the past couple weeks i've been working with Ryan Basseri at Rywire to help develope a Mil-spec Harness for our cars. What I ended up with...was an engine harness that surpassed all my expectations. I really can't believe this harness came out so well. I opted for the minimalist approach with just the bare essentials for this harness with no aftermarket wires etc in there. But anything could have been added and ryan would have had no trouble making it happen. I have a couple pics..but i'll do a little feature on it asap. Also..rywire has become an official vendor here on the forum!! So Welcome from Rx7Club!!!!
...mil spec quick disconnect for easy engine pulls...Hell Yea!! Thanks much Ryan!!

This is the harness...about 95% Complete. But over-all this is what the harness will look like with a couple exceptions (where the zip ties are).

 

I love that harness, especially the QD. I've wanted to do that for a while now. How much would those run approximately? I might be interested.

 

That looks like an awesome harness! Need more info and pictures for sure! Loving that quick disconnect.

 

Great build! looking forward to see it finished

 

It is an awesome piece!!! i'll get more details as soon as I recieve it back

New Years Resolution is to have it running in 6 months
Hey Whats up broth!! I havn't heard back about final pricing just yet on the harnesses i'll contact ryan and see where he's at on that and get back to you But to tell you the truth.. I might be trailering my whole car down to his shop to have him do my whole car.. He really knows his stuff and wiring can be a nightmare... so if there's one place to put the cash down.. I think it's in the electrical spine that is our whole wiring systems of our car!!!! I'll be talking to you soon!!

- Ap

 

you should buy my seats Aaron

 

Looking forward to Rywire update.