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Ummm... What? ^

 

Made some good progress this weekend.

Mazdaspeed engine mounts (35% stiffer) installed on both sides as well as cleaning driver's side mounting bracket.

Racing Beat front sway bar and end links installed.

Also tucked, cleaned up, painted, and deleted some stuff in the engine bay, looks way cleaner than before.

With the stiffer mounts that don't sag as much, my strut tower bar now contacts my upper radiator hose :/ oh well...

 

Also came up with my goals as far as the engine is concerned once a rebuild is necessary. I'd like to have 150 rwhp/litre when it's all said and done, putting it at 195 wheel hp. We'll see how that goes soon enough...

 

I like the work you are doing man. Keep it up

 

Thought this was a cool comparison between the already aftermarket KYB shocks/Racing Beat springs and new Stance coils in the front.

 

Finished installing the coilovers and put in a Battle Version camber link before getting the car aligned on Friday.

I used the specs from FC3Spro.com for toe and tried to eliminate as much rear camber as possible (the bar is at it's shortest). It took out about 1.2 degrees. Camber on the fronts was fine even with the camber plates set to the setting that they came with.

Went to one of the first meets of the year with my dad last night...

 

Man your 7 looks sick!!! where did you find that front bumper

 

Car looking good! I can see that you've inherited good style from your father.

 

Solder: thanks man, the front bumper is made by Mariah Motorsports

Jonas: haha I guess you could say that, he's had quite the history with Japanese metal, his first car was a '72 240Z

 

your car looks sick. I wish I was lucky enough to share a garage with that beast too. well really I wish I was lucky enough to have a garage that can fit a car inside

 

WOW. Im so jealous of your build man. keep it up? Im from Greenville SC. Where in SC are you?

 

Simon: thanks, and I'm located in Columbia, you should come check out some of our Capital City meets if you get the chance!

 

Oh awesome, and I will definitely check the meets out. when are they usually?

 

tight work dude,
how do you like the stance gr though?
have you tracked the car yet?

 

Definitely looking good love the paint on your car soooooooo clean.....

 

Lookin good man

 

Simon: the meets are usually on Saturday nights from 6-10, usually every other week

Gregory: i reallyyyyy like the Stances, they're stiff but not too much so. I haven't been able to do any track driving, but i think i'll be doing my first track day in November, so check back here.

Invincible, 88turbo: thanks!

 

any update on those stances yet lol?

yes back from the dead!

 

Really cool thread!