Nice build man i have a FB with a T2 swap also ! i love it !

 

i pretty much have finished my engine harness, i used the fb's emissions harness to run power to my engine harness and transfer ignition signals and fan signal to the chassis harness.





test fit my upper intake and all the wire lengths were perfect dont mind the ugly alt, im gunna fix it.



added relays for the engine harness and e-fan.

 

started planning out my v-mount setup today. it seemed i might have bought too large or ic/rad combo but im going to try to get it to fit.

Initial test fit

 

were you not fond of the pictures i sent you of the rotor housings?
wicked v-mount btw good work

 

Thanks jozey!

my made lower rad mount/bash bar today. i haven't braced it yet, but it will be quite reinforced


this is the clearance for the rad to engine


still have to make mounts for the radiator and finished deciding exactly where i want to put it, then i can trim the core support so i can mount the ic. hopefully will be done with mounting this week. i bought some -6 fuel rail extrusion so that i could make my own fuel rails, didnt want to mess with the stock fpr at all, aeromotive 13109 will be in its place. i will hopefully have all the parts to finish up my fuel system this week, if so its possible i could start her up pretty soon

 

nice! can you tell me the size of both the radiator and intercooler? i'm planning on attempting a vmount myself. would be great if you took additional pics one everything is fabricated. thanks!

 

I don't know Matt, the engine driven fan probably going to rub a little. Looking doable (thinking out of the box, ya man)

 

Looking good!

 

He'll be using an electric fan as the stock fan will not fit with a vmount setup. Correct me if I'm wrong

 

yes i will run an electric fan haha, im pretty sure he's just joking with me.

thanks for the compliments guys!

Craaaazzy: the rad is a 22x18x3 dual pass i got off ebay, it has an 18x18 core. the ic is a 25x12x3 and has an 18x12 core.

 

lol, just re-read and now see the sarcasm.

thanks for the measurements, just what i was looking for.

 

If you change intercoolers I'll buy the 25x12x3 with 2.5 inlet/outlet. Its not coming up on my ebay searches. only 3" in/out keep popping up. Thinking I'm going to mount my IC in front of AC condenser. than focus on positive ducting, forcing all air entering front of car threw the coolers. Aeromotive has a smaller version of the 13109 FPR, #13129 its black and same price. Found it on ebay as well. check it Matt could work with your paint scheme.

 

im keeping my current intercooler, i welding in the mounts for the rad and ended up mounting it different and it gave me alot more room, i barely have to cut the core support now. ill send u the link for the ic i have.

i havent seen that fpr before, ill do some research and see if it will work for me. i love the black too (i was gunna repaint or hide the red one haha)

 

Had some fun today.

My fuel rail extrusion came in today so i figured i shouldn't waste any time with it. primary is done except for the threads for the fittings, im still deciding which route i want to go. im going to make my secondary on sunday. i have models of each so i can produce more if need be.

 

well ive got quite a bit done in the last couple days. got some 4ga wire to run to the fusebox so i could start testing all my wiring. mounted the intercooler, finished modding my fuel tank, made my downpipe, etc etc.








Heres the adapter block i made so i could run an s4 thermo neck.




Rotary Aviation omp adapter

 

Looking good!

 

Good progress man, coming along nicely.

 

I like that Down Pipe, Is that SS? I'll take one. I'llcheck tonight and see witch water pumphousing I'm going to use. Might need one of those as well. Looking so close these day Matt!

 

Thaty IC piping is looking tight, nice. Need a pic of the drives side of piping

 

downpipe is mild steel 16ga. it should work good for now. i wanted to go Stainless but couldnt justify that much money in materials right now. i gotta get it out of the shop in a weekish.

i haven't made the drivers side yet because im waiting on a 3" 90 degree silicone coupler to get here (hopefully today).

 

Any updates? I'm a few days away from a first start attempt on my MS3, just wondering how far along you are...

 

ive got lots of stuff done, but i haven't taken any pictures yet, just trying to finish in a jiffy. all my ms3 wiring is done, i have hooked up my laptop and verified that it works. all i really need to do to start it is do a fuel system pressure test, hook up my oil cooler and put oil in it. ill be watching you closely to see how it goes. let me know what settings you used on your cps pots for voltage and hystersis. its cool that we will both be doing our ms3x setups at the same time, it will be fun to compare notes on tuning and such.

 

Yeah I'm glad I'm not the only one working on this right now. Nearly all the documentation is about the MS2, not a whole lot on MS3's yet, especially not the latest 1.1.X firmware which has a number of Rotary specific stuff in it (no more lying to the ecu about having a 2600cc 4 cyl lol)

At this point my MS has been tested with the stim's and everything responds. I have my fusebox and relays wired up and they power the MS correctly. I can communicate with the MS with it in the car, so everything seems good there. Still waiting on my USB extension for the 2nd vr wiring (thanks for the idea, nice and cheap solution, just taking a while to come from Amazon for some reason lol.) and need to wire up a few sensors and then the real fun begins...

 

yeah the new firmware seems really helpful. you know of this for documentation right? Megasquirt MSEXTRA Manual Index

this is the best source ive found for current info on the ms3 and ms3x.

 

Yeah I've been reading all the docs on that site on and off for the last 2 years or so lol. I'm kinda at the point where reading more stuff is pointless (info overload basically) so that's why I decided to finally dive in and install the thing...