Pictures of my winter project...
02-27-08, 12:52 AM
#56
Well, finally got it running today. I updated my other thread here http://www.rotarycarclub.com/showthread.php?t=48 I don't feel like cutting and pasting all the pictures and video, but here is a teaser 
Needless to say I was on top of the world today. I still have a few small issues to sort out, but I hope to be terrorizing the streets by the weekend.
Needless to say I was on top of the world today. I still have a few small issues to sort out, but I hope to be terrorizing the streets by the weekend.
02-27-08, 02:27 AM
#57
hey man, I got mine running before you!!!! Still getting mine broken in and drivability tuning though. Hopefully I am getting it up here to Nashville this weekend though. If not this weekend then next weekend. This is funny, both our projects are coming together close to the same time.
02-27-08, 10:06 AM
#59
hey man, I got mine running before you!!!! Still getting mine broken in and drivability tuning though. Hopefully I am getting it up here to Nashville this weekend though. If not this weekend then next weekend. This is funny, both our projects are coming together close to the same time.
I'd had mine started a few weeks ago had it not been for a faulty ECU. Had it started month ago if the guy that was working on it would have done what he was suppose to. Want to hear some more excuses? Oh well, it was all the sweeter yesterday when it finally did start.
Originally Posted by 1QWIK7
Wow, thats awesome man.
Some people on this forum have alot of patience for having their cars down for months, even years before its running.
I think id go nuts if i had a broken car for more than a month.
And i LOVE your garage man .
Some people on this forum have alot of patience for having their cars down for months, even years before its running.
I think id go nuts if i had a broken car for more than a month.
And i LOVE your garage man .
Oh, BTW, it would suck not having an FD to drive for that long... thats why I have 2
02-27-08, 10:14 AM
#61
I did alot of it. I planned on having Garfinkle do it, but with my busy schedule and his, we were never able to cross paths. I purchased some polished parts, then I learned how to do it. Every evening after work for an hour I would work on something. Which is another thing that pisses me off because the guy that worked on my car got overspray on all of it. I've gotten it all back off, but it was timeconsuming. Rich's guy did the ceramic coating on the filler neck and waterpump housing. I also used his polished front cover as well. I still have quite a bit of small stuff to get polished, but some of my stuff was stolen a few weeks ago so I don't have spares laying around anymore... on top of my home being robbed a month before that... which are 100miles apart. Who has two thumbs and is the luckiest guy alive? This guy! If I can ever get my hands back on some spares, I'm sending some stuff to Rich to do... which I was originally planning to send him my spares over a month ago.
02-27-08, 11:06 AM
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It's cool man. I just had a bunch of plastic tubs full of stock parts that I have acquired over the years from working on ppl's cars. I had it in a part of the shop that is secure, bu not secure enough. We've had a big issue with it. They still the stuff to sell for scrap metal. They stole $900 worth of aluminum gas tanks this past week. If I wasn't so busy and lived 100 miles away now, I'd set up an OP one night and catch them myself.
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02-27-08, 11:37 AM
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Haven't had much time to update anything in a while. Here are a few pictures of a few pieces that will make the engine bay look a little better. These pieces came from various sources. I pulled the AC and Power Steering. I looped the lines on the Power Steering. I think it will be suffcient for what I am doing. If not, I'll just convert the rack. I went through all the electronic's on the car. Pulled out 2 alarms, an automatic car starter, a bunch of other junk, and a hook up for a 6 disc changer from who knows when. I think I'm going to go with a double din head unit with the navigation. I am also currently doing a battery relocation. More to follow in the next couple of weeks...
Looking great, nice garage and a nice wad of cash spent.
