Quoting so you can't modify later

 

Beast! I've really been liking LS RX7s lately .

What kind of mufflers are those?

 

Come to the dark side... we have cookies and torque

They're 7" Magnaflow mufflers with 4" Magnaflow tips.

 

keep it up, looks like its going to be stupid fast when finished.

 

This torque you speak of? Must be the work of the devil.

lol





Looks great so far, what track times you shooting for?

 

You ever notice that the bins in the FC are just the right size for a case of DEPENDS???.(in case someone ever craps themselves during a ride!)
NICE car man,,Kudos!

 

Yup pretty much it is

I'd like a low 10 or high 9's pass. I'm putting a cage in BTW

Haha...... they're appropriate for a lot of things but some diapers are included in that

 

...those damn delicious cookies are what converted me.......

 

Very clean car, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

 

Ordered some goodies today:



Also ordered a 24x12x3 SSAutoChrome intercooler kit which isn't listed there.

 

haha, i was just trying to wire up my lq4's coolant fan through the stock wiring

the rx7 has the most RIDICULOUS WIRING

how do ANY of you not go NUTS maintaining / troubleshooting them?

i love rotaries, i love v8s... but like, holy crap!

 

Lol, I must have gotten lucky, but I didn't try and use the RX-7 wiring haha

After literally months of waiting, I finally got my axles (the axle vendor was being slow, I didn't really need them anyway):








Since no one has ever used these axles (they're on one other RX-7 currently) time will tell how much power they will hold.

 

Intercooler (keys placed for scale):



24x12x3 with 3" outlets

 

they sound amazing too!

 

Got my AEM wideband and boost gauges with a 2 pillar pod. I think they look pretty slick... if only they weren't $400 lol :biggthump



Also a picture of yours truly next to my creation... this was when it had the LS1 in it. My dad is so proud of it he just needed to get a picture lol

 

Hey, I forgot to ask about the LQ4. Why did you change to it? Aren't they less powerful and have a cast block?

 

Less powerful, yes. Lower compression, yes. Also, they're much less expensive than LS1s. The extra displacement helps out, too.

Keep in mind guys that even with the turbo setup/iron block I won't have gained any overall weight because I no longer have heat/AC/power steering.

Here's my FMIC mounted up:



I'm going to tear it back off along with the rest of the wiring out front and give it a new paint job. Yes, I know it will be covered by a bumper, but that's how I roll

 

Yeah it's only like 100lbs more (fully loaded block with all the chev accessories...) and about $2000 cheaper lol.
Are you going to rip apart the driver side bay harness as well? Because I'm going to start on mine but would like to see how painful it is to clean that mess up.
Also, did you make your engine harness or did you get one from Hinson?

Thanks for answering the questions!

 

The drivers side harness only needs minimal trimming. I just removed the part of it that was the engine harness and left the rest alone.

I bought my engine harness from a member on the No Rotors forums. I've been very happy with it so far.

Alright, so I finally got the IC finished up (still need to do piping, but I have to get the motor in to do that and I still need to find an oil pan/windage tray/pickup tube):



The top is hard mounted:



I wanted some play in the IC, so I used these cut down rubber stops to help protect what little movement it may have (the IC pipes will hold it even more securely):



HID ballasts mounted way out of the way (don't mine the small amount of over spray ):



And a view from the back:

 

Hey man,

Glad to see you're still rocking my TSX retrofit, hope they have served you well. The car looks great and the new setup should be absolutely killer. Keep up the great work!

-NJGB

 

I noticed in one of your other forum threads that you're using the Ronin 8.8 mount.
You said that it requires no cutting or welding but on the No Rotors website, it says you have to weld the 3rd mount. Did they update the design? What all do you need to source out with the kit?

 

Sorry, it does require welding the front mount, but that requires no permanent modification to the car itself, just the rear subframe.

I'm a beta tester so the only things I got were the complete mount kit and the half shafts. I still need to get CVs, the rear end itself, and Mazdaspeed bushings for the mount, but the final kit comes with everything. They're aiming for $1,800 I think for everything.

 

Sweet deal. Would be a great setup

 

Yes I'm hoping it's reliable. I could probably get by with the TII diff with my TH400 if it wasn't for the 4.10 gear ratio...

Some very small updates:

Got my roll bar today (AutoPower 4 point "race" roll bar). I'm having it powder coated black.



I also took the heads off of my 6.0 today. Found some major scoring in cylinder wall #3. This reaffirms my decision to put in a forged rotating assembly (I know I could get by with a hone and new rings, but what's the point of putting stock stuff back in if I'm going through all the work anyway?)

The motor looks like it was used pretty hard - lots of build up, etc. but other than the scoring looks to be intact.

 

I have no idea what that picture is of...
is that a motor?

<3

anyway, your car looks sexy as hell on the outside, and it's definitely clean, despite whatever else it may be.