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Shifter is wired in today. Wife made the shift boot.
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That is looking great.....
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the pins are just an aesthetic.
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Test fit!
got the turbo manifold back for a test fit. Small issues but manageable.
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Thanks. They are fun to make.
I like your matching E-brake handle too. How do you remove the original? I thought about making one but wasn't sure how that all came apart.
I like your matching E-brake handle too. How do you remove the original? I thought about making one but wasn't sure how that all came apart.
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I like the wood shifters.... I don't know how to make them but I own a couple made by friends.......
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I have to laugh, I get my manifold back and actually have the turbo attached to the engine, and we're still on the the shift ****. Anyways I'm sending the manifold back to the fabricator tonight for finishing
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the manifold was just kissing the actuators. so a piece of pipe will be added to extend it about an inch. the flange was inverted so two of the studs were not lining up. I am also going to need to rethink the heater pipe as it interferes with the downpipe. I think I'll bend a new one out of copper.
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Something that comes up is the lack of low rpm responsiveness and torque when people remove the aux sleeves on an naturally aspirated engine. I figured that keeping the aux ports would allow for good street manners, keep reasonable mpg at freeway cruise and have a broader powerband at the sacrifice of peak horsepower. With a modern ECM, I can control when the aux ports open at what throttle position and at what psi of boost.
I read a post from Directfreak where he mentioned driving a similar setup and he was saying about losing traction at 60mph or something like that. I wish I could find that post. I thought I saved it.
Aaron Cake is building his Cosmo AP. Rx5 I think. He is keeping the actuators functional as well. Here is an older thread discussing the theory. I found this after I planed my path for my build.
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...-ports-854880/
of course I may be setting myself up for failure. As I mentioned, this is based on theory. If I was building a track car, I would not hace gone this direction.
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But I guess if you have both you will get the added benefits of increased port size AND increased air/fuel volume from the turbo.
I will have to do some more reading up on theory. Thanks for the link.
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Some more progress!
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This thing is going to be amazing. Or well, it's already amazing. The wood shift **** and handbrake lever look stellar. Nice job!
I ran into the same issue with my turbo setup this summer, although it was the hot side of the turbo rather than the downpipe. I ran a new 5/8" aluminum "fuel" line - bought it from Speedway Motors as a spool/coil and bent it to shape. A bender is of course ideal, but I was able to do the job by filling it with fine sand and using my knee. So far it's holding up great with no leaks. Copper would work too, I suppose it's just preference and what tooling you have on hand.
Looking forward to seeing this car on the road.
Looking forward to seeing this car on the road.
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This thing is going to be amazing. Or well, it's already amazing. The wood shift **** and handbrake lever look stellar. Nice job!
I ran into the same issue with my turbo setup this summer, although it was the hot side of the turbo rather than the downpipe. I ran a new 5/8" aluminum "fuel" line - bought it from Speedway Motors…
I ran into the same issue with my turbo setup this summer, although it was the hot side of the turbo rather than the downpipe. I ran a new 5/8" aluminum "fuel" line - bought it from Speedway Motors…