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Road car to race car.
I think its about time i put together a build tread on my FD. bought the car back in December 06 from a rotary specialts in the uk,Hayward rotary. from a long time back i had always wanted a FD so i went for it when i had the chance. was just 17 at the time. used it on the road every day for about a year and a half. The car i thought was a waste on the road so slowly started turning it into a time attack/road car. since then its went from mint road car to pure race car,
a few days after i picked it. cleaned and the RE rims refurbed http://i4.bebo.com/017a/9/large/2006...282430416l.jpg As with most red FD's the paint had faded badly over the years so some new paint was needed. I went with Lamborghini Atlas orange. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...r/mycar003.jpg First parts i fitted to the car was a Racing Beat usa cat back and R-magic rear spats Apxexi twin filters kit, sparco wheel and lots of elbow grease http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...cleaned007.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...cleaned015.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...cleaned017.jpg next up was a Re-Amemiya rear diffuser. http://file033a.bebo.com/15/large/20...160485871l.jpg a few months later the engine gave up and was time for a rebuild.and there was no way in hell the standered power would still be in it when i got it back from hayward rotary. i went a bit mad at this stage looking back on the parts i bought full engine rebuild. by hayward rotary in the uk extended street port exhaust ports extended vacum lines where changed to braided ones, garret gt35r (t4 flange) dual ball bearing turbo, v band tial 44mm externalwaste gate with 10pound spring Bosch 044 comp Fuel Pump Competition Fuel Rail 1600cc injectors x2 Fuel Pressure Regulator (SARD) new fuel line fitting kit braided feul lines sard FPR Gauge stanless manifold samco hose clamps Apexi avcr limited edition black boost controller greddy spec m FMIC with all pipeing HKS ssbov greddy trottle body intake elbow dry cell race battery light weight underdrive pullies aircon and emision stuff completly remoced mazdaspares 16 pc block of plates koyo tripple pass aliminium race rad feed cabon fiber vented bonnet re amemiya facer n1 front bumper. hks water temop guage blackdiamon driled and groved disks goodrich braided break lines all round. ap racing break fluid d2 coil overs hid light conversion(hi/low) sparco fixed wrap around bucket seat. act 6 puk race clutch and 40% stiffer presure plate. dragon racing geearbox solid brace dragon racing solid diff brace eibach springs sparco 3 inch. 6 point harnesses some of the parts http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ewparts031.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...parts014-1.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...castlepics.jpg |
Here it was after the rebuild with new bumper bonnet and HID's fitted.
http://i4.bebo.com/040a/9/large/2008...516951682l.jpg http://file040a.bebo.com/1/large/200...386578778l.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...leturbo007.jpg Sparco wrap around fitted. a snug fit :) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1200506713 spent some time making up places to mount the multiple gauges and controllers, bought a R-Magic PFC commander holder and Re-Amemiya steering column boost guage holder. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1204491191 a set of 35m+ front fenders & rear diffuser air divert where ordered from shine auto in the us to allow for the new 5 zigen 10x17 inch rims with 888s. http://file041a.bebo.com/8/large/200...175220310l.jpg new VS old http://file041a.bebo.com/9/large/200...059578393l.jpg i then painted under the bonnet to match the rest of the car. http://file045a.bebo.com/15/large/20...175089652l.jpg http://file041a.bebo.com/8/large/200...175219932l.jpg |
first time competing was at japfest 2008 in Mondello park International race track. for this i went ahead and pulled out the interior.
out on track http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6392878_n.jpg on the way home http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._5237435_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._5327352_n.jpg after competing it was time for some changes. the car now had the power i wanted but breaking and cornering needed to impove quite a bit. fasted i could do was 1.07s on the national circuit. the pace for a win was closer to a 61 second lap. new parts ordered to try get my times down, D2 8 pots up front with 320mm rotors D2 6 pots for the rear again with 320mm rotors ebc yellows braided lines castrol SRF fluid. old vs new stoppers http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1210438801 fitted http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1210438832 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1210438859 rears. new vs old http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...wbrakes021.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1210438654 |
so that was the anchors sorted... time to move onto the handling department.
A racing beat anti roll bar was got. along with a racing beat short shifter. http://file041a.bebo.com/15/large/20...809528535l.jpg full solid durlin bushes with bearings then fitted, a lend of a mates press and a few nights work they where in, http://file043a.bebo.com/9/large/200...927587466l.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...newrims022.jpg new set of wide ass rims. 5 Zigen 10 x17s all round with a +25 offset to widen the track. i love these rims:icon_tup: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...newrims018.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...g?t=1213653953 255s 888s fitted to each corner http://file040a.bebo.com/11/large/20...251913203l.jpg http://file044a.bebo.com/10/large/20...264470694l.jpg http://file044a.bebo.com/10/large/20...264471092l.jpg |
Car looks waaaaaay better. Have you thought about ABS delete for the track?
