Beautiful Phil, just beautiful.

 

looks like you got some love on stance nation as well Phil

 

Hey Phil, where'd you get that flex bellow for the wastegate? Engine bay looks so clean.

 

like is said on WW: One hell of a mental fd this is, great job! i absolutely love the light configuration (and many other parts ofcourse)

 

saw the latest pics on facebook. without the rear. the front end looks really good. still think more aggressive sideskirts and rears would have finished the car out.

Fab work was still/is still amazing. Can't wait to see it run.

 

damn you beat me to it. i also read speedhunters a good bit and noticed your car when i was reading through the article. congrats man.

 

Thanks! We were deciding where to mount and it turned out well at that location.

Appreciate that!!

Thanks David! Your car is coming along really nice with some cool parts!

That, I'm not sure. My fabricator sourced out those parts and no clue where he bought it.

Thanks!

 

Now to my response to the others... and bit of explanation to clear things up.

I'm not disagreeing with some of you who stated that the rear needed to be lowered... It does. The problem I had are the following.. I didn't get the shell til 8 days before I departed for SEMA... and I had 6 days to put the car to be ready to be seen at SEMA. 6 days to put a car from absolutely nothing on it (when I say nothing, no windshields, no panels, no interior, etc).



And I left the coilovers up so loading and unloading the car I wouldn't damage the diffusers (front and rear). But when I got to SEMA, something wasn't right.. the rear would not go down. I've spent 6-8 hours over the 3 days trying to lower the rear thinking I might of done something wrong.. But after calling Stance, and getting a tip from them, we realized they put a different height springs on the rear. Hence the abnormal gap.

The rears are now off the car and already shipped to Stance USA.

Now you guys know the truth about the gap.. and now to the comments about cost, not being up to the standard, etc. etc.

Not all of you know who I am... I live in a modest house and I'm no means make '****' load of money as some have put it in the past. I do have to save up like most of you to build cars and I do that by giving up stuff. I gave up drinking 10 years or so and stopped smoking 6 years ago. I don't go out buying all things new and I had this goal to build a 3 Rotor FD since I moved to Bham, AL just over 10 years. This project didn't happen over night and it took years of preparation.. I didn't just hire my fabricator, engine builder, or painter just by opening up a car magazine or a phone book but over the year experience with them, them understanding my goal, and their desire to work with me. They are in my opinion top of their class, not just locally but in this country.

Ultimately, I'm building it for my taste and input and ideas of those who are helping. I don't need input from the whole community but maybe select few that I know their credentials. But ultimately, because its my car, I have the final word of saying OK or not. That said, I wasn't just born on this forum couple of years ago or building my first FD... I've seen what goes on this forum and respect or lack of respect that are passed on in different form. I would like to be respected but at the same time I realize that ultimately only select few's opinion matters and rest, well, it really doesn't. That said, don't think I don't respect your opinions... I just realized its what it is, a personal opinion and taste. I might hate sushi (just an example) but you love it. It doesn't mean I have to conform to your liking and have to love it. Its what it is... and I myself pending mood might like something that I normally might not like... ie, I get in a mood for thai instead of BBQ.. For that reason, I have 2 more FDs that I'm building it in a different way. MB will now becoming my track car and will start doing some track days next year and my SSM will be the stock/rare Mazda/Mazdaspeed car (not quite stock). I also have a goal to turn the Eunos Cosmo into VIP car and get it repainted next 2 years. And I have a daily sedan to haul my dog and a kid. Its what it is... Hope no hard feelings for any of you and lets move on.. I'll continue to put my progress and if you want to chime in go ahead.. If its opinion based, I'll read it but don't expect a response. If its technical and I have time to answer, I'll answer. But just as I'll try my best to not say negative stuff on other people's build threads, if you guys would do that same, I would appreciate it... Because there are times, I'll blow up reading someone's comment on here... just because I feel like it

 

If there's anyone who questions your attention to detail or the quality of car you build, they need their head examined. It may not be exactly what you want, but you can't say it wasn't done to 10/10th's. I like this FD better than your MB one. I still think your radiator might be on the small side.

 

Mefarri, Thanks for the kind words!

Yeah, the radiator is to be questioned.. and is something I did concern about. We also try to optimize the smallish front surface area by going thicker core and making it a multi-pass. If cooling temp doesn't meet, we have other ideas, especially after everything was put together. But like anything else in science, trial and error is how we'll resolve the issue... now next phase is testing.

 

THe radiator is my concern as well... But at the same time i'm using an Intercooler core as my radiator.. we just Modified it into a dual pass. My fabricator swears it'll keep the car cool. But he's also a drag/pro-stock guy... so we'll see how it works out! if it doesn't.. i'll simply address the problem.

 

You'll never be able to please every side Philly, all that matters is that the car gets your seal of approval at the end of the day.

That being said, your car definitely has my ******* seal of approval, absolutely ******* love it. color is awesome, fab work is top notch, rare parts are up to snuff, and the cohesiveness of it all coming together will make babies cry.

Keep doing what you're doing buddy.

Scott

 

Oh Boy... I'm grabbing a bag of popcorn in my own damn thread..

DeeSan, Not sure if you actually had experience with REAL JDM parts but they do not have 99% fit nor finish. Most of the labor cost on my car was actually spent on getting the fit and finish to near perfect... even then, its close but not perfect (98%.. ). Rmagic head lights did not fit well and it required quite a bit of 'tweaking'. As someone who has put various body parts, oem 99 parts, etc and seeing how hard it is to go from say 90% to 98%, it requires people with experience and attention to details. I actually when to Goolsby Customs telling them that my number one concern was fit and finish.. less the gaps, get rid of all the waves from FG, etc. Hence my shop Goolsby Customs won at SEMA last year and did a car for headline vendor at SEMA, Lokar this year.

That being said, I don't discredit those doing Stance, show, track, etc... As I always preached in the past to those asking for my advice, you should build your car based on your goal.. either being slammed to the ground to be in trend, performance oriented to do tracks, reliability mods for daily, money saving mods because you are on a budget, or show car based to show off at show events. Its based on what makes you happy and what type of crowd you hang out. At the end, respect for each other should be given... So, Lets stop and move on...

No more stance vs. track talk please!

 

+1

 

LOL! Even with a "HUGE" rear gap, it still made it on Stance Nation

 

Haters drinking hater-aid? Say it isnt so......

This car has "Daeity's Seal of Approval" because the car isn't finished and it still looks good.....

/putsonflamesuit
/grabspopcorn

Post more pics!!! I miss reading your updates, technical jargon, and looking at your pics.......

 

Phil as always, I look up to the execution of your builds for motivation to my own; as well as few others on here.

 

But seriously, very well executed car phil. Congrats.

-Austin

 

I need a clean up here!!! Rich - Goodfellas, you have my permission to clean up this thread that has people commenting about stance..

 

Hai Phil, I think your new name is Phance. That is all.

 

lol!

 

Kevin, you made a party foul, luckily i fixed it for you.

 

Thanks for having my back Mark.

 

I am glad I am an FB owner as there is definitely a difference in maturity level. Am now in unsubscribing to this thread.

 

That was funny.