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got my ronin rails modified so the seat will sit as far back as possible. I’m probably a millimeter or two from the back seat. Went ahead and wrapped the rails in carbon vinyl to match the seats. Turned out pretty well. Also got some dress up bolt hardware cause I didn’t like the flange head or the Allens with washers
seat is an XL seat I’m 230lbs and broad shouldered and I fit perfect and they just ever so slightly touch the door panel. Not even enough to move the panel with the door closed. I also feel like the seat is sitting a little crooked so I might need to adjust the rails.
still need to make a seat belt mount and clean up a few little things but car is getting there.
1 of 1 bridgemoto steering wheel came in! Have to say this is one of the highest quality steering wheels I’ve ever had and I’ve had just about every major brand. Leather quaility is amazing. The baseball stitch is beautiful, super solid frame with no flex. I’m very happy with is.
thanks man! I read through other peoples build threads and it seems like they go crazy so quick. I’m over here just doing basic mods and maintenance for now. Makes me feel like my threads lame 😂😂 but Engines running smooth so I’m just enjoying it while I can.
Got my steering wheel in, ordered a passenger side seat cover today in genuine black leather with red stitch (so it matches the bucket seat) from one of my suppliers in Japan (Ltide) so that should be here in a couple months.
plans to accomplish soon:
Swapping out to red floor mats and red cargo mat
new gauge pod, seems drakes is my only real option. For a nice RHD pod.
headlight build cause the RE IPF lights SUUUUCCCK
then decide if I wanna do kts/ autoexe rear tower or just go head and do a bolt in half cage.
Finally got some good weather in Indy so I went for a drive and took some pictures.
Not too much going on the last few months. Just been getting a few little things tidied up.
got my Prosport gauge pod in and modified per their instructions to work with a RHD. Doesn’t look bad. Visibility is good but all in all wish I would have just gone with the Drakes pod.
also finally got rid of the junk autozone splines and got my moteki forged lug nuts on.
I got my greddy elbow, but need to get a couple inter cooler pipes made.
next on my list is getting my wideband installed and seeing about wiring my boost controller up with a single Mac solenoid.
Are you using ProSport gauges as well? They are local to me and I was thinking about picking some up for one of our other cars. I didn't know the quality of them though, I know they used to be a "budget" gauge years ago but they look like they have stepped it up. I had a miserable experience with PLX recently so I'll be staying away from them from now on.
Are you using ProSport gauges as well? They are local to me and I was thinking about picking some up for one of our other cars. I didn't know the quality of them though, I know they used to be a "budget" gauge years ago but they look like they have stepped it up. I had a miserable experience with PLX recently so I'll be staying away from them from now on.
id say they are still budget gauges, but I haven’t had any issues with mine. They read accurately, don’t skip or cut out. Install was easy and sensors they use seem to be good quality. Only issue I’ve had with mine is my harness broke one wire when I was swapping gauge pods. Honestly probably my fault, but easy fix none the less.
if you have any specific questions or want to see them in action feel free to message me. Happy to send you photos / videos ect. My company is also a dealer for them. So, let me know and I’ll hook you up on the cost the best I can.
You car is so sick! And I usually don't like widebodys OR that headlight style. Something about that kit, the color of the car, those lights, and those wheels together are perfect. Era-correct and beautiful! I'd be picking my jaw off the floor if I saw it in person.
You car is so sick! And I usually don't like widebodys OR that headlight style. Something about that kit, the color of the car, those lights, and those wheels together are perfect. Era-correct and beautiful! I'd be picking my jaw off the floor if I saw it in person.
Subbd!
thank you for the kind words man!! Still got a long way to go but I’m loving it.
Next stage is underway! Was having a tough time deciding between PFC or haltech, but after taking with Phil Sohn for a bit about my goals for the car, ultimately seemed like the PFC was the best option!
im wanting to stay TT and am only shooting for around 350whp, so being the haltech 2500 would be my option for controlling factory TT it just didnt make sense to me to spend all the extra money and honestly not use the haltech to its potential.
so plan is PFC with the FCtweak datalogic and run it to a powertune digital dash because I’m not in love with the commander.
ended up taking advantage the current USD to YEN rate and ordered my pfc from Japan. Came out to about $625 shipped. I did opt for the older style with the basic comander since the plan is to not use it anyway.
Really not much of anything new going on. Have a few parts ready to go on. Really need to get the car up to @Banzai-Racing to get the pfc in and tuned and a few other little odds and ends tidied up. Heard they’re a really good group to work with and just about an hour and a half north of me.
Had one of my suppliers in Japan make me a nice fitted leather seat cover for my passenger seat to match my bridgemoto fixed back and keep the interior looking nice and uniformed. That’s really about all that’s been going on.
Did decided I’m going to be cleaning up and selling my set of RE aw7 probably fairly cheap since the faces are rough and that should help clear up some funds to do more fun stuff with the car.
