archaphil

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let me know how the thermostat works for you, I have thought about it, but so far the factory one has worked fine.

moneymaker42141983

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The car looks good man.

7speed

Amazing. That downpipe is artwork.

driftxsequence

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You are tempting me....Will it bolt up to the rest of the RB system?

eage8

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If you look at the picture it doesn't actually have a flange on it. You'd have to get someone to cut it to the right size and weld a flange onto it. But I actually have a spare racingbeat 3" flange I can include with it... Pm me

incubuseva

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Nice garage heater. I def need to do something to mine as well. Maybe I will go natural gas since I already have that in my house.

IAN

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eage8. Have you figured out if your doing the Bilstein suspension yet?

eage8

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I'm keeping the rears the same (AWR modified Bilstein AK7108R99s) but I'm having them lengthened.

For the fronts I'm using a pair of universal motorsport struts:
Universal Motorsports Strut

both are getting revalved by Fat Cat Motorsports.


It's taking a long time...

IAN

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I guess the universal only comes with a few valving options. How much is Fat Cat motorsports revalving it for you? Also are they welding the strut tabs on for you?

What you you mean by lengthening the rear? For what reason? I can buy the rears thru essexs distributing and they can arrive with specific valving. Wonder if they can lengthen them at the same time?

eage8

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mine have a stud on the top, not a 1/2" eyelet and they're really short...(the spring isn't loose at all and I need more droop to add tender springs) so I'm having fat cat put some longer rods in them which should be fine because they're remote reservoirs so they have room where the gas divider piston used to be.

no, they're not welding tabs on for me (a friend of mine can do that), but they are machining the top stud for me while they're apart.

If I were to buy rears again I'd probably just make a 1/2" mount at the top and run some ASNs or penske 7500s or something.

eage8

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I got my exhaust bits back from swain-tech. They're now nice and ceramic coated:
White Lightning Exhaust Coatings | Swain Tech Coatings | Industrial Coatings | High Performance Racing Coatings



Before I sent my turbine housing I ground off a lip that the wastegate flapper lever would hit when the back plate wasn't on it. I didn't have the new downpipe yet, so I wasn't sure if it would hit it with the new backplate or not. I'm glad I did:

Closed:


Stock back plate (you can see that it almost touches where the stock lip was):


KSP back plate:




it may still look restrictive... but it's a thousand times better than stock.

Flash

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Nice! I was thinking about getting some stuff done by them. I'll be interested to hear how it holds up for you.

mono4lamar

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Jumping in here late! Absolutely love this picture... Keep up the good work!

LargeOrangeFont

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Those coated parts are looking good

driftxsequence

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I'm curious how the ceramic coating will hold up. I will be watching this for sure!

I wonder why Mazda didnt just make a thicker/larger backplate for the wastegate flappers to open more..

eage8

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Apparently at some point (late '91 in japan maybe?) they actually did do something similar to that:

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...s-spec-436262/

eage8

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exhaust pipes are on their way! now I just need to have my friend glue them together...

the two boxes containing all the parts including the muffler weigh 35.9 lbs + my 11 lb down pipe this exhaust is looking pretty good. Before I even cut any of the pipes up I'm 26 lbs lighter (REV-TII weighs 73.1 lbs according to the forum) and I probably over bought on exhaust pieces...

I've also decided to replace my rear dampers. I've ordered a pair of Bilstein 9" stroke ASNs. We'll see how that goes.

eage8

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Turbo is built and ready to go onto the car:


I had to bend the wastegate bracket slightly to get it to work correctly, but I tested it and it works well now.

eage8

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I also un-downgraded my FD intake temp sensor with a sensor from triumph that's open air and responds quickly more like the FC one does.

driftxsequence

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ooooo does this mean I get to pick up the exhaust soon?

eage8

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I'm working on it

Exhaust parts didn't get here today "due to inclement weather".... seriously. it didn't start snowing until like 7pm...

after that I just have to wait for my exhaust building guy to be free...

moneymaker42141983

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hey do you know anyone that needs a built 4g63 engine and all wheel drive set up from DSM

eage8

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Nope.



If anyone is interested I'm selling my custom bilstein coilovers:

https://www.rx7club.com/ne-sale-want...voirs-1057535/

eage8

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The new exhaust:


Not sure on weight yet... but it's significantly lighter.... and much much louder.

driftxsequence

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Looks really good! What made you do the angled tip instead of coming straight out of the rear? Also, do I spy an under brace I see up front? It was