Celbii's Redsuns build
03-07-14, 06:36 PM
#26
Heres my big update to my build:
Bought a new FC from texas :P
This one is about 90% complete to where I wanted mine, but this will save me a ton of time and money. So I will now need to swap over a few things from my old one to this new one and then put it up for sale. Its also a little more correct for my initial D build.
Details
-GTUs Model (only 100 in 1990)
-148,xxx miles on chassis
-Less than 2,500 miles on fresh 6-port streetport by Kevin Landers of Rotary Resurrection, built Oct 2012, dyno-tuned by Chris Ott at Rotary Performance in Garland TX, to a very stout 185whp. It is more powerful than the stock Turbo 2!
Engine
-3rd gen housings
-Full 6-port streetport
-Atkins 2mm apex seals
-Stock air pump actuating auxilary ports
-Atkins 1-piece machined auxilary port inserts
-All gaskets & o-rings replaced
-OMP operational
-All silicone vac lines
-Exhaust diffusers removed
-Stock TB, solenoids, etc and all functional
-Removed AC and PS
-Mazda Competition motor mounts
-Cork Sport SS oil lines
-Aluminum thermostat neck
Exhaust
-Racing Beat header, uncollected, Jet Hot coated
-Header lightly port matched to exhaust ports
-Full, uncollected RB exhaust with presilencers
-No cats
Suspension
-Rear toe eliminators
-Adjustable rear camber link
-Suspension Technologies bushings
-RB front sway bar
-Adjustable swaybar end links
-Tokico Illumina struts with Eibach springs in front
-Genuine Re Aremania adjustable coilovers in back
-MazdaTrix front strut brace with torque / engine damper
-New Ventus HRII directional tires
-De-powered the ‘right’ way 17:1 ratio manual steering rack
-Current 0 toe all around, -2.0 camber in front, -2.5 in back. Awesome
-4.3 ratio rear end LSD
Cooling
-Koyo N-flow radiator May 2012
-Flex A Lite Electric fan – temp controlled
Brakes
-New rotors 2008, 20k on them
-Hawk HP+ pads with lots of life (fronts new)
-Stainless brake lines
-Front brake ducts baby!
-STRONG stoppers
Trans
-Smooth, no grinds
-Short shifter
-Fresh bushings 2010
-Center Force Dual Friction clutch (awesome)
-Stainless clutch lines
-Suspension Technologies mounts
-Racing Beat steel flywheel (awesome)
Fluids & Belts
-Oil change at 500 on new engine and every 1,000 miles, Castrol GTX 10w30 per Mazda specs and builder recommendations
-Redline oils in trans & rear end
-Belts in good shape
Electronics
-Apexi SAFC in glove box – dyno tuned by Rotary Performance
-Mallory HyFire 6 CDI ignition box
-Custom engine power and grounding kit
-New Odyssey Mini Gel Cell in stock location - awesome
-Stereo: Aiwa cd player, aftermarket speakers (old but functions OK)
-MSD Super Conductor plug wires
-Logicon, replaced & works but for 1 or 2 lights
-Windshield wiper switch works 100%
-Cruise control added (not included on GTUs) and works!
-Electric mirrors
-Aftermarket Gauges:
--Autometer oil press
--Autometer water temp
--PLX wideband
-Even the windshield wiper fluid system works!
Interior
-NICE INTERIOR! vents, surround, etc!
-Corbeau A4 seats, minor wear
-Lo-boy slider mounts-Newer windshield with no cracks or pits
-Momo Apache wheel
-Perfect dash with cover for protection
-Manual windows
-Glove box, center console, all in good shape
-Idiot lights, clock works
-Legal “silver” tint – cool in summer
-Electric “rat trap” seatbelts, working, warrantied by Mazda for lifetime
Exterior
-LOUD compressor-driven air horn hidden inside front bumper
-Cork Sport Mazdaspeed Replica front lip
-Repainted Mazda Performance White code UK (original Arctic White) in 2007
-S5 tail lights & wing of course
-Working power antenna
-Working power mirrors
-Hatch struts work
-Gas door release, hatch release, hood release all work wel
-Door handles & locks work inside & outside
-All fresh rubber seals around doors, hatch (Seals TIGHT)
-Fresh drip rail on front doors (no rust)
-All locks, hinges, etc lubed with Lithium grease
-Aluminium hood
03-07-14, 08:51 PM
#28
Lol Thanks :P And I don't know why my list says aremienia, supposed to be amemiya coilovers.
I'm gonna lose money selling the other one and parts off of it, but ill also save tons of time and money with this car basically almost where i want it to be.