Went and snapped a few pictures on my way home. Favorite spot to shoot right down the road from the shop.
We found that to get the a/c compressor to turn we had to do a wiring bypass, of sorts, of the power FC ecu.
There is a risk with the bypass that if you are driving hard (eg. repeated high revs) the program in the ecu that would disengage the compressor will not be there.
Hence you have to remember to not use the A/C when you are driving hard (like doing AutoX)..
We found that to get the a/c compressor to turn we had to do a wiring bypass, of sorts, of the power FC ecu.
There is a risk with the bypass that if you are driving hard (eg. repeated high revs) the program in the ecu that would disengage the compressor will not be there.
Hence you have to remember to not use the A/C when you are driving hard (like doing AutoX)..
That won’t be a problem for me cause the whole system is getting removed. 😂 it hasn’t worked since I got the car.
Lot of little things the last couple months. Got my custom made passenger seat cover in.
Installed the PFC w/ @Xavier Borg FCtweak pro software and his DL340XB datalogic, and got my AEM X series wideband controller wired up to the DL and to my BFG boost gauge.
Messed up my initial data logging runs due to poor reading comprehension skills. (Damn US education system, just kidding. I just suck.)
but Xavier was kind enough to answer all my ridiculous questions that are already printed in the 85 page instruction manual. So I’m extremely greatful to him. Even with me messing up I can already tell the car is running better than it ever has. I made my changes to get a proper tune and went back to my original tweaked base map. So tomorrow I will start my data logging again with appropriate set up and let the auto tune magic do its stuff.
I’ve been a technician professionally for over 10 years now, and have been modifying cars since I was a kid but I’ve never had to sit down and actually tune a car (or read instructions apparently ) so this has been a learning curve but this software makes it so easy. Highly recommend anyone running a PFC still check it out.
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Ever thought of trying black with a grey border? I think it's a nice neutral color that might add something. I wanted to do grey accents on my interior before I went nuts and yanked it out . Heck, you could probably even put some tape around the edges just to see how you might like it before spending the monies on new mats.
Ever thought of trying black with a grey border? I think it's a nice neutral color that might add something. I wanted to do grey accents on my interior before I went nuts and yanked it out . Heck, you could probably even put some tape around the edges just to see how you might like it before spending the monies on new mats.
wouldnt look bad but with nothing else grey in the car it just wouldn’t have anything to accentuate it. My vip car build is all grey inter with red accents. Its a great combo.
Bunch of nothing new to the car. Mine and the wife’s first kid just turned one!
Need to get off my butt and get this tuning done, next up is a mid pipe, custom intake pipes, air pump delete and larger intercooler. Have the large SMIC with duct already sitting in the garage to replace my ARC race spec.
Xavier's software/hardware are amazing. Make sure you calibrate your boost sensor! Very important.
I tuned to his aggressive map, which is still safe, and added water/Meth injector after tune. I give up a few HP, but keeps the motor/turbo cooler and cleans everything under boost.
Not much to be updated with have a few parts sitting picked up a larger SMIC with duct but I’m unsure if I’m going to use or not. Honestly might sell it and my ARC race spec w/ the Blitz intake and just grab a greddy v mount. really, I’m regretting not just going that direction from the beginning
grabbed a Greddy circuit spec stainless mid pipe, but waiting for it to go on until I get my downpipe sorted. Might just grab the Greddy unit, it’s cast like the hks was but that’s no big deal to me. Really wanted a KS twin tube but seems like no one wants to part with them anymore for a decent price.
Trying out floor mat styles to finish up my interior. Had these checkered ones from a s14 sitting so I threw them in. I was having a tough time deciding between all red or black with a red border, so this is a happy medium.
Harness came in along with my harness pads and seat belt pads. Now to work out a harness bar.
had a short in my RE ipf control system that I really didn’t want to track down. So I ended up deleting the whole control system and running a h4 to h11 double split harness and grabbing some LED bulbs for my lows and a really basic bolt in projector for my highs. Only issue is all 4 lights aren’t on when I switch to high but I can sort that out later. For now I’m just happy to have working low beams that aren’t blowing Out a AGX glass fuse every time I turn them on. Plus i plan on picking up some Rmagic (style) headlight eventually so it’s not high on my worry list
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Ready to swap up the exterior of the FD this winter! Picked up some hot water labs v2 headlights off a member in Canada
and ordered a Proshop fukuoh front bumper! I believe it’s only number 3 in the US! I spent months trying to decide on a bumper that would flow well with the rest of the body, and I was originally thinking about aero tech, but I love the way the fukuoh bumper looks. Next I’ll probably get a re sports diffuser for the rear to complete the back end.
) so this has been a learning curve but this software makes it so easy. Highly recommend anyone running a PFC still check it out.
. Heck, you could probably even put some tape around the edges just to see how you might like it before spending the monies on new mats.
