My Never Ending 20b PPT t56 8.8 Project

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Sep 25, 2011 | 08:46 PM

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My Never Ending 20b PPT t56 8.8 Project

This is what i started with.
1995 FD roller

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I started to strip and clean the roller out

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This is were i had a brain fart and decided to section the front end.

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That's it for tonight, will add more pics and continue my never ending story/build tomorrow night

Sep 25, 2011 | 09:08 PM

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suspense, love it!

Sep 26, 2011 | 12:49 PM

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All welded up.

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Sep 26, 2011 | 01:07 PM

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Interior all cleaned up.

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Sep 26, 2011 | 06:31 PM

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This is how the engine started out.
New side plates
New rotor housings
New rotors
New E Shaft
New rotor gears
Brand new block from A to Z

Internal Modifications
Peripheral Port
S4 rotors, lightened, side clearanced and combustion chambers machined to 7.91 compression ratio.

2 solid dowel pins, 12.7mm tension bolts and dry sump.

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Finished Product
12 injectors at 1200cc per injector
Aeromotive mechanical fuel pump
Bosch Motorsports 140A alternator at a $2000+ price tag
Mazda Motorsports Dry Sump front cover.
Might have missed some details ...

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Sep 26, 2011 | 09:21 PM

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ohhhh yeahhh this is sweeeet

Sep 26, 2011 | 09:28 PM

KenSpeC

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oh myyyy word....wow that is a thing of beauty!!

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Sep 26, 2011 | 09:38 PM

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MOARRRRRR! Looks awesome. Can't wait to see more pics.

Sep 26, 2011 | 09:59 PM

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damn that looks like it's gonna be fun.

Sep 26, 2011 | 10:09 PM

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Can't wait to see it finished Chip! For some reason, I didn't think you used the MB95. Glad you did, it was a super solid car for me... not that you haven't gone through everything anyways.

Sep 26, 2011 | 10:12 PM

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Holy hell. I saw the sectioned front end and went WTF?!?. Then I saw what was going in it and started to drool on my MicroEcon book. Epic.

Sep 26, 2011 | 11:33 PM

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Thank you all for the compliments, it sure fuels my motivation to get off my lazy *** and finish it.

Drive train
T56 GTO 04 transmission built by RPM.
Brand new ford rear end 8.8 .. 3.7 final with a torsen diff and Mark Williams billet bearing caps.
Mark Williams carbon fiber drive shaft 3.75 ID
All suspension components are spherical bearing bushings only the rear sway bar links are Mazda OEM rubber.

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I'm done for tonight...

Sep 27, 2011 | 07:20 PM

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Finally!!!! I was wondering what you were waiting for. haha Everyone's in for a real treat with this project.

Sep 28, 2011 | 10:12 AM

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Thanks Michael....

Back to the body,
POR interior with Fat Mat

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Body Work.
Origin rear wide molded in with RE-amemiya Rear and front body kit. Sanding till i turned blue

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Sep 28, 2011 | 07:08 PM

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WOW ! amazing

Sep 28, 2011 | 07:19 PM

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hezus, this will be one of the few FDs with $100k invested! want to see this beast all done.

but i will say it, the porsche front end was a nono. :P

Sep 28, 2011 | 07:26 PM

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wow sick

Sep 28, 2011 | 09:36 PM

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More body work.

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Spraying the the jams and engine bay.

First is the base, galaxy gray.... House of Kolors
Seconds step is the Candy. Pegan Gold
Third is the clear coat