Hey man great job! I am currently in the process of a rebuild on my 88 NA and can appreciate all your attention to detail cause i know how much time it all takes lol (especially between school and work). Keep up the good work!

thanks man. i need to stop being lazy and take some pics and update this thread. fmic is mounted and a few pipes have been run. but i was on hold because i couldnt find a dam 45 deg silicone coupler i tried to get some from cx racing and a few other places but i just ended up being pissed and yelling at china men. anywho JOHN DEER has rad hoses that is nearly identical to the 45 deg silicone coupler. it was perfect. also i have NEW WHEELS haha yay. i dont like my current ones bc there dry rotted and are curbed to hell and make me look like i cant drive. i went smaller in size but got them for a steal. guess what they are ?:blush:

Ford Mustang wheels?
Crown vic wheels?
WHAT??!! lol

well i just relized that i totally for got to take pics of my FMIC while taking pics of my new wheels:icon_tdow but i will once its finished.


no more donks !

they are FD wheels that are mint! unfortunately the light color i didn't think looked well with the car so painted them a graphite color. it looks really good and feels factory smooth ! i love the way it looks with my polished dust guards and blue calipers. I HAS MEAT ! 16/50/245 on the back and 16/50/225 on the front. it looks SOOOO much more aggressive from the rear. i am running 25mm spacers in the rear and 20mm spacers on the front, hubcentric. i havent drove the car anywhere besides around the block so i will update how it feels later :egrin:



but here are the pics of the wheels !



scrawny

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...Picture005.jpg


Meaty

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( yes i know it would look better a inch or so lower but that time will come, it has way less gap than before so im happy )

i need 2 more center caps if you know where some are pm me !

Looks good buddy, FWIW...I think these look better then your other wheels.

YOu boosting yet?

thanks bro, today it was sunny out and i fell in love with these wheels even more. and yea honestly im boosting a tad here and there but not anything over 4psi or so and not into higher rpms where theres problems with timing. just enough to get up and moving. fmic is very close to being done. and then its just rtek, injectors, sparkplugs, and tune. i think:scratch::lol:.

love the new wheels. looks much better.

Regardless of the height, it looks hella sexy with the fd wheels. nice!

Thanks i think so to.

Thanks. there really starting to grow on me. on the car cruise this weekend i bottomed out and one of the fronts rubbed. :icon_tdow have to figure out what im going to do there.

well. ive been working on the car all night and am about done wrapping up the Fmic install. i went with a cx racing piping kit and the intercooler i got for free. the intercooler is mounted using a stainless bracket that runs across the top of it. it sits right in front of the power steering cooler lines and fits perfect for what i wanted. no bumper cutting and it isn't super visible from the front.


oh and the TB elbow cam in today. i was pissed when i realized it wasn't greddy i got fooled haha. but that explains why it was cheaper, it makes for a cleaner look i think.

and the turbo side is done also its just not on in the pics.


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front mount done !!!!!! and i cleaned everything up and polished some odds and ends, this is probably the cleanest the bay will ever get.


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you're running a t4 frame turbo on the stock ecu?

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there is a adapter on there. its a t3. it will get a rtek 2.1 and some different injectors very soon i just needed to finish up this front mount which is now done. if you would have read my posts you would know this.

Dude, that is looking niiicccee...

245's alright!

Which pipe get did you buy from cx? Everything in that bay is super clean!:icon_tup: You must love poppin that open to show people haha

http://www.cxracing.com/mm5/merchant...gory_Code=PIPK

like that only i had to get two more 45% couplers and it didnt have enough bands. luckily i had some extras

picked up some more parts this weekend a full s5 swap. moldings with lights, front and rear bumpers, fog lights, and s5 turbo II side skirts. i think it will look great once it is all painted and such. it is all in great condition besides the front bumper which is chipping everywhere and has like 9 coats of paint on it.

pics when i get around to it lol

and i will be sending the ecu out sometime in the next few days to Rtek.

so. theives broke into my dads building and stole and damaged a ton of my stuff..... so pissed right now. they ripped out the interior of my other rx7 looking for stereo speakers.

5hp briggs
xcailber racing engine
techumse engine
ton of wheels and tires
seats
oils
clutches
gears
fucked up my rx7
stole my uncles boat radio
stole a bunch of phones
kicked in the top of the go-kart trailer
stole hydrualic lifts

So its been a long ass time since i updated this thread but ive come this far in recording my cars journey so im not going to stop now.

all that s5 TII areo is sitting in the basement haha. if you want it pm me, some of it is primed some of it is red. the s4 has grown on me, and the s5 just looks like a chubby version of my car. the most i might do is a half front bumper or something.

i got the rtek 2.1 installed along with some marren 1000cc secondaries, and have been tunning the car myself. it has been going pretty well and i have somewhat of an idea as to what im doing. im not sure if its the streetport or what but this new setup on 10 psi feels like the old engine before it blew at 15psi.

went to dggrr and had a blast ! got 3rd place in the fc class. the turbo died on the dragon though... Once i got home i pulled the turbo and bought a rebuild kit to fix it. it was pretty much cake rebuilding it, and had the car back up to snuff in 2 days.

as of now the car is running great but needs some paint love, my clear coat is almost completely gone off the roof and my father backed into the the front bumper on my graduation day... its just due time for a paint job. im thinking mazda CWP like on the new 3's. also i have some braking problems with the front caliper and a sticky e- brake. just need to fix the brakes and make it out to the next autox event.

I love the progress! I watched this thread when you first got that car and it's cool to see how far it's come. The wheels look great and all the mods look awesome! Very impressed!

looks sick! the piping through the chassis is how it should be done!

whoop whoop, update time.

kyb agx with ground control kit and front camber plates. mazdatrix rear camber adjuster, and prothane motion control bushings.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u...332/kyb001.jpg

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Lookin good. Those parts will make all the difference in the world ! Just make sure u leave the subframe bushings alone.