02-27-08, 01:31 PM
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I did alot of it. I planned on having Garfinkle do it, but with my busy schedule and his, we were never able to cross paths. I purchased some polished parts, then I learned how to do it. Every evening after work for an hour I would work on something. Which is another thing that pisses me off because the guy that worked on my car got overspray on all of it. I've gotten it all back off, but it was timeconsuming. Rich's guy did the ceramic coating on the filler neck and waterpump housing. I also used his polished front cover as well. I still have quite a bit of small stuff to get polished, but some of my stuff was stolen a few weeks ago so I don't have spares laying around anymore... on top of my home being robbed a month before that... which are 100miles apart. Who has two thumbs and is the luckiest guy alive? This guy! If I can ever get my hands back on some spares, I'm sending some stuff to Rich to do... which I was originally planning to send him my spares over a month ago.
02-27-08, 05:27 PM
#66
Well, finally got it running today. I updated my other thread here http://www.rotarycarclub.com/showthread.php?t=48 I don't feel like cutting and pasting all the pictures and video, but here is a teaser
Needless to say I was on top of the world today. I still have a few small issues to sort out, but I hope to be terrorizing the streets by the weekend.
Needless to say I was on top of the world today. I still have a few small issues to sort out, but I hope to be terrorizing the streets by the weekend.
I saw your other thread on: www.RotaryCarClub.com
Looks good!
08-02-08, 12:57 PM
#67
It's been a while. I've been deployed since March and will be here until June 2009. Here are a couple of pictures to hold you over until I come home for 2 weeks in October for mid tour leave:
I am starting to put my brake/suspension together now. I picked up a set of Porsche 993 "big reds" front big brakes. I am currently looking for the RS/RZ rear brakes. I may just end up buying them new from Mazda if a set doesn't turn up soon. Currently looking for a sway bar, but will prob. just end up getting a tri point with widefoot mounts. I have picked up some other stuff since I've been over here, but nothing that significant.... new floormats from JasonS, new Hoosier R6's, RE rear diffusor, etc... I'll have some more updates on the car come October when I get to come home for 2 weeks. I'll also be taking the car to run on the road course at the Speed for Sale Track Day October 24. I'll let everyone know how she holds up against the Supra's, 300zx's, and the GT-R's .
I am starting to put my brake/suspension together now. I picked up a set of Porsche 993 "big reds" front big brakes. I am currently looking for the RS/RZ rear brakes. I may just end up buying them new from Mazda if a set doesn't turn up soon. Currently looking for a sway bar, but will prob. just end up getting a tri point with widefoot mounts. I have picked up some other stuff since I've been over here, but nothing that significant.... new floormats from JasonS, new Hoosier R6's, RE rear diffusor, etc... I'll have some more updates on the car come October when I get to come home for 2 weeks. I'll also be taking the car to run on the road course at the Speed for Sale Track Day October 24. I'll let everyone know how she holds up against the Supra's, 300zx's, and the GT-R's .
02-19-09, 07:46 PM
#68
Here is an update while I was home on leave from Afghanistan in October:
Well, while I was home for 18 days I was able to get alot accomplished. I meant to take lots of pictures and do some write up's but I never got a chance to due to me being so pressed for time. I did a some track days at TGPR and VIR and AutoX and had a blast. As far as parts installed:
-Install Tein HA Coilovers
-Install Porsche Big Red Brakes
-Install 99spec/RZ Rear Brakes/lines
-Flush Brake Fluid
-Install Widefoot Sway Bar Mounts and Tri-Point Sway Bar
-install PS Oil Cooler
-Install HKS Twin Power
-Install additional bung in DP for wideband
-Install LC-1 and XD-16
-Install Defi Gauges/link box/gauge pod
Big thanks to Mike Lashlee, David Jerome, and Dan Chadwick for all of there help making this happen. I couldn't of gotten half of this accomplished if it hadn't been for them.
I meant to take a few pictures but I never did. Here are my thoughts on the new parts so far:
I will say that the LC-1 is very finicky. I installed it and Dan Chadwick help me set it up(free air calibration and he had the software on his computer to switch it to read gas). I went back to clean up the install after it was working properly, verified installation, and was given several different error codes... all of which led to a faulty sensor. I tried switching out the sensor with 3 other sensors that were verified working I did not have any luck. I ran out of time and will have to troubleshoot it when I get home. No big deal, I know my car is running very rich. I think as soon as I get it working correctly, it won't give me any trouble. I've heard of a few other people having trouble initially getting it hooked up.