I'm gonna lose money selling the other one and parts off of it, but ill also save tons of time and money with this car basically almost where i want it to be.
03-09-14, 05:35 PM
#29
Depending on the Manga/Anime/Movies, Ryosuke's FC has Watanabe RS wheels on it. They range from Black to Gunmetal Grey depending on what youre looking at. You should be able to find a decent set of replicas out there.
Love the idea! Great start to a great build!
Love the idea! Great start to a great build!
03-17-14, 02:33 PM
#34
BRIDE Super Seat Rail Type RO (Right) FC3S 88 , the part number from bride is R035RO (passenger side US, japan drivers side). I THINK that the drivers side is maybe R036RO, but im not sure since I only bought the passenger side, if you email bride they can tell you for sure.
Total cost for the one passenger side seat rail with shipping to the US was ￥27,400 yen. roughly 270 US
05-05-14, 11:00 AM
#37
Just figured I'd post to say im still alive :P Car is doing good, haven't really done anything to it. Kinda strange to not have anything to do to a car, but also nice at the same time, saves $$$$. I did buy a T2 hood from a friend that needs paint and I need to pick it up sometime. Fixed a small fuel leak the other day. Waiting for my HID projector headlights to come in hopefully next week.
Probably wont be driving it as much now as its getting hotter, The car is running pure coolant and likes to get pretty hot if Its not moving, so hot weather + stuck in traffic or something would be bad.. Need to look into the E-fan setup to get it running more consistently. No A/c either :P
Probably wont be driving it as much now as its getting hotter, The car is running pure coolant and likes to get pretty hot if Its not moving, so hot weather + stuck in traffic or something would be bad.. Need to look into the E-fan setup to get it running more consistently. No A/c either :P
06-03-15, 10:24 AM
#41
Small Update since I haven't posted in quite a while. I have paid for some new goodies finally to keep with the redsuns theme, hopefully they will ship out soon and not get damaged in shipping from across the pond... I'll post up another update when I get those.
I Don't drive the car very often, its fun but kind of a pain to drive around town lol, no a/c, no power steering, light fly wheel, very notchy short shifter, solid mounts etc. So It only gets out a few days a month, the rest of the time it just sleeps in a garage lol. But thats why we have the TL and wrx to DD lol.
The temp controller that turns the efan on and off died on me, at the same time my temp gauge started acting up, so there was a few times the car got a little warm and I didn't realize it( no overheating but warmer than it should be) Once I found out the Efan wasn't turning on I bought the E fan switch to wire it up to turn on manually rather than drop more money to replace the whole T-stat controller. Ran new wires from the efan all the way into the cabin and took a dremel and cut out one of the button caps on the center console to fit the switch in so it would have a clean look, and be easily accessible. While not as nice as having the fan come on automatically, I just keep an eye on temps as I always did anyways and I almost never turn the E-fan on unless im stopped for a bit. I like how it turned out
The temp gauge has been acting funky for quite some time, it would read but the range would be completely wrong, it would barely move but I could tell when the car was heated up when the needle was slightly above the 100 Degree mark. Tried all sorts of stuff, replacing the sensor, getting a new gauge, nothing worked. Ended up being the wiring from the owner before the P/O, he tapped the aftermarket gauge into the stock temp gauge and it started causing issues, so Just redid all the wiring and left the stock temp gauge(Which never worked anyways the way he had it set up) and the old gauge worked perfectly fine again. Just gave the new one to my dad.
I bought some HID projectors in a group buy on rx7club, took a while to get them but they are nice and for the most part everything was plug and play, way better than the stock headlights, but I wish I went 1k lower on the color, they are a little more blue than I like.
I bought a T2 hood here locally, nice shape, one small crack on the scoop but not really noticeable, needed paint. I liked it, I think the car would look alot better with the T2 hood but I ended up selling it. I didn't want to deal with getting it paint matched to whatever color the car is and I would also have needed to block off the scoop inside for rain. I just decided to put the stock hood back on. Neat while it lasted.
Funny story though, I sold the stock hood to a guy who ended up owning my old FC from the start of this thread. I had been hearing from people that they have been sighting a redsuns fc and I'm always like its not me, im never out lol. Turns out the kid I sold the fc to traded it to another guy for his 240 and he put redsuns stickers back on it (Just the rear ones though). Noticed as soon as we went to put the hood on and saw my home depot 5th and 6th ports activator, which he had no idea what it was and said he just opens and closes it, so I explained to him the purpose of it and showed him how to adjust it so his Aux ports would open correctly lol. Heres a pic of my old fc driving away with my turbo hood.
