Mr. Johnson

i recently just traded my integra for a 95 fd and i wanted you guys to see wat ill be doing for the next couple yrs. i have big plans shave and tuck, deleting abs, ps, cc, srs. so here are a few pics and i know ill have a lot of questions to ask you guys since im new to the rx7 community.

this is the car when i first got it











starting to tear her down

Mr. Johnson

pulling the motor





how dirty the k member got from all the oil and wat not









pulling the tranny, rear diff, and brace





shelf full of parts



dash out

Mr. Johnson

some random pics











i will be posting pics as i get parts and do more work to the car. thanx for looking and comments are welcome

HppRX7

iTrader: (2)

Nice car to start with. Non sunroof car! Also if you want to keep the ABS just relocate it in the car under the storage compartments. You will still be able to have great brakes for those panic stops or track days.

Cool project.

Mr. Johnson

Any good write up or pics of anyone doing the abs in the storage bin. Interested to see this

moneymaker42141983

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its not hard to do man. i can put it anywhere you want.

HppRX7

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To my knowledge I have not seen any write ups on moving the ABS unit. Although I moved mine for weight distribution, I would think that if you are going to hide "tuck" all the wires it would be ideal for that too. I will have to dig up some pictures, I really did not take any good ones. I actually put my fuel cell in the storage bin and the ABS pump directly behind the passenger seat.

basic instructions.

1) remove the ABS pump
2) remove all hard brake lines from MC to ABS pump
3) remove brake line from MC to rear Tee.
4) remove hard lines in the front to where the hard line connects with the rubber line.
Once is removed find a nice place to put it like the storage bin, if you cut the bottom of the plastic out of the bin it opens up enough to mount the pump or a 5 gallon cell like I did.

5) Run new brake lines from MC to ABS pump then to tee and front wheels.
6) pull wires through the passenger side harness and reconnect the pump. I think I had to splice a couple of wires. really it is easy.


Wha la done.

It really is not too bad, after all the stuff you have done this should be cake.

-defi-

Nice man love to see fds getting a clean up

Mr. Johnson

so i started on the wiring today. i got alot of the wiring pulled out of the car. ready to do some serious tucking.





harness almost all the way out



harness out



some shots of the interior harness





pulling out the sound detning stuff and then i found out that the car was in a fire







then i started delooming the harness

hwnd

iTrader: (4)

Depending on your plans - you're in for a treat with that wire relocation stuff.
it doesn't "extend" well. if you run some basic calcs, you'll quickly realize that the harnesses are junk and undersized and poorly designed.

the '02 harnesses aren't much better (got a huge box full of lhd & rhd complete harnesses).

Mr. Johnson

some more of the delooming process







the last little bit that needs to be deloomed



all the srs wiring out of the car



how i left the car for the night

prrex4ever

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Great start, good luck with your build.

Mr. Johnson

i have a 95 so far the wiring isent to brittle and ill keep you in mind then if i run into any trouble

Turbo8

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Good luck, interested to see the wire tuck process!

Mr. Johnson

Ill take as many pics as I can of the process. If u want and pics of anything specific just let me know.

moneymaker42141983

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Maybe you should just do a painless harness man. It would be so much easier and look better. You are going to be running a haltech platinum 2000. I will send you the links.

hwnd

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not for sale ...sry;

hwnd

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I'm sorry I replied too fast... I had a few PM's asking to buy the body harnesses and whatnot..
So I halfassed thought you too wanted to buy them - sorry about that.


Yes, of course, I'd be happy to share the lessons I've learned doing this close to this (higher degree however). They were very simple really. In short, run the trunks as you see fit then ensure they're of proper gauge for the devices they're going to power / drain.

Something I've got going on in the works in a small power distribution management device.
Using an n-channel FET to turn things on and off. it allows someone, like yourself, to ditch the relays in the OE harness(es). a result of that is taking heat away from the ignition! there are others like a better control over design, layout et all but thats for another time.

again, sorry for the previous hasty reply.

Alex Rodriguez

iTrader: (137)

Or you can buy my abs delete kit and call it a day!!! Keep up the good work its gonna be clean under there now.
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-rx-7-1993-2002-parts-99/fd3s-full-abs-delete-flex-line-kit-ssbc-proportioning-valve-974543/

hwnd

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or you can pitch your crap elsewhere. removing abs is an awful idea on a street driven car.

e46m3smg

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that is awful harsh. alex is just offering a option, that is more a constructive contribution than the above. abs is a preference, i personally learned to drive in a vehicle with no abs and had to learn to threshold brake, which will still outperform vs relying on abs(or at least the system in the fd i cant speak for the current equipment available). to each their own. to the op-subscribed and excitedly awaiting the progress i am starting a similar process tomorrow. best of luck.

Alex Rodriguez

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Really .....removing ABS is awfull ,so cars that are breaking records on tracks all over without ABS must be awful ...wait and putting the ABS on the rear bins is smart?

You obviously didnt read what the OP is doing to his car. I daily my car and I am running my abs kit along with over 30 members not to mention those like Brent Dalton ,Fritz, John Cambridge and Hinsonsupercars who have been running abs kits long before this and they have no problems.

ABS is a great thing OP, will save your but one day if in the rain or need that hiccup to control your car. On a daily vehicle that is used to commute "NORMAL" way you dont need ABS unless your right foot is made of lead and all the car sees is WOT on the street and you have to absolutely stop at the light.

Mr. Johnson

I'm very interested in this is this something ur making ? If so when will uu be done with it. I like to learn a lot more bout this

Mr. Johnson

As far as this whole abs delete thing the car will only be driven once or twice a week if that. It is by no means a dd. I will be running and bending all my own brake lines so that none of them will be seen.

turbodrx7

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Where in MD are you?