The Tein HA coilovers are good enough for what I'm doing for the time being. I think eventually I will invest in some stiffer springs and prob. some koni's. Right now I just need to focus on getting more seat time
The Porsche Front Big Brakes with new rotors/SS lines/porterfield R4 pads and New 99spec RZ/RS Rears with SS lines/Hawk HT-10's are one of my favorite upgrades I did while I was home. Proportion is good as is and pedal feel is still firm. I did not experience any brake fade(although it was Nov. in Virginia) during any of my 30 minute sessions. I still have a few more things planned for the brakes, but they are good for a while.
The Tripoint Sway Bar decreased the body roll and is working as it should
The Widefoot Sway Bar Mounts are a super quality piece and I no longer have to worry about cracking or breaking my mounts. I also went with the bronze bushings and have been pleased with them so far as well. My old mounts were bent and cracked.
The Passenger Side Oil Cooler and lines is another reliability mod that will help with track stuff in the summer heat. So far so good.
The Defi Gauges are Amber and look great! Very pleased with them. They are currently mounted where the center speaker use to be in a little holder that I fabricated because I'm on on the list for the flyrx7 gauge pod
I beat on the car and did some Auto X's and Track Days while I was home at TGPR and VIR and the car did great the entire time. Water Temp never got above 85(generally stayed at 83) and Air Temp was 26-30. I was very happy with how the car ran. I compression tested the car when I first arrived home and it had over 100psi on both rotors. I drove the car 250 miles to Little Talladega, drove the road course, and then drove it home 250miles without issue. I stopped at the car wash to spray some of the brake dust off and wash the car a little. It wouldn't start. I figured I had fouled the plugs. I put a new set in and she fired up and I drove home. It still sounded weak though. This is when my hot start issue started. When I was at Dan Chadwick's shop, he did a compression test and we realized that my compression was around 70psi. I still have even pulses, but compression has dropped off like a worn out engine(has 12k on it). We also realized that my TPS was reading wide open at idle. We found that a wire had come loose from the connector and that both sensors were bad. Thanks to Dan having a huge surplus of parts, we had a new connector spliced in and TPS installed and adjusted in no time. We also went and ate some Krystals I think all of the fuel in my engine might of effected numbers somewhat, but it still has weak compression. I'm going to go ahead and tear everything back down(or I may actually pay Dan to do it) and check out the engine, rebuild it, clean a few things up, and install a few more things. Still though, the car runs great and I'm very happy with how it has turned out so far.
Here are some pictures of the car and some at the track:
Garfinkle, Mine, and Chad(Fire85gsl-se)
Well, while I was home for 18 days I was able to get alot accomplished. I meant to take lots of pictures and do some write up's but I never got a chance to due to me being so pressed for time. I did a some track days at TGPR and VIR and AutoX and had a blast. As far as parts installed:
-Install Tein HA Coilovers
-Install Porsche Big Red Brakes
-Install 99spec/RZ Rear Brakes/lines
-Flush Brake Fluid
-Install Widefoot Sway Bar Mounts and Tri-Point Sway Bar
-install PS Oil Cooler
-Install HKS Twin Power
-Install additional bung in DP for wideband
-Install LC-1 and XD-16
-Install Defi Gauges/link box/gauge pod
Big thanks to Mike Lashlee, David Jerome, and Dan Chadwick for all of there help making this happen. I couldn't of gotten half of this accomplished if it hadn't been for them.
