From N/A to Turbo: My new Turbo II

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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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More new stuff for the car!

Brand New Gauge Cluster Lens from Atkins Rotary
Single Gauge Pod for the HKS Boost Gauge
HKS Racing Suction Intake Inlet (Soon to be paired with an RE Amemiya Filter) From Japan2LA
Brand New Upper and Lower Steering Column Cover from my Local Mazda Dealer
And a Nice Press Poster of an Original TII!

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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:15 AM
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I wanna see how that intake inlet looks. Sexy so far. Sorry for not reading back but are you running the stock turbo? afm?
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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Thank you sir! Yes, I'm still running the original turbo and AFM (The AFM sits between the HKS intake inlet and the intake filter). I do plan on however porting the wastegate sometime hopefully in the near future.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Mazdaspeed Wheel Installed.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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I'm pretty picky about steering wheels, but that one's quickly growing on me.
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Old Jul 30, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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beatiful car. love the attention to detail. keep up the good work sir.
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Old Jul 30, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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Nice! just wanted to see if that feeds to the stock turbo. Looks great. JDM bling lol
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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Blitz Turboback installed:
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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HKS Intake duct paired with a Blitz SUS LM filter installed.

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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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MY GOD that MS wheel is absolutely amazing...
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by REAmemiya_fan
MY GOD that MS wheel is absolutely amazing...
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I like a lot of the parts you've chosen. Those R-Magic engine and transmission mounts are awesome! What material are those made of??

Can't wait to see more progress... Keep it up!
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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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dude that was a females toy nice find man
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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I like the direction you're heading in. Can't wait to see some more progress.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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i really like where this is going. looking really nice as well!
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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hell of a nice 7, gorgeous, very tasteful

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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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i like this car a lot. get a lid on that battery box and you're good to go. nice job
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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Beautiful Turbo2! This is one of the nicest projects Ive seen so far! I need to stop looking at build threads. They make me want to spend money that I dont have lol.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 06:00 PM
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Nice!
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Lookin good.
You could spend far less and get better performance, but I respect what ype doing here.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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Most impressive build I have ever seen on RX-7club. I love what you are doing and when I decide to dump more money into mine I will be going the same route. New interior parts, quality bolt ons, stock look, old school gauges.... perfect.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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This is a very cool build. I'm all about fairly stock looking cars, so this is right up my alley.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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Decided to clean up and put my MS strut bar back. The matching rear one will be in soon! And with that, new pics!

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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 12:09 AM
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Awww man what a good find!!! I'm so jealous of you now, it's so hard to find an s5 turbo ii around here.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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I'm not planing to go as original as you even tho I probably could but I do wanna stay as clean as you plus I want a cage and big horse power keep up the good work man I love your style
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