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the sparco wrap around was a little to big for the small rx. so swaped them out for a set of carbon kevlar corbeau pro series buckets, only 6.5kg and hold me like glue.
http://file041a.bebo.com/15/large/20...809529016l.jpg http://file041a.bebo.com/15/large/20...809529603l.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ter/rx7068.jpg new solid diff mounts. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ter/rx7083.jpg all bolted back together and out for some mid night testing...and go go juice http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...247/rx7105.jpg at the track. :lol: http://file046b.bebo.com/7/large/200...745613282l.jpg a nice shot http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ter/rx7080.jpg picked up a set of slicks for a mice price and put them onto my spare rims http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ter/rx7074.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...ter/rx7076.jpg |
old livery removed and ready for the new design.
http://file049a.bebo.com/15/large/20...008118655l.jpg next big thing to do was sort out the cooling on it. as it was i could only do maybe 4 hard laps before it started to get very hot. so V-mount was the only salution. didnt have the money to buy a proper set up so made do with what i have, spent hours just trying to line tings up and make it fit .its not ideal but should do the trick for now. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...r/DSC_1322.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80...r/DSC_1326.jpg dragin racing diff and gearbox mounts http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._6225822_n.jpg picked up a set of rear upper and lower RS-racing toe links. the standered ones had alot of movement on them when hard cornering witch resulted in the rear toe changing when cornering and under acceleration. .. not good. also got RS-racing pillow ball tie rod ends again just to tighten things up. only 2 original busses are left in the car at this stage. while i was fitting these i cleaned down the upper and lower wishbones front and rear with some alliminium polish. while the front end was striped i decided to seam weld the front end for now. the rest will be done when time allows. http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...5_727996_n.jpg old vs new http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1041173_n.jpg fitted http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1112846_n.jpg http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...8_297501_n.jpg finnaly got some new coilovers. the D2s had been in the car nearly 3 years now so time to swap them out. picked up a set of apexi N1 evo circuits along with some new springs. http://www.apexi-usa.com/images_products/6338.jpg solid engine mounts http://himni-racing.com/images/HR_rx7_pol_mounts.JPG |
ITCC time. i loved doing time attack and after 2 years of it i decided to enter ITCC. The car was now doing 1.02s on the national so it had pace but not reliability as i found out in my first race. i started 7th after bad qualy, got up to forth and moving forward but engine failure ment i had to retire.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7578407_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2875343_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7473910_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5401585_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6896661_n.jpg any one recognise the crx :) since then ive decided to strip it back to a shell and start again. if i can do low 1.02s as it was with the plans i have for it im looking for a 60 second car, a few pictures from the last few years that i like. http://i4.bebo.com/024a/14/large/200...332201969l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/042a/10/large/200...407291724l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/043a/10/large/200...415277339l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/044b/7/large/2008...605915885l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/044b/11/large/200...842993360l.jpg |
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http://i4.bebo.com/044b/11/large/200...842993415l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/046a/5/large/2008...731888995l.jpg http://i4.bebo.com/046a/12/large/200...731872730l.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1848449_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7742043_n.jpg and some vids from the years. when it was pretty much standered out on the international http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNwayFKD8E out testing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdm8N7j4rm4 0 to 100 in 9 seconds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE2mEGve9cg car went well this day and was great crack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1b1yhg9Ul8 |
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http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...omoeng/046.jpg http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/q...omoeng/078.jpg the cage is still a work in progress but its getting there. http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1397761_n.jpg all parts have been sand blasted and painted with mazda royal purple and a few coats of lacquer. very happy with the results. Differential http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2221544_n.jpg rear disks http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6009306_n.jpg diff mount http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...1_315070_n.jpg rear control arms http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6059280_n.jpg steering rack clamps http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...1_895626_n.jpg rear sub frame http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4202507_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3372762_n.jpg |
front sub frame with solid mounts
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...7_716029_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...0_476719_n.jpg front and rear hubs along with under body brace. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2419609_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3699079_n.jpg i wasn't happy with the finish of the white paint so decided to get the chassis back to bare steel and paint it my self. it will also take a few KG'S of the weight of the car. this is one hateful job :evil: i near have it all done. id say a few more days and it will be ready for its new colour. it will be going a mazda gun metal grey. http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...89_94037_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1814462_n.jpg more updates soon:icon_tup::icon_tup::icon_tup::icon_tup::icon_ tup: |
Originally Posted by mannykiller
(Post 10709860)
Car looks waaaaaay better. Have you thought about ABS delete for the track?
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looks like a very nice project you got going there, keep up the good work :)
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awsome build..
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Spectacular car and build!
Isn't that the Hasport CRX? |
Originally Posted by Mushiki
(Post 10709955)
Spectacular car and build!
Isn't that the Hasport CRX? It's the J's Racing crx ;) |
Beautiful build!
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might want to get an OEM engine-to-exhaust manifold gasket set
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Originally Posted by arghx
(Post 10710093)
might want to get an OEM engine-to-exhaust manifold gasket set
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This vehicles has as ton of history. How long have you been back and forward with all the mods?
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Rear Diff ratio??
Looks like you are using the 4.1 one |
Originally Posted by t-von
(Post 10710833)
This vehicles has as ton of history. How long have you been back and forward with all the mods?
Originally Posted by rexset
(Post 10712770)
Rear Diff ratio??
Looks like you are using the 4.1 one |
Slowest Build EVER!! :lol: time to get stuck in again and get this thing ready. The cage is now finely finished. Happy with the results each suspension turret is now connected to each other and should have the chassis as stiff.
Door bars along with the newly introduced compulsery touring bar http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...98381214_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...46912288_n.jpg More diagonals added http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...06167808_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...33906023_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...25907143_n.jpg cage connected up to the front shock tops. http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...31830017_n.jpg another bar added and cage joined up to rear sub frame mounts. http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...35505352_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...09734570_n.jpg |
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New engine bought for the Rx7! 13b periferal port. Racing beat USA PP housings. lightened Hi comp rotors. Racing Beat intake manifold. 55mm dual throttle bodies. fuel injected running a microtec lt8. Ali fly wheel. Davies Craig electric water pump + controller Pwr oil cooler and fan. Making just shy of 300 hp for now. I have not yet figured out what Gearbox ill be using. im looking into a Quaife dog box to keep the revs where they should be but money might put a damper on that idea for now. Id say ill be using a rx8 6 speed with a 4.777 final drive until i can get the cash for a proper race box. Few pics http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...49050617_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...42124792_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...74026355_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...79638522_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...40377364_n.jpg |
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