I meant to take a few pictures but I never did. Here are my thoughts on the new parts so far:
I will say that the LC-1 is very finicky. I installed it and Dan Chadwick help me set it up(free air calibration and he had the software on his computer to switch it to read gas). I went back to clean up the install after it was working properly, verified installation, and was given several different error codes... all of which led to a faulty sensor. I tried switching out the sensor with 3 other sensors that were verified working I did not have any luck. I ran out of time and will have to troubleshoot it when I get home. No big deal, I know my car is running very rich. I think as soon as I get it working correctly, it won't give me any trouble. I've heard of a few other people having trouble initially getting it hooked up.
The Tein HA coilovers are good enough for what I'm doing for the time being. I think eventually I will invest in some stiffer springs and prob. some koni's. Right now I just need to focus on getting more seat time
The Porsche Front Big Brakes with new rotors/SS lines/porterfield R4 pads and New 99spec RZ/RS Rears with SS lines/Hawk HT-10's are one of my favorite upgrades I did while I was home. Proportion is good as is and pedal feel is still firm. I did not experience any brake fade(although it was Nov. in Virginia) during any of my 30 minute sessions. I still have a few more things planned for the brakes, but they are good for a while.
The Tripoint Sway Bar decreased the body roll and is working as it should
The Widefoot Sway Bar Mounts are a super quality piece and I no longer have to worry about cracking or breaking my mounts. I also went with the bronze bushings and have been pleased with them so far as well. My old mounts were bent and cracked.
The Passenger Side Oil Cooler and lines is another reliability mod that will help with track stuff in the summer heat. So far so good.
The Defi Gauges are Amber and look great! Very pleased with them. They are currently mounted where the center speaker use to be in a little holder that I fabricated because I'm on on the list for the flyrx7 gauge pod
I beat on the car and did some Auto X's and Track Days while I was home at TGPR and VIR and the car did great the entire time. Water Temp never got above 85(generally stayed at 83) and Air Temp was 26-30. I was very happy with how the car ran. I compression tested the car when I first arrived home and it had over 100psi on both rotors. I drove the car 250 miles to Little Talladega, drove the road course, and then drove it home 250miles without issue. I stopped at the car wash to spray some of the brake dust off and wash the car a little. It wouldn't start. I figured I had fouled the plugs. I put a new set in and she fired up and I drove home. It still sounded weak though. This is when my hot start issue started. When I was at Dan Chadwick's shop, he did a compression test and we realized that my compression was around 70psi. I still have even pulses, but compression has dropped off like a worn out engine(has 12k on it). We also realized that my TPS was reading wide open at idle. We found that a wire had come loose from the connector and that both sensors were bad. Thanks to Dan having a huge surplus of parts, we had a new connector spliced in and TPS installed and adjusted in no time. We also went and ate some Krystals
I think all of the fuel in my engine might of effected numbers somewhat, but it still has weak compression. I'm going to go ahead and tear everything back down(or I may actually pay Dan to do it) and check out the engine, rebuild it, clean a few things up, and install a few more things. Still though, the car runs great and I'm very happy with how it has turned out so far.Here are some pictures of the car and some at the track:
Garfinkle, Mine, and Chad(Fire85gsl-se)
02-19-09, 07:58 PM
#69
Every now and again my family will humor me and take some pictures of my cars for me while I'm deployed. Here are a few I got today.
as it sits now
RZ wheels(these will actually be going on my red FD once I get home)
This is the gauge holder we came up with while I'm waiting for my flyrx7 pod to come in. I didn't want to drill into the dash like some ppl do. I mounted the block to the stock center speaker grill so I could easily remove it at will:
Close up of the gauges, I need to calibrate my boost gauge as it's about .5lbs off currently:
Crappy picture of my XD-16 Mounted in the DIN pocket it, my boost controller and defi link box are mounted underneath it:
And the engine bay currently, it's still a little dirty. Once I get home I'll have some time to clean everything up:
as it sits now
RZ wheels(these will actually be going on my red FD once I get home)
This is the gauge holder we came up with while I'm waiting for my flyrx7 pod to come in. I didn't want to drill into the dash like some ppl do. I mounted the block to the stock center speaker grill so I could easily remove it at will:
Close up of the gauges, I need to calibrate my boost gauge as it's about .5lbs off currently:
Crappy picture of my XD-16 Mounted in the DIN pocket it, my boost controller and defi link box are mounted underneath it:
And the engine bay currently, it's still a little dirty. Once I get home I'll have some time to clean everything up:
02-20-09, 01:03 PM
#71
The one's that originally came on the car that are in the first post? No, those were aftermarket OZ wheels that, if I remember correctly, came out around the mid 90's so they are quite dated now. Not sure if they are the same wheels that came on the Lotus though
06-11-09, 05:50 PM
#72
Small update...
