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Old 11-19-13, 12:00 PM
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4" down pipe all welded up.
Also had the Tial 46mm waste gate flange welded on to the manifold; it's a FD HKS SS mani that I'm using.



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Old 11-19-13, 03:39 PM
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Old 11-19-13, 09:18 PM
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Thx man.
Old 11-24-13, 05:06 PM
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HOW DID I MISS THIS THREAD?!?!?

My next swap will be an REW into an FB chassis and I really want an SE to do it with. I already did a TII into an 84 GS and this is my next idea. I'm loving the direction you're taking with the car and I'm going to be checking in on this one often.

Beautiful car, awesome setup and good luck to you!
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Originally Posted by lindahlish
HOW DID I MISS THIS THREAD?!?!?

My next swap will be an REW into an FB chassis and I really want an SE to do it with. I already did a TII into an 84 GS and this is my next idea. I'm loving the direction you're taking with the car and I'm going to be checking in on this one often.

Beautiful car, awesome setup and good luck to you!

Thx for the kind words,
She has a long way to go but I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel


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Old 11-29-13, 12:49 PM
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Finished up the LIM today, I'll give all the polished parts a final polish once I'm ready to put it all back together.
I'll be buying fuel injectors and rails next.
Most likely going to be FFE injectors/rails.


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Before...

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Cleaned up LIM, cut off the crap I didn't need.

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Old 12-05-13, 08:26 PM
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Finished up the alternator

It's not perfect but it'll do... Just didn't feel like getting into all the F'in groves.


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Old 12-11-13, 03:49 PM
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Alternator all back together...

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Old 12-13-13, 11:11 AM
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Installed the pulley back on the alternator and then threw the alternator on for a few quick pics.


Still saving up some funds for the FFE fuel rails and ID injectors.
In the mean time ill be pull off the water pump housing and polishing that next.


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Old 12-13-13, 11:17 AM
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Looks great ! I see we are going to have pretty similar bays !

Man..started the wiring. Its rough. Im still REALLY considering an ez wiring kit, there is just so so much uselessness to remove out of the harnesses.

Im tucking the body harness. And routing the adaptronic harness through what used to be the emmissions harness hole on the passenger side.

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Old 12-13-13, 05:04 PM
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Thx man, you got a pretty nice build as well.

Yeah I haven't even thought about the wiring or ECU.(shame on me)



The wire tuck is going to be sweet, keep up the hard work it'll pay off.

...Oh and share the details of how you did it


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Old 12-13-13, 11:02 PM
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Man, that lim looks great!
Makes my lim look fat and ugly..
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Originally Posted by notveryhappyjack
Man, that lim looks great!
Makes my lim look fat and ugly..
Thx man
It's my poor mans version of the FD Ecessive LIM

I just can't see paying $500 for a LIM.




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Old 01-06-14, 09:32 PM
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Latest progress pic...

I did a quick polish on the water pump housing.
It's far from a perfect mirror finish but it looks alot better than it did before.




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Old 01-08-14, 03:06 PM
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i can't imagine the number of hours u put in polishing the parts. kudos.
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That looks hot! Lots of shiny stuff always looks great under the hood. Awesome job!
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i can't imagine the number of hours u put in polishing the parts. kudos.

Thx man, polishing gives me something productive to do to the car while I save up more funds.



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That looks hot! Lots of shiny stuff always looks great under the hood. Awesome job!
Thanks


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Moved the car outside to clean off all the dust.
It's been over a year since she's been outside



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Nothing really to update... Just got back from deals gap and had a blast.
My goal is to have the SE completed and at DGRR 2015.

Just need fuel system parts and wire in the ECU then get her tuned.


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Washed the cars and cleaned up the garage today.
Im finally getting ready to pull the FB's engine.
Clean cars pic.

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Old 05-09-14, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by estevan62274
Washed the cars and cleaned up the garage today.
Im finally getting ready to pull the FB's engine.
Clean cars pic.



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Both Rotaries look awesome 👍👍👍. I may be getting a FB soon too . My RX3 is a very slow process and I need another toy 😜
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Thanks bro!
I'm loving that RX-3 of yours.
She's going to be so nice when it's done.

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Small update,
Engine is out, only took me two year

Couple of pics

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Time to clean up the engine bay, passenger side is decent but the drivers side needs alot of cleaning.



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Did some cleaning up of the drivers engine bay.

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Old 07-09-14, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by estevan62274
Thx man, polishing gives me something productive to do to the car while I save up more funds.
Thanks
Same exact thing I did last summer, totally worth it once all put together
What are you using to polish your goodies? I have had good luck with this cheap aluminum/brass polish from harbor frieght called "green rock" ... I think that is the name

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