And thats all I can think of for now, Will update again when I get my stuff in hopefully all intact, should be a pretty good update.
I Don't drive the car very often, its fun but kind of a pain to drive around town lol, no a/c, no power steering, light fly wheel, very notchy short shifter, solid mounts etc. So It only gets out a few days a month, the rest of the time it just sleeps in a garage lol. But thats why we have the TL and wrx to DD lol.
The temp controller that turns the efan on and off died on me, at the same time my temp gauge started acting up, so there was a few times the car got a little warm and I didn't realize it( no overheating but warmer than it should be) Once I found out the Efan wasn't turning on I bought the E fan switch to wire it up to turn on manually rather than drop more money to replace the whole T-stat controller. Ran new wires from the efan all the way into the cabin and took a dremel and cut out one of the button caps on the center console to fit the switch in so it would have a clean look, and be easily accessible. While not as nice as having the fan come on automatically, I just keep an eye on temps as I always did anyways and I almost never turn the E-fan on unless im stopped for a bit. I like how it turned out
The temp gauge has been acting funky for quite some time, it would read but the range would be completely wrong, it would barely move but I could tell when the car was heated up when the needle was slightly above the 100 Degree mark. Tried all sorts of stuff, replacing the sensor, getting a new gauge, nothing worked. Ended up being the wiring from the owner before the P/O, he tapped the aftermarket gauge into the stock temp gauge and it started causing issues, so Just redid all the wiring and left the stock temp gauge(Which never worked anyways the way he had it set up) and the old gauge worked perfectly fine again. Just gave the new one to my dad.
I bought some HID projectors in a group buy on rx7club, took a while to get them but they are nice and for the most part everything was plug and play, way better than the stock headlights, but I wish I went 1k lower on the color, they are a little more blue than I like.
I bought a T2 hood here locally, nice shape, one small crack on the scoop but not really noticeable, needed paint. I liked it, I think the car would look alot better with the T2 hood but I ended up selling it. I didn't want to deal with getting it paint matched to whatever color the car is and I would also have needed to block off the scoop inside for rain. I just decided to put the stock hood back on. Neat while it lasted.
Funny story though, I sold the stock hood to a guy who ended up owning my old FC from the start of this thread. I had been hearing from people that they have been sighting a redsuns fc and I'm always like its not me, im never out lol. Turns out the kid I sold the fc to traded it to another guy for his 240 and he put redsuns stickers back on it (Just the rear ones though). Noticed as soon as we went to put the hood on and saw my home depot 5th and 6th ports activator, which he had no idea what it was and said he just opens and closes it, so I explained to him the purpose of it and showed him how to adjust it so his Aux ports would open correctly lol. Heres a pic of my old fc driving away with my turbo hood.
And thats all I can think of for now, Will update again when I get my stuff in hopefully all intact, should be a pretty good update.
06-03-15, 04:04 PM
#42
NOOOOOO! To be honest, you were so close with the t2 hood and then you sold it 
get another one man. I never had problems with rain water getting in. Plus if a tiny bit of water hits your uim its no big deal.
Really liking the white comet rep
but you need a t2 hood! Awesome shift **** too!
get another one man. I never had problems with rain water getting in. Plus if a tiny bit of water hits your uim its no big deal. Really liking the white comet rep
but you need a t2 hood! Awesome shift **** too!
06-03-15, 09:09 PM
#43
NOOOOOO! To be honest, you were so close with the t2 hood and then you sold it get another one man. I never had problems with rain water getting in. Plus if a tiny bit of water hits your uim its no big deal.
Really liking the white comet rep but you need a t2 hood! Awesome shift **** too!
get another one man. I never had problems with rain water getting in. Plus if a tiny bit of water hits your uim its no big deal. Really liking the white comet rep
but you need a t2 hood! Awesome shift **** too!
06-11-15, 10:18 PM
#44
Heres my next big update for a while:
New wheels!!