Well, it appears I have everything buttoned up *knock on wood*. The oil lines are my biggest concern. I just went through and fixed the oil feed and return lines on the turbo. They aren't leaking, but driving it hard on the track is alot different than the street. I think the lines will hold.
Fuel is good. Brakes are bled. Still fighting with my wideband but I'm very confident the car is running rich(famous last words). I have a new LC-1 that I may switch out just to see if the one in the car is in fact bad.
My Westco Miata battery died on me. It actually leaked gel out of the bottom corner. I called the people at GoMiata.com(where I ordered the battery) and they did a warranty request for me and had a new battery on the way. The whole conversation was maybe 3 minutes and very painless. He said it would take prob. a week to get a replacement battery. That was on Monday. Which would leave me without a battery for this weekend. The way we fabricated the rear bin when I relocated the battery, it has just enough room for the Westco. So my dad started calling some of his contacts and found that American Battery in Nashville(about an hour drive for me) had a gel battery with almost identical specs and dimensions that was reconditioned for $30! Called my brother who was working in Nashville and he said he could pick it up... awesome!! It was a full family effort... haha. I figured worst case scenerio I could bolt a battery box in the hatch and put a Optima Red Top or something in it as Mike ran the cables a little longer than they needed to be during the install. So I run to mail off some parts and when I come home UPS has delivered a box. Sure enough... it's my new Westco So now I have a $30 back up.
I'd really like to get my roll bar, seat, and harness in... but the roll bar is missing the bolts that mount the main hoop to the floor and I'm not about to try to track down grade 8 hardware at 5pm. That will happen next week. I just received my new 6 point harness a couple of hours ago as well.
I'm going to mess around with it for the rest of the night and I'll prob. leave in the morning tomorrow for VIR. Should be a really good weekend.
The last time you'll see my car wingless for a while as I'll be picking up my carbon fiber hatch and RE-A wing from Fritz tomorrow. And the 18x10 CCW's with 275's all around:
The engine bay with a new rebuild from David at Rotary Rebuild Store! Very happy with it and looking forward to seeing how it does at the track this weekend. Have a few new things in the engine bay but all the main components are the same.
New LIM... tight fit. Not really liking how it's that close to the hot side of the turbo/dp flange. I do have a turbo blanket and some heat wrap that I'll put on, just wanted to make sure the lines were fixed first.
Gauges... with my LC-1 giving one of it's various error codes. My AC panel is looking rough. Need to find some time to strip the adhesive off of it.
I'll be glad to get to VIR this weekend... they built that track for single turbo RX-7's. I have a 2009 track thread I post pictures and video's(to include me hitting the wall at barber a few weeks ago) after each event in located here:
https://www.rx7club.com/race-car-tech-103/my-tenative-2009-track-day-schedule-811069/
Well, it appears I have everything buttoned up *knock on wood*. The oil lines are my biggest concern. I just went through and fixed the oil feed and return lines on the turbo. They aren't leaking, but driving it hard on the track is alot different than the street. I think the lines will hold.
Fuel is good. Brakes are bled. Still fighting with my wideband but I'm very confident the car is running rich(famous last words). I have a new LC-1 that I may switch out just to see if the one in the car is in fact bad.
