Not gonna lie, that IRP Half-bridgy with Ihor's 'Super-Uki' exhaust ports sounded so gawddamn good ripping around the track that I've been contemplating moving to that ever since

 

^^ Nice pic mike. Thanks for the compliments

Rich, I know you jelly bro.


I plan to pull and disassemble the motor in the coming weeks so stay tuned....

 

It's a fiberglass element.

 

Lol I bought a pair of those filters and installed them a couple months ago. Thanks though!

 

Did you use a NPT fitting or a straight cut to flare?

Should use ORB's (straight cut threads with O-ring) as NPT seal from friction on the threads.

If nothing else use steal vs aluminum fittings for thermal expansion rates.

Either way - sucks

 

Any updates?

 

Stopped in to see if this thing was running yet.... or more purple?...

 

Love this build, sub

 

if you are not blowing trannies john you arent doing it right.. get it back on the street already lol

 

The update is The motor was pulled and disassembled. The front iron is definitely cracked. Oil pan had a quart of oil in it so the bearings and everything else is good. I purchased a new iron from atkins and have finally sent out the iron to goopy to cut the bridge then I will go from there with getting the rest of the porting done. Now that it is warm out I wanna drive it again.

 

Took car out of garage and degreased the engine bay. Im an idiot and did not take an after pic though.

 

So I started working on the car. I am upgrading the battery cables from 4 to 1/0 gauge. After driving the car for like an hour the wires would be warm so I think larger gauge wires was in order. I should be getting the front iron back this week and I will then start on the reassembly of the block.



These are the wires I used.




To install the wires and to clean up the messy interior I also removed the seats. There was a ton of **** under there. LOL




I plan to have this car running and driving in about 6 weeks.

 

I did the exact same thing last month, swapped from 4ga to 1/0, also using welding cable although not the same brand. I haven't tried starting the car yet because half the engine bay is still torn apart. But I had some slow cranking issues at one point and figured this was worth a shot. I never felt if they were warm before.

 

^ I never had cranking issues. I think the larger wire was needed due to the electric water pump drawing a lot of power.

This came in the mail last night. So excited to start on the motor soon.

Also im selling my ECU and patch harness if interested. https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati.../#post12054102

 

Those are some robust looking wires...

 

What ECU are you getting?

 

Just the beginning of track season
Will be back to shooting fireballs like back in the day!

 

Yes they are. I cant wait for you to get the dyno so we can see what my car puts down.

Going with haltech elite.

Yup. Cant wait. Nice pic.

 

Nice choice! I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on one myself. My E11 has gray hairs.

 

Can't wait to have the RobustRotundoRoundheadPizzaMobile back on da ROADDDDDDD

 

So any word as to what caused the failure? Scared to try my own single turbo setup if this can happen to even the most robust of builds.

 

Got this in the mail. WOOT! WOOT!


Gonna be a lot of progress in the next 10 days. I plan to have the car running by next sunday.

 

So I went to the new IRP on Sunday it is a real nice new shop. big thanks to Ihor for letting me use his porting tools to port my iron. I think I did a good job for a first timer. Also thanks for helping me assemble the motor.























My side bitch riding shotgun with me on the way home.

 

Looks awesome, good job on the porting!!!

 

Thanks

I really hope to have the motor running by sunday evening but realistically it will be probably like tuesday or wednesday the following week.

Im currently working on relocating the fuse/relay boxes and hating every second of it but once its done it should be nice.