UPDATES!
July rallycross ended on the 21st, this August's was on the 20th, got the entire rewire and re interior and underhood (except lighting) done in a months time

rewired done! (pre-passenger seat)
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work in progress at TRF
www.thompsonracingfabrication.com




alllmost...




DONE!


then the previous rallyX event.

If I didn't miss a gate I would have taken 3rd

but I did have the fastest run of the day for 2wd





yes there are no headlamps because I'm almost done doing my perma sleepy fix'd setup:

more photos of that this week. (^ just a mock up)

 

TIRES!, 25 of them! (organized group buy)

 

do u drive it to work?


i still cant believe lime green rear knuckles....

F
S
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I did today :P

ITS ARTIC CAT GREEN.

just get yourself some snowies so we can go out on the lake this winter and tandem sideways for miles.

 

no no, i have torque to go tandem on pavement ;P

got the JDM engine in too btw along with wideband and apexi afc neo. t04b is coming friday.

i need brakes monies sir.


when you coming back up? this winter for snowdrift and the lake??

 

Exterior done, underhood done,

Cleaned up interior shot to came later.

More work shenanigans

I cut the part out of the bumper because it was broke.

 

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this is hilarious

 

Kinda like the mantle piece I have in my living room.



Works as a good sunglasses holder too, haha.

Awesome car btw, I'll eventually build a rally car too. Most likely a TII FB, gotta finish my fc first tho, lol. I've drivin the fc on pikes peak and it's definitely lots of fun on the dirt.

 

lucky! I have always wanted to get out there before it gets paved but NA power that high up would be like driving my daily Mazda2.

SLOW

 

Wow what an improvement. Luckily it's in the hands of a real owner now.

 

Thanks.

dash done:





yes it has USB ports for creature comforts, charge cell phone, use cell phone for pandora on drives to events (too poor to afford a tow vehicle getup so she has to stay road legal)

heatercore goes back in this week along with new defrost setup to get ready for rainy/ice/snow season here in MI.

 

do you have any better shots of the door and what did you fab up to hold the window reg?

 

I could take some but I just use the factory locations/hardware/etc for the window regulator

 

oh i have a 1st gen im thinking about using a regulator form a bmw for a rail and slider so mine would be just up or down how much wight did you get out of the door any way? it's a drift missile too

 

took 4th at this last event.












next race is in 2 weeks, drift on pavement, 1/8 mile drags, autoX. should be fun.

 

Glad to see more folks enjoying the dirt and gravel! Have have been a few stage legal FCs out there. Guy i meet in Boise has a Turbo II he hasnt run in a few years. They just get a little tight with a roll cage...

 

A pretty unique FC, and that rally video on the dirt trail took some *****!

 

Update?

 

nice

 

he turbo swapped it and put it on coilovers. its a drift car now, he said something about rx7's not being built for rally racing.

 

new fuel pump (walbro lph255) because the 20+ year old stock t2 pump was pooping out, also removed rear sway bar for better articulation in the rear suspension, handles the soft better and I'm finishing grooving my set of gravel tires to turn them into mud biased.

pics to come soon on those.

next rallyX is this saturday, maybe photos will come later in next week

 

oh kevin lol

 

wtf is this the same fc i saw at the notfwd meets? haha

 

Lol yes it is/i am

and actually I do have an update! and some more action shots:

Via my friends at Griffin Thermal Products I got a sweet deal on this setup!

Spal electric fan, fully shrouded, all aluminum, mounted to stock location with very minor modifications.

(I kept the heater core for ice racing so I had to modify the lower outlet from 1.75" OD to 1.5" OD w/ a port for the heater core.)




Universal Combo CU-58202-01
Crossflow 24"w x 19"h overall
2 rows of 1.25"

works great with the vented hood.

Now as promised, action shots





whats next?

I have header wrap and I'm gonna do that to the header and midpipe because after 2 driver-ing the car at rallyX I got the floor soooo hot, it melted some of the factory sound deadening. lol.

so because of the conditions I drive in (snow, wet, mud etc) to do the wrap I must get an additional skid plate for the section from the cross member back (already have a front skid plate fashioned on there to protect the coolers) to make sure I dont soak the header wrap with moisture and rot my pipes.

Step 1
remove exhaust bits
step 2
sandblast the section
step 3
ceramic paint coat the section
step 4
wrap
step 5
rap
step 6
profit

 

I do believe that true baller status has been achieved. Amazing car, dude!