My Westco Miata battery died on me. It actually leaked gel out of the bottom corner. I called the people at GoMiata.com(where I ordered the battery) and they did a warranty request for me and had a new battery on the way. The whole conversation was maybe 3 minutes and very painless. He said it would take prob. a week to get a replacement battery. That was on Monday. Which would leave me without a battery for this weekend. The way we fabricated the rear bin when I relocated the battery, it has just enough room for the Westco. So my dad started calling some of his contacts and found that American Battery in Nashville(about an hour drive for me) had a gel battery with almost identical specs and dimensions that was reconditioned for $30! Called my brother who was working in Nashville and he said he could pick it up... awesome!! It was a full family effort... haha. I figured worst case scenerio I could bolt a battery box in the hatch and put a Optima Red Top or something in it as Mike ran the cables a little longer than they needed to be during the install. So I run to mail off some parts and when I come home UPS has delivered a box. Sure enough... it's my new Westco
So now I have a $30 back up.I'd really like to get my roll bar, seat, and harness in... but the roll bar is missing the bolts that mount the main hoop to the floor and I'm not about to try to track down grade 8 hardware at 5pm. That will happen next week. I just received my new 6 point harness a couple of hours ago as well.
I'm going to mess around with it for the rest of the night and I'll prob. leave in the morning tomorrow for VIR. Should be a really good weekend.
The last time you'll see my car wingless for a while as I'll be picking up my carbon fiber hatch and RE-A wing from Fritz tomorrow. And the 18x10 CCW's with 275's all around:
The engine bay with a new rebuild from David at Rotary Rebuild Store! Very happy with it and looking forward to seeing how it does at the track this weekend. Have a few new things in the engine bay but all the main components are the same.
New LIM... tight fit. Not really liking how it's that close to the hot side of the turbo/dp flange. I do have a turbo blanket and some heat wrap that I'll put on, just wanted to make sure the lines were fixed first.
Gauges... with my LC-1 giving one of it's various error codes. My AC panel is looking rough. Need to find some time to strip the adhesive off of it.
I'll be glad to get to VIR this weekend... they built that track for single turbo RX-7's. I have a 2009 track thread I post pictures and video's(to include me hitting the wall at barber a few weeks ago) after each event in located here:
https://www.rx7club.com/race-car-tech-103/my-tenative-2009-track-day-schedule-811069/
07-17-09, 12:43 AM
#73
Been having fun with the car, here are a few pictures from VIR:
M2/Raceshop Roll Bar with almost all the add on's except door bars and passenger seat brace:
My Seat:
New 6 Point:
New RE-A Headlights still waiting to go on:
Rotary Extreme RE-A rear diffuser waiting to go on:
Just picture whoring now:
M2/Raceshop Roll Bar with almost all the add on's except door bars and passenger seat brace:
My Seat:
New 6 Point:
New RE-A Headlights still waiting to go on:
Rotary Extreme RE-A rear diffuser waiting to go on:
Just picture whoring now:
07-17-09, 09:13 AM
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hey brent the car looks sweet! i bet you are enjoying every minute of it, i know i would be. we have very similar taste, i have a huge list of goodies that i will be installing in sept. when i get to come home from the dust bowl. the only thing i wish is that i had a track close to me in houston. well good luck with everything and have fun.
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07-17-09, 09:36 AM
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Gordon, thanks for the compliments.
Mark, thanks as well. You picked up the low mile 95 SSM R2 from Fritz I believe? That, my friend, is the cleanest FD I've seen in a long time. That use to be Seven Lust's car before it went through 3-4 owners in the last couple of years and he took amazing care of it. That car is my unicorn per say. Almost bought it from Fritz, but I need another FD like a cat needs a set of golf clubs.
Mark, thanks as well. You picked up the low mile 95 SSM R2 from Fritz I believe? That, my friend, is the cleanest FD I've seen in a long time. That use to be Seven Lust's car before it went through 3-4 owners in the last couple of years and he took amazing care of it. That car is my unicorn per say. Almost bought it from Fritz, but I need another FD like a cat needs a set of golf clubs.