It took a long time searching to find these wheels since they don't pop up for sale very often, maybe one or two times a year. Granted you can find them much easier in japan. I messaged alot of people who had posted them for sale within the last 4 years in the size and offset I wanted and got a few messages back, mostly people saying they sold them or they weren't for sale anymore. I had one guy email me back located all the way in Latvia Europe who still had his for sale! Freshly refinished and posted for sale over 3 years ago they have just sat in his storage ever since then. After some emailing back and forth I ended up getting them for $1200 shipped from Europe(got here in 4 days), not bad for hard to find refinished wheels with the complete center caps and even the cap wrench to go with them! (They do need the wheel spoke decal and the center cap needs to be cleaned up, the rays should be a shiny gold on them not black LOL)
Rays Mazdaspeed MS-01's Lemans style! 17x8 +34 and 17x9 +35 . Similar to the ms01's in the show but these are two piece with the gold centers. ( PS if anyone is ever searching for these, I did find a guy on ziliva with a set same size/offset but they are in way worse shape and he is firm(and crazy) at $1500 shipped on them. )
I love how these look and fit on FC's heres a pic ive found of them on a white fc(not my car)
I have a set of Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 225/45/17 and 255/40/17 coming for them.
Also picked up some new lugnuts while I was at it, it was a difficult choice deciding what to get, between $150 rays and $25 gorilla lugs I settled with Mutekis sr35's as I have used them before with no issues at all. I know some people like to hate on them but I've read horror stories on every damn lug nut out there so these weren't too horrible at $60 shipped.
To go with my new wheels I decided to upgrade the suspension also. I went ahead and got a set of Fortune Auto 500's with swift spring upgrades on order to replace the Kyb/agx + racing beat springs front and Re Amemiya coilover rears. Got about $300 off retail on them so that's nice, sucks they take 3-4 weeks to build and ship out though.
Thats all for now, probably my last update for quite a while other than pics when I get the wheels on and coilovers on. Thanks for reading!
New wheels!!
It took a long time searching to find these wheels since they don't pop up for sale very often, maybe one or two times a year. Granted you can find them much easier in japan. I messaged alot of people who had posted them for sale within the last 4 years in the size and offset I wanted and got a few messages back, mostly people saying they sold them or they weren't for sale anymore. I had one guy email me back located all the way in Latvia Europe who still had his for sale! Freshly refinished and posted for sale over 3 years ago they have just sat in his storage ever since then. After some emailing back and forth I ended up getting them for $1200 shipped from Europe(got here in 4 days), not bad for hard to find refinished wheels with the complete center caps and even the cap wrench to go with them! (They do need the wheel spoke decal and the center cap needs to be cleaned up, the rays should be a shiny gold on them not black LOL)
Rays Mazdaspeed MS-01's Lemans style! 17x8 +34 and 17x9 +35 . Similar to the ms01's in the show but these are two piece with the gold centers. ( PS if anyone is ever searching for these, I did find a guy on ziliva with a set same size/offset but they are in way worse shape and he is firm(and crazy) at $1500 shipped on them. )
I love how these look and fit on FC's heres a pic ive found of them on a white fc(not my car)
I have a set of Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 225/45/17 and 255/40/17 coming for them.
Also picked up some new lugnuts while I was at it, it was a difficult choice deciding what to get, between $150 rays and $25 gorilla lugs I settled with Mutekis sr35's as I have used them before with no issues at all. I know some people like to hate on them but I've read horror stories on every damn lug nut out there so these weren't too horrible at $60 shipped.
To go with my new wheels I decided to upgrade the suspension also. I went ahead and got a set of Fortune Auto 500's with swift spring upgrades on order to replace the Kyb/agx + racing beat springs front and Re Amemiya coilover rears. Got about $300 off retail on them so that's nice, sucks they take 3-4 weeks to build and ship out though.
Thats all for now, probably my last update for quite a while other than pics when I get the wheels on and coilovers on. Thanks for reading!
06-13-15, 12:29 PM
#46
.Small update on the wheels, they where refinished but the centers still had ab out 22yrs of oxidation and grime on them so I picked up some mothers mag and alum polish and went to town on them. Took me about an hour and half to do the 4 rays logos in the center but it was worth it. Heres the before and after.
08-21-15, 09:31 AM
#47
Figured I'd drop in an update since I just finished up working on the car the other week.
Got the coilovers installed, Front had camber bolts so I went ahead and got some normal bolts to replace them with since I did not really need them with the camber plates. Wheels fit great now no rubbing anymore. Got the rear extenders in also, work nice but I wish they were a bit shorter, I'm sure I can find some but it doesn't bother me that much other than looking silly lol. Has a bit too much positive camber up front, but i'll take care of that when I get time to go get it aligned.
Got the coilovers installed, Front had camber bolts so I went ahead and got some normal bolts to replace them with since I did not really need them with the camber plates. Wheels fit great now no rubbing anymore. Got the rear extenders in also, work nice but I wish they were a bit shorter, I'm sure I can find some but it doesn't bother me that much other than looking silly lol. Has a bit too much positive camber up front, but i'll take care of that when I get time to go get it aligned.
